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Rating Title | Year Quote Author
88%

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

"Inglourious Basterds is a brilliantly-scripted, exciting, colourful, tense, stupendously well-acted, sometimes shocking, violent, humorous and bloody what-o good FUN war movie."

66%

The Brothers Bloom (2009)

"Manages to be mostly winning thanks to its understated sense of humor and, well, its charm."

Eric Alt

22%

Push (2009)

Eric Alt

62%

Valkyrie (2008)

"Despite the bad buzz you may have heard, Singer has crafted a pretty decent potboiler despite, you know, history being all loaded with spoilers."

Eric Alt

24%

Awake (2007)

"The film is tight and suspenseful with a couple of truly surprising twists."

jbarlow@earthling.net

74%

The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)

"The most wondrous film of it's kind since E.T. The Extra Terrestrial touched down."

Pete Hammond

40%

The Bucket List (2007)

"Despite the AARP factor, audiences of all types will probably love this film for what it says about our own mortality and how we handle it."

Pete Hammond

91%

There Will Be Blood (2007)

"A masterpiece from Paul Thomas Anderson. You won't be able to shake it off. Daniel Day Lewis delivers a chilling portrait of greed. He can be charming, cunning, terrifying and pathetic -- sometimes all at once. This is a landmark performance."

Pete Hammond

53%

Steep (2007)

"With more white powder than even Al Pacino's nose housed in 'Scarface', Steep pushes human endurance and achievement to the limit with indescribable eye-popping crazy feats of Big Mountain glory."

Pete Hammond

23%

P.S. I Love You (2007)

"If you're looking for a great date movie so you can get laid over the holidays, this is the one."

Pete Hammond

86%

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

"Unparalleled visual splendor, a bloody red-velvet fever dream of a musical for people who think they HATE musicals."

Pete Hammond

35%

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)

"Even though it's wildly unbelievable and rather hokey at times, this is total entertainment from start to finish."

Pete Hammond

81%

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

"You'll want to stand up and cheer for Charlie Wilson, a smart and absolutely irresistable true tale about a guy who dared to make a difference."

Pete Hammond

74%

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

"After 'Superbad' and 'Knocked Up', Judd Apatow has now pulled off the movie equivalent of the Triple Crown."

Pete Hammond

78%

The Great Debaters (2007)

"An absolute triumph for Denzel Washington. Here is a movie that can make a difference. What more can you ask from a film?"

Pete Hammond

83%

Atonement (2007)

"This chick-lit flick is an 'English Patient' style epic."

Pete Hammond

60%

Look (2007)

"It brings up lots of questions to ponder and mostly succeeds as a fascinating, if frightening statement on the way we are."

Pete Hammond

65%

The Kite Runner (2007)

"A humane and enriching motion picture experience that soars and takes flight as a first class piece of filmmaking."

Pete Hammond

26%

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

"Kids at the preview screening ate it up but everyone else will probably be shouting 'ALVIN!!! SHUT THE F*** UP!'""

Pete Hammond

70%

I Am Legend (2007)

"Mind-blowing excitement, an expert thriller that really thrills and makes you think. A special shout-out for the dog, Sam. Now that's acting!"

Pete Hammond

62%

Grace Is Gone (2007)

"Incredibly John Cusack has never been nominated for an Academy Award but this movie may change that. He's simply terrific in a fine and moving film."

Pete Hammond

94%

Juno (2007)

"A pure charmer and a heartfelt original, you will find this a totally unexpected, enormously satisfying and oddly rewarding trip to the movies."

Pete Hammond

42%

The Golden Compass (2007)

"Like Lord Of The Rings and Chronicles Of Narnia it's a visual feast that transports you to an alternate world of jaw-dropping awe, unforgettable images and pure adventure."

Pete Hammond

16%

Revolver (2005)

"A psychological thriller that focuses more on the 'psycho' than the 'logical' for its own good. But who says everything has to make sense when you're just trying to blow a few brains out?"

Pete Hammond

93%

Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007)

"Tough to watch? Sure. Worth it? Absolutely. Perhaps the most inspiring film in many years."

