Julie Hinds
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | Detroit Free Press, San Jose Mercury News |
Movie Reviews Only
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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
Read More | Posted Oct 25, 2017
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| 71% | 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
Read More | Posted Jun 5, 2017
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| 49% | 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
Read More | 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
Read More | 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
Read More | Posted May 4, 2017
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| 56% | 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
Read More | Posted Dec 5, 2016
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| 3/4 | 70% | The Giant Mechanical Man (2012) |
It's a wistful charmer.‐ Detroit Free Press
Posted May 7, 2012
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| 0/4 | 74% | Grease (1978) |
An unembarrassed movie musical, something my generation experienced only in Sunday-afternoon movies on TV.‐ San Jose Mercury News
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
Posted Jul 14, 2006
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| 61% | 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
Posted Mar 9, 2001
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| 55% | 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
Posted Mar 2, 2001
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| 16% | 54 (1998) |
This is so dull!‐ San Jose Mercury News
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
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 40% | Big Daddy (1999) |
It's got the same kind of warmth as The Wedding Singer.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 79% | The Prince of Egypt (1998) |
Surprisingly moving and compelling!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 94% | Antz (1998) |
The film breaks new ground in its dazzling re-creation of life from an ant's-eye view!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 48% | Cruel Intentions (1999) |
A 90210 rerun on Viagra!‐ San Jose Mercury News
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
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
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 79% | Office Space (1999) |
Works more efficiently at its modest goal than any fax machine known to mankind.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 22% | The General's Daughter (1999) |
Tired, uninspired.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 51% | 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
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 20% | Jack Frost (1998) |
Jack Frost oozes the kind of fake warmth that gives family films a bad name.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 69% | Analyze This (1999) |
Could use a lot of therapy!‐ San Jose Mercury News
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
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
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 35% | The Waterboy (1998) |
You can lead Adam Sandler fans to "The Waterboy," but you can't make them think.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 69% | You've Got Mail (1998) |
Nice!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 2.5/4 | 55% | 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
Read More | Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 54% | Payback (1999) |
Rehashed Quentin Tarantino or a rusted-out Pinto.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 81% | South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) |
Irreverent, gross and childish!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 20% | Practical Magic (1998) |
A flat, unappealing potion!‐ San Jose Mercury News
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
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 23% | Patch Adams (1998) |
Somebody needs to come up with a remedy for the maudlin Robin Williams comedy.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 62% | Arlington Road (1999) |
A smart if slow-boiling suspense thriller!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 27% | Instinct (1999) |
The result is so artificial.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 71% | Enemy of the State (1998) |
Totally satisfying!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 54% | Blade (1998) |
A hyper smorgasbord of a horror film!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 88% | Tarzan (1999) |
Disney's animation is always dazzling to the eye, but Tarzan is especially kinetic.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 57% | Never Been Kissed (1999) |
Barrymore is bursting with comic flair!‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 63% | Babe: Pig in the City (1998) |
Laden with more useless pork than a congressional bill.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 44% | Stepmom (1998) |
You won't be able to suspend your disbelief, but you will need extra tissues.‐ San Jose Mercury News
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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| 38% | Entrapment (1999) |
A creaky star vehicle if there ever was one!‐ San Jose Mercury News
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
Posted Jan 1, 2000
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