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Michael Drakulich

Tomatometer-approved critic
Biography:

I am a newspaper reporter and film critic for the Star Newspapers (not the supermarket tabloid) in suburban Chicago.

Favorites:

All time: Amadeus, The Deer Hunter, Mulholland Drive, The Crying Game, Joe Gould's Secret, Chariot's of Fire.

Location:

Chicago, Illinois

Official Website:

http://www.starnewspapers.com

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Iron Man (2008) 94% 3/4 EDIT “The visual effects are bound to give you goosebumps and maybe you'll find yourself uttering an audible "whoa."” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jul 7, 2008 Full Review You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008) 37% 1.5/4 EDIT “Why does Adam Sandler continue to make these comedies that aren't funny? Because your neighbor's 13-year old kid keeps going to see them.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jul 7, 2008 Full Review Sex and the City (2008) 49% 1.5/4 EDIT “What does that say when a self-admitted narcissist receives such a following? In playing the victim card so often, Sarah Jessica Parker's character is one of the most unlikable characters I've seen in a long time.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jul 7, 2008 Full Review Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) 77% 2/4 EDIT “An iconic film character deserved a better story than this.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jul 7, 2008 Full Review The Incredible Hulk (2008) 68% 2/4 EDIT “The Hulk is one of Marvel Comics more unsuccessfully developed superheroes. He is more of a scared animal striking out at his tormentors rather than a thinking being that acts with a conscience.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jul 7, 2008 Full Review Wanted (2008) 72% 2/4 EDIT “Too ridiculous to be entertaining and too long to keep everyone's attention. If fate were only so virtuous as this film would have us believe.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jul 7, 2008 Full Review WALL-E (2008) 95% 4/4 EDIT “This film is a real treasure, one that can make you laugh when you are in your worst of moods.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jul 7, 2008 Full Review Hotel Rwanda (2004) 91% EDIT “This was a story that needed to be told because the ethnic war that raged in Rwanda in 1994 is often forgotten by the rest of the world.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Dec 27, 2004 Full Review Kinsey (2004) 90% EDIT “While "Kinsey" will give insight into the man to a whole new audience, director Bill Condon has not quite made him as human as he may have intended.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Dec 27, 2004 Full Review National Treasure (2004) 47% EDIT “This is Bruckheimer's niche. Don't ever expect him to adapt a Nicholas Sparks book into a film any time soon.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Dec 27, 2004 Full Review Sideways (2004) 97% EDIT “Payne's beautiful command of his content diverts your attention away from the fact it's a typical road movie.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Nov 12, 2004 Full Review I, Robot (2004) 57% EDIT “This is jaw-droppingly juvenile and insulting to my intelligence. Perhaps its subject matter is obsolete. Asimov deserved better.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Aug 19, 2004 Full Review Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) 66% EDIT “Generally, the film makes good on its humorous potential.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Aug 19, 2004 Full Review Two Brothers (2004) 78% EDIT “Annaud's methods are misleading which undermine his admirable intent.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Aug 19, 2004 Full Review Control Room (2004) 95% EDIT “Bush and Rumsfeld have called Al-Jazeera "the mouthpiece of Osama Bin-Laden." You might find truth to that statement next to Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Aug 19, 2004 Full Review The Passion of the Christ (2004) 49% EDIT “When audiences walk out of theaters in stunned silence, I'm not sure it is for the same reasons director Mel Gibson wanted.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Mar 24, 2004 Full Review Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) 69% EDIT “The gist of this film can be summed in one short phrase: 'Sorry. My bad.'” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Mar 24, 2004 Full Review Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) 13% EDIT “I hope kids see through this film's slick production value and realize Lindsay Lohan's character is only a shade above contemptible much less worth their admiration.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Mar 24, 2004 Full Review Cold Mountain (2003) 69% EDIT “Beauty and skill bereft of passion or personality.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jan 13, 2004 Full Review The Barbarian Invasions (2003) 81% EDIT “Sweet and poignant; perceptive and true.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jan 13, 2004 Full Review The Cooler (2003) 78% EDIT “While everything works on a superficial, plot-driven level with Bernie and Natalie, there is a broader theme at work that adds depth not frequently found in this genre.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Jan 13, 2004 Full Review The Last Samurai (2003) 65% EDIT “Any exhibition of tenderness or subtlety is followed by scenes that are logically inconsistent or go for a tawdry effect” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Dec 13, 2003 Full Review 21 Grams (2003) 80% EDIT “Inarritu plots the story in a non-linear style that mirrors randomness. He does it so exceptionally well, we almost forget about the film's deficiencies.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Dec 13, 2003 Full Review Elephant (2003) 74% EDIT “Director Gus Van Sant should be applauded for resisting the temptation to extrapolate the motives of his two central characters and apply them universally.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Dec 13, 2003 Full Review The Missing (2003) 58% EDIT “Had lesser actors been cast in the two lead roles, The Missing could have been no better than an average episode of Bonanza.” – Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL) Dec 13, 2003 Full Review
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