Tomato 3/4 |
13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"A rehash of familiar material, but the engaging Garner is charismatic enough to make it magical." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) |
"An infuriatingly-offensive, soft-porn primer on how to treat girls as objects who exist at the disposal of men." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"It's hard to expect anyone to infuse much passion into a "by-the-numbers" boxing movie which telegraphs every punch." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"Ostensibly modeled on the egomaniacal Ted Baxter of the old Mary Tyler Moore TV series, this adventure's protagonist is less comical, less endearing, and generally grates on the nerves." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) |
"Schoolyard jokes about religious faiths, genetic traits, and sexuality which only work if you enjoy laughing at people because they are darker-skinned, or curlier-haired, or perverted, or have emigrated from another continent." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Batman Begins (2005) |
"Works splendidly because it dispenses with the idea that Batman's archenemies have to be quirky, colorful, superficial savants, àla the campy television series from the sixties." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Beauty Shop (2005) |
"This bottom-feeder's sophomoric, locker room approach to black-white, gay-straight, and male-female issues cannot be undone by a saccharine storybook ending." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Being Julia (2004) |
"Annette Bening landed an Oscar nomination for her measured performance in this adaptation of 'Theatre,' a 1937 novel by W. Somerset Maugham." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Being Julia (2004) |
"A beguiling romance about an aging actress at the peak of her career who embarks on an ill-advised, illicit affair with an admirer half her age." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Bewitched (2005) |
"Has some hilarious moments, mostly thanks to Will Ferrell's zany slapstick, mugging, and other antics." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Born Into Brothels (2004) |
"In the end, you can't help but wonder exactly what it was you've just seen. A hard-hitting exposé? Voyeuristic slumming? A true tale of triumph, against all odds? A self-aggrandizing, vanity biopic? Some new type of reality film?Perhaps all of the above." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
The Brothers Grimm (2005) |
"A disjointed, ear-splitting, visually-jarring, mirthless exercise in pandemonium that director Terry Gilliam tries to pass off as family entertainment." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Cinderella Man (2005) |
"A cross between Seabiscuit (because of the Depression) and Rocky (because of the sport), yet a fine enough film to stand on its own, even if the production falls short of both in terms of its emotional punch." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Cold Mountain (2003) |
"A love story likely to leave you cold." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Company (2003) |
"Eschews any concern with the cinematic foreground in favor of wide-angled pans across an expanded back cast encouraged to indulge in Altman's trademark overlapping dialogue." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) |
"Relentlessly harrowing!" |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
De-Lovely (2004) |
"If you ignore the plot and just approach the flick as nothing more than a 21st century update of a Busby Berkeley-style musical, you will not be disappointed." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) |
"What ruins this revenge flick is Madea's boorish, bull in the china store act reminiscent of the sassy black woman stereotype popularized by Sanford and Son's Aunt Esther. Loud and ignorant, Medea tends to trivialize every scene." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) |
"Imagine a cross between Martin Lawrence's Big Momma's House and Eddie Murphy's The Klumps with Christian and Cinderella themes." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Dogville (2003) |
"After about an hour, the novelty wears off, and you're aching to see an actual animal and real shrubs. After two hours, you feel disappointed when you realize that this wouldn't even make a good play. After three hours, it's downright infuriating." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003) |
"Unless you are prone to laugh at endless urination, expectoration, regurgitation, defecation, flatulence, and belching, avoid this rip-off at all costs." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
Envy (2002) |
"An implausible plotline, seasick cinematography, and absence of humorous moments add up to an irritating, insulting experience which explains why Dreamworks decided to delay the film's release for a year. It should have been left on the shelf." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"Tim Story gives the Marvel comics superheroes the Barbershop treatment." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"Drew Barrymore gives an excellent performance as a lady-in-waiting opposite Jimmy Fallon's equally-impressive portrayal of a jittery, baseball-obsessed beau." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
Flightplan (2005) |
"Following a smooth takeoff, this psychological thriller hits some turbulence and crash lands due to a preposterous, almost comical, turn of events." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Freaky Friday (2003) |
