Robert Newton
Robert Newton's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Christian Science Monitor
Publications:
Christian Science Monitor,
EDGE Boston,
Worcester Movies,
North Shore Movies
Movie Reviews Only
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3/5 | 75% | Earthwork (2011) |
Ordal and company do a very good job in matter-of-factly demystifying Herd's own drive - and, by proxy, the creative process in general - transforming a grand old riddle into one tender vittle. - North Shore Movies
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| Posted Dec 2, 2011
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4/5 | 81% | Super 8 (2011) |
...a wickedly satisfying E-Ticket thrill ride in the old-school Spielbergian sense of the word. - North Shore Movies
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| Posted Jun 9, 2011
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2.5/5 | 62% | The Beaver (2011) |
While Gibson - in full-tilt Martin Riggs (from "Lethal Weapon") crazy-pants mode here - makes the part look easy (and ultimately treats mental illness with the seriousness it deserves), the film cannot quite contain him. - North Shore Movies
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| Posted May 16, 2011
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2.5/5 | 77% | Thor (2011) |
Kenneth Branagh's mother must have needed an operation. Why else would the esteemed actor-turned-director go mercenary for a by-the-numbers comic book adaptation like "Thor"? - North Shore Movies
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| Posted May 6, 2011
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2/5 | 60% | Scream 4 (2011) |
The standard, snarky, celebrity-studded opening is repetitive, and the whole movie is loaded with plenty of cheap boo! scares and red herring time-padding. - North Shore Movies
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| Posted Apr 15, 2011
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3/5 | No Score Yet | Falco---Verdammt, Wir Leben Noch (2008) |
Anyone keen to dismiss Falco, who is sometimes referred to as 'the first white rapper,' as a clownish footnote should give this standard yet passionate docudrama a try. - Worcester Movies
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| Posted Apr 8, 2011
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2/5 | 37% | Mars Needs Moms (2011) |
Certainly, the very minor Mars Needs Moms is not a grotesque, high-profile creep-out akin to The Polar Express, but with its bowed legs, severe overbite and burlap swaddling clothes, it's not going to be the next Gerber baby, either. - North Shore Movies
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| Posted Apr 8, 2011
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100% | Sidekick (2005) |
The performances are solid, with Mucci and Ingram forming a great didactic duo. - EDGE Boston
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| Posted Jun 23, 2008
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B- | 87% | Kung Fu Panda (2008) |
Wisely, directors Mark Osborne, DreamWorks vet John Stephenson and their quartet of scribes avoid all the pop culture anachronisms that might quickly date the movie (and really, was a "Matrix" spoof ever really funny?). - EDGE Boston
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| Posted Jun 5, 2008
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B | 98% | Surfwise (2007) |
HDNet's portrait of a boarding family catches that wave and rides it all the way to shore (and yes, we used a surfing metaphor in a shameless attempt to become more blurbworthy). - EDGE Boston
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| Posted May 23, 2008
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B | 66% | The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
Here, though, all the silly talking creatures are endearing, and mee-sa no want-sa roast-an any of them on a spit like I did that asinine, decerebrated Stepin Fetchit, Jar-Jar Binks. - EDGE Boston
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| Posted May 22, 2008
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C | 48% | Why Did I Get Married? (2007) |
Critic-proof, many-hatted Tyler Perry has done it again: delivered an overreaching and overexpositional melodrama that opened at No. 1. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Oct 18, 2007
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C | 25% | The Final Season (2007) |
Sports more baseball clichés than Scarface had swearwords. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Oct 11, 2007
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C- | 14% | The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007) |
Walden Media's success at making the worlds of Narnia and Terabithia feel real on screen does not translate into the same magic in adapting Susan Cooper's series of young-adult fantasy novels. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Oct 4, 2007
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A- | 82% | The Rape of Europa (2007) |
Hitler's methodical plan to plunder and destroy Europe's great works of art gets lush treatment in this comprehensive documentary. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Oct 4, 2007
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C | 5% | Good Luck Chuck (2007) |
Tony-winner Dan Fogler, as Cook's childhood friend, is embarrassingly foul, and even criminally cute Jessica Alba is wasted, playing Cook's painfully clumsy gal pal/penguin nut in this alternately warm and ugly ball of whacks. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Sep 20, 2007
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D+ | 30% | Dragon Wars (2007) |
The concept here is fun -- good and evil dragons of ancient Korean legend do battle in modern-day Los Angeles -- but a lazy and amateurish script and embarrassingly hollow acting hobble it right out of the gate. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Sep 20, 2007
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C | 14% | Mr. Woodcock (2007) |
Maybe the writers dwelled on some trite self-help mantra to delude themselves into thinking that the giggles that the title inspires would carry for 90 minutes. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Sep 14, 2007
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C+ | 67% | Shoot 'Em Up (2007) |
There is not yet an expression to describe how over-the-top this hyperkinetic action comedy is, from its John Woo/Rube Goldberg inspired set pieces to its painful self-awareness of its own darned cleverness. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Sep 6, 2007
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D | 16% | The Brothers Solomon (2007) |
At best, it's a five-minute late-night sketch; at worst, a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Sep 6, 2007
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C- | 20% | Death Sentence (2007) |
With the subtlety of a bulldozer comes this dubiously pedigreed revenge thriller. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Aug 30, 2007
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C+ | 15% | The Last Legion (2007) |
This take on the Arthurian legend is flawed but watchable. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Aug 23, 2007
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B | 43% | Night at the Museum (2006) |
The script by "Reno 911!" creators Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon gives hyperkinetic life to both a fantastic set and comedy legends Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Dec 21, 2006
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B | 86% | Slither (2006) |
Gunn, who started off with schlockmeisters Troma Films, calls on that no-budget sensibility and lets the writing do the talking, with us doing the shrieking and most memorably, the laughing. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Mar 30, 2006
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B- | 43% | She's the Man (2006) |
It leaves viewers wanting more -- if not more Bard, then at least more of its hyperkinetic, unabashed young star. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Mar 16, 2006
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C+ | 26% | The Shaggy Dog (2006) |
At least it is not a beast as dull as Doogal or as piddling as The Pink Panther. - Christian Science Monitor
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| Posted Mar 9, 2006
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