Film Reviews

A

Adaptation ( A )

American Gangster ( B- )

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera ( D ) 

The Alamo ( C ) 

Ali ( C )

Alien vs. Predator ( D+ )

All the King's Men ( C )

Apocalypto ( B- )

Assault on Precinct 13 ( B )   

 

B

Babel  ( B+ )

Bad Boys II  ( C )

Bad Company ( C )

Batman Begins ( A ) 

A Beautiful Mind ( B+ )

Be Cool ( C ) 

Bewitched ( D+ ) 

Big Fish ( A )

The Black Dahlia ( B )

Black Hawk Down ( A- )

Blade II ( B )

Blade Trinity ( D+ )

Bloodrayne ( F )

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan ( B )

Bowling for Columbine ( A- )

Bourne Identity ( B- )

Broken Flowers ( B ) 

The Brothers Grimm ( C ) 

 

C

Cars ( B )

Casino Royale ( A )

Catch Me If You Can ( B- )

Catwoman ( F )

Cellular ( C ) 

Changing Lanes ( A )

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ( A- )

Children of Men ( A )

Christmas with the Kranks ( D )

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe ( D+ )

Cinderella Man ( B+ ) 

City by the Sea ( B )

Clerks II ( B )

Click ( C )

Cloverfield ( B )

Collateral ( B+ ) 

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind ( B+ )

The Constant Gardener ( A ) 

Constantine ( B+ ) 

Control Room ( A ) 

The Corporation ( A- )

Cursed ( D )

 

D

Daredevil ( D- )

Dark Water ( A- )

The DaVinci Code ( B+ )

The Day After Tomorrow ( C )

Day Watch ( C - )

Death to Smoochy ( A- )

Deja Vu ( C-)

The Departed ( A- )

The Descent ( A ) 

The Devil's Rejects ( D )

Dirty Pretty Things ( B+ )

Disturbia ( C )

Domino ( B- ) 

Dreamcatcher ( C )

 

E

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (20th Anniversary Edition) ( C )

8 Mile ( A- )

Elizabeth: The Golden Age ( C- )

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ( A- )

The Exorcism of Emily Rose ( C+ ) 

 

F

Fahrenheit 9/11  ( A- )

Fantastic Four ( B- )

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ( B )

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ( C- )

The Final Cut ( A ) 

Finding Nemo ( A )

Firewall ( C )

Flags of Our Fathers ( A- )

Flightplan ( B ) 

The Forgotten ( D- )

The Fountain ( A+ )

Four Brothers ( A ) 

Frailty ( B+ )

Freedomland ( C+ )

Full Frontal ( F )

 

G

Ghost Rider ( D- )

Girl With A Pearl Earring ( B- )

Glory Road ( C- )

Good Night, and Good Luck ( B+ )

The Good Shepherd ( C )

Gosford Park ( B+ ) 

The Great Raid ( B+ )

Grindhouse ( B )

 

 

H

Halloween ( F ) 

Hannibal Rising ( D )

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not ( A- )

Hero ( A )

Hide and Seek ( C+ )

A History of Violence ( A ) 

Hitch ( B- ) 

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ( A )

Hollywoodland ( C )

House of 1000 Corpses ( F )

Hulk ( C )

The Hunting of the President ( D )    ((( Audio Enhanced Review )))

 

I

Ice Age ( B- )

Ice Age 2: The Meltdown ( C )

The Ice Harvest ( A- ) 

The Incredibles ( B ) 

Igby Goes Down ( A )

I Heart Huckabees ( B / C )

The Illusionist ( B+ )

In Bruges ( A )

An Inconvenient Truth ( A )

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ( D+ )  New!

In Good Company ( A- )

Inside Man ( A )

Insomnia ( A )

The Interpreter ( B ) 

In the Bedroom ( C )

The Invasion ( D )

I, Robot ( C )

Iron Man ( B )

Irreversible ( F )

The Island ( B- / D )

 

J

Jarhead ( A ) 

Jason X ( D- )

John Q ( F )

 

K

Kill Bill Vol. 1 ( A + )

Kill Bill Vol. 2 ( A )

King Arthur ( D ) 

King Kong ( A )

Kingdom of Heaven ( A- ) 

Kung Fu Hustle ( C ) 

 

L

Lady in the Water ( B )

The Ladykillers  ( B )

Ladder 49 ( B- ) 

Land of the Dead ( B ) 

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen  ( B )

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events ( B+ )

Letters from Iwo Jima ( A )

