Matt Patches

Matt Patches

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

Publications:
Film.com , GeekNation , Hollywood.com , IGN Movies , ScreenCrush , Time Out New York
Total Reviews:
145

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
6/10 8% Runner Runner (2013) " By the time the turn is flipped, 'Runner Runner' is left crossing its fingers, praying for coherency." — ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 4, 2013
4/5 68% Bad Milo! (2013) " Bad Milo! is sick -- but it's the right kind of sick." — Time Out New York
Posted Oct 1, 2013
8.8/10 88% Captain Phillips (2013) " Not so much a movie you watch as a movie you survive." — IGN Movies
Posted Oct 1, 2013
7.4/10 83% Don Jon (2013) " Johansson walks away from Don Jon with one her best performances to date." — IGN Movies
Posted Sep 26, 2013
7.1 59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) " A cinematic food coma." — Film.com
Posted Sep 25, 2013
5.5/10 80% Prisoners (2013) " Has the sheen of a prestige picture and the guts of Law & Order's best episode." — IGN Movies
Posted Sep 19, 2013
2/5 67% Newlyweeds (2013) " Newlyweeds looks and sounds primo. Storytelling-wise, however, it's more than one toke over the line." — Time Out New York
Posted Sep 17, 2013
5.1/10 33% The Family (2013) " A love letter to Scorsese constructed with all the grace of Mr. Bean." — Film.com
Posted Sep 12, 2013
2/5 45% And While We Were Here (2013) " The stunning backdrop winds up being a crutch for And While We Were Here, which leaves its adept performers unchallenged in the face of forbidden passion." — Time Out New York
Posted Sep 11, 2013
3/5 64% Herb & Dorothy 50x50 (2013) " 50x50 ... acts as a provocative call to arms" — Time Out New York
Posted Sep 11, 2013
7.4/10 76% Man of Tai Chi (2013) " Takes a zen-like approach to the kung fu movie, but when it comes to the big fights, it's as ferocious as they come." — IGN Movies
Posted Sep 11, 2013
6.4/10 60% Riddick (2013) " A hybrid of D&D adventuring, ;Pitch Black'-style close quarters mayhem, and a dash of 'Heavy Metal' for spice." — Film.com
Posted Sep 4, 2013
3/10 3% Getaway (2013) " Getaway is rated PG-13 for rude gestures - including the ones you'll flip at the screen when the end credits start rolling." — IGN Movies
Posted Aug 28, 2013
3/5 59% Afternoon Delight (2013) " ...Hahn breaks through it all; she's the one who provides the glossy rumination with actual heart." — Time Out New York
Posted Aug 27, 2013
1/5 12% The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) " There's a Dumbledore, there's a Voldemort, there's a magical MacGuffin that our heroes must track down, but it's a soulless attempt to re-create the Potter magic." — Time Out New York
Posted Aug 20, 2013
6/10 4% Paranoia (2013) " The twists are inevitable, the turns come from a mile away, but a surprisingly charming and humble Hemsworth becomes a reliable interface for the old mechanics." — ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 16, 2013
5/10 30% Kick-Ass 2 (2013) " 'Kick-Ass 2′ is founded on "why not?"" — ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 14, 2013
5/10 73% Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) " Forces the square legacy of Cecil into the round 'Forrest Gump' hole." — ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 9, 2013
4.9/10 47% We're The Millers (2013) " Like a long road trip with the family, this one speeds along without any bumps." — IGN Movies
Posted Aug 6, 2013
2/5 14% The Smurfs 2 (2013) " Patient Adult Smurfs will be checking their watches as Excitable Child Smurfs lose themselves in the high jinks." — Time Out New York
Posted Jul 30, 2013
5.3/10 22% The Canyons (2013) " Has all the elegance and depth of a daytime soap opera." — Film.com
Posted Jul 29, 2013
4/5 69% The Wolverine (2013) " The Wolverine marks Jackman's sixth time playing his iconic superhero role. It feels like the first." — GeekNation
Posted Jul 26, 2013
4.3/10 14% R.I.P.D. (2013) " A colossal mess of an action movie." — IGN Movies
Posted Jul 20, 2013
6/10 42% Red 2 (2013) " 'RED 2' is faithful to 2010′s 'RED' in that it makes very little sense and maximizes the talent on display." — ScreenCrush
Posted Jul 18, 2013
2/5 25% Copperhead (2013) " Less like a peering examination of the turbulent political environment than a reenactment of a Ken Burns documentary-or a museum tour." — Time Out New York
Posted Jul 16, 2013
7.9/10 97% The Act Of Killing (2013) " The most gut-wrenching 'making of' documentary of all time." — Film.com
Posted Jul 15, 2013
1/5 8% Grown Ups 2 (2013) " In the first five minutes, a deer walks into the star's bedroom and urinates on his face. It's all downhill from there." — Time Out New York
Posted Jul 11, 2013
2.5/5 72% Pacific Rim (2013) " 'Pacific Rim' delivers the goods without firing on all cylinders" — GeekNation
Posted Jul 10, 2013
5.3/10 83% Berberian Sound Studio (2013) " Mesmerizing, but the images stand alone and incomplete." — Film.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
8.7/10 56% Man of Steel (2013) " If the word "epic" has lost its meaning, 'Man of Steel' forcefully redefines it." — Hollywood.com
Posted Jun 10, 2013
6.8/10 38% The Purge (2013) " A blunt takedown of 1%-er politics masquerading as a home invasion picture." — Film.com
Posted Jun 5, 2013
2/5 11% After Earth (2013) " Think The Happening, plus bloodthirsty baboons." — Hollywood.com
Posted May 31, 2013
2/5 40% Only God Forgives (2013) " Like 'Drive,' the soundtrack's character is the best performance in the film." — Hollywood.com
Posted May 22, 2013
3.5/5 59% The Bling Ring (2013) " The film plays like the material its criticizing - an artful "E! True Hollywood Story."" — Hollywood.com
Posted May 17, 2013
2.5/5 87% Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) " Instead of reminding us why we love the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, Into Darkness floods the screen with spectacle and relies on memories of the past to fill in the blanks." — Hollywood.com
Posted May 15, 2013
2.5/5 49% 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 79% 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 49% 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 54% 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 79% 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 47% 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 36% 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 59% 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 28% 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 55% Snitch (2013) " When The Rock falls, he falls hard." — Hollywood.com
Posted Feb 21, 2013
1.5/5 14% 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
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