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272 Reviews by David Cornelius
272 Reviews by
David Cornelius
of eFilmCritic.com
Movie: Stardust
Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It is a film of awe and beauty, a flight of fancy bursting with the great marvels of the imaginat...
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Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Release date: 7/11/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Phoenix reminds us that effects-laden blockbusters can also have heart and soul.
179 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Dynamite Warrior
Release date: 7/6/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
If we watch movies to see things we've never seen before, then dagnabbit, Dynamite Warrior delive...
14 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Transformers
Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
One of the stupidest movies on record. But hey, it's also, you know, really, really fun.
177 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Ratatouille
Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Brilliant in every conceivable way.
152 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Live Free or Die Hard
Release date: 6/27/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's a total blast, an exercise in excess that defies logic and plausibility in a fearless effort...
166 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Evan Almighty
Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
While the cast manages to pull a few slight chuckles from the proceedings, it's not enough to kee...
142 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Nancy Drew
Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The film is clever and winking without ever being overly so, and Fleming's light touch makes the ...
104 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Surfer is just as lousy on every level as its predecessor.
119 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Ocean's Thirteen
Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's instantly disposable charm, but it's charm nonetheless.
157 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Surf's Up
Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
One of the summer's most welcome surprises... Bursting with imagination, charm, and a genuine sen...
87 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
At World's End is too long, too confusing, too cluttered, too much. It's also great cinema.
165 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Paprika
Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
While the story may make this Kon's least inspired film, the animation is his most inspired.
71 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Shrek the Third
Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Parents will be left wondering why all the laughs, the snarky wit, and the gentle joys of the ser...
149 other reviews of this movie
Movie: 28 Weeks Later
Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
If there will ever be a 28 Months Later, we can hope it will be just as smart.
134 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Spider-Man 3
Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Spider-Man 3 is three, maybe four movies clumsily crammed into one.
159 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Next
Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Next is a howler of a movie, the most entertainingly awful flick in quite some time.
111 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Condemned, The
Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
"Those of us who watch, are we the condemned?" a character asks in a laughable attempt at earnest...
87 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Slow Burn
Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
The screenplay is riddled with so many problems, clichés, cheats, and borrowed ideas that the mov...
29 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Grindhouse
Release date: 4/6/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Your feature presentation: two movies made entirely of awesome.
160 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Firehouse Dog
Release date: 4/4/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Most of the film sits firmly in a comfort zone of fart jokes and dogs doing cool tricks.
66 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Blades of Glory
Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's the sort of movie you have to see twice because you were laughing so hard, you missed half t...
140 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Meet the Robinsons
Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Family movie perfection.
108 other reviews of this movie
Movie: After the Wedding
Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A deeply intimate tale of regret and hope, with characters that will linger in your thoughts.
84 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Pride
Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Grab a real-life sports hero, whip up a few pointless catchphrases, and who cares if the rest is ...
49 other reviews of this movie
Movie: TMNT
Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's so much fun that we forget that it's actually about something as ridiculous as crimefighting...
89 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Last Mimzy, The
Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is an ill-conceived disaster from top to bottom.
58 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Dead Silence
Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
All of this is then capped off by an ending so hilarious, so inane, that it could only have come ...
55 other reviews of this movie
Movie: 300
Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It helps nothing that the movie is also so very, very hilarious. Deliciously, gloriously, uninten...
188 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Smokin' Aces
Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It wants to be so many things at once that it never truly finds its focus, and yet it manages to ...
133 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Happily N'Ever After
Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Not counting derivative, obnoxious, poorly animated, and woefully unfunny, what Happily is most o...
66 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Walking Tall: The Payback
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:48 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
We get fight scenes and 'splosions a-plenty, which is all anybody who rents a Walking Tall sequel...
2 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Totally Awesome
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
It knows enough about its subject to come up with nifty joke ideas, but can't quite turn them int...
0 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Thief Lord, The
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The Thief Lord is a magical little story, lovingly and expertly crafted. What an absolute delight...
2 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Saving Shiloh
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:44 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
If you've followed the previous Shiloh films, then you'll be satisfied, if not overjoyed, by this...
21 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Suicide Killers
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:44 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Rehov zigzags from idea to idea without focus.