Lilo & Stitch ( B+ )

Live Free or Die Hard ( B )

Lord of War ( D ) 

Lost in Translation ( A )

Lucky Number Slevin ( D ) 

 

M

Madagascar ( B ) 

The Majestic ( B )

The Manchurian Candidate ( A- )

Man of the Year ( C- )

The Matador ( B+ ) 

The Matrix Reloaded ( A )

The Matrix Revolutions ( B- )

The Medallion  ( B+ )

Men in Black II ( B )

Miami Vice ( A- )

Minority Report ( A )

Mission: Impossible 3 ( B )

Monster House ( A- )

Mostly Martha ( B+ )

Mr. and Mrs. Smith ( B- ) 

Murder By Numbers ( C+ )

My Big Fat Greek Wedding ( D )

My Super Ex-Girlfriend ( A-)

 

N

National Treasure ( F )

The New World ( A )

Night Watch ( C+ )

The Number 23 ( F )

 

 

O

Ocean's Twelve ( C )

The Omen ( C )

One Hour Photo ( A )

Open Water ( B ) 

The Order  ( D )

 

P

Panic Room ( A- )

Pan's Labyrinth ( A- ) 

Paparazzi ( C- ) 

The Passion of the Christ ( B ) 

Phone Booth ( B )

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ( C )

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End ( C+ )

The Polar Express ( C+ ) 

Poseidon ( B+ )

A Prairie Home Companion ( B- )

The Prestige ( B+ )

The Punisher ( D ) 

 

Q

Queen of the Damned ( C- )

 

R

Ray ( B+ )

The Recruit ( C )

Red Dragon ( B )

Red Eye ( B+ ) 

Reign of Fire ( B+ )

The Ring ( B+)

The Ring Two ( B) 

Road to Perdition ( C+ )

The Royal Tenenbaums ( B )

Runaway Jury ( B )

Running Scared ( B )

 

S

A Scanner Darkly ( A ) 

Secondhand Lions ( A )

Shaun of the Dead ( B )

Shooter ( C- )

Signs ( A- )

Simone ( C- )

Sin City ( A )

16 Blocks ( B ) 

The Skeleton Key ( C ) 

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow ( B )

The Simpsons Movie ( A ) 

Snakes on a Plane ( C- )

Solaris ( A )

Speed Racer ( C ) New!

Spider-Man ( B+ )

Spider-Man 2 ( A+ )

Spider-Man 3 ( A- )

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over ( C )

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones ( D )

Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ( B )

Stealth ( F ) 

The Stepford Wives ( A- )

Stranger than Fiction ( A- ) 

Sum of All Fears ( C+ )

Sunshine ( A- )

Superman Returns ( B+ )

Suspect Zero ( F )

Syriana ( B )

 

T

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby ( B ) 

Tears of the Sun ( B )

Team America: World Police ( B )

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines ( D+ )

Thank You for Smoking ( A- )

There Will Be Blood ( A )

The Time Machine ( B )

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride ( B+ ) 

Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life  ( B- )

Troy  ( C- ) 

The Truth About Charlie ( D )

25th Hour ( A+ )

28 Days Later ( B+ )

 

U

Underworld ( C+ )

Underworld: Evolution ( D- )

United 93 ( A+ )

 

V

V for Vendetta ( B- ) 

Van Helsing ( B )

A Very Long Engagement ( A ) 

The Village ( A ) 

 

W

Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit ( A- ) 

Walk the Line ( C ) 

War of the Worlds ( A ) 

Welcome to Mooseport ( C- ) 

We Were Soldiers ( B )

White Noise ( C- )

The Wicker Man ( D+ )

Willard ( B )

Windtalkers ( D- )

World Trade Center ( C )

 

Y

Yours, Mine, and Ours ( C- ) 

 

Z

Zodiac ( A- )

 

Audio Files

Lecture at the Naro Cinema in Norfolk, Virginia following a showing of Terry Gilliam's "The Fisher King"  March 29, 2004 (14.2 MB- approx. 30 minutes)

 

Articles

Best and Worst Movies of 2002

Best and Worst Movies of 2003

Best and Worst Movies of 2004

Best and Worst Movies of 2005

Best and Worst Movies of 2006

2003 Oscar Picks

2005 Oscar Picks

2006 Oscar Picks

2007 Oscar Picks

Summer of 2006: What Went Wrong (Part 1)

Summer of 2006: What Went Wrong (Part 2)

The David Fincher File (March, 2007)

 

 

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