|
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
|
|
——
|
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
|
|
——
|
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
|
|
——
|
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
|
|
——
|
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
|
75%
22%
67%
85%
46%
40%