7 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Road House 2
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:43 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
For a few certain segments of the population (you know who you are), I can say that it delivers e...
6 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Rest Stop
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:43 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a flat horror effort that ranges from dull to unintentionally hilarious to, finally, tire...
4 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Queer Duck: The Movie
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:42 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
As a satire, it flops miserably, and as loose comedy, it flops even more.
4 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Pledge This!
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:41 PM Review by David Cornelius of HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP:
(7/0)
"So yeah. It's a National Lampoon/Paris Hilton movie that nobody wanted to release. And yet it ma...
2 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Open Water 2: Adrift
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:40 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Adrift becomes exactly the sort of DTV sequel we so very often ignore.
4 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Man About Town
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Man About Town is frustratingly manic in its tone... the unevenness wears too thin too quickly.
7 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Ma Su Chen
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
It's just not memorable enough to make it anything other than the generic genre filler that it is...
0 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Invincible Iron Man
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:34 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's enough to tide fans over until the live action flick arrives.
0 other reviews of this movie
Movie: High School Musical
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:33 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
For all its ungainliness, its cheesiness, its silliness, High School Musical is undoubtedly a gre...
5 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Fire Serpent
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:31 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Laughable CGI effects, an empty plot, and zero suspense.
0 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Edison Force
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:30 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Nothing more than a sub-average direct-to-video actioner with a few A-listers stuck in the leads.
5 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Copying Beethoven
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
An overblown piece of biopic fantasy.
54 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Cow Belles
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
It's sweet and mildly enjoyable in that Disney Channel way, but it's also instantly forgettable.
2 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Big Nothing
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
A work of dark comic insanity that never gets away from itself.
1 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Behind Enemy Lines 2: Axis of Evil
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A limp, cheesy B actioner gussied up with a semi-recognizable title.
3 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Brother Bear 2
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
While not nearly as memorable as its predecessor, Brother Bear 2 has plenty going for it.
4 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Bring It On: All or Nothing
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
If those are my choices, I'll go with 'nothing.'
2 other reviews of this movie
Movie: American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:26 PM Review by David Cornelius of HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP:
(7/0)
Crude, sure. Vulgar, no doubt. But funny? Not at all.
5 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Rocky Balboa
Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Great to see you again, Rock.
145 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Opal Dream
Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
What opens as a delightful kid-friendly drama closes as a stumbly, manipulative yawner.
31 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Happy Feet
Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Boring. And annoying. And too long. But mostly boring.
124 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Harsh Times
Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is the sort of intelligent, daring work the genre truly needs.
36 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Stranger Than Fiction
Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a genuine marvel of a movie.
131 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Cohen's mix of ineptitude and laziness propels this to become one of the worst comedies in recent...
170 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Catch a Fire
Release date: 10/27/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Derek Luke owns this movie from start to finish, and the film's truest power comes entirely from ...
65 other reviews of this movie
Movie: One Night with the King
Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The film is an exercise in overblown and overplayed.
22 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Departed, The
Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a brilliant story retold with the flourish of a master.
189 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Open Season
Release date: 9/29/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Bland and uninspired, it's kiddie movie by rote.
44 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Gridiron Gang
Release date: 9/15/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Imagine a movie comprised of inspirational clichés and absolutely nothing else.
87 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Crossover
Release date: 9/1/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Crossover is not just awful, it's gloriously, stupendously, magnificently awful. And best of all,...
62 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Snakes on a Plane
Release date: 8/18/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Snakes on a Plane is kind of the ultimate B movie... One of the very best times I've ever had in ...
75 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Zoom
Release date: 8/11/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
There's not a single thing to like in this dump of a movie. But I'm sure your children will enjoy...
16 other reviews of this movie
Movie: World Trade Center
Release date: 8/9/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
World Trade Center is moving, tender, and disappointingly shallow.
215 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Night Listener, The
Release date: 8/4/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The story backs itself into a corner and gets lost trying to find a satisfactory way out.
70 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Night Listener, The
Release date: 8/4/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The story backs itself into a corner and gets lost trying to find a satisfactory way out.
70 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Little Miss Sunshine
Release date: 7/26/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
If you want to see how an exceptional group of actors manages to save a movie from itself, this i...
