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	656 Reviews by John J. Puccio 656 Reviews by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Release date: 7/11/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...when it's finished, there is the lingering feeling that nothing has really happened. 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) For all its silly goings-on, senseless violence, and perpetual, empty motion, however, there are ... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man 3 Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Given the enormous $258,000,000 estimated budget for this movie, you'd think somebody would have ... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fracture Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) While you might not leave the movie entirely satisfied, you won't have had a bad time with it, ei... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grindhouse Release date: 4/6/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) Grindhouse is not your dear Aunt Martha's movie, but it's a heck of a ride. 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Snake Moan Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Basically, the movie is an old-fashioned morality play, for all its lurid details. 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Astronaut Farmer, The Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's hard not to like this goofy little film...engaging and uplifting for young and old. 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Music and Lyrics Release date: 2/14/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) Music and Lyrics could have had more rhythm and a better beat... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Code Name: The Cleaner Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a rather silly and humorless affair that pretty much wastes Cedric's comic talents. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thief Lord, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...too simplistic, too episodic, and too disjointed for this adult to enjoy, but...kids will prob... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Shiloh Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you are new to the series, I would suggest your starting with the original Shiloh, so far, the... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rest Stop Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...another of those films where we just wish the madman would dispatch the leading lady as quickl... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fox and the Hound 2, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the only excitement it engenders is of the chasing and frolicking kind. Not that that's bad, i... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fox and the Hound 2, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Like most sequels, it's a pale imitation of the original. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cow Belles Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's a perfect ahhhh movie and a perfectly awful movie at the same time. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brother Bear 2 Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...does not quite compare to some of Disney's finest animated work in terms of story or character... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bambi 2 Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I can't deny the movie is a delight to the eye and may be playful enough to entertain young child... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alexander Revisited: Final Cut Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Trying to make amends in this 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pan's Labyrinth Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) We feel pity, terror, disgust, wonder, astonishment, shock, and, ultimately, hope. It does everyt... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Painted Veil, The Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a finely crafted product that can hardly fail to touch one's heart. 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Letters From Iwo Jima Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a sad, lonely, melancholic film, for all its brutal action and bloodshed, with moments of shee... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Venus Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (5/2) ...neither a romance nor a comedy but an engaging slice of life, a charming treat that reminds us... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good German, The Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) A homage to the romantic noir mysteries of the 1940s, a tribute that tries hard but, alas, misses... 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Apart from the cameos, the movie limps along from one satiric rock song to another, with only the... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deja Vu Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...we've seen it all before. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: For Your Consideration Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Guest stretched himself a little thin this time, as For Your Consideration is not quite up to his... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happy Feet Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...no doubt the movie will entertain and enlighten children. Children of all ages may be another ... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prestige, The Release date: 10/20/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of those pictures where the journey is more important than the destination. 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Infamous Release date: 10/13/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...more direct, perhaps more revealing, and certainly more graphic than the earlier Capote film. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Departed, The Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the best thing the director has done in years. 189 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Children Release date: 10/6/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...a flawed work that sparkles only sporadically. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Queen, The Release date: 9/30/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the portrayal is no mere imitation; Mirren creates a living, breathing Queen Elizabeth that go... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Science of Sleep, The Release date: 9/22/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Although it has its moments to delight the eye, in the end the movie is neither very cerebral nor... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wicker Man, The Release date: 9/1/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) By the time he's running through the woods in a bear suit, it's hard to take any of it seriously. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Invincible Release date: 8/25/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Invincible is a Walter Mitty tale, but a true one, a fantasy come to life. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Release date: 7/7/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Just because you can do something does not mean you have to. Long and noisy is not enough. 186 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman Returns Release date: 6/28/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Yes, the new Superman Returns movie flies. It just doesn't soar. 258 other reviews of this movie Movie: Keeping Up With the Steins Release date: 5/12/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Although there is nothing offensive about the film, there is nothing particularly amusing or enli... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kinky Boots Release date: 4/14/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Kinky Boots is so loveable and its characters so charming, it may have you forgetting how much of... 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stay Alive Release date: 3/24/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...if the filmmakers could have dispensed with the actors and plot altogether, they might have ha... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: V for Vendetta Release date: 3/17/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a somewhat old-fashioned adventure flick, filled with action, humor, romance, politics, and th... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaggy Dog, The Release date: 3/10/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) At least Fred MacMurray had the good sense to let the co-star playing his son turn into a dog. B... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tsotsi Release date: 2/24/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) In the long run, the film may not entirely satisfy one's intellectual curiosity, but it pleases t... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eight Below Release date: 2/17/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The film looks handsome, the photography is grand, and the dogs do their part admirably. Now, if... 121 other reviews of this movie Movie: Firewall Release date: 2/10/2006 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it's always good to see Ford back in action mode. He lifts a routine film out of total medioc... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Two Hands Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It may be routine, but it is never dull. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tarzan 2 Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It maintains the high audio and video qualities of its predecessor, but it's otherwise aimed stri... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Daltry Calhoun, The Release date: 12/31/2005 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) For all its good intentions, Daltry Calhoun is a predictable, derivative film. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rumor Has It... Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Rumor has it that Rob Reiner used to make really funny, often moving films. I have no doubt he w... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: King Kong Release date: 12/14/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) Peter Jackson's King Kong provides a good, stirring, heroic-sized motion-picture event, without e... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walk the Line Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an endearing tribute to a justly popular country singer. 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Release date: 11/18/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the Potter movie series has not only not run out of steam but appears to be getting better as ... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: North Country Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The narrative may not be exact in its details..., but it is undoubtedly true to the spirit of the... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shopgirl Release date: 10/21/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The filmmakers put a good number of sweet, tender, appealing gestures into it...yet the movie com... 122 other reviews of this movie Movie: In Her Shoes Release date: 10/7/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the movie loses focus, meanders, and changes tone at the drop of a wine glass, but it can be t... 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Greatest Game Ever Played, The Release date: 9/30/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the film is so well made, the acting so good, the period so well captured, and the photography... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flightplan Release date: 9/23/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie may not soar, but it flies. 150 other reviews of this movie Movie: Everything Is Illuminated Release date: 9/16/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...for all its importance as a message picture and for all the subtlety of its filmmaking, the mo... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Brothers Grimm, The Release date: 8/26/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie is at least twice as good as most people say it is and about half as good as we'd all h... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Great Raid, The Release date: 8/12/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It moves slowly and methodically, showing us the minutest particulars of every facet of the opera... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dukes of Hazzard, The Release date: 8/5/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...you can't say the movie isn't lively, like a big old-fashioned Warner Bros. cartoon. 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: Must Love Dogs Release date: 7/29/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Must Love Dogs could have used a longer leash and a lot more frolicking in the park. 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Release date: 7/15/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...this new Charlie and the Chocolate Factory makes for a splashy, eccentric movie treat. 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dark Water Release date: 7/8/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I found Dark Water slow and gloomy, with a lengthy buildup to a less-than-satisfying conclusion. 