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33%
|
The Truth About Charlie (2002) |
"
One of the most lackluster and feeble remakes in movie history."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Nov 23, 2002
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55%
|
The Santa Clause 2 - The Mrs. Clause (2002) |
"
A most satisfying sequel to the classic Christmas film, BUT...two is enough."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Nov 23, 2002
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48%
|
Femme Fatale (2002) |
"
Brian De Palma makes up for a lot of his junk with a real Hitchcock type twisty thriller."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Nov 23, 2002
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83%
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
"
A worthy sequel with non-stop action and thrills for all ages."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Nov 23, 2002
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57%
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Die Another Day (2002) |
"
This two hours of non-stop Hollywood 007 is almost as good as the Fleming Bond-ers."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Nov 23, 2002
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66%
|
Solaris (2002) |
"
Slow moving, but faithful reworking of the Russian classic."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Nov 23, 2002
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54%
|
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"
The most outrageous display of Mike Myers' talent yet. Goldmember is sold gold, baby!"
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Black Cat Media
Posted Aug 5, 2002
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74%
|
Signs (2002) |
"
Begins with a BANG and ends with a whimper. Shyamalan sells out to Hollywood as soon as the audience fears they may have to use their imaginations and brains."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Aug 5, 2002
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81%
|
Stuart Little 2 (2002) |
"
More of the same delightfull children's tale. Overly sweet and pure stuff for the youngest filmgoers."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 22, 2002
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93%
|
Insomnia (2002) |
"
Acceptable, but mild remake of the 1997 Norwegian thriller. Restrained performances cheat the viewer of promised chills."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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44%
|
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002) |
"
Slippery, soapy, manipulative Hollywood BS about female relationships and the need for summer chick flicks. UGH!"
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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83%
|
The Bourne Identity (2002) |
"
Lukewarm remake of the 1988 film of the Ludlam novel. Cardboard characters and lots of action equal routine thrills for eating junk food."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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77%
|
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) |
"
An uncomfortable film about coming of age. Well done, but so rough around the edges you might get cut."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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92%
|
Minority Report (2002) |
"
Spielberg makes up for "A.I." with an exciting, action packed sci-fier rooted in the traditional mystery thriller mold."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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39%
|
Men in Black II (2002) |
"
More of the same...brilliantly done. Leave your brain at the door and enjoy!"
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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82%
|
Road to Perdition (2002) |
"
Very well done considering it's a comic book which accounts for the major plot flaws. Still, Hanks and company deliver a good night at the movies."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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40%
|
Reign of Fire (2002) |
"
Totally unbelieveable, illogical and contradictory. 99% FX and 1% script.."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 21, 2002
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21%
|
Jason X (2002) |
"
It delivers what it promises ( something few films do ) thrills, chills, gore and a few new twists...Jason lives!!"
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Black Cat Media
Posted May 4, 2002
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40%
|
The Scorpion King (2002) |
"
The Rock and some unexpected comedy makes The Scorpion King a better than average sword and sandal epic."
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Black Cat Media
Posted May 4, 2002
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47%
|
Hollywood Ending (2002) |
"
A mild, one joke disappointment of a film from a master who we all know can do better."
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Black Cat Media
Posted May 4, 2002
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89%
|
Spider-Man (2002) |
"
"An excelelnt transition from comics to big screen...one of the best action flicks in years....."
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Black Cat Media
Posted May 4, 2002
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31%
|
Murder by Numbers (2002) |
"
One of the more price-worthy and better written and acted efforts of recent times."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 21, 2002
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34%
|
Resident Evil (2002) |
"
One of the most adrenalin pumping horror fest in ages. Whenit was over, I wanted to run out and buy all the games....."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 13, 2002
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25%
|
Showtime (2002) |
"
Mildly amusing often actually funny satire of cop dramas and the parts the real actors have playing in past films. "
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 13, 2002
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77%
|
Ice Age (2002) |
"
Absolutely the best animated film since SHREK and MONSTERS INC. The story is fresh, the characters loveable and I want one of those sabertoothed squirrels!!"