84 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Lady in the Water
Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
I just want to punch this movie right in the face.
86 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Clerks II
Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's a horrible sequel, on par with, say, Caddyshack II in terms of desperation and comic failure...
98 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Monster House
Release date: 7/21/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A new Halloween tradition... Kenan and his crew have designed a carnival spook house thrill ride ...
122 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Release date: 7/7/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A flawless entertainment offering, one as breathtaking as its predecessor... The Pirates franchis...
186 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Superman Returns
Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a truly spectacular experience... Superman Returns joins [the 1978 Superman] on the short...
258 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Click
Release date: 6/23/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's rather sad that the only laughs to come from this comedy are when its dramatic moments fail ...
59 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Release date: 6/16/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's a Garfield sequel. You were expecting something good?
62 other reviews of this movie
Movie: X-Men: The Last Stand
Release date: 5/26/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a stupid, hateful, ignorant movie, one of the very worst comic book films ever made.
204 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Keeping Up With the Steins
Release date: 5/12/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A long slog of family cliché and idiotic coming-of-age yuks thrown at us with the subtlety of a n...
74 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Just My Luck
Release date: 5/12/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Is this movie actively hoping people will hate it for being so stupid?
92 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Mission: Impossible III
Release date: 5/5/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Not only is Mission: Impossible III better than its predecessors, but it could very well hold up ...
159 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Kinky Boots
Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Ejiofor's unbridled confidence sells the character and makes the movie.
100 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Ice Age: The Meltdown
Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It feels like a cheap direct-to-video rush job.
121 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Release date: 3/31/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a wildly ill-conceived jumble, and not even its impressive cast can rescue it.
47 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector
Release date: 3/24/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's not a movie; it's a cause for dismay.
29 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Inside Man
Release date: 3/24/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is an ingeniously crafted, expertly constructed mini-masterpiece.
150 other reviews of this movie
Movie: She's the Man
Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The utter absence of humor, charm, originality, or intelligence leaves this to rank among the wor...
96 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Zodiac, The
Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
It's two, maybe three different takes on the same subject duking it out for airtime, and the resu...
27 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Shaggy Dog, The
Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Anyone who includes the song "Who Let the Dogs Out?" anywhere within their film will be kicked in...
94 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Eight Below
Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It] lives up to the fine tradition of Disney animal adventures.
121 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Unknown White Male
Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Doug's story is endlessly fascinating, the sort of thing that leaves you thinking about it for da...
77 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Date Movie
Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Get it? It's just like that one scene you saw in that one movie, but with poop!
70 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Final Destination 3
Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's official: this is a horror series that actually won't disappoint.
103 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Firewall
Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It actually manages to out-generic every Ashley Judd movie ever.
128 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Something New
Release date: 2/3/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It is a warm, friendly movie, smooth and sensual in all the right ways... What a wonderful surpri...
84 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Roving Mars
Release date: 1/27/2006 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Standard IMAX docu fare: a few talking heads, some lush narration, and a whole heap of impressive...
23 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Imagine Me & You
Release date: 1/27/2006 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Snappy writing and spot-on performances from a terrific cast help the movie avoid all the pitfall...
89 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Glory Road
Release date: 1/13/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Familiar, but fun.
126 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Film Geek
Release date: 1/13/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's so very easy to love Film Geek, especially if you are one.
16 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Bloodrayne
Release date: 1/6/2006 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a movie that begs you not to watch it.
41 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Vampire Wars
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:47 PM Review by David Cornelius of HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP:
(7/0)
What begins as a big pile of dumb fun winds up a weary mess.
1 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Ultimate Avengers: The Movie
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:46 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's too violent for younger viewers, but not mature enough for older ones. It's a movie trapped ...
9 other reviews of this movie
Movie: See Arnold Run
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:44 PM Review by David Cornelius of HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP:
(7/0)
What would you expect from a telepic written by the guy who gave us Category 6: Day of Destructio...
2 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Miss Cast Away
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP:
(7/0)
It is one of the most excruciating cinematic experiences of my life.
2 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Muppets: Wizard Of Oz, The
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Something’s gone horribly wrong at Muppet Central, and it’s high time somebody fix it.
6 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant, The
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:34 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Too long, too rambling, but at its heart, Mary Bryant is a fine project.
