Julie Hinds
Tomatometer-approved critic
Publications:
Detroit Free Press,
San Jose Mercury News
Movie Reviews Only
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| 61% | Cinema Verite (2011) |
Like a history lesson in the genre that's taken over so much of cable and broadcast network programming. It's also the sort of intelligent drama that has to compete with the cheaper, flashier shows that An American Family eventually spawned. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jun 10, 2020
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| 100% | Too Funny To Fail (2017) |
The documentary revels in the details of how the show confounded the network and infuriated many viewers during its seven-episode run. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Oct 25, 2017
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| 70% | Buster's Mal Heart (2017) |
Smith's eye for arresting images is as strong as Malek's gift for being both present in the moment and lost in his character's anxieties. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jun 5, 2017
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| 48% | War Machine (2017) |
It's sort of fascinating to watch Pitt aim for something close to George C. Scott's hyper-confident Gen. Buck Turgidson from the Stanley Kubrick 1964 Cold War classic "Dr. Strangelove. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jun 5, 2017
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| 100% | Robert Klein Still Can't Stop His Leg (2016) |
He still can't stop living and breathing comedy. But finally, Klein has the visual autobiography he deserves. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 10, 2017
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| 88% | Batman & Bill (2017) |
The comics cognoscenti, who are aware of Finger's saga, should still find much to appreciate in the documentary. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 4, 2017
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| 55% | Rules Don't Apply (2016) |
If Rules Don't Apply is merely a nostalgic love letter to Beatty's early days as an actor in the years before 1961's Splendor in the Grass made him an international sex symbol, that's enough. Give it a whirl. You'll be time traveling with one of the best. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Dec 5, 2016
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| 3/4 | 70% | The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) |
It's a wistful charmer. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted May 7, 2012
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| 0/4 | 75% | Grease (1978) |
An unembarrassed movie musical, something my generation experienced only in Sunday-afternoon movies on TV. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Dec 30, 2006
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| 2/4 | 12% | Little Man (2006) |
The sizable laughs in Little Man make it better than just about anyone expected. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Jul 14, 2006
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| 60% | When Brendan Met Trudy (2001) |
Flits along on its sheer love for movies, injecting a screwball playfulness that feels like a breath of fresh air. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Mar 9, 2001
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| 54% | The Mexican (2001) |
Some of what follows is amusing and even touching, but none of it fully capitalizes on the cast's star wattage. - Detroit Free Press
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| Posted Mar 2, 2001
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| 16% | 54 (1998) |
This is so dull! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 78% | Beloved (1998) |
It's heartfelt, praiseworthy and amazingly faithful to Toni Morrison's complex Pulitzer Prize-winning novel! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 39% | Big Daddy (1999) |
It's got the same kind of warmth as The Wedding Singer. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 80% | The Prince of Egypt (1998) |
Surprisingly moving and compelling! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 92% | Antz (1998) |
The film breaks new ground in its dazzling re-creation of life from an ant's-eye view! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 55% | Cruel Intentions (1999) |
A 90210 rerun on Viagra! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 33% | The Love Letter (1999) |
Where it should soar with humor or longing, it merely skips along -- a stream of surprising and somewhat forced revelations. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 83% | Notting Hill (1999) |
Good hair, great chemistry, and a close-up of her at the finale that would make a dentist weep for joy! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 80% | Office Space (1999) |
Works more efficiently at its modest goal than any fax machine known to mankind. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 21% | The General's Daughter (1999) |
Tired, uninspired. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 52% | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) |
If anyone can give Star Wars a run for its money this summer, it's the horny hero of this very funny comedy. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 19% | Jack Frost (1998) |
Jack Frost oozes the kind of fake warmth that gives family films a bad name. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 69% | Analyze This (1999) |
Could use a lot of therapy! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 80% | The Thin Red Line (1998) |
Viewers will get lost in the wanderings of this dreamlike movie! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 91% | Go (1999) |
One of the inventive films of the new teen wave! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 34% | The Waterboy (1998) |
You can lead Adam Sandler fans to "The Waterboy," but you can't make them think. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 70% | You've Got Mail (1998) |
Nice! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 2.5/4 | 52% | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) |
This isn't a film that will change history the way the first Star Wars did 22 years ago. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 55% | Payback (1999) |
Rehashed Quentin Tarantino or a rusted-out Pinto. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 80% | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) |
Irreverent, gross and childish! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 65% | Rounders (1998) |
Norton's acting and Dahl's gift for sustaining a tone save Rounders from completely floundering. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 22% | Patch Adams (1998) |
Somebody needs to come up with a remedy for the maudlin Robin Williams comedy. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 63% | Arlington Road (1999) |
A smart if slow-boiling suspense thriller! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 27% | Instinct (1999) |
The result is so artificial. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 72% | Enemy of the State (1998) |
Totally satisfying! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 55% | Blade (1998) |
A hyper smorgasbord of a horror film! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 89% | Tarzan (1999) |
Disney's animation is always dazzling to the eye, but Tarzan is especially kinetic. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 55% | Never Been Kissed (1999) |
Barrymore is bursting with comic flair! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 65% | Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
Laden with more useless pork than a congressional bill. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 46% | Stepmom (1998) |
You won't be able to suspend your disbelief, but you will need extra tissues. - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 39% | Entrapment (1999) |
A creaky star vehicle if there ever was one! - San Jose Mercury News
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| Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 92% | Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
Smart crowd-pleasers are rare. So are romantic comedies that soar with genuine passion. This movie succeeds as both. - San Jose Mercury News
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