Marty Mapes

Marty Mapes

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% 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:
1338
Total QuickRatings:
18
Location:
Boulder, Colorado

Listing Of All Reviews & Articles

Showing 1 - 50 of 1338
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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2.5/4 94% The Sessions (2012) " Survival isn't enough. Acceptance isn't enough. Mark needs fulfillment." — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 28, 2013
84% Bestiaire (2012) " Minimalism, but without the aesthetic" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 28, 2013
54% 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 56% Come Out And Play (2013) " Creepy, troubling idea drains away through a gaping plot hole" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
3.5/4 92% Lore (2013) " Texture and detail embellish a provocative story" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
92% The Gatekeepers (2013) " Director Dror Moreh doesn't rest on his scoop" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
2.5/4 67% Stoker (2013) " Come for the atmosphere, but don't stay for the plot" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
3.5/4 92% No (2013) " Old technology plus the packaging of a revolution add up to a Yes" — Movie Habit
Posted Mar 24, 2013
2/4 85% 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 76% 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 90% 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 66% The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) " Tolkein geeks rejoice" — Movie Habit
Posted Dec 14, 2012
3/4 95% 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
—— 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 68% 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
16% 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
3/4 64% Cosmopolis (2012) " For those who like their Cronenberg thick and chewy" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
4/4 77% Samsara (2012) " Ron Fricke tops Baraka" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
2/4 22% The Words (2012) " The Words becomes one of the year's most irritating movies." — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
86% The Master (2012) " Strange, compelling, and boldly uncommon." — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
3/4 82% Seven Psychopaths (2012) " McDonagh manages to have it both ways" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
3.5/4 96% Argo (2012) " It's okay to take a few liberties in the name of a good story" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
2.5/4 68% Wuthering Heights (2012) " A great sensual experience, but not a very good movie" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
2.5/4 81% In Another Country (2013) " An arty, though not particularly artful, experiment" — Movie Habit
Posted Oct 20, 2012
3.5/4 74% Prometheus (2012) " Ridley Scott retells an old story" — Movie Habit
Posted Jul 6, 2012
3/4 94% Moonrise Kingdom (2012) " Sweet, not saccharine" — Movie Habit
Posted Jul 6, 2012
1.5/4 35% Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) " Intriguing title the most interesting thing about Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter" — Movie Habit
Posted Jul 1, 2012
2.5/4 78% Brave (2012) " Brave is stock Disney storytelling dressed up with Pixar majesty." — Movie Habit
Posted Jul 1, 2012
3/4 33% The Lady (2012) " Biopic of Ang San Suu Kyi a notch above the rest " — Movie Habit
Posted May 24, 2012
3/4 94% The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) " Ghibli makes another gorgeous growing-up movie" — Movie Habit
Posted May 24, 2012
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