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Rating Title | Year Quote Author
71%

Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines (2003)

"What starts as familiarity in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines quickly becomes diminishing returns."

Dan Lybarger

36%

2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

"It makes you wonder if this trip was really necessary."

Dan Lybarger

72%

The Italian Job (2003)

"Still, when it's working, the current film is as sweet as a plate of cannoli."

Dan Lybarger

98%

Finding Nemo (2003)

"Thanks to a solid script by director Andrew Stanton (a Pixar regular), many of the human actors who give voices to the computer-generated fish wind up becoming more engaging than when they appear in flesh-and-blood."

Dan Lybarger

95%

The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002)

"Jarecki and Gibney do find enough material to bring Kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives."

Dan Lybarger

42%

The Core (2003)

"Instead of whisking viewers to a previously unseen environment that can't yet be explored outside of a movie theater, The Core proves that the computer-generated images can be just as dull as the people who inhabit the film."

Dan Lybarger

83%

Narc (2002)

"Carnahan deserves credit for keeping gloom and hopelessness from getting dull."

Dan Lybarger

59%

Die Another Day (2002)

"Die Another Day, the latest entry in the series, almost rejuvenates the franchise because it jettisons Bond's safety net early on."

Dan Lybarger

67%

Battling Butler (1926)

"One of the Great Stone Face's lesser vehicles but still worth a look."

Dan Lybarger

100%

Raining Stones (1993)

"A gripping and occasionally disturbing look at parental sacrifice."

Dan Lybarger

100%

Death of a Salesman (1985)

"Schlöndorff's artificial settings and some amazing performances help keep this from looking like a typical "filmed play.""

Dan Lybarger

79%

Darkman (1990)

"A creative, if somewhat incoherent, flick."

Dan Lybarger

22%

Manna From Heaven (2002)

"Like a homemade scarf, Manna from Heaven is warm, fuzzy and clearly made with love. At times it's easy to overlook the clumsiness of the way it's stitched together."

Dan Lybarger

100%

Julius Caesar (1953)

"Brando shows some surprising flair with the Tudor dialogue, but this adaptation needs a little brushing up."

Dan Lybarger

88%

Vanya on 42nd Street (1995)

"A lively and intriguing adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya.""

Dan Lybarger

35%

Super Troopers (2002)

". Curiously, Super Troopers suffers because it doesn't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length."

Dan Lybarger

91%

The Devil's Backbone (El Espinazo del diablo) (2001)

"The Devil's Backbone is a ghost story that would probably be scary even if the phantoms who inhabit it weren't around."

Dan Lybarger

96%

Chicken Run (2000)

"When Mel Gibson passes on to that big screen in the sky, don't be surprised if he's best remembered for playing a flirtatious rooster."

Dan Lybarger

2%

Battlefield Earth (2000)

"Legions of science-fiction fans will feel compelled to approach the ticket booth and scream for a refund."

Dan Lybarger

78%

Gladiator (2000)

"Thanks to a combination of real locations and convincing computer-generated effects, Scott can create sweeping vistas and that Cecil B. DeMille would envy."

Dan Lybarger

51%

Waking the Dead (2000)

"The result Keith Gordon's gamble is a movie that intrigues and occasionally frustrates anyone willing to take a chance on it."

Dan Lybarger

94%

Three Kings (1999)

"Three Kings is the rarest sort of action movie. It offers the expected adrenaline jolt, but it also has a surprising amount of heart and intelligence."

Dan Lybarger

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