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Steve Davis

Steve Davis

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Publications:
Austin Chronicle , RopeofSilicon
Total Reviews:
310
Total QuickRatings:
1

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Rating T-Meter Title | Year Add Date
2/5 59% Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) " For both kids and adults, CWCM2 is little more than a vague memory as soon as it's over." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Sep 27, 2013
1.5/5 33% The Family (2013) " The film's remorseless brutality in response to relatively minor transgressions is hard to swallow, even for those with the darkest senses of humor." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Sep 20, 2013
3/5 69% I Declare War (2013) " Its unpredictable tone clicks back and forth between the comical and the serious like the safety catch on a firearm. But no matter what you ultimately think about it, you can't deny one thing: It's not like anything you've seen before." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 30, 2013
1/5 4% Paranoia (2013) " The inert techno-thriller Paranoia is much like watching an app download on a weak Internet connection -- slow and tedious, it seems to take forever." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 23, 2013
3/5 47% We're The Millers (2013) " While its plot points are pedestrian at best, the genius -- at least, the definite charm -- of We're the Millers is its notion of family as something beyond a simple blood connection, particularly when exigent circumstances create the ties that bind." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 8, 2013
2.5/5 14% The Smurfs 2 (2013) " The sonorous voice of the late Winters in the role of wise Papa Smurf will have old-timers pine for the zaniness that comic genius could inspire in his prime. If only The Smurfs 2 had a smidgen of that madness." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 2, 2013
2/5 87% The Conjuring (2013) " The seen-it-all-before elements of this supernatural thriller directed by the filmmaker who gave us Saw, however, are more hoary than horrific. It might as well be retitled The Amityville Exorcist." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jul 18, 2013
2.5/5 85% The Way Way Back (2013) " The film's primary pleasure is watching James communicate Duncan's growing confidence in the acceleration of his stride or the occasional unguarded smile. It's a likable acting turn, though one the film does not always serve honestly." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jul 12, 2013
2.5/5 75% Despicable Me 2 (2013) " Given the outlandish premise, you'll wish the film twinkled with a more savvy sense of humor and adventure, like the chapters of the Toy Story series, for example." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jul 3, 2013
3.5/5 97% A Hijacking (2013) " When the gut-wrenching conclusion of A Hijacking comes in the form of a single, random act, it's only then you realize how far you've been pulled into its emotional core." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jun 28, 2013
3.5/5 84% Much Ado About Nothing (2013) " As in many of Shakespeare's comedies, dark moments mark the dramatic action midway through Much Ado About Nothing. But Whedon brings the proceedings back to boisterous life in the last act." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jun 21, 2013
3/5 76% The Kings of Summer (2013) " The tone of The Kings of Summer is unique: Stand by Me by way of Napoleon Dynamite." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jun 7, 2013
3/5 84% Kon Tiki (2013) " It's an absorbing and often lyrical piece of storytelling that doesn't overembellish the facts or rely on a pumped-up score or whiplash editing to heighten the dramatic action." — Austin Chronicle
Posted May 31, 2013
1/5 57% American Mary (2013) " Given its many failings, nothing short of an extreme makeover could save American Mary. Scalpel, please." — Austin Chronicle
Posted May 31, 2013
3.5/5 80% Madonna - Truth or Dare (1991) — Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 4, 2011
3/5 —— Road of Hope: The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (2009) — Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 4, 2011
1.5/5 25% Four Christmases (2008) " No yuletide season would be complete without the crappy Christmas movie." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 26, 2008
2/5 52% Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) — Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 8, 2008
1.5/5 13% College Road Trip (2008) " A Disney production that would seemingly be more at home on the Disney Channel than in the local multiplex." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Oct 18, 2008
3/5 80% The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) " Young moviegoers will like the way the film empowers their cinematic peers in this battle of good against evil, though smaller children will probably be scared out of their wits." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Oct 18, 2008
2.5/5 22% Never Back Down (2008) " While the character of Jake isn't an emotionally taxing one, Faris has his moments, especially in a low-key scene in which he attempts to explain why his character is full of rage." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Oct 18, 2008
1/5 14% Deception (2008) " An indigestible concoction of ingredients thrown together without the benefit of any serious consideration of logic." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Oct 18, 2008
