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C+
|
51%
|
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"
Where For Your Consideration fails the most is in its rather juvenile interpretation of how the entire awards season functions...there was a great film to be made here."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 25, 2006
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|
A
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76%
|
Rocky Balboa (2006) |
"
[Stallone] is channeling all the animal and primal method instincts of the late Marlon Brando, and it's exciting to behold the aging actor rediscovering the innate power of his acting prowess."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 25, 2006
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|
A+
|
93%
|
The Departed (2006) |
"
It's the culmination of a lifelong examination of men and their violent ways...The Departed is, in my estimation, possibly the finest film Scorsese has ever made."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 8, 2006
|
|
A
|
90%
|
Capote (2005) |
"
Capote is a taut, elegant work of cinematic expression...a major work."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Mar 21, 2006
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|
D+
|
22%
|
The Pink Panther (2006) |
"
Steve Martin...isn't quite up to the task...Shawn Levy...lacks the ability to reign in the broadness of the material, and the film suffers because of it."
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TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Feb 10, 2006
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|
A
|
72%
|
Bubble (2006) |
"
...an astonishingly unnerving piece of humanist cinema."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Feb 6, 2006
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|
A-
|
60%
|
Hostel (2006) |
"
...Roth has crafted a supremely political film, one that lambasts the jocular xenophobia of the typical American..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jan 23, 2006
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|
B
|
63%
|
The Land of College Prophets (2005) |
"
The Land of College Prophets could easily become the first genuine cult hit of the DV era. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jan 18, 2006
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|
4/5
|
67%
|
La Notte di San Lorenzo (Night of the Shooting Stars) (The Night of San Lorenzo) (1982) |
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TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 2005
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Riri Shushu no subete) (2002) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 2005
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|
5/5
|
95%
|
Tirez sur le pianiste (Shoot the Piano Player) (1960) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 2005
|
|
A+
|
87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
Brokeback Mountain is a grand, romantic, staggeringly great epic...the best film of the year."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 2005
|
|
A
|
82%
|
Walk the Line (2005) |
"
Walk the Line is a powerful piece of work, a modern-day Rebel Without a Cause...a potent bit of filmmaking"
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 3, 2005
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|
C-
|
88%
|
Broken Flowers (2005) |
"
Though bits of this plodding film work pretty well...Broken Flowers is a mixed bag of vignettes."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 3, 2005
|
|
B
|
19%
|
Doom (2005) |
"
For my money, Doom is the best of the video game adaptations (quite possibly the weakest status label I've ever given a film)."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 27, 2005
|
|
C-
|
79%
|
Red Eye (2005) |
"
Once Red Eye leaves the confines of the plane cabin and attempts to open up into a more standard thriller, it loses steam...and intrigue"
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 29, 2005
|
|
A+
|
76%
|
Tropical Malady (2005) |
"
[a]haunting masterpiece...He [Weerasethakul] is one of the most expressive, important contemporary; his abilities as a master formalist are a large reason for this."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
A-
|
92%
|
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) |
"
Perhaps the best movie musical of the past decade"
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
B
|
87%
|
Chicago (2002) |
"
This sturdy update of the classic musical, features solid vocal performances from the leads"
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
B+
|
97%
|
Cabaret (1972) |
"
Liza Minnelli is revelatory as cabaret dancer Sally Bowles."
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
B+
|
94%
|
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) |
"
A brilliantly acted, tautly directed incarnation of David Mamet's explosive office-politic treatise."
