|
4/4
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
Shame on the academy if Giamatti isn't on the ballot this year"
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Dec 2, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
31%
|
The Forgotten (2004) |
"
The Forgotten is kinetic enough to keep you in your seat, but it slips from memory quickly."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Sep 25, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
43%
|
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2004) |
"
In the end, it is the complex aura surrounding Owen's character...that stay with the viewer long after the threads of the story have unraveled in one's mind. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Aug 13, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
86%
|
Collateral (2004) |
"
Nice guy Tom Cruise is bad - very bad - in Michael Mann's new movie, Collateral. And that's good. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Aug 6, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) |
"
With Meryl Streep in an updated version of the Angela Lansbury role, Denzel Washington in the Frank Sinatra part...the movie is a virtual master class of acting."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 30, 2004
|
|
5/5
|
75%
|
Clerks Uncensored (2001) |
"
Better than the movie"
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 26, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
48%
|
De-Lovely (2004) |
"
Kevin Kline's acting and musical talent combine to make Irwin Winkler's beautiful yet flawed De-Lovely a movie to see."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 16, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
66%
|
Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"
I hoped for far more laughs, a sharper edge to the humor and a comedy that would attain the rank of other SNL alum works such as Caddyshack."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 9, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Hilary and Jackie (1998) |
"
No, it's not a movie about two first ladies married to adulterous husbands."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 7, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
Affliction (1997) |
"
One wonders why Dafoe is even in the movie. But Nolte is, and that's what enriches Schrader's bleak drama."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 7, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
22%
|
In Dreams (1999) |
"
Someday, Annette Bening is going to star in a movie that's as interesting and powerful as she can be as an actress."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 7, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
The General (1998) |
"
Neither Boorman's cinematic expertise nor Gleeson's canny performance is enough to make us care about Cahill's destruction."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 7, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
84%
|
The English Patient (1996) |
"
It's Casablanca set amid the swirling Sahara sands of North Africa and the voluptuous hills of Tuscany."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 6, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Unhook the Stars (1996) |
"
Cassavetes' film reveals that he has a sharp eye for human nature."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 6, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
69%
|
Tin Cup (1996) |
"
Like other Shelton movies, it's dappled with interesting characters."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 6, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
88%
|
Career Girls (1997) |
"
More modest and less involving than Secrets & Lies."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 6, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
|
State of Seige () |
"
A political thriller with a cautionary message, but it doesn't carry out its mission."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 6, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
60%
|
A Civil Action (1998) |
"
A legal drama that doesn't follow the usual Hollywood-John Grisham formula."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 6, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
71%
|
eXistenZ (1999) |
"
Brave moviegoers and fans of writer-director David Cronenberg will find funny dialogue and grotesquely engrossing scenes in his latest sci-fi horror tale."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
75%
|
Mysteries of Egypt (1998) |
"
It's a visually appealing but basic introduction to ancient Egyptian culture."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
73%
|
The Red Violin (Le violon rouge) (1999) |
"
It is disconcerting to see {Jackson}...after watching his exceptional performances as crazy criminals in two Quentin Tarantino movies."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
21%
|
Wild Wild West (1999) |
"
I recommend you suspend any whiff of disbelief and enjoy Sonnenfeld's hammy sci-fi Western, set in the late 1860s."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
The Eel (Unagi) (1998) |
"
Imamura composed The Eel with an artist's eye and takes his time, so don't expect a fast-paced American-style film. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
63%
|
Music of the Heart (1999) |
"
Doesn't revolve around a self-centered main character or possess the schmaltz of Mr. Holland's Opus. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
51%
|
Anna and the King (2000) |
"
The third major screen version of the story, has much to recommend it."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
35%
|
Where the Heart Is (2000) |
"
The script, based on a novel by Billie Lett, is sprinkled with phrases meant to be poignant and funny, but sound like repackaged cliches."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
65%
|
Dinosaur (2000) |
"
The movie follows a rather dull tale similar to the 1988 animated film The Land Before Time. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
41%
|
Men of Honor (2000) |
"
The decision to shift some of the attention to De Niro's character...dilutes the power of Brashear's fascinating life story."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
The Cat's Meow (2001) |
"
Dunst gives us a bright, bubbly woman with comedic talent."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 2, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
78%
|
Down in the Delta (1998) |
"
Employs too many redundant, stagy flashbacks to tell the story of Loretta's ancestors."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
41%
|
Cousin Bette (1998) |
"
A revenge drama, with Lange's Bette pulling the strings. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
53%
|
Halloween H2O (1998) |
"
The selfish pea brains who brought their bright-eyed infant to...this violent horror movie deserve a private, late-night visit from the uncompromising Michael Myers."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
70%
|
I Married a Strange Person (1998) |
"
Newlyweds often discover that their mates have odd quirks once they begin living together, but in Plympton's movie, that truth is taken to cartoon extreme."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
Your Friends & Neighbors (1998) |
"
It's both a daring composition and a repelling look at gender warfare. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
13%
|
54 (1998) |
"
One can only hope "54" will hammer the final nail in disco's coffin. It's music that I don't want stayin' alive."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
The Sweet Hereafter (1997) |
"
Based on Russell Banks' tragic novel about a town grieving for 14 children killed in a bus crash, easily makes my list of top 1997 films. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
71%
|
The Crucible (1996) |
"
Arthur Miller's story of hysteria, persecution and social injustice, is classy and powerful with some marvelous acting."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
77%
|
Michael Collins (1996) |
"
A way to relate pivotal events to an audience who probably knows little about the Irish republic's creation."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
44%
|
Multiplicity (1996) |
"
It's a showcase for Keaton."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
31%
|
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) |
"
In the end, it adds up to nothing more than a humorless, forgettable nostalgia piece with carefully re-created costumes and settings from the Eisenhower years."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
The People Vs. Larry Flynt (1996) |
"
The latest movie from the great director Milos Forman is a sensational, irreverent docudrama. And, as they say in the porno trade, it's adult entertainment."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
23%
|
A Thousand Acres (1997) |
"
Fans of Jane Smiley's enthralling Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Thousand Acres, will find the movie version disappointing."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
39%
|
A Life Less Ordinary (1997) |
"
Part fantasy-adventure, part musical, part nutty romance and part boy-girl crime spree."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
|
Weed (1999) |
"
A loopy visit to an extended pot party in Amsterdam where a bong is so large that it has to be lit with a blowtorch."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
Kundun (1997) |
"
Scorsese skillfully indulges his propensity for obsessive detail. Visually, the direction is varied and exhilarating"
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
2.5/4
|
52%
|
The Matchmaker (1997) |
"
There are two reasons to see "The Matchmaker" and neither involves the two characters at the center of this far-fetched romantic comedy. "
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Godzilla (1998) |
"
If only one could fast-forward past the idiot characters to the parts where the creature nests in Madison Square Garden, crushes Fifth Avenue and chomps a taxicab."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
3/4
|
79%
|
Space Cowboys (2000) |
"
It's tempting to pin a derisive label like Geezers in Space on this comedy-drama, but its veteran stars...make Space Cowboys hard to dislike."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Secrets & Lies (1996) |
"
The characters are so painfully real it's more like watching a documentary than a made-up story."
—
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)
Posted Jul 1, 2004
|
43%
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