Anthony Del Valle
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | Las Vegas Mercury |
| Critics' Group: | Las Vegas Film Critics Society |
| Official Websites: | lasvegasmercury.com |
Movie Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 3.5/5 | 84% | The Sea Inside (Mar Adentro) (The Sea Within) (2004) |
Bardem contributes layers of weariness and passion that gives us a visceral understanding of the life his character is mourning for.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Feb 28, 2005
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| 0/5 | 11% | The Wedding Date (2005) |
The film is made by women, which just goes to show female moviemakers are equally capable of insulting female audiences.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Feb 3, 2005
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| 1.5/5 | 13% | Hide and Seek (2005) |
It's no fun watching an innocent child suffer so much, just so we can be entertained by a 'Boo!'‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 27, 2005
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| 1.5/5 | 10% | Elektra (2005) |
It's surprising how spectacularly [this] take on the Marvel character fails.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 20, 2005
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| 1/5 | 11% | Are We There Yet? (2005) |
[Ice Cube is] more convincing in a babershop than in a beautiful woman's bed.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 20, 2005
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| 3/5 | 67% | The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
Penn's talent is that he makes the most ordinary among us look at him on the screen and think, 'He is me.'‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 20, 2005
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| 1/5 | 64% | Coach Carter (2005) |
When critics join in accepting this junk, is it any wonder few directors bother with fresh visions?‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 13, 2005
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| 3.5/5 | 83% | In Good Company (2004) |
If the film's final third didn't get all gooey on us ... then the movie might have been a total triumph.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 13, 2005
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| 1/5 | 8% | White Noise (2005) |
It's likely a bad idea to try to figure out the logic of various plot points.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 6, 2005
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| 3/5 | 55% | Remember Me, My Love (2004) |
The glimpses of human behavior feel genuine.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 6, 2005
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| 4/5 | 97% | The Incredibles (2004) |
[It] goes beyond the pretty visuals and the slam-bam action to get us under the skin of a family trying hard to be something they're not.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 4, 2005
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| 4/5 | 93% | Spider-Man 2 (2004) |
Raimi reminds us you can still make highly commercial films and keep your self-respect.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 4, 2005
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| 4.5/5 | 96% | Sideways (2004) |
Quirky, perceptive and strangely moving ...‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 4, 2005
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| 4/5 | 90% | Kinsey (2004) |
Liam Neeson ... brings out the one-note determination in his character without ever losing sight of the self-doubt.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 4, 2005
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| 5/5 | 87% | The Aviator (2004) |
[It's] maybe the first film in which [Scorsese] puts his talents solely in the service of his story.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Jan 4, 2005
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| 4.5/5 | 78% | A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
The first 20 minutes ... feel like a snuff film made with a James Ivory sensibility.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 27, 2004
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| 2/5 | 39% | Meet the Fockers (2004) |
You'd think after an eight-year absence from the screen, [Streisand would] return with more self-respect.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 27, 2004
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| 3/5 | 33% | The Phantom of the Opera (2005) |
Its lavish production numbers sometimes capture the broad wink of musical comedy in a manner we don't see much anymore.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 27, 2004
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| 3/5 | 30% | Flight of the Phoenix (2004) |
If there's one thing you can be sure of, modern remakes of older movies always have better crashes.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 23, 2004
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| 2/5 | 24% | Fat Albert (2004) |
'Fat Albert' preaches a false gospel.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 22, 2004
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| 4.5/5 | 83% | Red Lights (2004) |
Kahn's amazing ability to sustain a mood of impending dread makes this film a boderline classic.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 16, 2004
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| 3/5 | 71% | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) |
[It's] not successful, but you can't quite dismiss it. It's full of imagery that stays with you.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 16, 2004
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| 3.5/5 | 55% | Ocean's Twelve (2004) |
I went into this movie wanting enjoyable junk entertainment, and that's what I got.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 9, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 87% | Lightning in a Bottle (2004) |
The lack of history in this sometimes musically breathtaking film is disappointing and perplexing.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 2, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 38% | I Am David (2004) |
