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3/4
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93%
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Iron Man (2008) |
"
The visual effects are bound to give you goosebumps and maybe you'll find yourself uttering an audible "whoa.""
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Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 7, 2008
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1.5/4
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37%
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You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) |
"
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."
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Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 7, 2008
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1.5/4
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50%
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Sex and the City (2008) |
"
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."
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Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 7, 2008
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2/4
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78%
|
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
"
An iconic film character deserved a better story than this."
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Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 7, 2008
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2/4
|
67%
|
The Incredible Hulk (2008) |
"
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."
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Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 7, 2008
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2/4
|
71%
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Wanted (2008) |
"
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."
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Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 7, 2008
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4/4
|
96%
|
WALL-E (2008) |
"
This film is a real treasure, one that can make you laugh when you are in your worst of moods."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 7, 2008
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|
|
90%
|
Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
"
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)
Posted Dec 27, 2004
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|
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90%
|
Kinsey (2004) |
"
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."
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Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Dec 27, 2004
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|
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44%
|
National Treasure (2004) |
"
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)
Posted Dec 27, 2004
|
|
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
Payne's beautiful command of his content diverts your attention away from the fact it's a typical road movie."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 12, 2004
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|
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58%
|
I, Robot (2004) |
"
This is jaw-droppingly juvenile and insulting to my intelligence. Perhaps its subject matter is obsolete. Asimov deserved better."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Aug 19, 2004
|
|
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66%
|
Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"
Generally, the film makes good on its humorous potential. "
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Aug 19, 2004
|
|
|
78%
|
Two Brothers (2004) |
"
Annaud's methods are misleading which undermine his admirable intent."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Aug 19, 2004
|
|
|
96%
|
Control Room (2004) |
"
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)
Posted Aug 19, 2004
|
|
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49%
|
The Passion of the Christ (2004) |
"
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)
Posted Mar 24, 2004
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|
|
68%
|
Barbershop 2 - Back in Business (2004) |
"
The gist of this film can be summed in one short phrase: 'Sorry. My bad.'"
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Mar 24, 2004
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|
|
13%
|
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004) |
"
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)
Posted Mar 24, 2004
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|
|
71%
|
Cold Mountain (2003) |
"
Beauty and skill bereft of passion or personality."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jan 13, 2004
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|
|
81%
|
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares) (2003) |
"
Sweet and poignant; perceptive and true."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jan 13, 2004
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|
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76%
|
The Cooler (2003) |
"
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)
Posted Jan 13, 2004
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|
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65%
|
The Last Samurai (2003) |
"
Any exhibition of tenderness or subtlety is followed by scenes that are logically inconsistent or go for a tawdry effect"
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Dec 13, 2003
|
|
|
80%
|
21 Grams (2003) |
"
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)
Posted Dec 13, 2003
|
|
|
72%
|
Elephant (2003) |
"
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)
Posted Dec 13, 2003
|
|
|
58%
|
The Missing (2003) |
"
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)
Posted Dec 13, 2003
|
|
|
85%
|
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"
This is not Crowe's greatest performance, but could be one of the most likable characters he'll ever play."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Dec 13, 2003
|
|
1/5
|
15%
|
Rude Awakening (1989) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
2/5
|
78%
|
Desert Bloom (2003) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
41%
|
Cousin Bette (1998) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
1/5
|
14%
|
Turbulence 2: Fear of Flying (1999) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Trois vies & une seule mort (Three Lives and Only One Death) (1996) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby (Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby) (1999) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
47%
|
The Lawnmower Man (1992) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
Fifty/Fifty (50-50) (1993) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
Schindler's List (1993) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
2/5
|
15%
|
Orca - The Killer Whale (1977) |
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
|
36%
|
The Matrix Revolutions (2003) |
"
It is just another good looking action flick. The ignominious fate of being forgotten amidst all the others in the same genre is not what this franchise deserves. "
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Nov 13, 2003
|
|
|
59%
|
Secondhand Lions (2003) |
"
'There is something to be said for reminding audiences of simple truths found amidst complex circumstances. But here, the film becomes a series of hokey contrivances and the simple truth it illustrates is so reductive it is almost insulting.'"
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Oct 22, 2003
|
|
|
69%
|
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) |
"
'One area Rodriguez has not managed to nail down is telling a compelling narrative.'"
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Oct 22, 2003
|
|
|
90%
|
The Magdalene Sisters (2003) |
"
'It is an unflinching, harsh but engrossing glimpse into what rural Irish families and the Catholic Church did to exterminate sex.'"
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Oct 22, 2003
|
|
|
8%
|
Grind (2003) |
"
Brings Out The Worst Of A Fringe Sport That Fights For Mainstream Acceptance...this Film Fails So Completely In Almost Every Aspect."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Oct 22, 2003
|
|
|
77%
|
Seabiscuit (2003) |
"
Gary Ross' work is skilled and sublime from almost all angles, transcending a sporting drama into a multifaceted film that enthralls and captivates."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Aug 11, 2003
|
|
|
62%
|
Hulk (2003) |
"
Director Ang Lee is to be commended for at least at-tempting to go beyond what could have been an empty special effects bonanza. But the subject of strained child/parent relationships is treated superficially."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 16, 2003
|
|
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36%
|
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"
The film relies on kinetic energy as its entertainment hook. There is plenty of action, no doubt, but hardly any of it inventive."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 16, 2003
|
|
|
99%
|
Finding Nemo 3D (2012) |
"
It was one of those instances where I found myself recounting out loud the funniest moments to someone who just saw the movie with me."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 16, 2003
|
|
|
34%
|
The In-Laws (2003) |
"
If the CIA really did every-thing so openly as one of its operatives does in The In-Laws, it's amazing any of them could stay under cover."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 16, 2003
|
|
|
73%
|
The Matrix Reloaded (2003) |
"
Its akin to a computer network, which is generally easy enough to grasp, but its specifics can become frustrating."
—
Star Newspapers (Chicago, IL)
Posted Jul 16, 2003
|
76%
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