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: War of the Worlds Release date: 6/29/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...engenders the kind of mixed response you might expect from a somewhat lesser director. 207 other reviews of this movie Movie: March of the Penguins Release date: 6/24/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...as beautiful a documentary of its type as you'll ever see...reminding us again of Nature's com... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Release date: 5/19/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...clearly the best of the prequel trio, and for me almost as good as Return of the Jedi. But th... 250 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Wax Release date: 5/6/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) House of Wax aims low and hits the mark. It has all the gory bloodshed you could ask for and all... 138 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy, The Release date: 4/29/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) For all its huge sets, high-tech glitz, and CGI effects, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy fai... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Music From the Inside Out Release date: 4/22/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it's the musical journey more than the final destination that pulls us along. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lot Like Love, A Release date: 4/22/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the script gives the actors virtually nothing to do and nothing to say in this subpar genre en... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sin City Release date: 4/1/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) For all its excesses, the movie is enormously fascinating, mostly entertaining, and always a deli... 204 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Princess Release date: 3/18/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...things are so routine we can guess every action a clich� in advance. 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Robots Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Although Robots has great animation, wonderful visual invention, and a few clever jokes, it has n... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jacket, The Release date: 3/4/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) What we get is mostly a convoluted tale that tries hard to seem far more important than it is. In... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dear Frankie Release date: 3/4/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a rare and endearing portrait of a mother's unconditional if not always judicious love for her... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Constantine Release date: 2/18/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) By every standard of good filmmaking, Constantine is a mess. Yet I did not find it one of those ... 180 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prozac Nation Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Prozac Nation moves along at the speed of a Norwegian glacier, yet it provides the observer with ... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lion King 1 1/2, The Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Fart gags, belch jokes, and slug-eating contests abound. To me, the filmmakers have dishonored t... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Inside, The Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:34 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The I Inside is a well-produced little thriller that relies almost entirely on its storytelling a... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Goodbye, Mr. Chips Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...should continue to provide pleasure for as long as people value characterization and heart abo... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dawn of the Dead Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...as hella scary as any zombie movie ever made, and its intensity never lets up for a second. 95 other reviews of this movie Movie: Asphalt Wars Release date: 12/31/2004 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I liked the film's low-budget verve, a gritty realism that sometimes only a cheaply made film can... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dracula III: Legacy Release date: 12/21/2004 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...contains some decent acting and some solid atmospherics. The only thing it doesn't contain is... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Million Dollar Baby Release date: 12/15/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie is about fights and wounds and healings, beginnings and endings, that are not only phys... 178 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Treasure Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The film plays on every clich� and every stereotype imaginable, and part of its charm is playing ... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Neverland Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Finding Neverland is sentimental, to be sure, but a wonderful find for the patient viewer. 137 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kinsey Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Does it openly moralize for greater sexual freedom? Surely not, but indirectly it may encourage ... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Polar Express, The Release date: 11/10/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...might better be called The Bipolar Express, with so much that is sweet and light on the one ha... 127 other reviews of this movie Movie: Incredibles, The Release date: 11/5/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The Incredibles has humor, thrills, and adventure, but most of all it has heart. 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Taxi is one long car chase, which quickly crashes and burns. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Heart Huckabees Release date: 10/1/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...while it is little more than a lightweight charade masquerading as deep wisdom, there were par... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Shot, The Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The story tries to make up for its lack of laughs by offering a series of quirky characters and b... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Infernal Affairs Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I appreciated the filmmakers' conviction to keep the story as gutsy as possible. The film doesn'... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: First Daughter Release date: 9/24/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie's most interesting character is Agent Dylan (Dwayne Adway) because he almost never says... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Criminal Release date: 9/10/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the interaction of the movie's two leads, Reilly and Luna, is so good you might enjoy it for t... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hero Release date: 8/27/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...while Hero is essentially a nonstop ninety-odd minutes of sword fighting, it is one of the mos... 151 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien vs. Predator Release date: 8/13/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) AVP is like one of those video shoot-'em-ups that looks great on your computer screen but has no ... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Village, The Release date: 7/30/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an enigma to which each viewer must bring something and from which each viewer will most likel... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catwoman Release date: 7/23/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) No other Catwoman has looked so good in a cat suit. Beyond that, the whole affair is pretty dumb... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: I, Robot Release date: 7/16/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Nobody is going to mistake this future noir for Spielberg's Minority Report, but for a light-head... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Before Sunset Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) I'm not sure if it's the actors or their conversation that makes the film appealing, maybe both, ... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: De-Lovely Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...if I didn't already enjoy the composer's music, this movie would never have swayed to like it. 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Release date: 6/18/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it's got enough laughs in its ninety-odd minutes to justify the time spent on it, which is mor... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the World in 80 Days Release date: 6/16/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...just another adventure comedy built around Jackie Chan, this time with Verne's travelogue tenu... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Napoleon Dynamite Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...makes a good attempt for about its first quarter hour at showing us the dilemma of the high sc... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Garfield Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I have always thought of the strip as a quiet cartoon, one based on irony and sly, wry humor. No... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Troy Release date: 5/14/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Troy is not a great film, not even an especially good film, but it is an engrossing film, sometim... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: New York Minute Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Stanley Kubrick once said, 'If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed.' Obviously, he h... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: I'm Not Scared Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a fascinating, if frustrating, look at the relative lack of power and security and place a chi... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Girl Next Door, The Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it wants to show us how corrupt and abasing the porn industry is, while at the same time using... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alamo, The Release date: 4/9/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Like its sets of the Alamo...the movie attempts to do more than is necessary, bogging down in min... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Home on the Range Release date: 4/2/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...youngsters won't mind the silliness; but I doubt they'll understand the old Western-movie ster... 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ladykillers, The Release date: 3/26/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The Ladykillers contains several gross errors of judgment that must have given the Coens at least... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taking Lives Release date: 3/19/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Take away a couple of good moments at the beginning and the end, and you have a standard TV crime... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spartan Release date: 3/12/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the action here is tense and suspenseful from beginning to end, with very little filler and ve... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Starsky & Hutch Release date: 3/5/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...inoffensive, sometimes charming, and often irritatingly dull. Its satirical jabs are aimed at... 141 other reviews of this movie Movie: Broken Lizard's Club Dread Release date: 2/27/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Only the ending of Club Dread, where the villain keeps coming back for more, shows any spark of i... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Passion of the Christ, The Release date: 2/25/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the director spends so much time recounting in minute and realistic detail the agony of Christ... 203 other reviews of this movie Movie: Welcome to Mooseport Release date: 2/20/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie never takes its material far enough, it's never daring, it's never edgy, it's never sat... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dreamers, The Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The cultural revolution reflected in the personal lives of the young people is a distraction. Be... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch That Kid Release date: 2/6/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Catch That Kid, though not produced by Disney, has all the feel of a Disney Channel TV special. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Den Of Lions Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If there's a chance to shoot someone or blow something up, the filmmakers go for it. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cypher Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it declines into high-tech gizmos, whizbang hardware, and hairbreadth escapes, leaving the bra... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: 44 Minutes Release date: 12/31/2003 11:01:13 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) One gun battle does not a great movie make. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cold Mountain Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) While the film is handsome to look at and has its fair share of realism, it also gets plenty sapp... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Young Black Stallion Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The Young Black Stallion is not so much a bad film as it is a non film. It was meant mainly to b... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dracula II: Ascension Release date: 12/21/2003 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The ending leaves open the way to yet another sequel... Now, that's scary. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Calendar Girls Release date: 12/19/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an affable, amusing, and highly diverting piece of typical British whimsy. That all of it rea... 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Don't Cost a Thing Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the movie borders on cruelty to its audience. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stuck on You Release date: 12/12/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...in trying to be too politically correct, the Farrellys simply make things too saccharine. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Samurai, The Release date: 12/5/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The Last Samurai has the look and feel of a thoughtful, epic fable, even if Hollywood tends to pu... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Barbarian Invasions, The Release date: 11/21/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The occasion is death, but the movie is a joyous celebration of life. 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Release date: 11/14/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Russell Crowe has never been better, the photography is glorious, and the soundtrack is state-of-... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Revolutions, The Release date: 11/5/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...more of the same, with nothing surprising, nothing any longer mind-boggling, and nothing most ... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Release date: 10/29/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...more than a hair-raising sci-fi thriller...one of the best horror films ever made. 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 3 Release date: 10/24/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Scary Movie 3 turns out to be an odd combination of the old-fashioned and the hip. I found it to... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Runaway Jury Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the first adaptation of a John Grisham novel whose premise and doings I found didn't ring true... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 1 Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a gymnastic ballet of violence and a veritable orgy in blood. 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mystic River Release date: 10/8/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Mystic River explores the quirks of fate that make us who and what we are. 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out of Time Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) More exciting than smart or chic or witty, Out of Time is relaxing, delightfully old-fashioned en... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Station Agent, The Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...watching these friends interact is what the movie is about, not what they look like, not what ... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Order, The Release date: 9/5/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the movie makes little sense even for a guy more than willing to suspend his disbelief, as I w... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jeepers Creepers 2 Release date: 8/29/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...just another monster flick, with most of its budget going into the Creeper's makeup. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Magdalene Sisters, The Release date: 8/1/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a powerful, dramatic, moving, dark, and depressing experience. 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...watching in 3-D is annoying and watching in 2-D is pointless. Kind of a losing situation. 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Release date: 7/9/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Villains, heroes, scalawags, and ghosts, skeletons, daring rescues, audacious escapes, and treasu... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Release date: 7/2/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...entertaining for the moment, exciting, even exhilarating in parts, but ultimately it's an empt... 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Justin to Kelly Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie is billed as a romantic musical comedy. You coulda fooled me. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alex & Emma Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...sweet without being romantic, cute without being funny. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gloomy Sunday Release date: 6/20/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's hard to say which is more ravishing and alluring in the movie, Ms. Marozsan or the celebrate... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Nemo Release date: 5/30/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Finding Nemo may be the most beautiful and detailed animated movie ever made. 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: In-Laws, The Release date: 5/23/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a tepid remake at best and a dreary exercise in wastefulness at worst. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down With Love Release date: 5/16/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Like the old films it mimics, Down With Love plays with sexual double entendres but never, ever s... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Reloaded, The Release date: 5/15/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Don't even try to figure any of it out. Just look, listen, and enjoy. 228 other reviews of this movie Movie: X2: X-Men United Release date: 5/2/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The plot is pure comic book, but it's immensely entertaining fun. 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: It Runs in the Family Release date: 4/25/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) For what passes as a story, it's bickering and sniping, followed by outright hostility. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bulletproof Monk Release date: 4/16/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...nonstop fighting, kicking, punching, and killing, with a dollop of juvenile humor thrown in. 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Phone Booth Release date: 4/4/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Phone Booth is a great call. 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Agent Cody Banks Release date: 3/14/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...Cody Banks is a little older than the Spy Kids and, consequently, more into the girl thing. I... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bringing Down the House Release date: 3/7/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Steve Martin used to be a wild and crazy guy. Now he's as bland as his hair. 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jungle Book 2, The Release date: 2/14/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...nobody thought to provide the new movie with anything fresh in the way of a plot or music. 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shanghai Knights Release date: 2/7/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the endless, needless brawling gets old very fast. 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Recruit, The Release date: 1/31/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...so dependent on plot contrivances and so altogether preposterous, it seems an unfortunate wast... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: City of God Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's a grim epitaph for hypocrisy, and the film provides no comfortable answers for solving any o... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kangaroo Jack Release date: 1/17/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you can imagine how painful it would be to wander aimlessly lost for days on end through the A... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Just Married Release date: 1/10/2003 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...nails the lowest possible IQ in the audience by being as insipid as it is boring. 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Thief, The Release date: 12/31/2002 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you're into crime capers, this one is above average. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Release date: 12/31/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a one-note character study about an unhappy, insecure, delusional paranoiac, whose assassin gi... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nicholas Nickleby Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the poor are ennobled and the rich are demonized. It's only as it should be. 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chicago Release date: 12/27/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Chicago may or may not be a movie for the ages, only time will tell, but its theme of instant cel... 176 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pinocchio Release date: 12/25/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Better this log-headed Pinocchio had been burned at the stake. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gangs of New York Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...beautifully photographed, vividly presented, brutally engaging. 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Two Weeks Notice Release date: 12/20/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...routine, harmless diversion and little else. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Drumline Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it must be a good story, it's been told so many times before. 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hot Chick, The Release date: 12/13/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's sad and depressing when in order to get a laugh a Hollywood movie has to stoop to replaying ... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Release date: 12/12/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Both Gollum and the battles are a triumph of integrated art, technology, and sheer logistics. 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Analyze That Release date: 12/6/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a bland comedy that seeks primarily to please its established audience and attempts to break l... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Treasure Planet Release date: 11/27/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) In attempting to update the novel, Disney filmmakers have dulled the characterizations and dialog... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Die Another Day Release date: 11/22/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The traditional heart and soul of the Bond movies may be getting colder and darker, but the gimmi... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Release date: 11/15/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...provides wondrous surprises around every turn. 195 other reviews of this movie Movie: Femme Fatale Release date: 11/6/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...suspenseful and sensuous, exasperatingly preposterous, and almost every minute entertaining. 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirited Away Release date: 9/20/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...its visual style is remarkably beauteous and its creative touches abundantly imaginative. 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Igby Goes Down Release date: 9/13/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's second-class Salinger, but even at that it's thoughtfully entertaining. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Swimfan Release date: 9/6/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated ... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: City by the Sea Release date: 9/6/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a dark, brooding, depressing tale, unrelieved by the humor or irony the writer of a fictional ... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: feardotcom Release date: 8/30/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) What little atmosphere is generated by the shadowy lighting, macabre sets, and endless rain is of... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: One Hour Photo Release date: 8/21/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) His loneliness has made him maladjusted, to be sure, but don't we all go a little crazy sometimes... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Adventures of Pluto Nash, The Release date: 8/16/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I broke a smile once toward the end of the film.... I won't tell you where. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Girl, The Release date: 8/7/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...too depressing, too lacking in bite, and too slow (for) an outright recommendation. 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Full Frontal Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Somewhere under the layers of pretentiousness and in-jokes and cleverness and reflexivity and art... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Kiss, The Release date: 8/2/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Leave it to those crazy Italians to make a light, breezy, stylish, romantic comedy that is not a ... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eight Legged Freaks Release date: 7/17/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Some of the movie succeeds; some of it falls flat. But you can't say it doesn't try to live up t... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Halloween: Resurrection Release date: 7/12/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...one resurrection too many. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pumpkin Release date: 6/28/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) By halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it, and, of course, feeling guilty for it... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Juwanna Mann Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Minority Report Release date: 6/21/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a stylish, thoughtful, and thought-provoking future-noir thriller. 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scooby-Doo Release date: 6/14/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...all empty action and mindless motion with no payoff. From an adult standpoint, it's a bigger ... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deuces Wild Release date: 5/3/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Despite its best intentions, Deuces Wild is an empty hand. 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Life or Something Like It Release date: 4/26/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Ms. Jolie tries her best to be sweet, brisk, and breezy, but the film's leaden pace and hackneyed... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding Release date: 4/19/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The actors...bring out an attractive, warmhearted simplicity in each character. Above all, they ... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Murder By Numbers Release date: 4/19/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Despite the presence of Ms. Bullock, Murder By Numbers doesn't add up to very much, and like thos... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: High Crimes Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie doesn't leave a person looking at his watch every few minutes. But the action is too f... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Trouble Release date: 4/5/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's a good thing Tim Allen has Santa Claus to fall back on because any more pictures like this o... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sorority Boys Release date: 3/22/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an hour and a half of dumb, smutty, slovenly, lecherous people doing dumb, smutty, slovenly, l... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Age Release date: 3/15/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I'm not the world's biggest fan of animated films, but this one had me smiling. 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Machine, The Release date: 3/8/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a spectacular disappointment and a colossal waste of...time. 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: 40 Days and 40 Nights Release date: 3/1/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie reminded me of a beer commercial during a football game, with about as much depth but n... 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Queen of the Damned Release date: 2/22/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...there's not a moment of fright or a modicum of suspense in any of its 101 minutes. 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hart's War Release date: 2/15/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Neither the film nor its characters break any new ground, but for most of its running time it is ... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Collateral Damage Release date: 2/8/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...standard DAM territory, a commonplace Dumb Arnold Movie he could have made in his sleep. 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Birthday Girl Release date: 2/1/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It may not make a lasting impression, but at the same time you may find its first half teasingly,... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Count of Monte Cristo, The Release date: 1/25/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...everything a good, old-fashioned adventure story should be: daring, flamboyant, exciting, her... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snow Dogs Release date: 1/18/2002 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Gooding is so pleasant and likable, it's hard to get mad at him for wasting our time. 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Release date: 12/31/2001 11:01:36 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Kiss Kiss Bang Bang remains mostly on target, sending up old detective stories and contemporary c... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlotte Gray Release date: 12/28/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) You get your money's worth with Charlotte Gray: Its two hours seem like ten. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kate & Leopold Release date: 12/25/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...after a few forays into delightful romantic comedy, it falls headfirst into complete but welco... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Joe Somebody Release date: 12/21/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...viewed as something like an expanded television sitcom, the film works pretty well, but do you... 70 other reviews of this movie Movie: No Man's Land Release date: 12/7/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...provides a healthy dose of dark satiric drama, psychological gamesmanship, good performances, ... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Behind Enemy Lines Release date: 11/30/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Not even Hackman's typical self-assurance can save this stock military thriller. 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Texas Rangers Release date: 11/30/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Mediocre movies know no genres. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monsters, Inc. Release date: 11/2/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...love and kindness are a lot more powerful than a myriad of hatreds and dreads. I doubt that a... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Hell Release date: 10/19/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It won't have you jumping out of your seat, but it will surely make you squirm. 114 other reviews of this movie Movie: Y Tu Mama Tambien Release date: 10/17/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...a lighthearted, risqu� romp with dramatic overtones...and an uncompromising view of youth and ... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Training Day Release date: 10/5/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) All of the action takes place during a single day, and there�s enough action in this one short pe... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Don't Say A Word Release date: 9/28/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) As the film moves along, the action becomes more exaggerated, more coincidental, and more absurd,... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rock Star Release date: 9/7/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an earnest effort to be satiric...a paint-by-the-numbers affair rather than a genuine work of ... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Outlaws Release date: 8/17/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Never mind that it's already been done before and better; it's never been done this pretty. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Osmosis Jones Release date: 8/10/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it�s up to the animation to keep us entertained, and those sections turn out to be much too pr... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Others, The Release date: 8/10/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...relies as much on the evocation of mood as it does on things that go bump in the night. 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Original Sin Release date: 8/3/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the only sin committed was by the filmmakers producing the movie in the first place. 62 other reviews of this movie Movie: Planet of the Apes Release date: 7/27/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie creates little excitement, builds virtually no suspense, and altogether shuns any sembl... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost World Release date: 7/20/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...haunting, humorous, biting, insightful, touching, and immensely rewarding. 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Legally Blonde Release date: 7/13/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a modern fairy-tale fantasy about clich�d images and, better, a film that never takes itself, ... 100 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kiss of the Dragon Release date: 7/6/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...has no other claims to fame than its filling up ninety-eight minutes of screen time with plent... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scary Movie 2 Release date: 7/4/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it does have one redeeming attribute: brevity. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence Release date: 6/29/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I was not completely caught up in the allegorical implications of the story; perhaps I was too mu... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Atlantis: the Lost Empire Release date: 6/15/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) In spite of our modern electronic wizardry and our technological advancements in animation, movie... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Release date: 6/15/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) There�s a lot of motion in this motion picture, but not much movie. Video gamers may find it eno... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Swordfish Release date: 6/8/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...little more than an excuse to insert as much violence, profanity, and sex as possible into a p... 84 other reviews of this movie Movie: What's The Worst That Could Happen? Release date: 6/1/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The film isn�t just lightweight, it�s weightless. You don�t forget it two minutes later; you forg... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pearl Harbor Release date: 5/25/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...clich�d... stereotyped... commonplace. The words 'unmitigated hokum' kept going through my mi... 107 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moulin Rouge Release date: 5/18/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Thrilling, glitzy, audacious, daring, silly, spectacular, excessive, dazzling, dizzying, sensatio... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Angel Eyes Release date: 5/18/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the kind of film that appears to be going someplace and then never quite gets there. 86 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek Release date: 5/16/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Nothing in the world of fairy-tale cartoons appears to have been sacred. 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Driven Release date: 4/27/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Stallone plays a down-and-outer, a washed-up athlete who makes a comeback and proves himself a he... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Along Came A Spider Release date: 4/6/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...does little to enhance the reputation of mystery thrillers in general and little to solidify F... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Kids Release date: 3/30/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...fast paced, full of colorful, fanciful imagery and high good humor. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: 3,000 Miles to Graceland Release date: 2/23/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) You WERE expecting helicopters, weren�t you? 