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Letters from Iwo Jima
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Only an overstuffed middle, battle-heavy section keeps Letters From Iwo Jima from being an elite movie.
3.5/4
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Million Dollar Baby
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Turn convention upside down with its stirring portrayal of paternity, passion, mortality, and loyalty
4/4
4
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7
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2,552
The 39 Steps
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
As dull as anything Hitchcock has done, save the exhilerating final 10 minutes.
2/5
5
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6
1
2,553
All the King's Men
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Outstanding poltical commentary, rife with tension.
4/5
5
4
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4
6
1
2,553
Blackmail
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Horrific and dated....worth seeing from a strictly historical standpoint.
0/5
5
0
5
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6
1
2,553
The General
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Vastly overrated; moderately charming but I think I laughed once.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
6
1
2,553
The Lady Vanishes
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Underrated early Hitch with a killer finale.
4/5
5
4
5
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4
6
1
2,553
Peter Pan
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Perhaps Disney's most underrated work.
4/5
5
4
5
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4
6
1
2,553
Tacones Lejanos (High Heels)
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Witty and snappy Almodovar....as usual, but still great fun.
3/5
5
3
5
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3
6
1
2,553
The Circus
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Chaplin's most underrated, consistently hysterical, and imaginative picture.
5/5
5
5
5
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5
6
1
2,553
Street Fighter
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
OOOF!!!!!
0/5
5
0
5
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6
1
2,553
The Addams Family
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
I suppose there's a certain kooky charm, but talk about dated...
2/5
5
2
5
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2
6
1
2,553
Alphaville
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Packed to the brim with imagination, particularly the insane 2nd half.
4/5
5
4
5
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4
6
1
2,553
Blade Runner
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Visually dazzling but thematically mediocre.
3/5
5
3
5
true
3
6
1
2,553
Boxcar Bertha
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Scorsese at his most droll and uninspired.
1/5
5
1
5
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1
6
1
2,553
A Bronx Tale
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
A superb directorial debut by DeNiro, a work that rivals Goodfellas.
4/5
5
4
5
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4
6
1
2,553
Crooklyn
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Standard Spike Lee fare, which means it comes with its high and low points.
3/5
5
3
5
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3
6
1
2,553
Great Expectations
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
A masterful adaptation of a masterful novel.
5/5
5
5
5
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5
6
1
2,553
In a Lonely Place
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
One of the best--and most underrated--noirs.
5/5
5
5
5
true
5
6
1
2,553
Ivan's Childhood (Ivanovo detstvo)
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Tarkovsky's most underrated film, simple but riveting.
4/5
5
4
5
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4
6
1
2,553
Jules and Jim
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Far too cute and ridiculous for its own good, yet riddled with so many strong points that it can't be overlooked.
3/5
5
3
5
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3
6
1
2,553
The Last Boy Scout
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Overblown rubbish, with nothing to hang on to save the opening football field scene
2/5
5
2
5
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2
6
1
2,553
On the Waterfront
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Extremely polished and featuring another powerhouse effort from Brando.
4/5
5
4
5
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4
6
1
2,553
Repulsion
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Polanski's best by a wide margin. The walls! The walls!
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
2,553
Rudy
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Shamelessly manipulative, but who cares when it's so damn uplifting?
3/5
5
3
5
true
3
6
1
2,553
The Shop On Main Street (Obchod na Korze)
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Mesmerizing and heart-breaking...
5/5
5
5
5
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5
6
1
2,553
The Wizard of Oz
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
A delightful fantasy for children and adults alike, one that cherishes childhood and its dreams.
4/5
5
4
5
true
4
6
1
2,553
The Untouchables
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Too campy for its topic matter...Costner is typically dull as a 75 year-old unsharpened sword.
1/5
5
1
5
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1
6
1
2,553
The Wolf Man
eCinemaCenter.com
Gabe Leibowitz
Charming & fun 40's monster schlock.
3/5
5
3
5
true
3
6
1
2,553
April Fool's Day
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
There are much better 80's horror flicks to spend your money on, but April Fool's Day has enough jolts and twists to warrant a look.
76/100
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76
100
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75
100
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2,554
V for Vendetta
eFilmCritic.com
Dan Lybarger
The Wachowskis and freshman director James McTeigue quickly decide that sloppy, repetitive action scenes are more compelling than examining the ideas they raise.
3/6
6
3
6
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2
6
1
2,555
3 from Hell
earofnewt.com
Steve Newton
...the coolest thing by far is the inclusion on the soundtrack of three songs from the James Gang's 1973 Bang album, featuring Tommy Bolin on guitar.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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3
9
2
2,556
The Platform (El Hoyo)
earofnewt.com
Steve Newton
The notion is that, if each person took just enough to get by, there'd be plenty for everyone. But that's not always how people act. Have you tried buying toilet paper lately?