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
A
|
98%
|
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) |
"
Probably the best-realized translation of Tennessee Williams we've seen on screen...a gold standard"
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
D
|
35%
|
Hostage (2005) |
"
...the whole thing creeps toward the end under the weight of an overbearing narrative."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
D+
|
16%
|
Cursed (2005) |
"
Cursed, somehow, manages to not be scary, not be funny and not be involving, all of which Craven & Co. are so painfully reaching to attain."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
D-
|
26%
|
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"
This new adaptation is sorely lacking in nearly everything that made FF such a blast. It's poorly acted, written and directed."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 11, 2005
|
|
A
|
74%
|
Land of the Dead (2005) |
"
Land of the Dead is probably the best-directed film in Romero's canon. It is a stunningly crafted genre work, a film of potent political import."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 11, 2005
|
|
C-
|
45%
|
Dark Water (2005) |
"
Salles' Dark Water abandoned what was an intriguing dramatic narrative and wasted it on what seemed like four climaxes, none of them in service of what came before."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 11, 2005
|
|
B-
|
17%
|
Hellraiser - Deader (2005) |
"
Actually, the latest entry in the Hellraiser saga...is a vast improvement over the last hundred or so...A solid, if underwhelming, genre effort."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jun 17, 2005
|
|
A
|
46%
|
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"
Jack and Rose bears a haunting economy of style that appears as near-minimalist...Miller realizes her own screenplay with a stunning lack of self-consciousness."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jun 17, 2005
|
|
C
|
41%
|
High Tension (Switchblade Romance) (2005) |
"
Haute Tension is the epitome of manufactured terror...succeeds greatly in its first two-thirds, but the contrived, implausible climax leaves much to be desired."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jun 17, 2005
|
|
C
|
20%
|
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (2005) |
"
It's essentially a retread of the Spy Kids films...I'd love to see [Rodriguez] invest the...passion he displayed in Sin City into one of these children's films."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jun 17, 2005
|
|
A
|
36%
|
Murder-Set-Pieces (2004) |
"
Murder-Set-Pieces is a truly pure cinematic expression of violent sexual rage...perhaps the greatest serial killer film ever made"
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 25, 2005
|
|
A+
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2013) |
"
Revenge of the Sith is [Lucas'] great Star Wars swan song. It is, and will likely remain, the best film of the year... a true masterpiece. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 20, 2005
|
|
B
|
60%
|
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"
This update, muscular and surprising, captures Carpenter's spirit, if not his pared-down, Hawksian formalism."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 17, 2005
|
|
F
|
1%
|
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"
It's tepid cinema, truncated, abbreviated...The worst film of the year. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 17, 2005
|
|
A
|
65%
|
Unleashed (Danny the Dog) (2005) |
"
Unleashed...is...a rich cinematic experience...A brutal, yet thoughtful, action picture."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 16, 2005
|
|
F
|
25%
|
House of Wax (2005) |
"
House of Wax is no mere failed attempt on cashing in on a recognizable name...it's...the complete and utter bastardization of a great genre work"
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 12, 2005
|
|
D
|
39%
|
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) |
"
Ridley Scott has concocted his most sloppy film to date, a cringe-worthy epic of the Crusades that says absolutely nothing about the Crusades."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 6, 2005
|
|
A+
|
88%
|
F for Fake (1974) |
"
This will surely be the DVD release of the year. Criterion has finally brought to DVD a wonderful transfer of Orson Welles' most playfully masterful film..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 3, 2005
|
|
B+
|
90%
|
Kung Fu Hustle (2005) |
"
Equal parts Chuck Jones, Buster Keaton, Bubsy Berkeley and Bruce Lee, Kung Fu Hustle tows every line perfectly."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 3, 2005
|
|
D
|
60%
|
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) |
"
mannered, forced and inconsistent...uninspired...a narrative and thematic mess, thrown together, lacking any authorial focus."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted May 3, 2005
|
|
B+
|
78%
|
Sin City (2005) |
"
Sin City marks a substantial leap forward in Rodriguez's film craft...[Rodriguez's vision is] fiercely committed."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Apr 7, 2005
|
|
—
|
30%
|
Be Cool (2005) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Apr 4, 2005
|
|
B-
|
69%
|
Hitch (2005) |
"
Perhaps the warmest surprise of the year so far is Andy Tennant's smart, big-hearted romantic comedy"
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Mar 18, 2005
|
|
B+
|
46%
|
Constantine (2005) |
"
Constantine is...kinky, funny and fresh...a true Gothic action spectacular..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Feb 19, 2005
|
|
C-
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
...suffers from Alexander Payne's recurring broad brushstrokes...reductive, anti-intellectual..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 20, 2004
|
|
D
|
53%
|
Spanglish (2004) |
"
...a sloppy, near-disaster of a picture, in which confusion and tedium are present in nearly every frame."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 20, 2004
|
|
D+
|
90%
|
Kinsey (2004) |
"
...has absolutely no cinematic spark or vision for framing the implications of what Dr. Kinsey accomplished."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 20, 2004
|
|
A
|
68%
|
Closer (2004) |
"
Closer is Mike Nichols' finest film since Carnal Knowledge...a masterpiece."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 14, 2004
|
73%
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