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monkeybone Release date: 2/23/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...not only a comedy that misfires, it self-destructs and takes the viewer along with it. 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deep End, The Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...insofar as creating any kind of realism or credibility is concerned...the movie goes quickly o... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sexy Beast Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a gangster film in which you�re never sure if you should laugh or duck. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Memento Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Films so seldom take chances anymore, it�s refreshing to see one that at least tries for somethin... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Caveman's Valentine, The Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...not enough sustained mystery or suspense for a good crime thriller and not enough unique insig... 52 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Bedroom Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Beneath every smooth exterior runs an undercurrent of turmoil, unrest, and danger. 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Claim, The Release date: 12/29/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you enjoy character studies, personalities over action, The Claim may be a sure bet. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Malena Release date: 12/25/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...ravishing to look at...the lush cinematography and luxuriant musical score adding to our enjoy... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Space Cowboys Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It�s light-years away from being an Eastwood classic, but it passes a likable two hours. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Emperor's New Groove, The Release date: 12/15/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...enough witty narration and snappy repartee to keep audiences comfortably occupied... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unbreakable Release date: 11/22/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Shyamalan is a brilliant young director; in Unbreakable he may not have a lot to say, but I like ... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Planet Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...we travel fifty million miles to reach a new world, and we get rock music and c... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men of Honor Release date: 11/10/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the liberties Hollywood took in dressing it up only serve to undermine its effectiveness. 57 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pay It Forward Release date: 10/20/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...too unfocused, too uninvolving, and ultimately too cloyingly sweet for my taste. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. T And The Women Release date: 10/13/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Maybe the film�s ambiguity is its message all along--that life is what you make of it. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Meet the Parents Release date: 10/6/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Stiller and De Niro play off well against each other, and neither goes too far off the deep end. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best in Show Release date: 9/29/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It isn�t so much about dogs and dog shows as it is a satire on middle-American values... Whateve... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bring It On Release date: 8/25/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) You'll see more navels in this PG-rated film than in a Florida orange grove. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantasia 2000 Release date: 6/16/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...a worthy if disappointingly brief follow-up. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titan A.E. Release date: 6/16/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...gorgeous picture painting with nothing new to say and nowhere new to go. I was bored in two m... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dinosaur Release date: 5/19/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...too saccharine, too undemanding, and all too brief to satisfy. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Small Time Crooks Release date: 5/19/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...its slack pace, aided by Allen's insistence on slow, improvisational acting styles, plus its s... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gladiator Release date: 5/5/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) What the film lacks in intellect, historical fact, or common sense, it more than makes up for in ... 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Psycho Release date: 4/14/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a dark satire, a black comedy, and a slick slasher rolled into one. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Romeo Must Die Release date: 3/22/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...can be added to the list of kung-fu fighting films that promised more than it delivered. 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beach, The Release date: 2/11/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a cross between The Blue Lagoon and Lord of the Flies, with a whole lot less going on than mee... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Scream 3 Release date: 2/4/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Wes Craven's tongue in Scream 3 appears to have completely missed his cheek and is sticking out a... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Supernova Release date: 1/14/2000 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a very derivative and extremely routine would-be sci-fi thriller. The direction moves like le... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sin Nombre, The Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the storyline is so convoluted, illogical, and gratuitously gory that it lessens any sense of ... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Animal Farm Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...some fables should be left on the written page. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Any Given Sunday Release date: 12/22/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The best parts about Any Given Sunday are the hits. The second-best parts are the hits. 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Topsy-Turvy Release date: 12/17/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...should be seen by anyone, regardless of age, who appreciates a good story, good acting, and go... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Release date: 12/10/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) There are parts of it that are genuinely cute, and given the level of raunch, it's almost innocen... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Toy Story 2 Release date: 11/24/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of the few sequels in the history of cinema that is an unqualified improvement over its pr... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: End of Days Release date: 11/24/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a run-of-the-mill supernatural thriller. 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: World Is Not Enough, The Release date: 11/19/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...suffers from a plot that meanders, a villain with little to accomplish, heroines we care nothi... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sleepy Hollow Release date: 11/19/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a marvelous film to look at, with its strange, surrealistic sets, if not a film to engage one'... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Felicia's Journey Release date: 11/12/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It projects a coldly composed, alarming, yet singularly humorous quality that few thrillers even ... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bone Collector, The Release date: 11/5/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Denzel Washington is always a watchable actor, even when it's only his face we're watching. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Insider, The Release date: 11/5/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a rare glimpse into the fall of a giant. 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Being John Malkovich Release date: 10/29/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...basically a one-note picture, but one of 1999's more amusing and creative efforts. 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Random Hearts Release date: 10/8/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...guaranteed to weary even the most devoted Harrison Ford fan. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Limey, The Release date: 10/8/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a tough, lean revenge picture with a smattering of subtle wit. 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Boys Don't Cry Release date: 10/8/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a gut-wrenching performance. I can't imagine an actor throwing herself into a role any more c... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Kings Release date: 10/1/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I recommend the film for its unusual, high-rev style and its often bizarre sense of humor. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Double Jeopardy Release date: 9/24/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Implausible and contrived...it's "The Fugitive," complete with Tommy Lee Jones in essentially the... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Beauty Release date: 9/15/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) funny, thoughtful, sardonic, poignant, provocative, horrifyin... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stigmata Release date: 9/10/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a cathedral of cliches. Can a church sue a movie? 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best Laid Plans Release date: 9/10/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) One twist too many. Or one too few. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Minus Man, The Release date: 9/10/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...too sluggish and too dispassionate to make much of an impression. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blair Witch Project, The Release date: 7/30/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I can readily understand why some people, more willing than I to suspend their disbelief, would b... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Runaway Bride Release date: 7/30/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Remember the romantic sparks between Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman? In Runaway ... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Haunting, The Release date: 7/23/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...testament to the fact that well enough should be left alone. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eyes Wide Shut Release date: 7/16/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's fitting that Kubrick go out in style, with an uneasy film like Eyes Wide Shut, one that had ... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Pie Release date: 7/9/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...more gross-out behavior. The result is not so much offensive as it is spectacularly ho-hum. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: General's Daughter, The Release date: 6/18/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the plot is too shifty, the conspiracy too exaggerated, and the ending too pat for sustained c... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tarzan Release date: 6/18/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of Disney's most beautiful, most spectacular visual treats, even if the story line and cha... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Notting Hill Release date: 5/28/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie is a fairy tale, and writer Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral) knows how much... 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Release date: 5/19/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...not in the same league as the original Star Wars. But, then, it was never meant to be. 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Release date: 5/14/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...even sapped of some of its magic, much of the story's poetry remains. 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dial M For Murder Release date: 4/9/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) While it's true that Hitchcock left most of the play's dialogue intact and kept the single settin... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix, The Release date: 3/31/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...comes in with all speakers firing, a sci-fi thriller that's short on logic but long on visual ... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Payback Release date: 2/5/1999 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...tries to be a no-nonsense action thriller, but it's undermined by its own plot silliness and b... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Vampires Release date: 12/31/1998 11:01:47 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...little more than an excuse to watch people kill each other in the most brutal possible ways. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Modern Vampires Release date: 12/31/1998 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Wagner brings a welcome sense of tongue-in-cheek abandon to her role in a film that otherwise pla... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shakespeare in Love Release date: 12/25/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it works wonderfully, giving audiences that wouldn't normally sit through an Elizabethan play ... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thin Red Line, The Release date: 12/25/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Perhaps the movie's final, lasting image embraces all we know: From the mud grows the lotus. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prince of Egypt, The Release date: 12/18/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) Maybe we should overlook the fact that the film's music and songs will be forgotten long before i... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bug's Life, A Release date: 11/25/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you�ve seen "Antz" and liked it, you�ll love "A Bug�s Life." It may not have Woody Allen's dr... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: Babe: Pig in the City Release date: 11/25/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Where Babe was warm, gentle, and cuddly, Pig in the City is fast paced and antic. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Enemy of the State Release date: 11/20/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it's the action, not the acting, that is the key to the movie's success, and that's where it e... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: American History X Release date: 10/28/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a violent film on a momentous topic. ...entertaining, to be sure, and thought provoking, yet u... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Life Is Beautiful Release date: 10/23/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...silly, to be sure, implausible, sometimes slapstick, often sophomoric; but it is never disresp... 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happiness Release date: 10/16/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...seduces us with subtle humor and then hammers us with unpleasantness; it seems as selfishly op... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Practical Magic Release date: 10/16/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an innocuous piece of sugarcoated Hollywood fluff. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Slums of Beverly Hills, The Release date: 8/14/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It�s hard for me to sympathize with people I don�t like, and except for Lyonne�s character I didn... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Private Ryan Release date: 7/24/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...forces us to understand that every life is meaningful, and that every person can make a differ... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: There's Something About Mary Release date: 7/15/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...sophomoric, politically incorrect, exaggerated, overdone, and trivial. Yet it's as hilarious ... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Die Hard Release date: 7/13/1998 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...practically reinvented the action thriller, or at least resuscitated a moribund genre. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman & Robin Release date: 12/31/1997 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Schumacher's intention appears to have been to make something so awful, so corny, so campy, so pr... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tomorrow Never Dies Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The filmmakers appear to have started with a series of stunts...and built a script around them. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Resurrection Release date: 11/26/1997 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it's two hundred years down the road from Alien 3, and Ripley is long gone. If only. (Alien ... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Starship Troopers Release date: 11/7/1997 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...good action-adventure fantasy with enough special effects wizardry to engage most viewers. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cop Land Release date: 8/15/1997 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Stallone more than holds his own against an all-star ensemble cast; indeed, he soundly anchors th... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black Release date: 7/2/1997 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) There was never any doubt that Will Smith would be funny... What comes as a pleasant surprise i... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Release date: 5/23/1997 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Just watching dinosaurs attacking and killing stupid people is not enough. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Walkabout Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:48 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Roeg creates in Walkabout a world of his own, a microcosmos that is at once beautiful, primitive,... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ransom Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...unless you expect high drama or intense realism, the movie is going to provide solid Hollywood... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hunchback of Notre Dame, The Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:33 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...spectacular visual delights, plus a modicum of thought and an unusually dark tone not usually ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diabolique Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Why do Hollywood filmmakers keep messing around with and screwing up past successes? 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Aladdin and the King of Thieves Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...this time Robin Williams is coaxed back into the fold. Understandably, he saves what little d... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Independence Day Release date: 7/2/1996 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...made up of bits and pieces of every sci-fi flick ever made. I loved it. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rock, The Release date: 6/7/1996 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) For all-out amusement-park entertainment, The Rock is one heck of a ride. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Twister Release date: 5/10/1996 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the plot is thin and the characters are shallow. Ah, but the sound is a knockout. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fargo Release date: 3/8/1996 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of the most hilariously twisted murder mysteries to come along since, well, since never. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Victor/Victoria Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:47 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) For fans of lightweight song and mildly controversial subject material, Victor/Victoria makes for... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...explores unsavory territory and ends in a most unsettling manner. Although Brad Pitt gets to... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heat Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:33 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I wonder if Pacino and De Niro flipped a coin before the movie began filming to see which of them... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Frank and Jesse Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...not that it�s any better or any more historically accurate than the other films about the Jame... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Devil in A Blue Dress Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a throwback to the gumshoe tales of the thirties and forties. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Crimson Tide Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the thrills remain authentic, even though we know exactly how the plot is going to turn out. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Warner Bros. doubled the budget for this sequel in 1995. For their trouble, they got half as fun... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Toy Story Release date: 11/22/1995 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Toy Story is long on sentiment and short on story; but has anyone ever complained? Surely not wh... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Showgirls Release date: 9/22/1995 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...despite its rampant sexual material, it is not a sexy film. Dang, this thing couldn't get any... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Usual Suspects, The Release date: 8/18/1995 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an entertaining crime drama; an intricately conceived puzzle play; a fragment of gangster myth... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Braveheart Release date: 5/26/1995 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Gibson manages to keep his epic afloat by solidly grounding Wallace in the viewer's heart and min... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shawshank Redemption, The Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a testament to overcoming odds. It is sentimental and stereotyped, yet we are able not only to... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Only You Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:40 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...storybook fantasy...an enchanting film that pleases the eye and the ear, without insulting the... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Natural Born Killers Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the director makes us feel uncomfortably entertained by the story's deranged goings on. We are... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Interview With the Vampire Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:34 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a little something for everyone: heterosexuality, homosexuality, murder, mayhem, pedophilia, n... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Forrest Gump Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) Forrest may be dumb, but he ain�t stupid. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pulp Fiction Release date: 10/14/1994 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...postmodernism in a frenzy, a kind of chaotic quantum physics of film. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lion King, The Release date: 6/15/1994 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The background paintings are as beautiful and detailed as anything the Disney studio has ever don... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: True Romance Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a drug picture, a chase picture, a gangster picture, and a wacky, turbulent romantic-partners-... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Line of Fire Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:34 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...Eastwood in the true Eastwood mode--eyes narrowed, brow furrowed, fists clenched, gun in hand. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Groundhog Day Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I liked Groundhog Day quite a bit, with its shades of old Scrooge and its eternal philosophical q... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fatal Instinct Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...not as edgy as a spoof of hard-nosed crime dramas ought to be. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Body of Evidence Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Madonna provides the body. The script provides the evidence. Together they prove conclusively t... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tombstone Release date: 12/25/1993 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a good, rousing, Wild West adventure yarn. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fugitive, The Release date: 8/6/1993 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Ford and Jones make admirable adversaries, Ford a resourceful but vulnerable hero and Jones a tou... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jurassic Park Release date: 6/11/1993 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...short on logic and certainly short on plot, but long on thrills and amazement. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unforgiven Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:46 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a delicate yet brutal balance of real West versus reel West. 