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
2,556
The Skeleton Key
elitestv.com
Spyder Darling
Turn with caution!
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
2,557
Red Eye
elitestv.com
Spyder Darling
There isn't enough Visine in the world!"
3/5
5
3
5
false
2
5
1
2,557
Funny Lady
elitestv.com
Spyder Darling
Not so funny, or ladylike.
2/5
5
2
5
false
1
5
1
2,557
Bill Burr: Paper Tiger
entertainment.ie
Brian Lloyd
Sweet, tender, and open-hearted, Bill Burr's 'Paper Tiger' isn't always what you'd expect from the comedian, but it's as good as anything he's done in years.
B+
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2,558
Fallen
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
A movie that never compromises its own principles, no matter what audience-unfriendly path its original premise may eventually lead it down.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
An Ideal Husband
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
Parker does an admirable job of translating Wilde's often static, emotionally distant collection of one-liners into a fairly hot morass of straitlaced morals pitted against barely repressed passions...
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
George Washington
eye WEEKLY
Catharine Tunnacliffe
An abstract, symbolic title is perfect for such an abstract, symbolic movie.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Insomnia
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Remarkable for its intelligence and intensity.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Mayor of the Sunset Strip
eye WEEKLY
Kim Linekin
There's more wit, insight and pathos in this doc than Bingenheimer perhaps deserves, but he's a fascinating touchstone in this crazy celebrity culture nonetheless.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Valentin
eye WEEKLY
Adam Nayman
Pleasantly underwhelming.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
2,559
Why We Fight
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
What makes Why We Fight so devastating is that it stands as a plea for reason in an age that expresses little use for it.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
A Song for Martin
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Often gruelling and heartbreaking to witness, but Seldahl and Wollter's sterling performances raise this far above the level of the usual maudlin disease movie.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Alien
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
This is still the stuff of nightmares.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
The Barbarian Invasions (Les Invasions barbares)
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
It's hard not to be won over by The Barbarian Invasions' enormous generosity of spirit and the sense that one of the country's best filmmakers is again firing on most, if not all, cylinders.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Blood Work
eye WEEKLY
Adam Nayman
The key to a good thriller is a sense of urgency, something that is sorely lacking on both sides of the camera in Blood Work, a characteristically muted late-period offering from Clint Eastwood.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
2,559
Bully
eye WEEKLY
Kim Linekin
A provocative film like Bully invites knee-jerk reactions, but there's a lot more to this story than meets the eye.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
City of Angels
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
Surprisingly well-executed.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Even though Confessions of a Dangerous Mind can be too hip and too glib in its attempt to wring universal truths from Barris' sordid delusions, any movie that stars both Rutger Hauer and the Unknown Comic is all right by me.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Freaky Friday
eye WEEKLY
Kim Linekin
The freakiest thing about Freaky Friday is that it doesn't suck.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Free Enterprise
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
Facile but fun, Free Enterprise is essentially a harmless goof that packs a bit more resonance than you'd expect.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Frequency
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Even though audiences who appreciated the chilly restraint of The Sixth Sense may be put off by Frequency's sappiness and silliness, those who give in to its loony charm should enjoy the ride.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
Ghost Dog ... is an early 21st century urban black man who's remodelled himself after the samurai warriors of Medieval Japan, adopting and embodying an alien culture through a weirdly admirable act of will.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Girlhood
eye WEEKLY
Catharine Tunnacliffe
A compelling and ultimately positive portrait of teenagers.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Halloween H20
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
Yes, it's hokey stuff, and yes, the hundredth or so time they pull the "you turn around and there's someone right behind you!" scare, it does tend to wear. But what did you expect? Halloween?
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
eye WEEKLY
Catharine Tunnacliffe
The good news is that the film is about as careful an adaptation as can be imagined, one that takes next to no liberties with the original text.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
High Tension (Switchblade Romance)
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
[Haute Tension] is as intense as its French title suggests.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Holy Smoke
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
Not all of the ensuing psychodrama works completely, but as ever, it's just so pleasant to see someone making a movie that's about something
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
While I Am Trying to Break Your Heart is full of strong performances, Jones' film is less about the music than it is about the music business.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Iraq in Fragments
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
A visually startling, patiently observed and deeply humanist film.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Legally Blonde 2 - Red, White & Blonde
eye WEEKLY
Kim Linekin
Legally Blonde 2 is often so dumb it hurts.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
2,559
The Matrix
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
And just what is the Matrix? Well, that would be telling. And it would effectively cut out what little conceptual guts power this latest exercise in pure, crazy, graphic novel-inflected cool.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Monsoon Wedding
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Mira Nair's distinctive, wholly engaging approach is somewhere between Dogme-style immediacy and Bollywood-calibre excess.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Monsters, Inc.