"A hilarious, heartwarming remake." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) |
"An entertaining but inauthentic adaptation, a production which reads more like a Hollywood teensploit than a historical epic from Holland." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Gloomy Sunday (2003) |
"Undoubtedly deserves to be added to the ranks of the best Holocaust films ever made." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Gospel (2005) |
"While The Gospel's faith-laced dialogue might annoy non-Christians, the plot mostly explores themes of a universal nature. Recommended to members of any faith for the stirring, onscreen performance of Grammy-winner Yolanda Adams." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
The Great Raid (2005) |
"Instead of a tribute to a fine chapter in the annals of the Greatest Generation, we have a second-rate romance right out of a cheesy, pulp fiction novel." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
"A menagerie of menacing and morphing computer-generated special effects make the movie worthwhile." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Haunted Mansion (1998) |
"A mind-numbing misadventure more funereal than funny or frightening. Yawn." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
Hidalgo (2004) |
"The event around which the movie revolves is a desert mirage, since there is no record of any such race ever being staged. Nonetheless, those able to ignore this outrageous historical distortion might enjoy this triumph of an underdog aganst the odds." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
Honeymooners (2005) |
"A disconnected series of skits and one-liners likely to satisfy children while only infuriating nostalgic adults in search of the magic of the Fifties sitcom." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
In America (2003) |
"A sappy, self-congratulatory tale of triumph of penniless newcomers over every sort of adversity, and a close brush with death every time they set foot outside of their apartment." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
In Her Shoes (2005) |
"Cluttered and predictable; but laced with laughs and enough of an emotional payoff to make it all worthwhile." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Island (2005) |
"The pace of this roller coaster ride becomes too furious to remember that it all started out as an adventure addressing some pertinent ethical issues about the pitfalls of stem cell research, cloning, and bio-genetics." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Just Like Heaven (2005) |
"Kudos to Witherspoon and Ruffalo for generating enough screen chemistry to insure a teary-eyed finale that'll make you forget the fact that you're watching a shameless rip-off." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
King Arthur (2004) |
"In many ways this movie tells us far more about the values and age in which we are living, than the one it pretends to be returning us to." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ladykillers (2004) |
"Despite cartoonish characters, over-the-top hijinks, and occasional lapses of bad taste, any movie that leaves you laughing up the aisle, has to remain well-recommended." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Look at Me (2005) |
"Examines a variety of questions, such as superficiality versus substance, materialism versus self-worth, and taking advantage of others versus forming sincere relationships." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"An absolutely absorbing finale which establishes the trilogy as perhaps the best mythic fable ever brought to the big screen." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Lost in Translation (2003) |
"Alternately laugh-out-loud silly and profoundly moving, kudos to Sofia Coppola for managing to capture an undeniable chemistry between Murray and his 18 year-old co-star, despite a certain asexuality." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
A Lot Like Love (2005) |
"The typical romantic comedy keeps the leads apart or until just before the closing credits. This film falls flat because they engage in sex during the picture's opening sequence." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Love Actually (2003) |
"Without ever sounding a false note, this endearing ensemble holiday flick manages to be nuttier than Notting Hill, more satisfying than Bridget Jones' Diary, and even more intricate than Four Weddings and a Funeral." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
The Man (2005) |
"A derivative, readily-forgettable insult to the intelligence!" |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
March of the Penguins (2005) |
"Director Jacquet has cleverly figured out a way to anthropomorphise his wondrous, web-footed subjects, as they deal with hunger, rejection, loss, loneliness, and sensuality." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) |
"Too closely cropped to allow for the expansive feel of an oceanic epic, and fails to develop any meaningful relationships among its characters." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
Monster (2003) |
"Charlize Theron's Oscar-winning toure de force!" |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Monster-in-Law (2005) |
"For a revenge comedy to work, the villain should be so despicable that you relish those moments when the victim turns the tables and gets even. This flick is misleading because the title character is not really mean, but rather a sympathetic figure." |
Kam Williams |
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