0 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Girl In The Cafe, The
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Nighy, Macdonald, and Curtis have never been better than in their work here.
1 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Emmanuel's Gift
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:30 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
[It] is essentially a too-long overcoming-the-odds clip that helps fill up a hole or two in the O...
11 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Munich
Release date: 12/23/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It is a thriller with a heart, a message movie with suspense. It is smarter than most Hollywood f...
163 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Man-Thing
Release date: 12/21/2005 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Too lame to be genuinely entertaining, not stupid enough throughout to be laughable.
3 other reviews of this movie
Movie: King Kong
Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
To borrow from an old joke, Peter Jackson's King Kong is thirty minutes of spectacular entertainm...
203 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It's sweet, it's charming, it's endlessly involving... the best yet of the Potter films.
125 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic
Release date: 11/11/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Silverman fails at what she does not because she says dirty things, but because that's all she sa...
58 other reviews of this movie
Movie: Weather Man, The
Release date: 10/28/2005 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Few movie characters of late have been so expertly crafted as Dave Spritz.
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Movie: Elizabethtown
Release date: 10/14/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Even when Crowe trips with his plotlines and his pacings, at least he has a world of exciting, wo...
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Movie: Serenity
Release date: 9/30/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Good as a season finale, shaky as a stand-alone movie.
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Movie: Flightplan
Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The key to the film is Foster, who reminds us why she’s so missed these days.
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Movie: History of Violence, A
Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
If for no other reason, watch Violence to see and hear the nuances of [Mortensen's] performance.
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Movie: Dirty Love
Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Dirty Love is ninety mintes of soul-crushing idiocy, wrapped in incompetence and smothered in far...
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Movie: Lord of War
Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is Niccol’s bravest movie to date, and it is an unquestionably brilliant work.
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Movie: Cave, The
Release date: 8/26/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
So very, very stupid... and so very, very fun.
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Movie: 40-Year-Old Virgin, The
Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Andy Spitzer is an unforgettable screen character, and his creators, Carell and Apatow, are unden...
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Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Ignore the gaffes, and this retelling sparkles.
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Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Ignore the gaffes, and this retelling sparkles.
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Movie: Warrior, The
Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
I haven’t been this thrilled by a new star since I saw my first Jackie Chan movie.
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Movie: Dark Water
Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Smarter, creepier, and better than expected.
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Movie: War of the Worlds
Release date: 6/29/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Spielberg’s list of great movies is too long to catalog here, but rest assured: War of the Worlds...
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Movie: George A. Romero's Land of the Dead
Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Far from playing it safe, Romero sees this sequel as an opportunity to challenge the viewer.
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Movie: March of the Penguins
Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a simple work expertly made, starring the cutest creatures on Earth.
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Movie: Longest Yard, The
Release date: 5/27/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
After a handful of McThis and McThat jokes, it becomes blatantly clear that we have a movie unwil...
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Movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Release date: 5/19/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is downright brilliant filmmaking, an awesome spectacle that manages to balance thrills and ...
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Movie: Monster-in-Law
Release date: 5/13/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
You’ve got the makings of one royally uninspired comedy and utterly generic Hollywood mess.
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Movie: House of Wax
Release date: 5/6/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
When I wasn’t laughing at the asinine plot developments or the ridiculously inept acting, I was s...
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Movie: XXX: State of the Union
Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
There’s not a single scene in this film that doesn’t provide at least one unintentional guffaw.
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Movie: Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, The
Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The film version truly captures the whimsical cynicism at the series’ heart.
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Movie: King's Ransom
Release date: 4/22/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It is, quite plainly, like watching a movie that’s trying to go out of its way to be horrible.
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Movie: Amityville Horror, The
Release date: 4/15/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
If you’re to judge Amityville merely by asking the question, is it scary enough?, then yeah, it w...
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Movie: Kung Fu Hustle
Release date: 4/8/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s an explosion of solid silly fun.
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Movie: Sin City
Release date: 4/1/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A fun movie? Yes. A cool movie? You bet. But a masterpiece? Not really.
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Movie: Beauty Shop
Release date: 3/30/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s meant to be a gender switch on its predecessor, but it’s actually just a pale comparison.
