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Mark Dujsik

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Biography:: Mark is the sole writer/editor/webmaster of Mark Reviews Movies(www.markreviewsmovies.com) and co-film critic at UR Chicago Magazine (www.urchicago.com). He has been a member of the Online Film Critics Society since 2002 and the Chicago Film Critics Association since 2006.
Favorites:: The Godfather, The Godfather: Part II, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, The Third Man, Vertigo, Grave of the Fireflies, The Seventh Seal, Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odyssey, On the Waterfront, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Casablanca, Apocalypse Now, Singin' in the Rain, Schindler's List, Mon Oncle, Die Nibelungen, Fantasia, Raging Bull, The Thin Red Line
Publications:: Mark Reviews Movies , Movie Insider , Movie Reviewing Teens , Sci-Fi Movie Page , UR Chicago Magazine
Critics' Group:: Chicago Film Critics Association, Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 1171

Location:: Chicago, IL

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2/4	43%	Peeples (2013)	" Even a solid cast has its limits." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted May 10, 2013
2/4	43%	The Great Gatsby (2013)	" This is Fitzgerald as seen through the eyes of a gossip columnist." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted May 9, 2013
3/4	83%	Graceland (2013)	" Graceland is more concerned with the moral compromises of individuals than the greater failures of society." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted May 2, 2013
3/4	54%	At Any Price (2013)	" [I]t works because Bahrani and Newton stay true to the characters' reactions to even something that might, upon initial impact, seem contrived." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted May 2, 2013
2/4	77%	Iron Man 3 (2013)	" This [Tony] Stark is an anonymous shadow of his former self-promoting self." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted May 1, 2013
3/4	46%	Pain & Gain (2013)	" This is sleazy, abrasive entertainment, and that's a compliment without backhand." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 25, 2013
2/4	33%	The Numbers Station (2013)	" It's little wonder the movie spends so much time running in circles when we see where it ultimately goes." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 25, 2013
3.5/4	98%	Mud (2013)	" Nichols' observant and ultimately compassionate screenplay starts by taking sides, only to grow in understanding along with Ellis' maturation." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 25, 2013
2/4	24%	Arthur Newman (2013)	" If anything, Arthur Newman is a reminder that some lonely people are lonely for a good reason." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 25, 2013
2/4	56%	Oblivion (2013)	" Here is a very fine-looking movie with a simple premise that continually gets bogged down by each new and underdeveloped detail of its plot." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 19, 2013
2.5/4	87%	Upstream Color (2013)	" Upstream Color is an admirable workout for the mind that regrettably falls short -- try as it might -- in offering the heart a similar trial." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 12, 2013
2.5/4	68%	Trance (2013)	" There are plenty of levels ... to this tale of a hesitant art thief hindered by amnesia and aided by hypnosis; there are at least two levels too many." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 12, 2013
3/4	42%	To The Wonder (2013)	" We always suspect that Malick's screenplays are littered with capital-letter concepts ... and this film is no exception." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 12, 2013
3/4	77%	42 (2013)	" The film is by no means subtle ... but this is not a subtle period the film presents." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 12, 2013
3/4	68%	Disconnect (2013)	" This is a film about characters reconnecting -- to others, themselves, and the world -- and how unprepared they are for it." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 12, 2013
2/4	54%	The Company You Keep (2013)	" The movie wants to have it both ways and, as a result, manages to contradict itself at almost every turn, never finding its own way." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 12, 2013
2/4	81%	The Place Beyond The Pines (2013)	" [T]he passage of time highlights the passing of our emotional connection." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 5, 2013
1.5/4	62%	Evil Dead (2013)	" [A] geek show masquerading as horror." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Apr 5, 2013
2.5/4	65%	Starbuck (2013)	" Like its likeable loser hero ... the movie aims for a lower rung, grabs the bar, and, without much ambition to guide it, hangs there with no desire to climb any higher." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 28, 2013
1.5/4	9%	The Host (2013)	" In short, The Host is just silly." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 28, 2013
3/4	81%	From Up On Poppy Hill (2013)	" [A] study of how the tolls of war reverberate through generations." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 28, 2013
1.5/4	28%	G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)	" [The] action sequences are assaults not only on aesthetics but also on basic logistics." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 27, 2013
