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Michael Nordine

Michael Nordine

Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

Publications:
Film Threat , House Next Door , indieWIRE , L.A. Weekly , Not Coming to a Theater Near You , Reverse Shot , Slant Magazine , Village Voice , Willamette Week
Total Reviews:
200

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80% Possession (The Night the Screaming Stops) (1981) " A film about a woman who fucks an octopus." — Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Posted Oct 4, 2013
—— Final cut - Hölgyeim és uraim () " All that truly distinguishes this from the supercuts that go viral every so often is its length." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 3, 2013
43% Wedding Palace (2013) " Yoo's broadly drawn characters are less ha-ha funny than endearingly over-the-top, their exaggerated mannerisms rooted in fondness as much as mockery." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 24, 2013
100% The Wicker Man - Final Cut (2013) " Many a film has tried to replicate this wonderfully off-kilter vibe -- and a few have come close -- but none has quite pulled it off." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 24, 2013
—— Winter Nomads (2013) " What von Stürler's documentary lacks in human beings it more than makes up for in snow-covered sheep." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 24, 2013
C 33% The Family (2013) " Quite literally self-parody--only without the self-awareness of Analyze This." — Willamette Week
Posted Sep 18, 2013
C 52% Thérèse (2013) " Exactly the kind of film the French New Wave was rebelling against." — Willamette Week
Posted Sep 18, 2013
—— Arise (2013) " Reads more as a feature-length infomercial for the many organizations it highlights-all of which are more than deserving of the attention-than a probing look at what it means to be at one with our planet in the 21st century." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 17, 2013
C- 35% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) " The scariest thing about it is that there will probably be a Chapter 3." — Willamette Week
Posted Sep 12, 2013
C 23% A Teacher (2013) " Mood divorced from meaning." — Willamette Week
Posted Sep 11, 2013
71% Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013) " Bruce may succeed in making you wary of the Fed, but, unfortunately, he's also likely to make you wary of his film." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 10, 2013
—— FLU (2013) " Mostly works on a visceral level in spite of its familiarity; these tropes exist for a reason." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 6, 2013
B+ 60% Riddick (2013) " The best action film of the year." — Willamette Week
Posted Sep 6, 2013
C- 34% Salinger (2013) " More interested in digging up dirt -- and gaining credit for being the one holding the shovel -- than in providing any genuine insight." — Willamette Week
Posted Sep 4, 2013
C 34% Touchy Feely (2013) " There's no reason so many strong components should add up to so little." — Willamette Week
Posted Sep 4, 2013
44% Bounty Killer (2013) " None of this is good, per se, but that doesn't prevent it from being entertaining in a madcap sort of way." — Village Voice
Posted Sep 3, 2013
75% ZIPPER: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride (2013) " More effective as a loving send-off than an insightful look at the so-called "tides of progress" that have led to Coney Island's slow decline." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 28, 2013
B- 80% Drinking Buddies (2013) " Though the question is usually when the expected will occur, not if, anticipating what's coming next doesn't entirely diminish the impact once these recognizable pieces fall into place." — Willamette Week
Posted Aug 28, 2013
B- 74% The Grandmaster (2013) " Wong is a master of small, melancholy moments that appear to contain all the beauty and sadness of the world, a strength The Grandmaster plays to only rarely-but when it does, the effect is mesmerizing." — Willamette Week
Posted Aug 28, 2013
33% The Keep (1983) " Shows early signs of Mann's rare ability to elevate ostensibly schlocky material into something dark and majestic." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 21, 2013
—— Go Grandriders (2013) " Mostly, but by no means always, avoids the more cloying or heartwarming aspects of its tale in favor of a frank account of the implications of aging in Taiwan." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 21, 2013
B- 75% You're Next (2013) " The only thing more terrifying than a home invasion is a home invasion carried out by people wearing spooky masks." — Willamette Week
Posted Aug 21, 2013
C- 4% Paranoia (2013) " Less actively bad than utterly, painfully familiar, the kind of movie that stakes its claims entirely on opening-weekend box-office receipts because those involved know nobody will remember it come Monday." — Willamette Week