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Movie: Old Boy
Release date: 3/25/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The buzz was right: Oldboy confirms Park as one of the best filmmakers working today.
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Movie: Guess Who
Release date: 3/25/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A rule: any time you see the movie’s stars racing in go-karts, it’s because the script ran out of...
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Movie: Robots
Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
As animation, it’s brilliant. If only the story was as sharp.
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Movie: Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a film that’s gone way beyond the realm of bad, past disaster. This one’s in the area of ...
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Movie: Man of the House
Release date: 2/25/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Yes, boys and girls, this is a comedy that, in the year 2005, thinks a montage set to Right Said ...
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Movie: Inside Deep Throat
Release date: 2/11/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Clunky and forgettable as a documentary, Inside Deep Throat succeeds entirely thanks to its subje...
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Movie: White Noise
Release date: 1/7/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Scenes went unenlightened, plot points left unanswered, cheap thrills went unimproved.
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Movie: Fearless Freaks, The
Release date: 1/1/2005 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Beesley could have made just a fan movie... but here we get much more.
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Movie: I Inside, The
Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:34 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s a nice, low expectations thriller that works.
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Movie: Hollywood North
Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:33 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
What the film lacks in bite and originality, it makes up for in humor and charm.
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Movie: Godzilla: The Final War
Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Happy birthday, Godzilla! Sorry your movie stinks.
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Movie: Go For Zucker
Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Watching through American eyes, none of it seems all that funny, or interesting, or entertaining.
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Movie: Eye 2, The
Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:30 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s a movie that does its best to be more complex, more fulfilling than the average horror film.
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Movie: Aviator, The
Release date: 12/17/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] a dazzling bit of Hollywood biography that belongs on the short list of [Scorsese's] fines...
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Movie: Million Dollar Baby
Release date: 12/15/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
There is no question about the status of Million Dollar Baby as a work that instantly ranks on th...
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Movie: National Treasure
Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
As realism, Turtletaub's movie flops. As escapism, though, grab the popcorn, kick your feet up, a...
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Movie: Saw
Release date: 10/29/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
I couldn’t stop laughing through the whole mess, and unless you have a high tolerance for pretent...
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Movie: Taxi
Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Buckle up for crap!
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Movie: Friday Night Lights
Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is the rousing football movie Any Given Sunday failed to be.
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Movie: Infernal Affairs
Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is the type of movie Asian action fans talk about when they say they love the genre.
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Movie: September Tapes
Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s jingoist machismo disguised as deep insight.
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Movie: Dirty Shame, A
Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A Dirty Shame is not a good movie, but it has a good message, and for that, it’s well worth seein...
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Movie: Mr. 3000
Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s something that goes through the motions of being a movie without really bothering to make it...
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Movie: Silver City
Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
At its core, Silver City is a biting tirade on the current anti-enviromental policies of the Bush...
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Movie: National Lampoon's Gold Diggers
Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
There's bad, there's unwatchable, and then there's National Lampoon.
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Movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a movie boiling over with its own positive energy, its own sense of boy-howdy fun.
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Movie: Criminal
Release date: 9/10/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] a safer, watered-down, but still enjoyable redo.
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Movie: Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Release date: 9/3/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
There are scenes here that will stick in your brain for days.
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Movie: Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2
Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] the sort of intellectually offensive children’s movie one would make if one knew nothing a...
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Movie: Hero
Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The simple fact of the matter is this: Hero is the best martial arts movie I have ever seen.
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Movie: Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a film that manages to take what should have been delirious camp fun and turn it into a s...
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Movie: Benji Off the Leash!
Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Horrible, loathsome, incompetent, wretched. The worst movie of the year? Undoubtedly.
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Movie: Without a Paddle
Release date: 8/20/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is simply just another in a long line of lazy comedies.
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Movie: Alien vs. Predator
Release date: 8/13/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] a sour footnote to both franchises.
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Movie: Open Water
Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] perhaps the most boring thriller you will ever see that will still manage to thrill you li...
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Movie: Collateral
Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
We thought we would get just some action thriller. What we got was a vivid dreamscape, an intelli...
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Movie: Village, The
Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
If ever there was a movie designed to convince the audience into thinking it’s wasting its time, ...