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 13, 2002
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59%
|
Blade II (2002) |
"
If this is your cup of blood, it's one of the best. A very Graphic comic book of non-stop action and archetypical characters in mortal combat."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 13, 2002
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29%
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Clockstoppers (2002) |
"
A fun family, squeeky clean science fiction romp."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 13, 2002
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42%
|
Death to Smoochy (2002) |
"
DeVito's SMOOCHY is a funny, though, awkward treatment of a promising satirical subject. Its the kind of film the Bolting Brothers would have done so marvellously in 1965."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 13, 2002
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48%
|
Big Trouble (2002) |
"
One of the wackier cinematic translations of Dave Barry's ingenuous wit. Ridiculous characters we all recognize provide mindless, theraputic laughter"
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 13, 2002
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6%
|
Corky Romano (2001) |
"
"Another nail in the coffin of Chris Kattan's movie career....no one cares who Corky is."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Oct 14, 2001
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14%
|
American Outlaws (2001) |
"
"Despite the general enjoyablity of the cast's antics, the total disregard for historical accuracy, which would have not hurt the film at all earns this one a big 'F'"
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Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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29%
|
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) |
"
"It plods like an overnight hike with full battlegear only stoppingbriefly to illuminate a part of the war we don't often hear about.""
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Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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11%
|
The Musketeer (2001) |
"
"Bad enough to have Dumas is rolling in his grave and changing his name to Ed Wood ""
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Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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84%
|
The Others (2001) |
"
"Good old fashioned 1960's style bone chilling ghost story.""
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Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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52%
|
Rock Star (2001) |
"
"The only saving grace of this second proof that Whalberg can't carry a film is that it is a true story and has some historical merit if not any cinematic merit.""
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Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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44%
|
Rat Race (2001) |
"
"Not a copy of ther classic, but a most enjoyable dissertation on greed and the ability of Hollywood to make good movies when they want to.""
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Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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7%
|
Glitter (2001) |
"
"One of the worst wastes of time and money in years.....nothing new, nothing emotinally involving...nothing......""
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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38%
|
Hardball (2001) |
"
"boring, Hollywood formula pap....The Mighty Ducks urbanized just doesn't score""
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Sep 23, 2001
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15%
|
Scary Movie 2 (2001) |
"
Scary 2 shoots its wad in the first ten minutes and rolls downhill for 70 more. The Wayans clan have set Black entertainment back twenty years."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 9, 2001
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51%
|
Kiss of the Dragon (2001) |
"
Non-stop action...despite the soapy subplot and the loopholes, this action film puts many others to shame"
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 9, 2001
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54%
|
Cats & Dogs (2001) |
"
"A really cute idea...a comedy for the whole family with no offensive content, a nice fantasy story and some neat effects."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Jul 9, 2001
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19%
|
Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (2001) |
"
No script adventure wastes the talent of its cast and provides thrills only for the youngest audience members. I can't wait for Indiana Jones #4"
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Jun 27, 2001
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58%
|
A Knight's Tale (2001) |
"
A very creative effort, sly and witty script - suspend disbelief and let it rock you."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted May 29, 2001
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54%
|
The Golden Bowl (2000) |
"
One of the best period pieces from Merchant and Ivory is a valiant effort to condense and present a complex novel."
