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Rating Title | Year Quote Author
80%

The Boxer (1997)

Cole Smithey

71%

Stardust Memories (1980)

Cole Smithey

92%

Splash (1984)

Cole Smithey

52%

Hoffa (1992)

Cole Smithey

27%

The Fly II (1989)

Cole Smithey

100%

Roma, cittŕ aperta (Open City) (1946)

Cole Smithey

76%

Little Man Tate (1991)

Cole Smithey

79%

Brubaker (1980)

Cole Smithey

77%

The Mask (1994)

Cole Smithey

97%

Pickpocket (1959)

Cole Smithey

86%

Lianna (2001)

Cole Smithey

82%

O Lucky Man! (2007)

Cole Smithey

79%

Live Flesh (Carne trémula) (1998)

Cole Smithey

98%

The Last Waltz (2002)

Cole Smithey

95%

Gloria (1980)

Cole Smithey

50%

The White Countess (2005)

"James Ivory would have done well to take his from "Casablanca" since that similarly themed film achieves everything that this film aspires to but ultimately fails at."

Cole Smithey

96%

Do the Right Thing (1989)

""Do the Right Thing" is a film whose ability to entertain, provoke, and question has not diminished in the least."

Cole Smithey

65%

Hideous Kinky (1998)

Cole Smithey

89%

Teorema (Theorem) (1968)

Cole Smithey

72%

Truly, Madly, Deeply (1991)

Cole Smithey

100%

The Thin Blue Line (1988)

"Errol Morris' breakout documentary is immaculate."

Cole Smithey

86%

Subway (1985)

Cole Smithey

96%

Missing (1982)

Cole Smithey

72%

Eight Below (2006)

"The dogs' remarkable acting abilities admirably serve the bulk of the movie..."

Cole Smithey

82%

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

"Hopkins transports a simple story about an aging man with an ageless dream into the stuff of legend."

Cole Smithey

81%

Biloxi Blues (1988)

Cole Smithey

79%

Crossroads (1986)

Cole Smithey

90%

The Tenant (1976)

"The Tenant carries the most shocking double climax in all of cinema."

Cole Smithey

100%

Shadows (1959)

Cole Smithey

44%

Final Destination 3 (2006)

"Whether conscious or not on the part of the filmmakers, the gory logic follows America's understandable desire to rationalize the effects of such physical violence that its invisible soldiers are suffering in Afghanistan and Iraq."

Cole Smithey

100%

Passion Fish (1992)

Cole Smithey

100%

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Cole Smithey

87%

Catch-22 (1970)

Cole Smithey

67%

Beat the Devil (1953)

Cole Smithey

88%

Faces (1968)

Cole Smithey

61%

Something New (2006)

""Something New" is a tentative baby step toward a hopefully improving cinematic dialogue about the fact of interracial relations and their acceptance in our society."

Cole Smithey

73%

Sleepers (1996)

Cole Smithey

84%

The Jerk (1979)

"Steve Martin is at the height of his comic powers in this very un-PC comedy."

Cole Smithey

74%

Primal Fear (1996)

"Ed Norton is out of this world in his break-out performance."

Cole Smithey

75%

Lady Sings the Blues (1972)

"Ross so perfectly captures the essence of Billie Holiday's vocal style that it sends chills down your spine."

Cole Smithey

71%

Space Is The Place (1974)

Cole Smithey

87%

Ten (2003)

Cole Smithey

73%

Nanny McPhee (2006)

"The movie is hampered by production designer Michael Howell's garish neon color palate contrasted against clownish costumes by Nic Ede..."

Cole Smithey

75%

The Crossing Guard (1995)

"Deep, dark and memorable."

Cole Smithey

78%

Wall Street (1987)

Cole Smithey

73%

A Bucket of Blood (1959)

"One of Corman's best."

Cole Smithey

100%

Bastard out of Carolina (1996)

"Stunning!"

Cole Smithey

96%

A Bronx Tale (1993)

Cole Smithey

100%

Lord of the Flies (1963)

Cole Smithey

25%

The Amityville Horror (1979)

Cole Smithey

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