Matt Patches

Matt Patches

Agrees with the Tomatometer 68% of the time.

Publications:
Hollywood.com
Total Reviews:
111

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2.5/5 47% The Great Gatsby (2013) " DiCaprio's Gatsby takes the movie's breath away, forcing Luhrmann to put aside his song and dance infatuation for dazzling performances in the heightened world he's created." — Hollywood.com
Posted May 8, 2013
4/5 78% Iron Man 3 (2013) " Iron Man 3 avoids fantasy in favor of a hefty helping of pulp fiction. The setup makes way for Downey, Jr.'s best work in the franchise." — Hollywood.com
Posted May 1, 2013
3.5/5 46% Pain & Gain (2013) " Pain & Gain is a twisted byproduct of American fantasy... a sharp bit of satire that provokes." — Hollywood.com
Posted Apr 25, 2013
3.5/5 56% Oblivion (2013) " Tom Cruise is the biggest star on the planet, yet his greatest strength is a willingness to take a back seat to a director's vision." — Hollywood.com
Posted Apr 18, 2013
2/5 77% 42 (2013) " 42 proves an important theory on biopics: a historical figure can be too significant for the Hollywood treatment." — Hollywood.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
2/5 9% The Host (2013) " The Host is like its central character: a vacant husk, completely bewildered inside and out, with the faint sound of a good idea trying to scream its way through." — Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 29, 2013
3.5/5 28% G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) " 'Retaliation' delivers thrills, but it's the rare case where playing with more toys would have helped." — Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 22, 2013
2.5/5 48% Olympus Has Fallen (2013) " Fuqua makes the stealthy techniques of Butler's Agent Mike Banning exhilarating, but pads it with blockbuster-sized bookends and more bloodshed than your typical Saw flick." — Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 21, 2013
2.5/5 38% The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) " As with any great magic trick, Wonderstone is effective in diverting our attention to the small moments." — Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 15, 2013
2.5/5 60% Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) " Successfully drowns James Franco in imagination." — Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 6, 2013
3/5 52% Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) " From a giant's point of view - or atop the beanstalk, if you're a pesky human - the big picture is good fun." — Hollywood.com
Posted Mar 1, 2013
1/5 26% 21 And Over (2013) " Scrapes the bottom of the barrel then shotguns it into our faces." — Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 28, 2013
3.5/5 58% Snitch (2013) " When The Rock falls, he falls hard." — Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 21, 2013
1.5/5 15% A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) " Willis has hinted that a sixth Die Hard movie is already in the works - the good news is, the series can only go up from here." — Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 15, 2013
3.5/5 45% Beautiful Creatures (2013) " Not all Young Adult Fiction adaptations are created equal." — Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 13, 2013
3.5/5 80% Warm Bodies (2013) " Warm Bodies successfully unearths the "human" in budding relationships - and does it with the not-quite-human." — Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 1, 2013
1.5/5 32% Gangster Squad (2013) " Fleischer's film goes rogue..." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jan 11, 2013
4.5/5 93% Zero Dark Thirty (2013) " The careful orchestration of details turns 'Zero Dark Thirty' into a thriller by way of a New Yorker essay." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jan 10, 2013
3/5 52% This is 40 (2012) " 'This Is 40' takes a risk on free form storytelling, falling short with parts that are greater than the whole." — Hollywood.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
1.5/5 38% Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) " Hyde Park on Hudson always goes back to ... a vapid core idea that only offers the filmmakers an opportunity to shoot dynamic driving scenes through scenic upstate New York." — Hollywood.com
Posted Dec 4, 2012
3.5/5 66% The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) " A fresh, free-spirited form of fantasy, Jackson's latest provides a younger generation with a stepping stone to his later films while serving the adult's who want more. " — Hollywood.com
Posted Dec 3, 2012
4/5 92% Silver Linings Playbook (2012) " Silver Linings Playbook is Cooper and Lawrence's show." — Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 16, 2012
3.5/5 48% The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) " Breaking Dawn - Part 2 will elicit laughs aplenty - but thankfully, they're all on purpose." — Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 15, 2012
4/5 64% Anna Karenina (2012) " We have expectations of what to expect from period romances. Anna Karenina defies them. Masterpiece Theater it is not." — Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 13, 2012