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Witty and imaginative, Monsters, Inc. could be Pixar's best yet.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Still plenty of fun.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
New Best Friend
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Incompetent but inadvertently entertaining.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
2,559
Nights of Cabiria (Le Notti di Cabiria)
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
I'll go with the painfully obvious: people who already expect to love it probably will, but even those who have no expectations at all may be pleasantly surprised by its enduring resonance underneath the annoying period tics.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Visually arresting, cryptic and, depending on your level of Coen fandom, either wildly enjoyable or too clever by half.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Scream 2
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
[Screenwriter] Williamson's back in fine form.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
This terrific doc pays tribute to a group of musicians unfamiliar even to many soul fans.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Tears of the Sun
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Unusually thoughtful and involving.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
The Jaundiced Eye
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
An uninventive but harrowing report from the front lines of a society whose attitudes toward homosexuality are changing faster than some might like -- but not quite fast enough to really make it count for others.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
The Triplets of Belleville
eye WEEKLY
Kim Linekin
Grotesque yet trippy.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
2,559
Till Human Voices Wake Us
eye WEEKLY
Catharine Tunnacliffe
A turgid, pretentious piece of work that may have played well on the page, but is too heavy and slow-moving to work on the big screen.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
2,559
The Virgin Suicides
eye WEEKLY
Gemma Files
Cool, odd and languorous as its main characters, The Virgin Suicides provides a fittingly postmodern debut for screenwriter/director Sofia Coppola.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
X2: X-Men United
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
FX-heavy franchise pics simply don't come any better than this.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
Your Mommy Kills Animals
eye WEEKLY
Jason Anderson
Hard to beat that title, ain't it?
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
2,559
20th Century Women
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Mike Mills gets just the right bittersweet tone here.
7/10
10
7
10
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6
10
1
2,560
Anthropoid
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
The shame is that for all the years of research and planning that went into making this film, Sean Ellis didn't allow himself the luxury of invention.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,560
Arrival
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
"Arrival" embarrasses the current mode of contemporary cinema to explore ideas, moods and a vision that belongs uniquely to this film.
9/10
10
9
10
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8
10
1
2,560
Café Society
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
The movie's final grace note is deeply felt, so much so you wish Woody Allen had chosen another route to get there.
5/10
10
5
10
false
4
10
1
2,560
Captain Fantastic
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Well worth catching if only for a lively debate afterwards about the advantages/disadvantages of unplugged rearing and education programs for children.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,560
Closed Circuit
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Closed Circuit raises highly pertinent issues about our descent into 24/7 surveillance and what can happen when a democratic government targets its own citizens to keep its secrets secret.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,560
Don't Think Twice
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
"Don't Think Twice" is one of the better movies you'll see about what it takes to establish a viable career in show business.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,560
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Thorsten Schüette's 'Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words' will, one hopes, restore Zappa to his rightful place in music history.
7/10
10
7
10
false
6
10
1
2,560
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
The story itself is unwieldy, padded and almost entirely reliant upon CGI for forward momentum.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,560
Finding Dory
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
A world-wide aquatic playground filled with rambunctious slapstick, Dickensian sea creatures, astonishing visual beauty and relentless albeit implausible jeopardy.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,560
Florence Foster Jenkins
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Stephen Frears' film achieves that remarkable and nearly unobtainable artistic plateau of sad-funny.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,560
Free State of Jones
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
This may be one of the most honest American films about slavery, the Civil War and Reconstruction ever made.
8/10
10
8
10
false
7
10
1
2,560
Genius
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
"Genius" represents a failed opportunity to get at the heart of the creative process.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,560
Hell Baby
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon's Hell Baby is a hit-or-miss affair with far more misses than hits.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,560
Hell or High Water
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
"Hell or High Water" may be the best picture released so far in 2016.
9/10
10
9
10
false
8
10
1
2,560
Inferno
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Ron Howard is good at detailing exactly how people escape a remorseless fate and pulp fiction such as "Inferno" is no exception.
6/10
10
6
10
false
5
10
1
2,560
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Thanks to Tom Cruise and Ed Zwick, 'Jack Reacher' does transcend the limitations of its genre and a by-the-numbers screenplay.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,560
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
What Mike and Dave really need are a few jokes, a coherent screenplay and some direction - any direction at all might have helped.
2/10
10
2
10
false
1
10
1
2,560
Morgan
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
The utter failure of 'Morgan' underscores what happens when a filmmaker enters strip-mined territory with nary an original idea.
3/10
10
3
10
false
2
10
1
2,560
Our Kind of Traitor
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
"Our Kind of Traitor" does many things well but the feeling afterwards is, unfortunately, one of disappointment.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,560
Patriots Day
honeycuttshollywood.com
Kirk Honeycutt
Too many compromises undermine the latest Peter Berg/Mark Wahlberg collaboration.
4/10
10
4
10
false
3
10
1
2,560