Authors

Between Productions

Rating Title | Year Quote Author
36%

A View to a Kill (1985)

"A Bond bellyflop, for The House Next Door Summer of '85 series."

Robert Cashill

95%

Harlan - Im Schatten von Jud Süss (Harlan: In the Shadow of Jew Seuss) (2010)

"Pedestrian filmmaking mitigated by a fascinating subject."

Robert Cashill

64%

I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007)

"Michelle Pfeiffer is terrific in this sadly overlooked Woman."

Robert Cashill

69%

The Blob (1958)

"Still captures the imagination after 50 years."

Robert Cashill

72%

Hallam Foe (Mister Foe) (2007)

"I'm no friend to Foe."

Robert Cashill

74%

La Fille Coupée en Deux (The Girl Cut in Two) (A Girl Cut in Two) (2008)

"A nasty title for a genteel picture; the worst of it happens beneath the surface, as it often does in Chabrol's thrillers."

Robert Cashill

70%

Red (2008)

"Boasts a pleasing economy and a fine, laconic lead performance."

Robert Cashill

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When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1971)

"Now on DVD in uncut--and unclad--form."

Robert Cashill

——

Up Tight! (1968)

"A socially conscious neo-noir, a soul brother to director Jules Dassin's 40s and 50s pictures."

Robert Cashill

55%

Dune (1984)

"An appreciation."

Robert Cashill

100%

The Heiress (1949)

"Onr of the best DVDs of 2007."

Robert Cashill

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Company: A Musical Comedy (2008)

"Truly a 'great performance.'"

Robert Cashill

18%

Rush Hour 3 (2007)

"Pretty much defines light entertainment."

Robert Cashill

94%

The Counterfeiters (2007)

"A phony of an Oscar nominee."

Robert Cashill

57%

The Signal (2008)

"At heart a love story--but a valentine to Romero, Cronenberg, Stephen King, and other masters of horror besides."

Robert Cashill

62%

Diary of the Dead (2007)

"More a footnote to the series than anything else."

Robert Cashill

93%

Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962)

"A first-class passage into cinema."

Robert Cashill

89%

The Unforeseen (2008)

"Itself a victim of sprawl."

Robert Cashill

76%

Cidade dos Homens (City of Men) (2007)

"More controlled, and sentimental, than its predecessor."

Robert Cashill

——

La Luna (1979)

"Thumbs up on this alleged directorial disaster."

Robert Cashill

36%

Skidoo (1968)

"Bizarre but fascinating youth-culture time capsule."

Robert Cashill

94%

Juno (2007)

"The movie picks what it wants to do, zeroes in on how to do it, and nails it in 91 minutes."

Robert Cashill

89%

The Savages (2007)

"One to watch for."

Robert Cashill

91%

Knocked Up (2007)

"One of the most overrated films of 2007."

Robert Cashill

66%

Wristcutters - A Love Story (2007)

"One of the most underrated films of the year."

Robert Cashill

63%

Spider-Man 3 (2007)

"One of the worst films of 2007."

Robert Cashill

90%

Zodiac (2007)

"The best film of 2007 (Top Ten list)."

Robert Cashill

77%

Cloverfield (2008)

"Works on its limited terms."

Robert Cashill

96%

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

"Outstanding."

Robert Cashill

37%

Rambo (Rambo IV) (2008)

"As basic as they come."

Robert Cashill

30%

Youth Without Youth (2007)

"Wasted Youth...An inert thumb-twiddler."

Robert Cashill

70%

I Am Legend (2007)

"Straight from the workstation, and not someone's dark and imaginative heart."

Robert Cashill

42%

The Golden Compass (2007)

"The best of the CGI menagerie movies."

Robert Cashill

40%

The Bucket List (2007)

"Kick the Bucket...a soggy heartwarmer."

Robert Cashill

96%

Persepolis (2007)

"Humorous and poignant, but a little simple."

Robert Cashill

67%

Honeydripper (2007)

"A potentially rich portrait, obscured."

Robert Cashill

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Blues in the Night (1941)

"A delightful genre mash-up."

Robert Cashill

64%

Dan in Real Life (2007)

"Include me out."

Robert Cashill

86%

Starting Out in the Evening (2007)

"Langella is magnificent."

Robert Cashill

82%

Protagonist (2007)

"Yu pulls the strings extremely well."

Robert Cashill

88%

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

"Slick, sick, largely satisfying."

Robert Cashill

65%

The Kite Runner (2007)

"Sober, responsible, not overstuffed with multicultural gauze."

Robert Cashill

87%

Control (2007)

"Distant and discreet."

Robert Cashill

94%

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

"Truly outstanding."

Robert Cashill

76%

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

"I struggled to stay awake..."

Robert Cashill

71%

Wanted (2008)

"All eye and no brain."

Robert Cashill

66%

Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

"The worst movie of 2007."

Robert Cashill

73%

In the Valley of Elah (2007)

"Unfortunately pedestrian."

Robert Cashill

89%

Eastern Promises (2007)

"Crafted with great assurance."

Robert Cashill

72%

Lust, Caution (2007)

"Vague and unsatisfying. Too much caution, not enough lust."

Robert Cashill

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