Jon Popick
Tomatometer-approved critic
Disgracing film critics everywhere since 1998.
Rochester, NY
http://www.sick-boy.com
Movies reviews only
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Very Annie Mary (2001) |
- rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 22, 2013
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Godzilla (1998) |
It's a horrendously long, poorly acted, unoriginal piece of crap that made me sad to be a Japanese-American. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Lost in Space (1998) |
Big kudos to production designer Norman Garwood for making one of the coolest spaceships ever. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Can't Hardly Wait (1998) |
Can't Hardly Wait offers nothing that its predecessors hasn't, but has possibly broken new ground in terms of underage drinking and teen sex. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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He Got Game (1998) |
A long, boring, meandering, dog of a movie. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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The World Is Not Enough (1999) |
The latest James Bond flick falls as flat as Tomorrow Never Dies, with decent action sequences and bad soap opera acting. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Hard Rain (1998) |
You know you're in trouble when Betty White (denture wearer...Rogaine needer) is the big scene-stealer. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Hush (1998) |
The only way that a story this insipid could be any good would be if it was a very campy black comedy. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Primary Colors (1998) |
Travolta is amazingly Clintonesque as Stanton, a role that I never believed he could pull off. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Dr. Dolittle (1998) |
It's quite funny for the first thirty minutes, but after that it's kind of like beating a dead horse. A dead talking horse. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Spice World (1997) |
I actually prayed for the songs. The singing scenes were far less vapid than the ones where the acting was trying to happen. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Dark City (1998) |
Writer/Director Alex Proyas needs to stop it with the writing and concentrate on making the pretty. He needs to find a good script and just direct it. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Armageddon (1998) |
That said, Armageddon is still good. Well, maybe good isn't the right word. It is very entertaining and even features (gulp) a female in a sort of important role. - rec.arts.movies.reviews
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| Posted Jan 07, 2009
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) |
This comedy thing isn't supposed to be as easy as these guys make it seem. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Apr 18, 2008
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Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? (2008) |
You're being short-changed. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Apr 18, 2008
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88 Minutes (2007) |
Even a viewer with incredibly low expectations will be staggered by its badness. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Apr 18, 2008
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Fool's Gold (2008) |
It's like Raiders of the Lost Ark, only for retards. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Feb 07, 2008
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There Will Be Blood (2007) |
Simultaneously exhilarating and disturbing while leading me to a place I wasn't sure I wanted to go. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 20, 2007
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The Bucket List (2007) |
It's like a cross between My Name Is Earl and The Amazing Race, only with two guys dying from cancer. And without the soul, heart, or brains. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 20, 2007
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
John C. Reilly is not anyone's idea of a leading man (which is part of the spoof, people). - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 20, 2007
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) |
Two hours of singing is going to bore the pants off of gore-starved viewers, and the last-reel gore is going to scare the pants of the foofy Broadway types. And that means a theatre full of people without pants. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 20, 2007
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Charlie Wilson's War (2007) |
A scene-stealing performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 20, 2007
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Youth Without Youth (2007) |
This is the work of a man who has truly lost his marbles. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 18, 2007
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Grace Is Gone (2007) |
The perfect maudlin holiday entertainment. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 18, 2007
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Atonement (2007) |
Sightly better than average, unless you count Keira Knightley's lack of screen time as a positive (note: it is). - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 18, 2007
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The Kite Runner (2007) |
Tepid at best. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 18, 2007
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The Golden Compass (2007) |
Like every other story that pits the Haves against the Have-Nots. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 18, 2007
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I Am Legend (2007) |
A tidy post-apocalyptic thriller starring the increasingly impressive Will Smith. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 18, 2007
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Juno (2007) |
I can't remember the last time I was pulled into a film this quickly and this deeply. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Dec 05, 2007
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The Savages (2007) |
Exactly like I thought it would be for about 96 of its 113-minute running time. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 30, 2007
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August Rush (2007) |
Think of it as a fairytale only with more of a ... oh, who am I kidding? I can't defend this. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 21, 2007
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The Mist (2007) |
Deeply upsetting enough for me to recommend it to only the heartiest viewers. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 21, 2007
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Fred Claus (2007) |
There is absolutely no way writers were involved in the process that pooped out this holiday turkey. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 12, 2007
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The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
Everyone who pretended to love Aquatic because they were afraid of hopping off the Anderson bandwagon because deep down they hoped it was just a little career hiccup? Don't lock your knees when you jump because you'll wreck 'em. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2007
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Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
Things We Lost in the Fire: Any sense of rhythm or pace, and an ending that won't make you groan. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2007
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Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
Affleck's non-acting effort is dark, scuzzy, and authentic. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2007
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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) |
Little else we've not been exposed to in the last handful of years. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2007
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American Gangster (2007) |
Heat, Part II - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Nov 02, 2007
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We Own the Night (2007) |
Instead of playing to the strength of its leads, the script almost seems to highlight their weaknesses (in other words, you don't see Wahlberg's abs once). - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Oct 11, 2007
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Honeydripper (2007) |
Very light and quite predictable. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Oct 04, 2007
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I'm Not There (2007) |
Whether you buy the whole enchilada or not, you'll be in awe of There's editing and photography. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Oct 04, 2007
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The Babysitters (2007) |
Ultimately plays out as weakly as an actual adult film. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Oct 04, 2007
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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
Half the fun is watching a first-rate cast try to outdo each other without chewing up any scenery. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Oct 04, 2007
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The Life Before Her Eyes (2007) |
The trouble lies in the story. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Oct 04, 2007
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Breakfast With Scot (2007) |
Agonizingly pedestrian. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Oct 04, 2007
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Jellyfish (2007) |
Very unusual, but very likeable and quite colorful, as well. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Sep 29, 2007
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Chacun Son Cinema (2007) |
Very funny stuff from the likes of Takeshi Kitano, Nanni Moretti, the Coen brothers, Lars von Trier, Roman Polanski, David Cronenberg, and Walter Salles. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Sep 25, 2007
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Very Young Girls (2007) |
More of a direct-to-Lifetime Network quality. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Sep 25, 2007
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Reservation Road (2007) |
There are some really nice quiet moments, but George generally opts for the screaming and the uncontrollable sobbing one might think need accompany a film with Oscar aspirations. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Sep 25, 2007
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Towelhead (2007) |
If there's a message, I didn't get it. But that doesn't mean I didn't dig the flick, especially the performance from Macidissi. - Planet S Magazine
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| Posted Sep 25, 2007
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