|
1/4
|
30%
|
The Vow (2012) |
"
"The Vow" is a cinematic box of candy wrapped in bright red cellophane. Like any box of chocolates, you have to bite a lot of bad centers to get to the few good ones."
—
San Francisco Chronicle
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
32%
|
Fanboys (2008) |
"
Even geeks enjoy poking fun at geeks. And they really know how."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Feb 6, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
0%
|
Surfer, Dude (2008) |
"
Surfer, Dude is a bizarre throwback. It feels 25-30 years out of date and seems to be meant to be watched on VHS, oops, make that DVD, while stoned."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 12, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"
Partly due to its intensity, Order of the Phoenix is better than the first four in the series. Also credit a much tighter, meatier script and better acting."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 10, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) |
"
Live Free or Die Hard is the most creative and exciting Die Hard film since the original, though it's hardly the original's equal."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jun 26, 2007
|
|
2/4
|
5%
|
Broken Bridges (2006) |
"
When you can get just as good on the Hallmark network, why drive all the way to a theater?"
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 8, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
Lassie (2006) |
"
This new Lassie is no match for the original MGM production (Roddy McDowell, Donald Crisp, Elizabeth Taylor, etc.), but there are many compensations that make it fine family entertainment."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
2.5/4
|
22%
|
Barnyard (2006) |
"
Adults will get enough laughs to survive gags such as the chickens using a Col. Sanders dartboard but will likely lose patience waiting for the very predictable story and sentiments to slowly play themselves out."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Aug 4, 2006
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
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Paradise, Texas (2005) |
"
Joe Conway's script needs more dramatic edge and motivation and a less easy resolution, but we're glad when things work out the way we knew they would."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted May 3, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
86%
|
Slither (2006) |
"
Slither is seriocomic horror, alternating laughs with gooey, creepy scares."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Mar 31, 2006
|
|
2.5/4
|
19%
|
Firewall (2006) |
"
If you're in the mood for a thriller, Firewall will suffice -- barely."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Feb 10, 2006
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Serenity (2005) |
"
The best summer thrill ride since Batman Begins, Serenity roars in a late but mighty welcome considering this year's sub-fun slate."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 30, 2005
|
|
B-
|
60%
|
Alice et Martin (Alice and Martin) (2000) |
"
Techine keeps a tight rein on his actors' dramatics."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
70%
|
Frequency (2000) |
"
Why gripe about a few minor inconsistencies? Just relax and enjoy the show."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
B
|
85%
|
Chuck & Buck (2000) |
"
All the people of Chuck & Buck feel very human."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
97%
|
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2000) |
"
It seems too much to ask a movie to entertain, inform and inspire. For it to also work as sports story, social history and biography is a home run with men on base."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
14%
|
Dudley Do-Right (1999) |
"
Dudley is merely a dud."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
23%
|
I'll Be Home for Christmas (1998) |
"
None of the cast comes off well, but they have little to work with, since the dialogue sounds like it was made up on the spot and performed without rehearsal."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
69%
|
Keeping the Faith (2000) |
"
The ending gets a little too cute, and isn't true to Anna's independent nature. Oh well, to forgive is divine."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
77%
|
Fellini - Satyricon (The Degenerates) (1969) |
"
Those who don't weaken and bolt for the door experience a one-of-a-kind visual adventure they are unlikely to forget."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
76%
|
Mansfield Park (1999) |
"
While this version plays somewhat fast and loose with the original story, and even more so with the heroine's character, it is still much more Jane Austen than not."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
B
|
82%
|
Love and Basketball (2000) |
"
Satisfying, enjoyable and smart."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
B
|
68%
|
U-571 (2000) |
"
It's a wham-bam bumpy ride, great fun in the old-fashioned war movie tradition."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
B+
|
94%
|
Blood Simple (1984) |
"
The movie is as dark, ironic and fatalistically comic as modern film noir comes."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
B
|
87%
|
Girlfight (2000) |
"
It's obvious Kusama knew what she wanted and was in control, because all the key roles and scenes are played with a uniform tone and conviction."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
B+
|
89%
|
42 Up (1999) |
"
One of the best movie series ever is a true-life drama like no other. Miss it at your peril."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
79%
|
Without Limits (1998) |
"
Without Limits wins as a sports film precisely because it's not really about sports or a great victory."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
|
42%
|
Miss Congeniality (2000) |
"
Caine may save the movie, but Bullock is the movie. The confection rests on her considerable off-center charm and beauty."
