|
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
|
|
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
|
|
0/5
|
18%
|
Gymkata (1991) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
0/5
|
47%
|
The Lawnmower Man (1992) |
"
A wretched sci-fi experiment. Took advantage of then-revolutionary special effects. Embarrassing for all involved."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 8, 2004
|
|
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
|
|
D-
|
48%
|
Saw (2004) |
"
First-time feature filmmaker James Wan has delivered one of the most overwrought, half-baked, shamelessly exploitive entries into this disastrously underutilized genre."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 26, 2004
|
|
D-
|
9%
|
Catwoman (2004) |
"
This is one of the strangest and most fearsome of big-budget summer movie blockbuster wannabes: a film without an audience. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 25, 2004
|
|
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
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
57%
|
The Business of Fancydancing (2002) |
"
a stunted story of supposed redemption and forgiveness. Neither homespun or avant garde, Fancydancing attempts to be all things for all people and winds up being nothing for anyone."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 7, 2002
|
|
D
|
81%
|
The Good Girl (2002) |
"
With the dreary, offensive The Good Girl, Arteta and White have attempted to turn their biting wit on...Middle America...content to revel in making fun of regular nobodies."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 7, 2002
|
|
1/5
|
83%
|
The Ten Commandments (1923) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
1/5
|
78%
|
Explorers (1985) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
1/5
|
74%
|
The Hard Way (1991) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
1/5
|
14%
|
South of Heaven, West of Hell (2000) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
1/5
|
90%
|
The Little Mermaid 3D (1989) |
"
Bawdy and crass, The Little Mermaid was the beginning of the whoreish product that Disney has continously put out in its wake."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 8, 2004
|
|
1/5
|
19%
|
Clean Slate (1994) |
"
Dana Carvey and the movies have never been a good combo. They aren't here, either."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 9, 2002
|
|
|
58%
|
The Missing (2003) |
"
The Missing is a vast misfire...Howard has delivered yet another bland, "adult" drama, aimed at capturing the masses, rather than challenging them. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 2, 2003
|
|
|
36%
|
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) |
"
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre , new millennium style, is a big, bloated, empty shell of a film, full of style but lacking any depth whatsoever."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 11, 2003
|
|
|
85%
|
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"
Unfortunately, there's little... to feel here. The film never seems to be up to anything but a series of set pieces designed to culminate in a supreme battle."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 11, 2003
|
|
|
56%
|
Northfork (2003) |
"
Northfork...is an ambitious, if uneven, visual experience, whose impact is lessened by being forcibly mannered and emotionally introverted."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 1, 2003
|
|
|
71%
|
Phone Booth (2003) |
"
Joel Schumacher's high-concept thriller is a prime example of what can go wrong when a promising idea is poorly executed."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Jul 23, 2003
|
|
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."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Feb 10, 2006
|
|
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+
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
C-
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
...suffers from Alexander Payne's recurring broad brushstrokes...reductive, anti-intellectual..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 20, 2004
|
|
C-
|
76%
|
The Machinist (2004) |
"
Anderson allows his film to collapse due to exhaustion, and...contrivance. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 1, 2004
|
|
C-
|
77%
|
Team America - World Police (2004) |
"
The puppetry is outstanding, and the production values are immaculate...but they are, unfortunately, in service of an ultimately mundane affair. "
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 17, 2004
|
|
C-
|
20%
|
Thunderbirds (2004) |
"
The film has a certain charming wholesomeness about it, but...will ultimately prove lacking in the thrills department for both adults and children."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Aug 4, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
100%
|
The Lost Weekend (1945) |
"
A marginally effective Wilder film. Self-important and bloated at times, The Lost Weekend is less meaningful than it wants to be."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 8, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
My Girl (1991) |
"
Cute child actors (Culkin before he become cloying) can't make up for such a saccharine plot."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 9, 2002
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
All About Lily Chou-Chou (Riri Shushu no subete) (2002) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Dec 15, 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
|
|
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-
|
71%
|
Gozu (Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu) (2003) |
"
Gozu is entertaining and lively, but it lacks the focus of earlier Miike masterpieces..."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Nov 1, 2004
|
|
3/5
|
61%
|
Blood and Wine (1997) |
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Oct 12, 2004
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
Fresh (1994) |
"
A formulaic premise is saved by a dedicated filmmaker and a terrific cast."
—
TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
Posted Sep 8, 2004
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
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
|
|
B
|
76%
|
The Ref (1994) |
"
Leary, along with Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey, is at the top of his game in this bitterly funny black comedy."
—
Columbus CityScene
Posted Nov 18, 2004
|
76%
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