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Black Cat Media
Posted May 29, 2001
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|
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89%
|
Shrek (2001) |
"
100% enjoyable for all ages. This is what creative cinema is all about."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted May 29, 2001
|
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—
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25%
|
Pearl Harbor (2001) |
"
Great audio visual experience is to be lauded for technical achievement way over the luke warm dramatic effort."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted May 29, 2001
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33%
|
One Night at McCool's (2001) |
"
"Off the wall dark humor. A sleeper among dark, kooky comedies""
—
Black Cat Media
Posted May 8, 2001
|
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—
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13%
|
Town & Country (2000) |
"
"Cute. Not as bad as it could be, but suffers from it's lackof focus""
—
Black Cat Media
Posted May 8, 2001
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62%
|
The Claim (2000) |
"
Maybe the first Oscar calibur film of the year."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 22, 2001
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81%
|
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) |
"
Warm, honest, romantic comedy...one of Zellweger's best performances. This is a story everyone without a significant other can relate to."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 15, 2001
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53%
|
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) |
"
The Cat's Meow!! Full of energy and vigor this one barrels along full tilt. Kids will love this live action version of the cartoon/comic strip."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 11, 2001
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77%
|
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) |
"
A very refreshing Coen Brothers comedy and novel treatment of Homer's epic."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 8, 2001
|
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42%
|
Miss Congeniality (2000) |
"
Lukewarm, but still entertaining Sandra Bullock formula comedy has allthe signs of being rushed through production and the focus groups to the cinema before it soured."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 8, 2001
|
|
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93%
|
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
"
one of the most creative and original examples of cinematic storytelling ever."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 8, 2001
|
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24%
|
Antitrust (2001) |
"
Much better than expected with some good thrills and a great performance by Tim Robbins."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 8, 2001
|
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12%
|
Double Take (2001) |
"
A brilliant example of the kind of self-denegrating comedy that Spike Lee was talking about in Bamboozled."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 8, 2001
|
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33%
|
Just Visiting (2001) |
"
One of the better remake/adapations of the season due to the participation of the original stars, writers and director. Gives some good belly laughs."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 8, 2001
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32%
|
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"
An acceptable whodunit, but riddled with problems that always happen when you adapt a seriesof books. Morgan Freeman makes it bearable"
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 8, 2001
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73%
|
Snatch (2001) |
"
An amazingly complicated crazy quilt of accents, plots, sub plots and graphic violence. It will leave you mentally and physicall exhausted."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 3, 2001
|
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56%
|
The Gift (2000) |
"
A good, moody whodunit with a few twists. Somewhat predictable, but well done with some interesting performances."
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Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 3, 2001
|
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85%
|
The Sixth Sense (1999) |
"
A knockout.... better than most Twilight Zone episodes."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 3, 2001
|
|
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54%
|
Enemy at the Gates (2001) |
"
One of the best WWII movies of recent times. Solid performances and stirring visuals show a side of the war not usually examined."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 3, 2001
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78%
|
The Pledge (2001) |
"
A diaboilical combination, Durrenmat, Nicholson and Penn....some of their best work which may go unhailed for it's excellence for years."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
|
|
|
100%
|
The Taste of Others (2000) |
"
A fresh, humorous look at the human condition in 2001 en Francais."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
|
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20%
|
Down to Earth (2001) |
"
Chris Rock's iconoclastic style is drowned in an ethnic heavy, smart ass script that never gives the truly humourous and dramatic elements in the story a chance."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
|
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56%
|
The Mexican (2001) |
"
Light, fluffy comedy shows Roberts and Pitt can have fun making a film abd be entertaining as well. One of the better current date films"
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
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45%
|
The Caveman's Valentine (2001) |
"
Execellent work by Samuel L. Jackson is obscured by well-written, but shakily directed translation to the big screen. It read better."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
|
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14%
|
Company Man (2001) |
"
McGrath's excellent homage to burlesque style comedy and to Harold Lloyd is wasted on a 2001 audience which remembers neither."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
|
|
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92%
|
Memento (2000) |
"
Top notch exercise in creative filmmaking demands creative audience participation with the brain in gear. This is asking a lot of American audiences."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
|
|
|
93%
|
Spy Kids (2001) |
"
One of the season's best all-family fun films."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Apr 2, 2001
|
|
|
33%
|
15 Minutes (2001) |
"
Ultimately, this is not exactly a date film, but one that is worth time served."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Mar 19, 2001
|
|
8/10
|
57%
|
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) |
"
Exciting kickoff to the saga of the Starwalker clan tries to jam too much into 2 hours and suffers for the edits. This should have been a three hour film."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/10
|
61%
|
American Pie (1999) |
"
This decade's answer to Animal House shows how much comedy has slipped since then. The real scare is the sequel - due in 2001."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
7/10
|
19%
|
The Beach (2000) |
"
Just for DiCaprio fans. Promising plotline sags under the weight of scattershot direction and any chance of a true dramatic experience sinks in the sunset."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/10
|
77%
|
Eyes Wide Shut (1999) |
"
It's the best way to watch this disappointing last project of Kubrick's. I can't believe this end product was what he had in mind."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
2/10
|
39%
|
Lake Placid (1999) |
"
Neat little 1950's style creature feature horror flick. Lotsa scares and effects for goosebumps."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
9/10
|
87%
|
The Matrix (1999) |
"
Eye Popping special effects and a script that demands attention and participartion mark the first of the three films in the Matrix Trilogy."
—
Black Cat Media
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
87%
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