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Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The
Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is a complex, grown up thriller that’s rich in its gritty detail and nearly flawless in its ...
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Movie: Catwoman
Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s not nearly as awful as Batman & Robin, but it’s worse off than, say, Steel. So you can see w...
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Movie: I, Robot
Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
I, Robot is a disappointment not because of what it is, but because of what it could have been.
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Movie: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Release date: 7/9/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
All those comedy smarts boils down to one indisputable fact: Anchorman is the single funniest thi...
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Movie: Two Brothers
Release date: 6/25/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] a marvel of filmmaking.
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Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Oh, the movie’s not too bright, but I couldn’t stop laughing, and that’s the point, right?
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Movie: Garfield
Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
There are a good twenty-some reasons to hate Garfield. But the only reason you really need is tha...
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Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Release date: 6/4/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/1)
Azkaban is a great adventure, a work that’s marvelous as part of the franchise and on its own.
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Movie: Troy
Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Troy is a Cliffs Notes version without the helpful observations, a classic fable reduced to soap ...
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Movie: Super Size Me
Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s rare the film that changes someone’s life; Super Size Me may indeed change many.
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Movie: New York Minute
Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s all lifeless material that might have been saved by the leads’ charms, but as it turns out, ...
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Movie: Van Helsing
Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Sommers has opted to give Dracula an army of midget alien minions. MIDGET ALIEN MINIONS. As soon ...
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Movie: Robot Stories
Release date: 2/13/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Pak sets himself up as a filmmaker to watch, a creator of intelligent, thoughtful stories that re...
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Movie: You Got Served
Release date: 1/30/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A movie with this much dancing should be crackling with electricity. Instead, this is simply no f...
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Movie: My Baby's Daddy
Release date: 1/9/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s offensive, unfunny, badly acted, badly written, badly directed, and remarkably, outstandingl...
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Movie: Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision
Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:45 PM Review by David Cornelius of HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP:
(7/0)
Bad Movie fans who chuckled at the original Timecop will chuckle here as well, but those looking ...
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Movie: Men Suddenly in Black
Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
The film's a big dud, loud and cocky but all too empty.
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Movie: Den Of Lions
Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:29 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Den of Lions might not even win over the B movie crowd, not even those willing to keep a heavy th...
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Movie: Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman
Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
You’ll find solid characters, a strong plot, clever writing, dynamic animation, thrilling action,...
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Movie: Interstate 60
Release date: 12/21/2003 11:01:34 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
I couldn’t help but think this would’ve made a pretty darn good TV show.
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Movie: Cabin Fever
Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
What it loses by trying to be a comedy, it makes up by trying to be a showcase for the grotesque.
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Movie: Together
Release date: 5/30/2003 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Together is a drama of exceptional, elegant beauty... it’s the kind of movie that makes you smile...
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Movie: Sweet Sixteen
Release date: 5/16/2003 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Sweet Sixteen is a wonderfully bittersweet effort, and one of Loach’s best works.
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Movie: Only the Strong Survive
Release date: 5/9/2003 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
I would have prefered deeper insights... [but] as a concert film, this one’s a blast.
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Movie: Spellbound
Release date: 4/30/2003 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
There’s not a frame of Spellbound that leaves you wanting to look away from the screen.
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Movie: Big Shot's Funeral
Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Funeral is a wild shot at the sheer gaudiness of both advertising and entertainment, and more oft...
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Movie: Around the Bend
Release date: 1/1/2003 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The film is not quite the deep drama or outrageous comedy it tries to be, but an engaging little ...
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Movie: It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:34 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] a movie which at best provokes a few random chuckles and at worst makes me weep for the fu...
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Movie: H
Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:33 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
With H, we get the thrills and the twists, yes, but we also get the down time, a space where clic...
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Movie: Chicago
Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s a delicious movie experience and the best movie musical of the past few decades.
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Movie: Interview With the Assassin
Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It could’ve been a great thriller, but not once does Burger create a believable moment.
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Movie: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
As a documentary, Motown isn’t all that great. But as a celebration of music, it’s absolutely inc...
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Movie: 8 Mile
Release date: 11/8/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A brilliant, engaging examination of people who dream of escape.
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Movie: Spirited Away
Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Yes, Spirited Away is a triumph of imagination, but it’s also a failure of storytelling.