1.5/4	66%	Spring Breakers (2013)	" Spring Breakers is satire akin to deconstructing a cardboard box with a chainsaw." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/4	48%	Olympus Has Fallen (2013)	" Yes, Olympus Has Fallen is undeniably silly, but it's also an efficient, briskly paced thriller with a strong sense of momentum." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/4	69%	The Croods (2013)	" [M]ore than an exercise in technical polish." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/4	43%	Admission (2013)	" Through it all ... there are threads of emotional honesty." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 21, 2013
2.5/4	38%	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)	" There are two supporting characters who are far more interesting than the titular character in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 14, 2013
2.5/4	39%	The Call (2013)	" In between the extended prologue and ridiculously out-of-character third act of The Call, there is a clever little thriller..." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 14, 2013
2/4	36%	Dead Man Down (2013)	" With only the most minimal of inspection, it's clear that J.H. Wyman's screenplay is a convoluted mess..." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 8, 2013
2/4	60%	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	" Fair or not, we have a distinct understanding of what Oz is and what it represents, and Oz the Great and Powerful barely reflects that construct." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 7, 2013
2.5/4	31%	Emperor (2013)	" [A]s a concise reduction of history, the movie does get at some truth. As an involving piece of storytelling, though, it's lacking." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 7, 2013
2.5/4	52%	Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)	" [I]t's a very good thing the giants are as effectively villainous as they are; otherwise, the movie, for the most part, would be a predictable, uninspired affair." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 6, 2013
2/4	13%	The Last Exorcism Part II (2013)	" Everything that worked -- and worked exceedingly well -- in The Last Exorcism is absent from the sequel." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Mar 4, 2013
1/4	26%	21 And Over (2013)	" If there's one thing these early-20-somethings don't deserve, it's sympathy..." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 28, 2013
2.5/4	67%	Stoker (2013)	" Stoker is perhaps too cold for its own good." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 28, 2013
2/4	25%	Phantom (2013)	" The stakes are as high as they could possibly be, which inevitably puts Robinson in a corner when it comes time to resolve the affair." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 28, 2013
2.5/4	58%	Snitch (2013)	" Seeing as Snitch begins as a naïve social commentary, it's perhaps only fitting that the movie ends with simplistic, chaotic bursts of violence." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 22, 2013
1.5/4	13%	Safe Haven (2013)	" [T]hese adaptations of Nicholas Sparks' books ... have so many repeated motifs and scenarios that it's already becoming difficult to differentiate them." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 14, 2013
1.5/4	15%	A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)	" Whatever future this series may have, A Good Day to Die Hard is its current nadir." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 13, 2013
2/4	45%	Beautiful Creatures (2013)	" The relationship is an endearing one -- enough so to at least carry us through the initial revelations and developments of the movie's actual plot..." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 13, 2013
3.5/4	85%	Side Effects (2013)	" [T]here's a devious sort of joy to watch people this clever and with nothing to lose turn on each other." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 8, 2013
1/4	20%	Identity Thief (2013)	" If only there were some kind of federal bureau that could handle the investigation of such crimes, everything might be resolved easily and quickly." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 7, 2013
2.5/4	80%	Warm Bodies (2013)	" Warm Bodies has elements of true inspiration, but the whole is slightly underwhelming." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 1, 2013
1.5/4	37%	Stand Up Guys (2013)	" The movie is all over the place in terms of tone and only finds something resembling honesty when it drops the embarrassing shtick of crude comedy and lost-glory adventuring." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Feb 1, 2013
2/4	47%	Bullet to the Head (2013)	" [D]irector Walter Hill's brutal depiction of various bullet-ridden firefights and wall-smashing fisticuffs is fully simpatico with Bobo's nearly absurd machismo." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Jan 31, 2013
2/4	14%	Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)	" [A] clever setup undercut by repetitive, sometimes jumbled action and comedy that isn't that amusing in the first place." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Jan 28, 2013
1/4	4%	Movie 43 (2013)	" [A]t one point, Dennis Quaid holds Greg Kinnear at gunpoint to sell his character's collection of short scenes, and it is the only genuinely honest moment in the movie." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Jan 26, 2013
2/4	40%	Parker (2013)	" Eventually, the simplicity of Parker gets the better of it." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Jan 25, 2013
1.5/4	30%	Broken City (2013)	" What the movie lacks and desperately needs is personality." — Mark Reviews Movies Posted Jan 24, 2013

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