2.5/5 30% Nights in Rodanthe (2008) " A flawed but occasionally affecting film." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Sep 24, 2008
1.5/5 —— A Kiss Before Dying (1956) — Austin Chronicle
Posted Sep 1, 2008
2/5 55% Elsa y Fred (2008) " The dream fulfillment seems more silly than romantic, and it brings the movie to an abrupt end that is wholly unsatisfying." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 1, 2008
2/5 38% Savage Grace (2007) " Savage Grace is a movie that badly wants to shock you. The only thing that might raise an eyebrow here, however, is the shocking rate at which everyone lights up a cigarette every five minutes." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jul 18, 2008
3.5/5 88% Young@Heart (2007) " Young@Heart eschews the clichés about old people for something that we can all relate to: our own mortality." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 18, 2008
1.5/4 37% Rambo (Rambo IV) (2008) " Stallone is in desperate need of reinvention, but he seems myopically focused on rehashing the past rather than exploring the future." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 1, 2008
2.5/4 65% The Kite Runner (2007) " An example of how good intentions don't necessarily make for a good movie." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 21, 2007
2/5 52% Margot at the Wedding (2007) " It's clear that Margot is a troubled soul in some kind of terrible pain, but the film does little to depict her as anything but a pushy, judgmental, and overly critical human being." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 14, 2007
3.5/5 27% Lions for Lambs (2007) " Lions for Lambs is worth seeing for no other reason that you've never seen anything like it before. It's political theatre that shouldn't be missed." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 8, 2007
1.5/5 14% The Ten Commandments (2007) " This is the inaugural film in a franchise of 12 feature films based on Bible stories, using a crude form of three-dimensional computer animation. One can only hope that the future entries in the series are better executed than this first one." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Oct 26, 2007
4/5 90% Michael Clayton (2007) " Smart and thoroughly entertaining." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Oct 20, 2007
3/5 43% The Brave One (2007) " Unfortunately, the plotting in The Brave One is rather pedestrian and often flawed, undermining this film's potential for greatness." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Sep 13, 2007
1.5/5 37% The Ten (2007) " If you're looking for ha-ha funny, then The Ten is probably not for you -- you'll be more likely scratching your head in befuddled wonderment." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 25, 2007
0/5 6% I Know Who Killed Me (2007) " A gruesome whodunit that's missing more than a few brain cells." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 11, 2007
3.5/5 91% Hairspray (2007) " If ever there were a happy summer movie, it's Hairspray." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jul 18, 2007
2.5/5 61% Bug (2006) " Try as it may, Bug never really gets under your skin." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Jun 7, 2007
2.5/5 19% The Ex (2007) " The movie's rhythm is off-kilter and oddly paced. Moreover, the film's script seems truncated at points; a lot of the plot details feel underdeveloped." — Austin Chronicle
Posted May 22, 2007
1.5/5 11% Perfect Stranger (2007) " Even Berry's bodacious bod (the woman is blessed with some really good genes) isn't distraction enough to make Perfect Stranger palatable." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 28, 2007
1/5 8% Premonition (2007) " If only Bullock could have foreseen how bad Premonition would turn out to be, she would have spared herself (and us) a lot of agony." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 31, 2007
3/5 91% The Italian (2007) " There's much that is commendable in the The Italian, not the least of which are its social criticisms of the buying and selling of children through the adoption businesses currently thriving in Russia and neighboring eastern European countries." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 18, 2007
2.5/5 9% Norbit (2007) " It's too bad that the script doesn't serve Murphy's multi-character talents in the way he deserves. If and when it ever does, he may actually make a comedy for the ages." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 7, 2007
4/5 78% Dreamgirls (2006) " Watching Dreamgirls is like being on cloud nine." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 30, 2006
1.5/5 11% The Architect (2006) — Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 30, 2006
2/5 16% The Return (2006) — Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 25, 2006
2/5 48% Driving Lessons (2006) " ... the film hardly resonates five minutes after it's over." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 18, 2006
2/5 76% Time to Leave (Le Temps Qui Reste) (2006) " Modern audiences are more likely to find the character's behavior to be extremely frustrating, undercutting any sympathetic response one might have for his situation." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Sep 30, 2006
2/5 26% John Tucker Must Die (2006) " John Tucker Must Die will undoubtedly fade into obscurity like so many silly and sentimental teen comedies before it. It's no wonder that the genre has turned to sex with apple pies and the like in an effort to distinguish itself." — Austin Chronicle
Posted Aug 6, 2006
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