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Movie: Secret Ballot
Release date: 8/9/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
A solid, well-formed satire.
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Movie: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Release date: 5/16/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s just fun, pure and simple.
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Movie: Blade II
Release date: 3/22/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s a loud, boring mess, with only the vague thought of Kristofferson looking like a drunk Santa...
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Movie: Resident Evil
Release date: 3/15/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[There's] nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects.
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Movie: Ice Age
Release date: 3/15/2002 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Loved it, loved it, loved it.
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Movie: A Beautiful Mind
Release date: 12/21/2001 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s a performance that’s not just great; it’s amazing.
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Movie: Greatest Show on Earth, The
Release date: 12/31/2000 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Clumsy, innocent, awkward, to be sure, but it’s never skimpy on the fun.
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Movie: Spring Forward
Release date: 12/8/2000 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Here’s a film that values good dialogue and complex characters over dramatic gimmicks and cheap a...
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Movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Release date: 5/19/1999 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
What’s important to remember is that the better moments don’t merely balance out the weaker ones ...
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Movie: Anastasia
Release date: 11/14/1997 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
I have nothing but superlatives for this, a most phenomenal film.
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Movie: Treasure Hunt
Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:45 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
A garbled mess and a disappointment for fans of everyone involved.
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Movie: Madam City Hunter
Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
This movie's nothing but a gigantic mess.
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Movie: Jacknife
Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:35 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
Jacknife works best when illustrating a quiet grace.
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Movie: Superman IV: the Quest for Peace
Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:44 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
That this movie is how the Superman movie legacy ended would be a depressing thought if the movie...
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Movie: Psycho III
Release date: 12/31/1986 11:01:41 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
any fan of the Hitchcock classic whose curiosity was snagged by Psycho II should find something o...
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Movie: Manhattan Project, The
Release date: 12/31/1986 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
The Manhattan Project remains a clever time capsule of 80s nuclear commentary and a timeless, end...
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Movie: Jocks
Release date: 12/31/1986 11:01:35 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
You can see Christopher Lee comically ogle a transvestite in another movie, I'm sure.
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Movie: Weekend Pass
Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:48 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
It's the sort of cinematic failure where the awfulness just makes you feel sorry for everyone inv...
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Movie: Amadeus
Release date: 9/1/1984 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Amadeus is a masterful combination of acting and storytelling, of sight and sound.
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Movie: Superman III
Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:44 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
One of the most underrated movies of all time. Seriously.
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Movie: Lords of Discipline, The
Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:37 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
To get to the fine moments, we must wade through some sloppy melodrama, clunky characterizations,...
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Movie: Psycho II
Release date: 12/21/1983 11:01:41 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[It's] a sequel that supports its predecessor instead of diminishes.
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Movie: Pirate Movie, The
Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:41 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Christopher Atkins is in it. I rest my case.
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Movie: Superman II
Release date: 1/1/1980 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Superman II made me cheer when I was seven years old, it makes me cheer now that I’m thirty, and ...
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Movie: Black Hole, The
Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Ranks among the very best films to come from the post-Star Wars sci-fi boom.
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Movie: Jules Verne's The Fabulous Journey To The Center of The Earth
Release date: 12/31/1977 11:01:35 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
A big ol' hunk of Euro-schlock, complete with poorly dubbed voices, on-the-cheap special effects,...
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Movie: Hard Candy
Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:33 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Two parts sheer brilliance, one part contrived mess.
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Movie: That's the Way of the World
Release date: 12/31/1975 11:01:45 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
It's a movie that could have been made thirty years earlier or thirty years later without losing ...
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Movie: Winter Soldier
Release date: 12/31/1972 11:01:48 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
It is one of the most difficult films to get through, yet it is also one of the most important fi...
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Movie: French Connection, The
Release date: 12/21/1971 11:01:31 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The movie is one of the undisputed must-sees of guydom.
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Movie: Astro-Zombies, The
Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:26 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
The worst movie ever made? I just might say yes. Yes it is.
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Movie: Sound of Music, The
Release date: 4/1/1965 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Watching it just makes you feel wonderful.