Posted Aug 21, 2013
—— The United States Of Football (2013) " [Pamphilon] won't wow you with his skill behind the camera, but you'll likely still find yourself nodding your head in frustrated agreement." — Village Voice
Posted Aug 20, 2013
—— Adjust Your Tracking () " Kinem and Peretic have taken great pains to emphasize that this is endeavor is for collectors, by collectors, making the proceedings feel especially personal and authentic." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 14, 2013
100% Rewind This! (2013) " There's nary a trace of ironic detachment or condescension here, which is exceedingly rare for any depiction of geek culture." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 14, 2013
0% Generation Um... (2013) " Reeves is front and center in a thinly sketched narrative anchored by little other than his presence ..." — Village Voice
Posted Apr 30, 2013
100% G-Dog (2013) " G-Dog belongs to a long line of feel-good documentaries that win audience awards at film festivals and make you feel like a jerk for not liking them." — Village Voice
Posted Apr 28, 2013
85% Upstream Color (2013) " One eventually grows so weary of discerning the signal from the noise that it all blurs together." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Feb 26, 2013
78% Red Flag (2013) " Karpovsky's DIY know-how helps maximize a pint-size budget." — Village Voice
Posted Feb 19, 2013
C+ 14% A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) " It's a decent action flick, but change a few characters' names and it's barely recognizable as a Die Hard movie." — Willamette Week
Posted Feb 19, 2013
B- 15% A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013) " At once feeds into and deconstructs the Sheen persona; it also serves as a welcome reminder that, when he's not busy "winning" or having a public meltdown, the man is a charismatic onscreen presence." — Willamette Week
Posted Feb 19, 2013
56% Would You Rather (2013) " Would You Rather verges on genuine intrigue at times, but it's ultimately just a slasher without the gore ..." — Village Voice
Posted Feb 5, 2013
C+ 41% Parker (2013) " Twenty years later, it turns out that Statham may be the last real action hero." — Willamette Week
Posted Feb 1, 2013
C+ 46% Bullet to the Head (2013) " Carried out with a sort of kinetic grace that betrays its makers' experience within the genre." — Willamette Week
Posted Feb 1, 2013
B 45% The Comedy (2012) " Champions what it appears to mock and indicts what it appears to glorify." — Willamette Week
Posted Jan 24, 2013
3.5/5 86% Blue Caprice (2013) " Lyrical to the point of being ghostly." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 24, 2013
3.5/5 81% Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) " This is a consistently moving tone poem of a film, even if its immediacy doesn't necessarily translate into long-lasting resonance." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
1.5/5 33% Charlie Countryman (2013) " So devoted to conveying the irrational whimsy of new love that it's overly irrational itself." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
4/5 —— Soldate Jeannette (Soldier Jane) () " As funny as Dogtooth and as silently observational as Bestiaire." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
2/5 73% Breathe In () " It's difficult to pinpoint the exact moment at which Breathe In falls apart, mostly because hindsight reveals it was probably doomed all along." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
3.5/5 98% Mud (2013) " Confirms Nichols' status as a rising talent in the world of independent film who's yet to make a truly major work." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
2.5/5 —— May In The Summer () " The drama never fully takes off, and the laughs are too few and far between to offset the film's fundamental deficiencies." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
3/5 85% Sightseers (2013) " Wheatley remains a master of infusing the mundane with overtones of dread." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
3/5 67% Manhunt () " It's telling that some of this documentary's most compelling segments are made up of pre-existing footage." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
2.5/5 99% 20 Feet From Stardom (2013) " Giving these not-quite-stars their moment in the sun is a commendable aim, but it comes at the expense of any real insight." — Film Threat
Posted Jan 22, 2013
— —— Tôkyô tawâ: Okan to boku to, tokidoki, oton (Tokyo Tower - Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad) (2007) — Village Voice
Posted Jan 22, 2013
64% Guilty Of Romance (2013) " As bizarrely moralist as it is transgressive." — Slant Magazine
Posted Jan 16, 2013
92% Himizu (2013) " Occasionally heavy-handed in the delivery of its ideas, but also a refreshingly sensitive character study." — L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 16, 2013
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