|
4/5
|
68%
|
The Crucible (1996) |
"
What happened in long-ago Salem does still seem to matter."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
22%
|
Color of Night (1994) |
"
I'm tempted to go ahead and explain just exactly how transparent -- and implausible -- this mystery is. But then I don't want to spoil it for people who are even worse than I am at this sort of thing. People like Forrest Gump."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 17, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Pulp Fiction (1994) |
"
In terms of mood and style, it could be the most influential film to come along since Blue Velvet."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 15, 2013
|
|
|
80%
|
The Boxer (1997) |
"
If The Boxer doesn't quite score a knockout, that's because of such flaws as the too-sketchy development of the character of Maggie's son, who turns out to be pivotal. But the movie carries the day by aiming its strongest punches straight at the heart."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
|
100%
|
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) |
"
This new British picture raises enough issues for a half-dozen more conventional movies. And though this approach makes for a structure that's a little shaky, the film somehow holds together."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2013
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|
|
91%
|
Scandal (1989) |
"
The greatest virtue of the filmmakers' straightforward approach is that it avoids the obvious pitfall of pretentiousness."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 8, 2013
|
|
|
46%
|
Agnes of God (2002) |
"
It is Meg Tilly who makes the movie live. Her performance, which works on both realistic and symbolic levels, allows you to believe in the story."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 8, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
82%
|
Wish You Were Here (Too Much) (1987) |
"
Wish You Were Here is the story of Lynda's messy coming of age. It's a movie to cherish -- bouyant, affecting, one of a kind."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
In Country (1989) |
"
The scene at the memorial is one of the film's best, but director Jewison fails to find in it anything close to the level of emotional force that the same scene in Mason's book has."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 7, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
Schindler's List (1993) |
"
What the visual immediacy of Schindler's List does is to prod each of us to fill in the gaps of emotion for ourselves. To put this another way, the more you are able to invest in this superb, demanding film, the more you are likely to get back."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 6, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Groundhog Day (1993) |
"
A movie that continually replays a single day could quickly become tedious but, strangely enough, Groundhog Day never does."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 6, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
One False Move (1992) |
"
The biggest difference between One False Move and most other action films is the sting in its violence. There is so little stylization here -- so little gimmickry -- that when someone is shot or knifed, you feel it."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 6, 2013
|
|
|
59%
|
Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me (1992) |
"
For those who are willing to go the distance with Lynch, the return trip to Twin Peaks is well worth the trouble."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
|
34%
|
Hackers (1995) |
"
After the mechanics of the thriller plot start to kick in, the film drags. And when it's time for the big cyber-showdown, we're stuck, once again, with footage of frantic typing."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
|
98%
|
The Wild Bunch (1969) |
"
It is certainly one of the best westerns ever made, and the best film of any kind to come out in 1969."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 29, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Men in Black (1997) |
"
This spaced-out comedy may not be bliss, but it sure is fun."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 14, 2013
|
|
|
77%
|
The Mask (1994) |
"
If a movie star was born in Ace Ventura, he is christened in The Mask. Quite simply, this is the best and freest crazy comedy to come along since Beetlejuice."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
|
78%
|
Addams Family Values (1993) |
"
Somehow, the new production fails to sustain the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky visual sweep that held the first film together."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
|
82%
|
The Crow (1994) |
"
As exploitation pictures go, I've seen a whole lot worse."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 10, 2013
|
|
|
81%
|
Batman Returns (1992) |
"
Burton and company return to the prickly humor that gave such a jolt to the earlier film -- frequently finding it in unexpected places."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 10, 2013
|
|
|
70%
|
Batman (1989) |
"
The storytelling has weaknesses, but the characters are fascinating."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 10, 2013
|
|
|
92%
|
Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience (2013) |
"
This is as close as any of us is likely to get to witnessing life in prehistoric times."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 1, 2013
|
|
|
97%
|
Ran (1985) |
"
There's probably more carnage in Ran than there is in Rambo and The Terminator combined, but the new film substitutes intelligence and emotion for mindlessness and emotionalism. You leave the theater awestruck, not dumbstruck."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 1, 2013
|
|
|
65%
|
Reality Bites (1993) |
"
Among the movie's strengths are the performances, especially that of Ryder, who comes across as bright, beautiful and more delicate than ever before."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 27, 2013
|
|
|
54%
|
Basic Instinct (1992) |
"
The harsh, politically incorrect truth about Basic Instinct is that it's a tantalizing, suspensefully correct thriller."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 25, 2013
|
|
|
72%
|
Dirty Dancing (1987) |
"
Although the plot is sometimes implausible, the movie's music, dancing and romantic spirit carry a lot of it. In addition, Dirty Dancing has the virtues of a female main character (a bit unusual in a coming-of-age movie) and an interesting setting."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 25, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Matewan (1987) |
"
The movie works the way Westerns have always worked: In clear, simple terms and with straightforward dramatic devices."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
|
77%
|
A League of Their Own (1992) |
"
What does it say about today's Hollywood when the most interesting character in a movie about a women's baseball team turns out to be a man?"