Pete Hammond

89%

The Savages (2007)

"The film successfully navigates the tricky waters of family dysfunction. A savagely funny/tragic/hopeful portrait of the way we are circa 2007."

Pete Hammond

24%

Awake (2007)

"The filmmakers of Awake have crafted a domestic thriller that just may end up putting you ASLEEP."

Pete Hammond

71%

Beowulf (2007)

"This motion-capture animated version is genuinely exciting to see although the process still gives us the creeps."

Pete Hammond

44%

redacted (2007)

"It's a shame that with the vast canvas of this seemingly never-ending conflict that this crap is the image De Palma wants to convey."

Pete Hammond

52%

Margot at the Wedding (2007)

"A wry, devastatingly witty look at a family you won't soon forget, no matter how hard you try."

Pete Hammond

37%

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)

"It's so 'G' you almost want to gag, but its heart is in the right place. Take a kid or take a pass."

Pete Hammond

93%

Enchanted (2007)

"Its success is largely due to the casting of Amy Adams who is simply sensational. She weaves some serious movie magic into this thing."

Pete Hammond

37%

August Rush (2007)

"It can be admired for trying something a little different from the usual family film, but in the end, it just doesn't work. At all."

Pete Hammond

77%

I'm Not There (2007)

"Cate Blanchett has delivered the most audacious, astounding and entertaining performance of the year by ANYONE, male or female."

Pete Hammond

73%

The Mist (2007)

"Film adaptations of King's work tend to be hit and miss, but with last summer's '1408' and now this scary-as-hell flick, he's on a roll."

Pete Hammond

14%

Hitman (2007)

"It delivers top-notch action, dazzling gunplay and lots of fireworks. What more could we ask for?"

Pete Hammond

89%

Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007)

"A remarkably well-detailed doc that proves 'Rock The Casbah' is not just that song from the cell phone commercials."

Pete Hammond

33%

Martian Child (2007)

"John Cusack is perfect but it's Bobby Coleman who delivers one of the most uniquely original kid performances ever. You actually believe he might be from Mars."

Pete Hammond

94%

No Country for Old Men (2007)

"A great American film. A dark and sometimes bleakly comic vision of our violent culture."

Pete Hammond

21%

Fred Claus (2007)

"A ho-ho-hum yuletide comedy trying to shoehorn Vaughn's fast talking wise-guy brand into a warm and fuzzy Christmas confection that seems like it has been focus-grouped to smithereens."

Pete Hammond

26%

Lions for Lambs (2007)

"Agree or disagree, love it or hate it, you won't be able to turn away. It's Robert Redford's urgent, impassioned wake up call for America."

Pete Hammond

34%

P2 (2007)

"Just in time for the holidays comes this vile exercise in yuletide terror. On the plus side Rachel Nichols gets to run around in a slip most of the time."

Pete Hammond

51%

Bee Movie (2007)

"Seinfeld, what happened? You've gone soft on us. Sure, some of it is fun but where's the sting?"

Pete Hammond

80%

American Gangster (2007)

"It marks a return to the lost art of true storytelling, every bit as epic as 'The Godfather' and just as fascinating to see."

Pete Hammond

33%

Rails & Ties (2007)

"It's closer to a small kind of affecting and simply human story we rarely get to see in mainstream movies anymore."

Pete Hammond

88%

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

"It has been exactly 50 years since Sidney Lumet made his first movie but let's hope on the basis of this shattering edge-of-your-seat stuff that he hasn't made his last."

Pete Hammond

64%

Dan in Real Life (2007)

"Finally a really smart, really funny movie about the ups and downs of life, love and family."

Pete Hammond

36%

Reservation Road (2007)

"A powerful human drama that rips into you like a hurricane. Suspenseful, emotional and completely engrossing throughout."

Pete Hammond

47%

Rendition (2007)

"A political potboiler guaranteed to get your heart racing. It pushes all the buttons these kinds of suspenseful dramas usually do."

Pete Hammond

51%

30 Days of Night (2007)

"The premise of this film has just got to be the ultimate wet dream for your average vampire."

Pete Hammond

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