It's so under-dramatized that it's barely there.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 2, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 68% | Closer (2004) |
[The characters'] allegiances shift so relentlessly and drastically that we are unable to tune into who they are.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Dec 2, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 82% | Finding Neverland (2004) |
... infuriatingly ambiguous ...‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 25, 2004
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| 2/5 | 34% | What the Bleep Do We Know!? (2004) |
Movies are a visual medium, and not even four dimensions of Ph.D.s are going to change that. Not in this lifetime, anyway.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 17, 2004
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| 3/5 | 32% | Seed of Chucky (2004) |
The gore -- severed limbs, heads, testicles; you know, the usual stuff -- is kept in humorous overabundance.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 17, 2004
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| 3/5 | 45% | National Treasure (2004) |
While it may be blasphemous to recommend 'National Treasure', it's probably not far off the mark to say [it will] keep fanatical fans of high-tech hesit movies content.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 17, 2004
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| 3/5 | 76% | Being Julia (2004) |
Annette Bening is as complete a reason for going to a movie as Jane Fonda was, or Marlon Brando.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 11, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 55% | The Polar Express (2004) |
It takes major issues of belief and loneliness and (implied) child abuse and turns them into a Hallmark card.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 11, 2004
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| 0/5 | 26% | Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) |
Are women really as shallow as [this film] would have us believe?‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 11, 2004
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| 1/5 | 18% | After the Sunset (2004) |
What [is] most intriguing is the film's pandering to homophobes.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 11, 2004
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| 3.5/5 | 75% | Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
The first 10 minutes make up one of the most exciting beginnings in horror film history.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 7, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 13% | Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
You may be surprised at how not torturous [the film is].‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 7, 2004
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| 1.5/5 | 37% | The Gospel of John (2003) |
A slugglishly painful, uninteresting film that might be of value to New Testament students who don't like to read words unless they come with pictures.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 7, 2004
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| 2/5 | 11% | New York Minute (2004) |
[The stars] never attempt to do anything outside their limited range; like, for example, act.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 54% | Home on the Range (2004) |
It's all very competent, but rarely inspired. ‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2004
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| 3/5 | 15% | White Chicks (2004) |
Stupid, crude, inept, illogical, and, alas, very funny.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2004
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| 0/5 | 15% | Sleepover (2004) |
There's not a scene that doesn't feel as if we've been there before.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2004
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| 2/5 | 11% | A Cinderella Story (2004) |
'A Cinderella Story' makes so many good chocies, you wish you could like it more than you do.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2004
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| 4/5 | 73% | Zelary (2004) |
In a gorgeous bit of irony, death is kept in the background until AFTER the war.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 48% | Alfie (2004) |
The movie is a sermon about the evils of bachelorhood, and it's probably best that men keep their girlfriends from seeing it. Things could get ugly.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 4, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 19% | Thunderbirds (2004) |
The script exploits what's probably the ultimate male child fantasy: proving to Daddy that son is worthy of hero-size respect.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 2, 2004
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| 0/5 | 5% | Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Movie (2004) |
I suspect even children will be sophisticated enough to understand that a film should feel more alive than a trading card.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2004
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| 2/5 | 25% | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
It's fun to see the characters get eaten up. It's the people who remain alive and talking that may disturb the viewer.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2004
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| 3/5 | 18% | Suspect Zero (2004) |
A poor man's 'Silence of the Lambs' crossed with 'Insomnia.' And that makes it at least a decent popcorn movie.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2004
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| 2.5/5 | 19% | She Hate Me (2004) |
[Spike Lee] is a genius who's never made a decent film.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Nov 1, 2004
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| 0/5 | 5% | The Cookout (2004) |
It's low comedy and it's crudely made. But that's no excuse for it being dull.‐ Las Vegas Mercury
Read More | Posted Oct 31, 2004
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