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
|
86%
|
Eight Men Out (1988) |
"
In an ensemble movie like this one, an actor who grabs too much of the limelight can throw everything out of focus. The cast Sayles has assembled understands the value of teamwork."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
|
97%
|
Bull Durham (1988) |
"
Ron Shelton, who wrote and directed the film, displays a knowledge of and affection for the national pastime. You can see it in the knowing detail he brings to even the minor characters."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
|
67%
|
Cobb (1994) |
"
Ty Cobb is such a towering figure in this motion picture that it's easy to overlook Al Stump -- and Robert Wuhl's feisty, witty performance in the thankless role."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Mar 19, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
56%
|
The Polar Express (2004) |
"
Climb on and you'll experience one of the great joys of moviegoing: seeing something that's like nothing you've ever seen before."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Nov 10, 2004
|
|
1/5
|
15%
|
Head in the Clouds (2004) |
"
The story becomes a long slog because Duigan doesn't define his characters and because he's determined to touch too many of the familiar '30s European bases."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Nov 5, 2004
|
|
3/5
|
49%
|
Alfie (2004) |
"
The supporting cast of females (and Epps) is fun to watch, and the film boasts three original songs by Mick Jagger and Dave Stewart."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Nov 5, 2004
|
|
4/5
|
48%
|
Saw (2004) |
"
Neither a deep, psychological thriller nor a mindless slasher flick, this is one skillfully made, if admittedly superficial, creepout."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 29, 2004
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Ray (2004) |
"
Foxx helps us to truly understand how much Charles' blindness allows him to achieve, especially when combined with an innate wiliness."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 29, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
39%
|
Birth (2004) |
"
Possibly, this idea would have worked as comedy. Say, if the kid had said something like, 'I am dead people.'"
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 29, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
The Final Cut (2004) |
"
This premise sounds like the sort of a screwy, non-idea that a young film student might dream up while editing a documentary. And according to the press notes, that's just what happened."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 15, 2004
|
|
3/5
|
46%
|
Shall We Dance (2004) |
"
The central idea -- that losing yourself in a small, private world can help you to better engage the larger world -- isn't lost in translation."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 15, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
86%
|
Monster Road (2003) |
"
A documentary that doesn't always seem to be sure what it's documenting."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Rockets Redglare (2004) |
"
The film goes on too long, repeats itself and has a reality-TV tendency to wallow in the tawdry."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 8, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
Code 46 (2004) |
"
Amid the white walls and slick surfaces of this film, the characters seem more like lab rats than human beings."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 8, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
10%
|
Taxi (2004) |
"
Has there ever been less chemistry between the stars of a 'buddy' movie?"
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 6, 2004
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"
We Don't Live Here Anymore is, you might say, a movie for adults who are, perhaps, a smidge too impressed with being adults."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 1, 2004
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) |
"
For victims of abuse, watching this film may be a cathartic experience. For most moviegoers, it is, at its best, a sober look at a problem that is at last getting some of the attention it has always deserved."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 1, 2004
|
|
4/5
|
36%
|
Shark Tale (2004) |
"
A briny, buoyant offer that you can't refuse."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 1, 2004
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Mean Creek (2004) |
"
A low-key, low-budget thriller that reminds us just how cruel young people can be."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Sep 24, 2004
|
|
3/5
|
66%
|
Bright Young Things (2003) |
"
If you yearn for a Brit fix, this is your flick. If not, think twice before checking it out."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Sep 24, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
First Daughter (2004) |
"
Not even Holmes can elevate this pap."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Sep 24, 2004
|
87%
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