Marty Mapes

Marty Mapes

Agrees with the Tomatometer 74% of the time.

Biography:
Marty Mapes is a web developer by day. He has a B.F.A. in film from the University of Colorado.
Favorites:
FAVORITE MOVIES (as of 1998): Koyaanisqatsi (1981, Godfrey Reggio), Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953, Jacques Tati), and Local Hero (1983, Bill Forsythe)
Publications:
Movie Habit
Critics' Group:
Online Film Critics Society
Total Reviews:
1164
Total QuickRatings:
18
Location:
Boulder, Colorado

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2.5/4 69% I Declare War (2013) " Lapeyre hints that a game of War might get real" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 30, 2013
2/4 34% Passion (2013) " De Palma twists his noir into a Gordian knot" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 30, 2013
3.5/4 74% The Grandmaster (2013) " Martial arts, resonant themes, and lush visuals make a well-rounded package" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 30, 2013
3/4 89% The World's End (2013) " Wright/Frost/Pegg present a screwball Sci-fi comedy" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 30, 2013
2.5/4 83% From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) " Blu-ray release was wrested from The Mouse, but has the same set of extras" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 30, 2013
3.5/4 75% Paradise: Faith (2013) " Solid characters in a transgressive look at the virtue of Faith" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 21, 2013
2.5/4 81% Crystal Fairy (2013) " Cera takes a road trip... and a mescaline trip" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 21, 2013
3/4 68% Elysium (2013) " The rich have better insurance in solid but flawed action film" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 21, 2013
2.5/4 —— Les Maudits (The Damned) (1947) " An early submarine movie from director René Clément" — Movie Habit
Posted Aug 21, 2013
4/4 95% Blancanieves (2013) " Succeeds in all its cinematic experiments" — Movie Habit
Posted May 26, 2013
3/4 55% The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) " Novelistic film wants to spark discussion about race and fear" — Movie Habit
Posted May 26, 2013
3/4 84% Kon Tiki (2013) " An adventure film driven by curiosity" — Movie Habit
Posted May 26, 2013
3.5/4 75% Pieta (2013) " Wrenching Oedipal tragedy not for the casual viewer" — Movie Habit
Posted May 26, 2013
2/4 67% The Iceman (2013) " Fascinating killer doesn't generate enough interest" — Movie Habit
Posted May 26, 2013
2.5/4 94% The Sessions (2012) " Survival isn't enough. Acceptance isn't enough. Mark needs fulfillment." — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 28, 2013
85% Bestiaire (2012) " Minimalism, but without the aesthetic" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 28, 2013
60% Here and There (2013) " Slow-paced family drama a mixed bag " — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 28, 2013
4/4 88% Django Unchained (2012) " Countless great scenes in the Tarantino universe" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
1.5/4 53% Come Out And Play (2013) " Creepy, troubling idea drains away through a gaping plot hole" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
3.5/4 93% Lore (2013) " Texture and detail embellish a provocative story" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
93% The Gatekeepers (2013) " Director Dror Moreh doesn't rest on his scoop" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
2.5/4 69% Stoker (2013) " Come for the atmosphere, but don't stay for the plot" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
3.5/4 93% No (2013) " Old technology plus the packaging of a revolution add up to a Yes" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
2/4 84% Side Effects (2013) " Plot twists? Or lurches between genres?" — Movie Habit
Posted Feb 28, 2013
1.5/4 47% Cellmates (2012) " A lifer with little chance for appeal" — Movie Habit
Posted Feb 22, 2013
3.5/4 94% I Wish (2012) " A charming, magical-childhood film from Japan" — Movie Habit
Posted Feb 22, 2013
4/4 77% Samsara (2012) " Meet your new go-to disc for showing off your home theater" — Movie Habit
Posted Feb 1, 2013
3.5/4 75% Killing Them Softly (2012) " Director Andrew Dominik controls the clock" — Movie Habit
Posted Dec 14, 2012
2.5/4 63% Hitchcock (2012) " Mainstream telling of the making of Psycho is missing part of the story" — Movie Habit
Posted Dec 14, 2012
4/4 91% Holy Motors (2012) " Mystifying and emotion-stirring, it demands that you bring yourself" — Movie Habit
Posted Dec 14, 2012
3.5/4 84% Manufactured Landscapes (2007) " Marvel at the sheer size of human industry (or is that human folly?)" — Movie Habit
Posted Dec 14, 2012
3/4 65% The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) " Tolkein geeks rejoice" — Movie Habit
Posted Dec 14, 2012
3/4 96% Chasing Ice (2012) " Postpones the inevitable conclusion long enough to tell a good story" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 23, 2012
3/4 84% The Flat (2012) " Grandma's closet contains a story only the third generation can hear" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 23, 2012
89% Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe) (Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)) (2010) " Peek into the subconscious imagery of Jan Svankmajer" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 16, 2012
88% Casting By () " Dances around the subject of casting in movies" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 16, 2012
71% We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012) " Fills you in on a few names you know from the headlines" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 16, 2012
89% Lincoln (2012) " When Spielberg humanizes, it works, and when he mythologizes, it doesn't" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 16, 2012
3/4 100% Urbanized (2011) " A good (and great-looking) overview of urban planning" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 9, 2012
3/4 92% Skyfall (2012) " Old and new, Skyfall follows the well-worn patterns of its predecessors" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 9, 2012
57% Shanghai Calling (2013) " Light mainstream feature has enough charisma and cultural observations -- but only just" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 9, 2012
—— Snackbar () " Snacks are sold more to kill time than to nourish" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 9, 2012
—— Bay Of All Saints () " "Not excellent" doesn't always correlate with "forgettable"" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 5, 2012
2.5/4 66% Cloud Atlas (2012) " Mash-up works best if you don't take it too seriously" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 5, 2012
3.5/4 95% Sister (2012) " Emotionally engaging and impeccably crafted" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 5, 2012
3.5/4 93% Elena (2012) " Not a shot is wasted in this tale of two families" — Movie Habit
Posted Nov 5, 2012
90% The Well-Digger's Daughter (2012) " Remake lacks the power of context" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
17% The Watch (2012) " Aims for ridiculous comedy, hits "ridiculous"" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
2.5/4 87% ParaNorman (2012) " Charming stop-motion lumps chase a witch" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
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