4.5/5 92% Skyfall (2012) " A mix of old and new thrills, 'Skyfall' delves into the mind of James Bond while delivering all the action you want from a 007 adventure." — Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 8, 2012
4/5 89% Lincoln (2012) " Lincoln looks amazing, sounds amazing, and has enough talent to make it an exhilarating learning experience." — Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 2, 2012
3/5 49% The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) " RZA unleashes his passion into the film, so even when the story or action isn't working, something else on screen is." — Hollywood.com
Posted Nov 2, 2012
2/5 79% Flight (2012) " For Zemeckis, Flight is still a spectacle, with Washington's ability to emote as the magical special effect. Instead of using it sparingly, he once again goes big. Too big." — Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 31, 2012
1.5/5 26% Fun Size (2012) " Not quite suitable for the young ones, nor is it funny or wild enough for the Gossip Girl crowd." — Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 26, 2012
3.5/5 96% Argo (2012) " One part caper comedy and two parts edge-of-your-seat political thriller ... an exhilarating theatrical experience." — Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 10, 2012
2.5/5 21% Taken 2 (2012) " 'Taken 2' is ridiculous, but at least Liam Neeson knows it." — Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 5, 2012
3/5 87% Frankenweenie (2012) " A horror primer for kids that playfully dabbles in the past of creature features without overcomplicating itself." — Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 5, 2012
2.5/5 32% The Oranges (2012) " A great cast can be a powerful weapon. In the case of the new family dramedy 'The Oranges', it's the saving grace." — Hollywood.com
Posted Oct 3, 2012
4/5 88% Life of Pi (2012) " Depicts the book's grand ideas with unexpected tenderness." — Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 28, 2012
3.5/5 93% Looper (2012) " For sci-fi nuts, Looper corrects the past." — Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 27, 2012
3.5/5 85% The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) " High school is a messy, shocking, and occasionally beautiful experience. So is 'Perks.'" — Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 20, 2012
4/5 86% The Master (2012) " The Master may not be filled with scenic vistas or sweeping action, but it's nothing less than jaw-dropping." — Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 14, 2012
4/5 68% Cloud Atlas (2012) " Every story, character, and scene in Cloud Atlas commits to a style. That diversity keeps the swirling maelstrom of a movie in check." — Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 8, 2012
4/5 66% Spring Breakers (2013) " Harmony Korine toys with Girls Gone Wild iconography to skewer party culture, twisted priorities of modern young people, and the "American Dream."" — Hollywood.com
Posted Sep 8, 2012
4/5 67% Lawless (2012) " Lawless is a beautiful film that's violent as hell, striking in a way only unfiltered Americana could be." — Hollywood.com
Posted Aug 28, 2012
3.5/5 76% Premium Rush (2012) " Premium Rush quickly kicks off its extended action set piece and never lets up." — Hollywood.com
Posted Aug 23, 2012
4/5 87% ParaNorman (2012) " For a movie grounded in fear, ParaNorman stands out as a movie for audiences young and old that's truly fearless." — Hollywood.com
Posted Aug 17, 2012
2/5 56% The Bourne Legacy (2012) " 'Legacy' has to dig deeper to find new ground to cover, introducing elements of sci-fi into the equation. The result is surprisingly limp and even more incomprehensible." — Hollywood.com
Posted Aug 9, 2012
2/5 31% Total Recall (2012) " The weight of Recall's mystery is suffocated in a series of fist fights, hovercar pile-ups, and foot chases pulled straight out of the latest platformer video game." — Hollywood.com
Posted Aug 3, 2012
2.5/5 16% The Watch (2012) " There's nothing revelatory to be found in The Watch, but the cast's knack for improv, a poetry of the profane, makes the adventure worth...viewing." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jul 27, 2012
3/5 87% The Dark Knight Rises (2012) " Sizzling performances and large-scale action are outweighed by a clunky script. Dark Knight Rises unleashes tons of ideas, but rarely are any worth caring about." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jul 18, 2012
3/5 37% Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) " Ice Age: Continental Drift is crafted especially for the wee ones - and it works." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
3.5/5 78% Dredd (2012) " Dredd is a grimy, smoldering, relentless 90 minutes that manages to inject its in-your-face fight scenes with an unexpected bit of humanity." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
70% Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) " Watching two actors play against their established personas gives Celeste and Jesse extra (and exciting) punch." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jun 29, 2012
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