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	222 Reviews by Dan Jardine 222 Reviews by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide Movie: Balls of Fury Release date: 8/29/2007 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) While it's at times inspired, ultimately, its attempt to play with the conventions of both martia... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rush Hour 3 Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Jackie Chan is stellar, Chris Tucker is lame and the film is, while proficiently produced, about ... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Becoming Jane Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Neither the best nor the worst of the Jane Austen adaptations. However, nor is it likely to be re... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Once Release date: 5/16/2007 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A touching, tender and smart film that effectively blends elements of musical and romance, while ... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Everything's Gone Green Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Gives the audience some fine eye candy, but Douglas Coupland's first foray into the realm of writ... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead Silence Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A film of such pointlessness, a film with neither thrill nor chill, an exercise of such tedium th... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Planet, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:48 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) I watched five minutes of a documentary on The Learning Channel and was given more information ab... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deja Vu Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) While not as nasty as Man on Fired, Scott's apparently indestructable dreadfulness is in full dis... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prestige, The Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) An interesting if not entirely satisfactory theatrical interpretation of magical rivalries. 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flags of Our Fathers Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Reminds us of the great damage that can be done to society's most vulnerable by those blustering ... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Departed, The Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Marty's back, doing what he does best. Is that a collective sigh of relief I hear? 189 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady in the Water Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Cobbled together, ramshackle fantastical nonsense. 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman Returns Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Well-intentioned, sure, but in the end, clumsy, inept and ineffectual 258 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shopgirl Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Very disappointing, and on so many counts 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: History of Violence, A Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/1) Sin City with a functioning brain. 164 other reviews of this movie Movie: Murderball Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Most entertaining when it is being honest and unflinching in its portrait of the film’s central f... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kung Fu Hustle Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Simultaneously and paradoxically irreverent and loving. A terrific piece of cinematic entertainme... 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Downfall Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Bites off a bit more than it can chew; nontheless, a memorable and compelling recreation of Hitle... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hotel Rwanda Release date: 12/22/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The filmmakers want to respect history and not exploit it as so much slasher movie fodder. 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sea Inside, The Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) An intelligent and moving treatment of a potentially maudlin subject matter. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Million Dollar Baby Release date: 12/15/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) While we’ve come to expect a certain Spartan beauty to the look and feel of Clint Eastwood&... 178 other reviews of this movie Movie: Polar Express, The Release date: 11/10/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Unfortunately, the journey proves far more interesting than the destination. 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shall We Dance? Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Director Peter Chelsom pulls off the unexpected and actually produces a passable, if not entirely... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaun of the Dead Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Like all self-respecting zombie flicks, the oft-funny Shaun of the Dead deals as much with wicked... 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cellular Release date: 9/10/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) At about the half-way point, it’s clear there will be no interesting character developments or su... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vanity Fair Release date: 9/1/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This film, which aims to expose the banal reality behind the grande facade of high society, itsel... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hero Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Maybe the most beautifully-photographed movie I’ve ever seen. 151 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A thriller with a brain, a grown up film for grown ups. Well done, all. 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A thriller with a brain, a grown up film for grown ups 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Maria Full of Grace Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Shares the traditions of socially-conscious filmmaking of modern practitioners like Britain’s Ken... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: I, Robot Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) For those who like their sci-fi to have the depth and breadth of comic books. 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love, Sex And Eating The Bones Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:37 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) When it's not being juvenile, the film has some interesting things to say about love and sex. Hil... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Release date: 12/17/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Captures the visual grandeur and thematic complexities of the novel well, while moving gracefully... 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 1 Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A wondrous ode to the joie de vivre of filmmaking, paying homage to great ‘60s and ‘70s action fl... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rundown, The Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Passable entertainment that is notable primarily as The Rock’s successful vehicle to action stard... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matchstick Men Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A cute and silly trifle, a sugary confection that will not linger long on the palate after you’ve... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Release date: 7/9/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Johnny Depp puts the "swish" back into swishbuckler 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down With Love Release date: 5/16/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) All artifice, so little art. Does this film have anything new to offer? If not, why bother? 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Agent Cody Banks Release date: 3/14/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Dreadful, witless and pointless. 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: All the Real Girls Release date: 2/14/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) There are several moments so sublime, so ineffably and serenely beautiful, that you might be conv... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kira's Reason: A Love Story Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Its pat finale ill-befits a film that otherwise strives successfully for stark emotional realism. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Circle, The Release date: 1/10/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) You have to admire Jean-Pierre Melville's ambition to make a sophisticated "b-movie" that is mood... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Umberto D. Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:46 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Courageously and magnificently champions the life of an apparently insignificant man in a difficu... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Thief, The Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:32 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) A fine film: Jordan creates the seedy ambience and Nolte provides the complex performance that to... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gangs of New York Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A monumental tale of hatred and prejudice, boasting a magnificent performance by Daniel Day-Lewis... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Drumline Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Its over-reliance on genre conventions, character types and formulaic conflict resolutions crushe... 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Release date: 12/12/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) the awe-inspiring battle sequences in this film are nonpareil in contemporary cinema. 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Solaris Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) fascinating, despite its flaws 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Standing in the Shadows of Motown Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The cheap and easy recycling of old myths and superficial treatment given the significant social ... 75 other reviews of this movie Movie: Far From Heaven Release date: 11/8/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A wondrous note-perfect homage to the moviemakers of the 1950s 147 other reviews of this movie Movie: 8 Mile Release date: 11/8/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Eminem does a credible roughed-up urban ghetto impression of James Dean 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Wife is an Actress Release date: 7/12/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Both Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsborough are thoroughly appealing, as their unblinking honesty ... 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Minority Report Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) An energetic and exuberant 21st century sci-fi neo-noir that works best when it asks us to think ... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Identity, The Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A great handbook on how to cop ideas from the best spy/ action/ adventure flicks 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Warm Water Under a Red Bridge Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A sweet and enthusiastic embrace of our biology and chemistry, and a delicious and salacious cele... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A piece of vintage cinematic entertainment with a post-modernist twist 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:36 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A clever, post-modern noir, equal parts loving homage and biting parody. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Everything Put Together Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:30 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) While pockmarked by some flaws and blemishes, it remains an intriguing effort, marking the debut ... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lantana Release date: 12/14/2001 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A stark and haunting study of marital discord. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mulholland Dr. Release date: 10/12/2001 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This freaky, nightmarish ride down Mulholland Drive thrilled me beyond rational explanation 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bread and Roses Release date: 5/11/2001 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Loach's left-leaning social activism is at the service of a potent and touching story 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hedwig and the Angry Inch Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Often hilarious, sometimes outrageous, intermittently nonsensical and goofy, Hedwig is nonetheles... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A joyous and humanistic slapstick throwback, anchored by George Clooney's goddamn bona fide perfo... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: George Washington Release date: 10/27/2000 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A film that, while sometimes maddeningly incomprehensible, is evocative, elegant and beautiful. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Small Time Crooks Release date: 5/19/2000 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Small Time Crooks stacks up pretty favourably to Woody's cinematic debut. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Road to El Dorado, The Release date: 3/31/2000 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Through a combination of some remarkable animation and complex heroes and villains, this film suc... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Abre Los Ojos Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:26 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Amenabar skilfully manipulates the time-space continuum, while skipping between reality and fanta... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Being John Malkovich Release date: 10/29/1999 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This is a film about identity, self-worth, voyeurism, consciousness, commercialism, celebrity, po... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Straight Story, The Release date: 10/15/1999 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Simple, linear and symmetrical. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eyes Wide Shut Release date: 7/16/1999 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) In typical Kubrick style, the puzzle master allows us to construct our own reality... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Run Lola Run Release date: 6/18/1999 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A giant pinball game of a movie, Run Lola Run may be superficial and relatively meaningless, but ... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Letter, The Release date: 5/21/1999 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A piece of tasty meringue to enjoy! 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Release date: 5/14/1999 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A sweet springtime surprise! 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Payback Release date: 2/5/1999 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The film's moral manipulations betray its fascistic heart. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shakespeare in Love Release date: 12/25/1998 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Takes us out of ourselves, immerses us in another world, introduces us to people we'd love to cal... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thin Red Line, The Release date: 12/25/1998 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) It's a thin (red) line between love and hate 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rushmore Release date: 12/11/1998 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Anderson is unable to frame an uninteresting shot. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer Release date: 11/13/1998 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A 100-minute festival of stupidity. 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Life Is Beautiful Release date: 10/23/1998 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Bravo, Roberto Benigni. Bravo. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Life Is Beautiful Release date: 10/23/1998 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Regardless, the film's second half is a tender and tragic treatise on the transcendence of a pare... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Urban Legend Release date: 9/25/1998 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Attractively shot, and well-paced, but remains pretty standard fare. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titanic Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Titanic is a great, soft-hearted traditional epic. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tomorrow Never Dies Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Michelle Yeoh is a standout in an otherwise by-the-numbers entry in this not-so-gracefully ageing... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Will Hunting Release date: 12/5/1997 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Good Will Hunting is a confident film with great performances and an authentic look, sound and fe... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sweet Hereafter, The Release date: 11/20/1997 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) a film that has brains, heart and a soul 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Face/Off Release date: 6/27/1997 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The cop, more messed up than the criminal he chases, ignores his family and becomes almost as twi... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Best Friend's Wedding Release date: 6/20/1997 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) It’s funny as hell -- not in a rolling-in-the-aisles kind of way -- but in the sly smile, knowing... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Donnie Brasco Release date: 2/28/1997 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) One fine little character study about crime, friendship and loyalty in gangland New York City. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Perfect Candidate, A Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:41 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) An interesting, if uneven, documentary. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hamlet Release date: 12/25/1996 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) There are more accessible Hamlets (Mel Gibson) and audience proof pre-interpreted Hamlets (Lawren... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Looking for Richard Release date: 10/11/1996 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A first-rate study of a famous actor coming to grips with a world-class challenge. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trainspotting Release date: 7/19/1996 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This is probably the most honest movie ever made about drug addiction. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead Man Release date: 5/10/1996 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Quite exquisite. Beautiful, really. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chungking Express Release date: 3/8/1996 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A near-perfect fusion of form and style, content and substance. One of the great movies of its de... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fargo Release date: 3/8/1996 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Finally, [the Coens] have given us characters we can care for, a story that keeps us wondering, h... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shallow Grave Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Gives ample evidence of Boyle's cinematic artistry. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shawshank Redemption, The Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) despite occasional lapses into familiar formulas and stereotypes, this is a first-rate prison dra... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pulp Fiction Release date: 10/14/1994 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This is a work of such giddy vitality and unrepentant excess that you’ll not only overlook its fl... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pelican Brief, The Release date: 12/17/1993 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) With all this star power at their disposal, this is the best that the film makers could do? 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unforgiven Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:46 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Along with Altman's McCabe and Mrs. Miller, as authentic a depiction of a Wild West town as you a... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gas Food Lodging Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:32 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The story of this fractured family has a ring of authenticity, but lacks the hands of an artist t... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ju Dou Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:35 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This is a sumptuous, passionate and bleak look at sexuality and power in China. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: History of Violence, A Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:33 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) This is Sin City with a functioning brain 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Boyz N The Hood Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Powerful and affecting largely because John Singleton has created characters of a distinctive wor... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rapture, The Release date: 1/1/1991 Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) A film that boldly goes where few films have gone before 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Godfather, Part III, The Release date: 12/25/1990 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A discordant and unnecessary coda to an already completed and glorious symphony of films. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dances With Wolves Release date: 11/9/1990 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The political correctness is so politically correct and sappy and sucky and conscience-appeasing ... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Henry V Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:33 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) In the end, Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V stands tall alongside the wealth of 1990s Shakespearean ada... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Do the Right Thing Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:29 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Has the greatness necessary to embrace its contradictions 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babette's gastebud Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) At turns philosophical and sensual, this hauntingly elegaic film resonates. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Full Metal Jacket Release date: 12/21/1987 11:01:31 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) The best American cinematic critique of the Vietnam war 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blue Velvet Release date: 9/19/1986 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) a beautiful film about sickness, a funny film about degeneracy 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prizzi's Honor Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:41 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) A wickedly post-modern gangster film 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brazil Release date: 12/1/1985 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Gilliam's Orwellian vision is memorable and distinctive 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ran Release date: 8/1/1985 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Ran, which melds an ancient samurai legend with King Lear, reaffirms Kurosawa's greatness both as... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fourth Man, The Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:31 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This interesting film disintegrates into silly excess, but has much to recommend, including the t... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amadeus Release date: 9/1/1984 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A clever and majestic hybrid of art house fare and middle brow entertainment. 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sudden Impact Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Freudian’s could have a field day examining the obsession that Harry has with the size of his wea... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fitzcarraldo Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:31 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Yes, the pursuit of dreams is vital to one’s feeling of empowerment and fulfilment, but surely th... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Bandits Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:45 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The film's charm rapidly wanes, as it becomes clear that we are bearing witness to a comedy with ... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Escape From New York Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:30 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Vicious scenes are often juxtaposed with comic sequences in a tap dance of contrasting tones that... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blind Chance Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) a sly and incisive political commentary in the guise of a metaphysical examination of the state o... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raging Bull Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:43 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) DeNiro is riveting... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raging Bull Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:43 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Filmed in a gritty, naturalistic style in luminescent black and white, Martin Scorsese's tortuous... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elephant Man, The Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:30 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Has the look and texture of an authentic document, elevated by the hand of a artist with a singul... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shining, The Release date: 5/23/1980 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Kubrick's mostly riveting attempt to rewrite the conventions of the horror genre 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Manhattan Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:38 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Its emotional honesty and depth, tender and humane humour and remarkable sensual splendour place ... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breaking Away Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) This whimsical coming-of-age tale has unexpected emotional depth. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: All That Jazz Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:26 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) Bob Fosse's viciously honest autobiographical tale is riveting. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apocalypse Now Release date: 1/1/1979 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A fascinating study of the nature of evil in man. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Days of Heaven Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) The film is unable to overcome the fatal flaw of the three lead's unconvincing acting. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deer Hunter, The Release date: 12/21/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Movie Guide: (7/0) ...the most heartbreaking film yet made about the Vietnam War's effects... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deer Hunter, The Release date: 12/21/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The actors in the principal roles are so convincing and the movement of this story, told on such ... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sorcerer Release date: 12/31/1977 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) A damned riveting film, from start to finish 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Annie Hall Release date: 4/20/1977 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) That this Woody Allen film is of such raw-nerved honesty is admirable. That it is also so incessa... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenant, The Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:45 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Roman Polanski’s key error is almost certainly casting himself in the lead, as he is not an adept... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:36 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) As much an indictment of modern filmmaking as the delusional nature of macho posturing, The Killi... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Driver Release date: 12/21/1976 11:01:45 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Its themes of urban decay, anomie and violence which infuse the impending sense of doom at the he... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Network Release date: 1/1/1976 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) So truthful, so prescient, it's painful. Paddy Chayevsky delivers one of the best screenplays eve... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mirror, The Release date: 12/31/1975 11:01:38 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) One of Tarkovsky's most impenetrable films, it nonetheless left me staggered and awestruck. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Godfather, Part II, The Release date: 12/12/1974 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The Mother of All Sequels: a film at once both greater and lesser than its predecessor 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amarcord Release date: 1/1/1974 Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) Fellini's whimsical and tender semi-autobiographical film is one of his best works. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlotte's Web Release date: 12/31/1973 11:01:28 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) E.B. White's affecting tale is given a Saturday morning cartoon treatment. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Badlands Release date: 12/21/1973 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Bonnie and Clyde without the Freud, but with a darker, more incomprehensible underbelly. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Godfather, The Release date: 3/24/1972 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Heartbreakingly paradoxical: exquisite filmmaking, tragic self-annhiliation. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Death in Venice Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:29 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Visconti's self-conscious and self-reflexive artistry can be off-putting, but with Death in Venic... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Death in Venice Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:29 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A sumptuous visual feast, a well-told tale of a tortured artist’s sturm und drung. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Clockwork Orange, A Release date: 12/19/1971 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Real horrorshow, that. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch-22 Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:28 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Ambitious though flawed adaptation of Joseph Heller's searingly satiric novel. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: On Her Majesty's Secret Service Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:40 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Driven by a series of invigorating and breathtaking action sequences and anchored by a Bond of ra... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Midnight Cowboy Release date: 5/25/1969 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Hoffman gives a performance as 'Ratzo' Rizzo that stands as the finest in an extraordinary career... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Midnight Cowboy Release date: 5/25/1969 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) ... Hoffman gives a performance...that stands as the finest in an extraordinary career. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Damned, The Release date: 1/1/1969 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The Damned is a lot of things – bilious and perverse are the two first adjectives that spring to ... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Topaz Release date: 1/1/1969 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Hitchcock’s notorious reliance on stock footage and his affection for blue screening rather than ... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Planet of the Apes Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:41 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) Weird combination of heavy-handed allegory and campy fun 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey Release date: 1/1/1968 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) What else can such a film be called but ART? 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blow-Up Release date: 12/31/1966 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Relying only on our subjective perceptions and personal interpretations, we are asked to find the... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Persona Release date: 1/1/1966 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Not a movie, but a Film. And a Great Film it is. As good as any. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Doctor Zhivago Release date: 12/22/1965 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Lean's mastery of the epic form makes up for a weak central love story 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Fair Lady Release date: 10/21/1964 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) The charisma of the leads, the gratifying (if poorly paced) story arc and the hummable tunes allo... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Strangelove Release date: 1/29/1964 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Dr. Strangelove is one of the most hilarious and desperate satires in the history of cinema. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Woman in the Dunes Release date: 1/1/1964 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) A promotional video for the Albert Camus Summer Camp 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trial, The Release date: 12/31/1963 11:01:45 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) While not exactly Kafka, every inch of it is most certainly Welles 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird Release date: 12/25/1962 Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) A timeless, resonant plea for tolerance 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Manchurian Candidate, The Release date: 1/1/1962 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A brilliantly realized, acidic satire of American political life. It takes us into a strange, hal... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Misfits, The Release date: 12/31/1961 11:01:38 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) A brave deconstruction of the Wild West’s mythos, as well as a searing study of the lingering dea... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Thieves Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Despite some interesting individual moments, when taken as a whole, Seven Thieves is an uneven an... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Thieves Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Released as part of a five-movie Joan Collins set, the disc offers a few minor special features. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apartment, The Release date: 1/1/1960 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This cynical study of office politics and sexual mores by Billy Wilder, despite winning 5 Oscars ... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hidden Fortress, The Release date: 12/31/1958 11:01:33 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (6/0) Why don't we have a Kurosawa altar at which to worship? After all, this is one temple I'd actuall... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Touch of Evil Release date: 5/21/1958 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) If this is not his greatest film, Touch of Evil certainly is among Welles’ most entertaining. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sayonara Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Brando's terrific performance elevates an otherwise unexceptional, though well-intentioned, film 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sea Wife Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Sea Wife is one of those turgid and morose melodramas that were inexplicably popular in the post-... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sea Wife Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) The DVD version of Sea Wife benefits from the sharp look provided by Technicolor Cinemascope film... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: 12 Angry Men Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:10 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) A tightly wound top of a movie 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridge on the River Kwai, The Release date: 12/18/1957 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Movie Guide: (6/0) ...a noble film whose execution is flawless. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridge on the River Kwai, The Release date: 12/18/1957 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) The film has great themes ... fascinating characters expertly acted, a compelling plot and brilli... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Witness For the Prosecution Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) Wilder's film is a completely satisfying experience anchored by a handful of memorable performanc... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paths of Glory Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) As a statement against the class-minded inflexibility and cruelty of the military machine, Kubric... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moby Dick Release date: 12/31/1956 11:01:38 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Huston's film has stellar action sequences and some fine work done in supporting roles, which hel... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Giant Release date: 12/31/1956 11:01:32 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) An uneven, but satisfying variation on the traditional western. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night and Fog Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:39 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Provokes contemplative self-inquiry, and moves us beyond our initial and immediate emotionally si... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bob le Flambeur Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) In a world sliding toward self-interested decadence, Bob le Flambeur maintains his dignity and hu... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rebel Without a Cause Release date: 1/27/1955 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) The performances of James Dean and Sal Mineo plus the presence of some potent scenes of adolescen... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Samurai Release date: 12/31/1954 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) And it's not just that the story is compelling. It is unforgettable. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diary of a Country Priest Release date: 12/21/1954 11:01:29 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Bresson's Christ allegory is surprisingly powerful and unexpectedly (for this old agnostic) affec... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tokyo Story Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:45 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) One of the most quietly powerful studies of the gradual and inevitable erosion of the family in a... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thunder Bay Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:45 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Sets up fascinating tensions between people and ways of looking at the world, but ultimately back... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Roman Holiday Release date: 1/1/1953 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) The Roman travelogue is pleasant enough, and Audrey Hepburn is positively peerless. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: African Queen, The Release date: 12/21/1952 11:01:26 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) There are not two better actors to tackle these roles, and director Huston keeps their story movi... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Badge of Courage, The Release date: 12/31/1951 11:01:43 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (6/0) Despite the studio's editing hatchet job, this remains a powerful tale of redemption 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rashomon Release date: 1/1/1951 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) By the end of the movie, we feel our emotions have been rubbed raw, yet we are no closer to deter... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Adam's Rib Release date: 1/1/1949 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Adam’s Rib gives us writers, performers and a director all operating at peak levels of performanc... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bicycle Thief, The Release date: 12/31/1948 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Devastating. Brilliant. Perhaps the most influential film of all time. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Release date: 1/1/1948 Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (6/0) The film is an unforgettable study of the erosive effect that the love of money can have on flawe... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Postman Always Rings Twice, The Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:41 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) A potent noir study of people falling victim to their own desires 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: It's a Wonderful Life Release date: 12/25/1946 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) This great American fable is buoyed by its unwavering faith in the wealth of the human spirit. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beauty and the Beast Release date: 12/21/1946 11:01:27 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) Littering his film with wonderfully evocative shots of steam rising off of the simmering Beast, J... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: To Be or Not to Be Release date: 12/31/1942 11:01:45 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) Royalties from Springtime for Hitler in Germany outta be sent to Lubitsch's family. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Maltese Falcon, The Release date: 1/1/1941 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) It's the stuff that dreams are made of. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Citizen Kane Release date: 1/1/1941 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (7/0) A cinematic phantasmagoria, this film is a movie lover's wet dream. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Citizen Kane Release date: 1/1/1941 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Movie Guide: (7/0) ...best appreciated by the knowledgeable filmgoer. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Captains Courageous Release date: 12/31/1937 11:01:28 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (6/0) Well-directed, well-acted coming-of-age tale that may have the most hard-bitten viewer in tears b... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: L' Atalante Release date: 1/1/1934 Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) One can't help but mourn the films an even more mature, capable and confident Vigo might have mad... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Private Life of Henry VIII, The Release date: 12/21/1933 11:01:41 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (7/0) Charles Laughton's great performance elevates this sometimes stuffy period piece. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scarface Release date: 12/31/1932 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (6/0) a potent, uncompromising and de-romanticized portrait of the gangster life 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trouble in Paradise Release date: 1/1/1932 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (7/0) What sticks with you long after the movie is over is the terrific, European cosmopolitan humour, ... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: A Nous La Liberte Release date: 12/31/1931 11:01:26 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Deserves to come out from under the long shadows cast by Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, and bask... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cameraman, The Release date: 12/31/1928 11:01:28 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Keaton's feature is easily the best work he did within the studio structure 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunrise Release date: 12/31/1927 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (6/0) Moody and melodramatic, a technical treat that grabs hold of the viewer and will not let him go. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: General, The Release date: 12/31/1927 11:01:32 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) There’s no point sitting on the fence on this one. Buster Keaton's The General is a work of geniu... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nosferatu Release date: 12/31/1922 11:01:39 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (6/0) Like the message, the acting will strike contemporary audiences as near hysterical, yet the actor... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Les Vampires Release date: 12/31/1915 11:01:37 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (6/0) A seminal mood piece 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost In Translation Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by Dan Jardine of Cinemania: (4/3) No reference Despite momentary lags in taste, Coppola's film is funny and sweet, while Murray and Johannson ar... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Les Ailes de la Colombe Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:37 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (3/4) No reference What Wim Wenders has done in his most transcendent film is not merely praise assenting angels, bu... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Auch Zwerge Haben Klein Angefangen Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:26 PM Review by Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide: (3/4) No reference Gobsmackingly good. A great and terrible film. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Untouchables, The Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:46 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (5/2) Not Reachable Another dePalma triumph of style over substance, climaxed by a great homage to Eisenstein 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Producers, The Release date: 3/18/1968 Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (6/1) Not Reachable Hilarious assault on the dubious ethics at work in the business side of the Hollywood movie indus... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pawnbroker, The Release date: 12/31/1965 11:01:41 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (6/1) Not Reachable Dramatizes the psychological impact of the Nazi concentration camps, while drawing parallels to c... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spartacus Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (3/3) Not Reachable the liberal message is delivered with a heavy hand, but the film also boasts some stirring action... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Anatomy of a Murder Release date: 12/31/1959 11:01:26 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (3/3) Not Reachable Preminger's intense, controversial, intelligent, court room drama is completely engrossing 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shane Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:44 PM Review by Dan Jardine of All Movie Guide: (3/3) Not Reachable Despite being burdened with grand pretensions, Shane stands securely as one of the most intellige... 12 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style