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Movie Poop Shoot

Rating Title | Year Quote Author
83%

Grindhouse (2007)

"Tarantino has conceived a plot just as odd as the better, experimental '70s drive in films."

D.K. Holm

56%

The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

"Gretchen Moll is brilliant."

D.K. Holm

26%

Fantastic Four (2005)

"There are four different movies in The Fantastic Four struggling to get out."

D.K. Holm

93%

Unfaithfully Yours (1948)

"This is a comedy in which the high point is the main character slashing his wife to death with a straight razor."

D.K. Holm

100%

White Nights (Le Notti Bianche) (1961)

"A simple story, the film is truly operatic."

D.K. Holm

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The Adventurers (1970)

"A lot of people like to throw out lightly the phrase "the worst movie I ever saw.""

D.K. Holm

——

Best Of The Mickey Mouse Club (2005)

"I don't see how this is the "best" of the MMC."

D.K. Holm

74%

War of the Worlds (2005)

"WotW is a great film and entertainment that can be taken seriously; Shyamalan and Emmerich must be quietly shaking their fists, realizing he still does it better."

D.K. Holm

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Speakeasy (2001)

"Fails to give us a compelling reason to care about these rather sketchily characters or their equally hazy epiphanies."

Michael Dequina

25%

Mindhunters (2005)

"Iit is Renny Harlin's hand that compels a sneaking admiration for Mindhunters."

D.K. Holm

60%

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)

"As the film unfurls you keep thinking, Boy, what would Terry Gilliam have made of this?"

D.K. Holm

30%

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

"One of the best technical commentaries I've heard in a long time."

D.K. Holm

62%

Incident at Loch Ness (2004)

"Finally! A DVD that actually uses Easter Eggs that make sense!"

D.K. Holm

60%

The Cutting Edge (1992)

"Grafts one screen formula on top of another--but that doesn't mean the film isn't a blast to watch."

Michael Dequina

71%

Going All the Way (1997)

"This funny, oddly moving little film is distinguished by some fine acting."

Michael Dequina

24%

A Guy Thing (2003)

"I can't imagine this painfully unfunny and often boring movie being a 'thing' for guys or gals."

Michael Dequina

45%

Daredevil (2003)

"A faithful translation of the character and one of his more memorable tales on the page; it satisfies as an adventure and as a more intimate story."

Michael Dequina

13%

Phantoms (1998)

"Quickly degenerates from X-Files to Baywatch Nights once the culprit is ultimately revealed."

Michael Dequina

52%

Bounce (2000)

"What should have been graceful understatement instead reads as lifeless detachment."

Michael Dequina

67%

Dogma (1999)

"Maybe this DVD edition will enable Smith's film to finally be seen for what it is: an outrageously comic but ultimately heartfelt celebration of faith."

Michael Dequina

30%

Flight of the Phoenix (2004)

"All that happened in the original, but with the temperature down several thousand degrees."

D.K. Holm

87%

The Aviator (2004)

"Not much of The Aviator seems like a Martin Scorsese film."

D.K. Holm

100%

M (1931)

"A rather cold masterpiece."

D.K. Holm

68%

Closer (2004)

"As Closer unspooled I found myself wishing that Nichols had done something a little more unsparing.Then I remembered that he already has: Carnal Knowlege."

D.K. Holm

27%

Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (2004)

""An unnecessary sequel.""

D.K. Holm

83%

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There (2004)

"Three sequences are amazing and inspirational."

D.K. Holm

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Lost Junction (2003)

"The film goes from erotic thriller to mega-happy comedy without really justifying the transition."

D.K. Holm

29%

Suspicious River (2000)

"It's all kind of obvious, but also terribly slow paced."

D.K. Holm

39%

Birth (2004)

"Mesmerizing."

D.K. Holm

75%

Secret Honor (1984)

"Nixon is a fascinating figure of Shakespearean proportions."

D.K. Holm

63%

Animal Farm (1954)

"Comes in an excellent full frame transfer, with an authoritative commentary track by Brian Sibley."

D.K. Holm

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Alan Clarke Collection (2004)

"This is probably one of the most important DVD sets to be released this year."

D.K. Holm

93%

Deadline (2004)

"Inspiring."

D.K. Holm

96%

Sideways (2004)

"Madsen is also great in a well written role that she makes even better through a sort of earnest stillness."

D.K. Holm

86%

Garden State (2004)

"Peter Saarsgard's role in Garden State is one of the main reasons to see the film."

D.K. Holm

90%

DiG! (2004)

"Like the equally excellent Crumb, DiG! covers some seven years, and so it really gets into the characters."

D.K. Holm

88%

Fast Company (1979)

"Fast Company provides everything that a drive in movie about cars is expected to produce."

D.K. Holm

45%

The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

"The Day After Tomorrow is enjoyable in its junky way."

D.K. Holm

78%

The Saddest Music in the World (2004)

"If I were to recommend one work to someone who had never seen a Maddin movie it would be Saddest Music."

D.K. Holm

22%

Van Helsing (2004)

"A blend of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, only without the Abbott and Costello."

D.K. Holm

83%

Mean Girls (2004)

"Lohan does what all great stars have to do, blend animal sex appeal with quantifiable acting skills."

D.K. Holm

38%

Man on Fire (2004)

"When Man on Fire is good, it's really good."

D.K. Holm

65%

13 Going on 30 (2004)

"The film is mildly diverting, with Garner doing a good pass at being a 13-year-old in an adult's body."

D.K. Holm

84%

Kill Bill, Volume 2 (2004)

"If Vol. 1 is more Pulp Fiction than Vol. 2 is more Jackie Brown."

D.K. Holm

70%

Dogville (2003)

"Breathtaking for its technical artistry."

D.K. Holm

75%

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

" A brilliant, riveting, action-packed remake."

D.K. Holm

46%

Secret Window (2004)

"The film's twist is probably something that most viewers are going to be able to guess."

D.K. Holm

1%

Twisted (2004)

"Twisted's tale could have done with a little bit of Joe Eszterhas flamboyance."

D.K. Holm

46%

Hidalgo (2004)

"Hidalgo is like the desert itself — long stretches of boredom occasionally interrupted by brief oases of frenzied activity."

D.K. Holm

49%

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

"It's a crucifiction."

D.K. Holm

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