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Movie: Topkapi
Release date: 1/1/1964 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
This is proof that a popcorn movie can still be made as intelligently and as skillfully as any 'c...
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Movie: Longest Day, The
Release date: 12/31/1962 11:01:37 PM Review by David Cornelius of HOLLYWOOD BITCHSLAP:
(7/0)
It is, and will most likely always remain, the definitve D-Day picture.
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Movie: Manchurian Candidate, The
Release date: 1/1/1962 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
People have called The Machurian Candidate the greatest political thriller ever made. People woul...
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Movie: West Side Story
Release date: 10/18/1961 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
[This] is a world unlike any other, a phenomenal filmmaking achievement.
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Movie: Apartment, The
Release date: 1/1/1960 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s one of the most heartbreaking films I’ve ever seen.
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Movie: Gigi
Release date: 12/31/1958 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
In the hands of a master craftsman, even this otherwise iffy musical becomes lively, lovely enter...
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Movie: Around the World in 80 Days
Release date: 10/17/1956 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
80 Days is pure fluff, but it’s so delightful in its fluffiness that the lack of any real depth d...
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Movie: Mr. Arkadin
Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(7/0)
This is a brilliant disaster... some of the highest class trash you'll ever get to see.
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Movie: House of Wax
Release date: 4/10/1953 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
Arguably the best of all 3-D movies.
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Movie: All the King's Men
Release date: 12/31/1949 11:01:26 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
It features one of the great performances in movie history.
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Movie: Miracle on 34th Street
Release date: 12/31/1947 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
Quite plainly, it’s the Christmas spirit put on film.
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Movie: Best Years of Our Lives, The
Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
Wyler and Goldwyn have made a glorious 'intimate epic,' one worthy of every honor bestowed upon i...
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Movie: Son of Dracula
Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:44 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
All you have to do is get past the clumsiness of Lon Chaney, Jr., in the lead role, and you’re of...
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Movie: Dead Men Walk
Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:29 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(6/0)
It all fizzles under lackluster direction, a story that drags, and a conflict that ultimately jus...
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Movie: Dracula's Daughter
Release date: 1/1/1936 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
The film is so clumsy and so off the mark that it winds up being a throwaway piece, something for...
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Movie: Manhattan Melodrama
Release date: 12/31/1934 11:01:38 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(6/0)
The drama may be clunky and old-fashioned, but once Melodrama gets rolling, it never stops engagi...
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Movie: Grand Hotel
Release date: 12/31/1932 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
It’s a Hollywood legend, a big, brassy melodrama overflowing with top stars.
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Movie: Dracula
Release date: 12/31/1931 11:01:29 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Once you get into the rhythms of the film, you’ll discover a masterpiece.
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Movie: Broadway Melody, The
Release date: 12/31/1928 11:01:27 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(7/0)
Its function as genre blueprint makes for quite the curiosity. More importantly, it also stands u...
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Movie: Nosferatu
Release date: 12/31/1922 11:01:39 PM Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
It’s a visual marvel and a inventive landmark in filmmaking history, but it’s also a bit too empt...
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Movie: Wrong Turn 2
Release date: 1/30/1900 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(6/0)
Dirty, wicked fun.
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Movie: Dancing Pumpkin
Release date: 1/30/1900 Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(6/0)
I've seen a lot of low-rent children's cartoon videos in my life, but The Dancing Pumpkin has to ...
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Movie: Gerald McBoing Boing - Fairytales
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(3/4) No reference
This new Gerald is simply wonderful, engaging children with a playful tone.
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Movie: Gerald McBoing Boing - Adventures
Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:32 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(3/4) No reference
This new Gerald is simply wonderful, engaging children with a playful tone.
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Movie: Paperclips
Release date: 9/8/2004 Review by David Cornelius of eFilmCritic.com:
(3/4) No reference
Who knew a movie that seeks to remind us of one of the greatest horrors in human history could be...
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Movie: Shogun Ninja
Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:44 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(3/4) No reference
As a film, it might be no great shakes, but as an action flick, it's fairly awesome.
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Movie: I Love You, Alice B. Toklas
Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:34 PM Review by David Cornelius of DVDTalk.com:
(3/4) No reference
It's an embarrassment in Sellers' career, one best forgotten and/or ignored.
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