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STEVEN BOONE
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• Citysearch
• Newark Star-Ledger

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Total Reviews: 54


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Fresh  Mr. Woodcock
Fresh  Bringing Out the Dead
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

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" Jones displays some acting chops, but the character she creates with Wong has all the personality of a museum tour guide." -- Newark Star-Ledger
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
My Blueberry Nights (2008)47%
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" The results look something like an overscaled Muppet movie (which ain't such a bad thing in itself)." -- Newark Star-Ledger
Posted Nov 21, 2007
 
Enchanted (2007)93%
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" The satire on globalism and downsizing is also as old as the Clinton administration, but that doesn't stop director David Dobkin from selling it like fresh goods." -- Newark Star-Ledger
Posted Nov 9, 2007
 
Fred Claus (2007)22%
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" There is something disingenuous and calculating about the work of his director and composer." -- Newark Star-Ledger
Posted Nov 2, 2007
 
Martian Child (2007)30%
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" Slipstream ultimately winds up an avant-garde film that just ain't all that avant." -- Newark Star-Ledger
Posted Oct 26, 2007
 
Slipstream (2007)24%
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" Whatever power the original comic had, this film adaptation lost it in translation." -- Newark Star-Ledger
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
30 Days of Night (2007)50%
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" Mr. Woodcock is often as juvenile and predictable as its title suggests. Yet, this dark comedy about a self-help author plotting revenge on his sadistic former gym coach gets honest laughs because of performances that ring universally true." -- Newark Star-Ledger
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
Mr. Woodcock (2007)13%
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3 Strikes is depressing and grim, but not in any useful or interesting way. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
3 Strikes (2000)0%
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" Much of A Map of the World is comparable to the work of Fritz Lang, Paul Schrader or any other filmmaker skilled at evoking panic and self-loathing." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
A Map of the World (1999)65%
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American Pie stirs the adolescent heart and groin! -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
American Pie (1999)59%
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" Harold Ramis' Analyze This is the mob parody Billy Wilder or Preston Sturges might have made if they'd had access to Robert De Niro and the F-word." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Analyze This (1998)67%
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" The young actors playing Frank at various ages (Joe Breen, Ciaran Owens, Michael Legge) are all excellent." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Angela's Ashes (1999)52%
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Offensively phony and unintentionally hilarious! -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Arlington Road (1999)60%
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Entertaining and never sluggish. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Blue Streak (1999)36%
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" Schrader shows the Tarantino punks how it's done." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)72%
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" Ulrich and Gooding just don't click as comic antagonists / buddies." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Chill Factor (1999)7%
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" Down to You has cute boys, cute girls and little else." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Down to You (2000)4%
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" End of Days is definitely in the top two or three worst studio films of the year." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
End of Days (1999)11%
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" It's Kubrick telling a tediously elaborate joke at a party, using his eccentric genius and charisma to keep you captivated against all odds." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)78%
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Edward Norton and Brad Pitt in what may be the performances of their careers. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Fight Club (1999)81%
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" Jonathan Taylor Thomas is completely out of his element as the smooth-talking operator." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
I'll Be Home For Christmas (1998)18%
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" While the film has some interesting shifts in pace, mood and structure, it has nothing new or interesting to say." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
In Too Deep (1999)36%
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" An ideal summer movie!" -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Lake Placid (1999)38%
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" A pretty brave and ambitious feat." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Liberty Heights (1999)89%
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" Hilarious!" -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Life (1999)49%
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" The exposition that rushes us into the police standoff is so painfully forced and phony that the only way to keep watching the movie is to take it as either dark comedy or one of those cheap Die Hard knockoffs." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Light It Up (1999)39%
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" Man on the Moon captures the mood of Kaufman's stand-up act while paying loving tribute to the late comic." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Man on the Moon (1999)60%
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Beautiful as she is, Elisabeth Shue is simply impossible to watch without cringing whenever she tries to do autistic. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Molly (1999)15%
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The Mumford character requires an actor who doesn't try too hard, and Loren Dean doesn't. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Mumford (1999)55%
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" Sunlight, light bulbs, lenses and shadows are more than suspense window-dressing in this one -- in many instances, they are the suspense." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Rear Window (1954)100%
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" Ride With the Devil works on the simple level of action and classic drama." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Ride with the Devil (1999)63%
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The opening credit sequence in Rush Hour outdoes anything that follows it. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Rush Hour (1998)62%
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" The force is gone and George Lucas apparently has no idea where he left it!" -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)63%
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A film this dramatically inept doesn't test your faith in the Papacy nearly as much as it troubles your faith in movies. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Stigmata (1999)20%
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" Most reminiscent of certain old Star Trek episodes, the especially horny ones in which Kirk spent most of his time in his quarters with some busty alien." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
Supernova (1999)10%
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" The dialogue isn't aware it's cliched and hilarious; the soundtrack thinks it's backing an intense urban thriller." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The 13th Floor (1999)29%
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" A widescreen epic adventure so beautifully designed and performed that it doesn't have to make a bit of sense." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The 13th Warrior (1999)35%
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It's definitely not capable of being rescued. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Astronaut's Wife (1999)16%
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" Lee has an incredible comic touch, and he pulls a solid performance from his entire cast." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Best Man (1999)72%
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" The Bone Collector blows its budget on helicopters, fleets of cop cars, gory effects and the charisma of Denzel Washington to bring this pointless hackwork to theaters." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Bone Collector (1999)28%
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" Warm, thoughtful entertainment." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Cider House Rules (1999)72%
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The movie's percussive action scenes hardly mask its lack of inspiration. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Corruptor (1999)47%
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" Fiennes' and Moore's performances are strong enough to carry this film through even the slightly preposterous turn that puts the movie on the path to that conclusion." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The End of the Affair (1999)68%
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Although The Haunting gets funnier, dumber, and less suspenseful as it goes on, it never loses the power to frighten, because it never had it. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Haunting (1999)17%
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" Soderbergh, screenwriter Lem Dobbs and star Terence Stamp make a cool team." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Limey (1999)91%
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" Charming as it is, the film is too thin to justify carfare and ticket money." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Love Letter (1999)34%
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The surprises are interesting, but not enough to save the film from itself. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Other Sister (1999)30%
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The story has been so abbreviated and riddled with songs that there's no sense of climax. -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Prince of Egypt (1998)79%
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" One of the greatest horror film of the '90s!" -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The Sixth Sense (1999)85%
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" At over two hours, it's too much junk food for one sitting." -- Citysearch
Posted Jan 1, 2000
 
The World Is Not Enough (1999)52%

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