—
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Posted Oct 24, 2003
|
|
|
47%
|
Better Than Sex (2001) |
"
The director and actors get away with this fluff thanks to the nimble, whimsical way it's played."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Nov 9, 2001
|
|
|
19%
|
On the Line (2001) |
"
On a whole, the movie stays as blandly inoffensive (albeit sometimes annoying) as possible."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 25, 2001
|
|
|
82%
|
Innocence (2001) |
"
It's about grown-ups and for grown-ups."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 25, 2001
|
|
|
22%
|
Bones (2001) |
"
As a horror film, Bones is a half-hearted bust, not likely to really frighten anyone over age 12. It works better if watched tongue in cheek as a supernatural pot boiler."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 23, 2001
|
|
|
79%
|
Audition (Ôdishon) (1999) |
"
There will be many people who consider Audition an atrocity, and a few who find it a stimulating cinema experience."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 19, 2001
|
|
|
53%
|
My First Mister (2002) |
"
It's hard not to enjoy the amusing and sometimes touching turnarounds [Jennifer and Randall] do."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 12, 2001
|
|
|
77%
|
Our Lady of the Assassins (2001) |
"
We never come to care about these characters, perhaps because they seem to care so little about themselves."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 9, 2001
|
|
|
60%
|
Haiku Tunnel (2001) |
"
A low-budget, mild-mannered comedy, often amusing and at times laugh-out-loud funny."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 9, 2001
|
|
|
72%
|
Training Day (2001) |
"
Director Antoine Fuqua, whose credits include the unimpressive The Replacement Killers, keeps a kinetic pace with visually exciting immediacy."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Oct 5, 2001
|
|
|
46%
|
Greenfingers (2001) |
"
It's just too bad the intended charm is applied with a shovel instead of a trowel. Romantic comedy is a delicate flower that can be smothered by too much fertilizer."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 28, 2001
|
|
|
71%
|
Bread and Tulips (2001) |
"
It's a feel-good movie to see with a friend on a rainy afternoon when you both need a little getaway."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 21, 2001
|
|
|
83%
|
Lakeboat (2000) |
"
More play than movie. But it's unusual for either. It's neither plot-driven like many plays nor action- and image-driven like most movies."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 14, 2001
|
|
|
21%
|
The Glass House (2001) |
"
Like Ruby, The Glass House is in conflict with itself. It's confused about what kind of film it wants to be."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 13, 2001
|
|
|
11%
|
The Musketeer (2001) |
"
Often, in the fight scenes, it's hard to tell who is doing what to whom, but since it's all glitz and no content, it hardly matters."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Sep 6, 2001
|
|
|
21%
|
Ghosts of Mars (2001) |
"
Ghosts of Mars, hah. More like Turkey of Mars."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Aug 23, 2001
|
|
|
29%
|
Jackpot (2001) |
"
Its audience is a very narrow spectrum of filmgoers amused by tiny hints at a joke, or the minor peculiarities of a slightly unusual character. All others, beware."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Aug 17, 2001
|
|
|
44%
|
Rat Race (2001) |
"
If you don't think Hollywood movies have gone all soft in the head and heart, compare the sticky sweet ending of this with the finale to It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Aug 17, 2001
|
|
|
14%
|
American Outlaws (2001) |
"
A poor script and lame direction leave most of this Western deader than a dogie at a poisoned watering hole."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Aug 17, 2001
|
|
|
78%
|
Keep the River on Your Right - A Modern Cannibal Tale (2000) |
"
Schneebaum, a dull and helpless-looking nonentity at first glance, proves to be an amazingly courageous, inquisitive, remarkable man."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Aug 10, 2001
|
|
|
71%
|
Made (2001) |
"
Amusing in the offbeat humor that comes from the wackiness of odd but believable characters."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 27, 2001
|
|
|
54%
|
Everybody's Famous! (2001) |
"
Often loses focus and wanders, unsure of where it wants to go."
—
Houston Chronicle
Posted Jul 27, 2001
|
87%
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