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Malcolm X Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Malcolm X owes its success to a combination of things, not the least of which is Washington's per... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Memoirs of An Invisible Man Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...being lukewarm is not entirely a bad thing. It beats dead cold. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lethal Weapon 3 Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the formula was wearing thin...the plot and action sillier than ever. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: City Hunter Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...if you like the strip and the anime, you'll probably like the movie as well. Everyone else, b... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Aladdin Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Williams makes 1992's Aladdin appealing for adults as well as for children and establishes the mu... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freejack Release date: 12/21/1992 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...a trite screenplay, limp pacing, and lackluster acting. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bram Stoker's Dracula Release date: 11/13/1992 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an old-fashioned monster movie on a grand scale, a Gothic horror spectacular... filled with de... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator 2: Judgment Day Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a milestone in the evolution of action films and their now-omnipresent computer-generated imag... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thelma & Louise Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a good action-adventure movie and a welcome variation on the standard road picture or the usua... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out for Justice Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:40 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you're into this kind of thing, it works. If you're looking for a good crime flick, Scorsese ... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead Again Release date: 12/31/1991 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Just when it appeared that the noir thriller had seen better days, the British came to the rescue... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Father of the Bride Release date: 12/21/1991 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) This 1991 update of Father of the Bride may not be quite as touching or as funny as the older ver... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves Release date: 6/14/1991 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the film is so broadly characterized by melodramatics and overacting, it made ripe pickings fo... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silence of the Lambs, The Release date: 2/13/1991 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...gripping action, psychological thrills, and dramatic horror...a first-rate suspense chiller. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: New Jack City Release date: 1/1/1991 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a purely conventional story, but it unfolds in unique and innovative ways, with particularly g... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Predator 2 Release date: 12/31/1990 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...bullets fly, sharp pointy objects are hurled, body parts sail in all directions, and Glover bl... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Goodfellas Release date: 12/31/1990 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Goodfellas and The Godfather saga tower above their competition and deserve their place in the pa... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dances With Wolves Release date: 11/9/1990 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a literate script, gorgeous scenery, and fine acting combine to produce a poignant and inspiri... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Total Recall Release date: 6/1/1990 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Say what you will about Verhoeven's penchant for extravagant theatrics, when he's not yanking the... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pretty Woman Release date: 3/23/1990 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Persons attempting to find a reality in Pretty Woman will be sorely disappointed. It's a fairy ta... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Road House Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...your quintessential dumb, macho, guy's movie, with gratuitous sex and violence at every turn. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a roller-coaster ride of hilarity, poignancy, vulgarity, and just plain dumbness. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Left Foot Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a boisterous, joyous affair, often funny, often brawling, sometimes sad, but always affecting. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lethal Weapon 2 Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) You may find the movie overdone, to be sure, but you'll have to admit the lead characters are end... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Licence to Kill Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Dalton brought a seriousness back to the films that somehow got lost in a lot of silliness along ... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fly II, The Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The less said about The Fly 2, or Son of Brundlefly, the better. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Driving Miss Daisy Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a warm, cozy, genial human drama that probably says in its own way as much about getting along... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Return of the Living Dead 2 Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie's high points are its makeup and special effects. The movie's low points are almost ev... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, The Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the movie plays out like one of those old Jack Davis cartoons so crammed full of business you ... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Nation Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the premise goes nowhere. Instead, it begins and ends as an ordinary police mystery, complete... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Untouchables, The Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:46 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Connery dwarfs his fellow actors, making us forget even De Niro. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Living Daylights, The Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Dalton brought to the part a strong dramatic presence, a heightened sensitivity, a greater human ... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Emperor, The Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a big, beautiful film that suffers only from an indifferent transfer to DVD. ...its human dram... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Games Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:33 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...will keep you on your toes and guessing from beginning to end. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Morning, Vietnam Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) When Williams is on, the movie can be fairly funny; when he's not, it's too somber for its own go... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Element of Crime, The Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:30 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a fascinating yet strangely unsatisfying film. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Full Metal Jacket Release date: 12/21/1987 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...Kubrick's notion of how the military changes ordinary people into killing machines. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moonstruck Release date: 12/16/1987 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...perfectly beautiful, thoughtful, poignant, funny, and fun. Like the full moon, it is enchantin... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost Boys, The Release date: 7/31/1987 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie may not offer a lot in the way of serious frights or even originality, but it is most d... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sid and Nancy Release date: 12/31/1986 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the movie takes us on a rocky, sometimes funny, sometimes annoying, often heartbreaking ride. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Name of the Rose, The Release date: 12/31/1986 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) I enjoyed the look and feel of the movie, and I especially liked Connery's charismatic monk. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Trouble in Little China Release date: 12/31/1986 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...all action from the word go, with almost none of it generating any excitement, suspense, or hu... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mona Lisa Release date: 12/21/1986 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...despite the film�s sordid themes, violence, brutality, and bloodshed, one comes away from it f... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fly, The Release date: 12/21/1986 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Cronenberg's The Fly makes for a good change of pace in the world of horror flicks. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Platoon Release date: 12/19/1986 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...remains Stone's most capable and most genuine film to date. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blue Velvet Release date: 9/19/1986 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...evil lurks in the most seemingly harmless places. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: View to a Kill, A Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:47 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) No Bond outing is awful, but this one comes close. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Sonja Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...pure silliness, but not silly enough to qualify as amusing. Face it; it's just dull. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Protector, The Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Jackie Chan beats up people and things blow up....If it's good enough for you, the picture works. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prizzi's Honor Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The film itself gets funnier, darker, and more complex as it goes along.... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's European Vacation Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it's worth taking a trip as far away from as possible. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Re-Animator Release date: 10/18/1985 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Junk food at its best. There is no other reason to watch it than to revel in its excesses, and th... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Purple Rain Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...there is so much good music involved...it easily distracts one's mind from the clunky histrion... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Johnny Dangerously Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:35 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the film doesn't just run out of laughs; it becomes positively leaden by the last half hour. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dune Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a big, sprawling, complicated, almost unwieldy picture. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beverly Hills Cop Release date: 12/1/1984 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...probably more offbeat when it was released over two decades ago, but it still provides more ac... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amadeus Release date: 9/1/1984 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Amadeus is a joy to behold, lavish in execution both visually and aurally. 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: This Is Spinal Tap Release date: 4/1/1984 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it probably helps not to like the music in order to appreciate the satire more. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Natural, The Release date: 1/1/1984 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...basks in a kind of golden mythic glow that isn�t often seen in movies anymore, making it a fil... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator, The Release date: 1/1/1984 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...remains the quintessential Schwarzenegger movie...a high-octane, tech-noir adventure. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Never Say Never Again Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of the most sophisticated of the Bonds. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Vacation Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Vacation may not be a masterwork, but it is a pleasant trip. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Educating Rita Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:30 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a thoughtful thematic treatise on cultivation and learning and a charming character study of t... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gandhi Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a huge, sprawling, old-fashioned epic...yet it manages also to maintain an intimacy with its s... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...largely prosaic, crude, stereotyped, and pointless. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Duel to the Death Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...with its fast pace, appealing characters, and surprisingly involving story line, it is quite e... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Conan the Barbarian Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...should appeal to most anyone with a bent for fantasy and swashbuckling derring-do. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tootsie Release date: 12/1/1982 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a perfect setup for some funny and provocative jabs at women�s lib, gender consciousness, equa... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prince of the City Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) While there is still much to like in the film...it's a long, winding haul to the finish. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Howling, The Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:33 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) By the time The Howling finally gets howling, it's pretty much over. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gallipoli Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a moving and memorable experience. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: For Your Eyes Only Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Most of the outlandish silliness of a few other Bond issues is mercifully absent, replaced by a g... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fox and the Hound, The Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...very sweet and no doubt a delight for children, but I found it quite slow and tedious. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Escape From New York Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:30 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) You can't think too much about any of the details of the story because it is, after all, a comic-... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chariots of Fire Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Director Hugh Hudson turns a relatively small story into a rhapsodic epic of spiritual and heroic... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Clash of the Titans Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) No one seemed especially keen on making this campy tale much more than a mundane exercise in grad... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Werewolf in London, An Release date: 8/21/1981 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) You've got to give John Landis credit for taking the well-worn werewolf tale and injecting it wit... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heavy Metal Release date: 7/29/1981 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...visually stunning some of the time and stunningly juvenile the rest. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark Release date: 6/1/1981 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...despite the fast pace, the movie is never frenetic or tiring, just pure, unadulterated fun thr... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Body Heat Release date: 1/1/1981 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...builds slowly, then grabs you and never lets go. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Popeye Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Altman's job was to convey the spirit of the old cartoons, not dish up some ultraslick Hollywood ... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dressed to Kill Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a thriller that may have you turning your head on a couple of occasions and maybe scratching i... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Being There Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a gentle ribbing of Man�s eternal gullibility and his susceptibility to be taken in by appeara... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Airplane! Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It's all very reminiscent of Mad magazine, surely Abraham and the Zucker's inspiration. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Caddyshack Release date: 7/25/1980 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) There are really very few saving graces in Caddyshack, but like a lot of other people I harbor a ... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shining, The Release date: 5/23/1980 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) By the second hour all hell breaks loose, and in the last few minutes it's sheer terror. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek: the Motion Picture Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) More of an event than a movie...more flash than content. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Some movie sequels, like sunken boats, are better left at the bottom of the sea. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Hole, The Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...with so many great fantasy and sci-fi films appearing in the intervening years, I doubt that t... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breaking Away Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...provides a sense of encouragement for everyone who watches it...a winsome and engaging little ... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amityville Horror, The Release date: 12/31/1979 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Strange and weird, yes. Scary, no. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Moonraker Release date: 7/29/1979 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of the best of Moore's Bond flicks, complemented by its exotic locales and outer-space mot... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apocalypse Now Release date: 1/1/1979 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...part satiric exaggeration, part psychological exploration, part surrealistic horror story. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Lampoon's Animal House Release date: 7/1/1978 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Director John Landis made a film that will probably remain fresh and fun for as long as kids go t... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Waltz, The Release date: 4/26/1978 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...no mere loud rock concert. It's a work of art. ...a celebration rather than a farewell, and Sc... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grand Theft Auto Release date: 12/31/1977 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...eighty-four minutes never felt like so long a ride. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Release date: 11/16/1977 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a masterful motion picture all around...where the interactions of its characters are equally i... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars Release date: 5/25/1977 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the key to the movie�s success is its creation of a family of characters we can love and belie... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Annie Hall Release date: 4/20/1977 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Woody's most romantic and most poignant comedy, albeit a neurotic one. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Outlaw Josey Wales, The Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:40 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...welcome entertainment; straightforward Hollywood filmmaking at its best. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: All the President's Men Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...an exciting and tension-filled film...a feat made all the more remarkable for our knowing virt... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Network Release date: 1/1/1976 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If Network had the ring of truth to it in 1976, you can be sure it's even truer today. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Return of the Pink Panther, The Release date: 12/31/1975 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Sellers' return (to the series) was a triumph, so much so that the actor would complete two more ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night Moves Release date: 12/31/1975 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) When the story sticks to character and action, it succeeds. When it strays off into philosophica... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Release date: 11/19/1975 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the story in its various guises has been an inspiration for several generations of dedicated f... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Godfather, Part II, The Release date: 12/12/1974 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...an epic landscape of events and an exquisite tapestry of characterizations. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Enter the Dragon Release date: 12/31/1973 11:01:30 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it's still great entertainment and remains a first-class action thriller in first-class style. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Day For Night Release date: 12/31/1973 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Truffaut's love affair with motion pictures is evident in every scene. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Long Goodbye, The Release date: 12/21/1973 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...may not please Chandler purists, but it is an endlessly fascinating movie in any case.... If ... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sting, The Release date: 12/1/1973 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The camaraderie between the two principal actors is almost as appealing as it was in Butch Cassid... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Live and Let Die Release date: 1/1/1973 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Roger Moore's inauspicious screen debut as 007. He had big shoes to fill with Connery gone, and t... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Release date: 12/31/1972 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...captivating, filled with a myriad of small, humorous, wicked touches that continually please. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deliverance Release date: 12/31/1972 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) At the risk of sounding glib, Deliverance delivers the goods, in the very best sense. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things Release date: 1/1/1972 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) How can you not like a film with a title like this? 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: They Might Be Giants Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Madness may, indeed, make giants of us all. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Diamonds Are Forever Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a bit sillier than most Bond adventures but probably not as bad as it could have been. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bananas Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...inspired zaniness. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: McCabe & Mrs. Miller Release date: 12/21/1971 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) That Altman is able to weave a reasonably poetic vision of early frontier life around...two repro... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: French Connection, The Release date: 12/21/1971 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...tough, edgy, exciting, profane, and explosive, although its R rating seems a little extreme by... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Clockwork Orange, A Release date: 12/19/1971 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...its tongue-in-cheek humor, its stylized imagery, and McDowell�s wonderfully understated perfor... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaft Release date: 1/1/1971 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a little of the super-cool, jazz-inflected talk and music go a long way, tire quickly, and dat... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Get Carter Release date: 1/1/1971 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a taut little noir thriller that should not be missed. It remains one of Caine's best, if lea... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ryan's Daughter Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Ryan's Daughter takes far too long to say much too little. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch-22 Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the movie version that some people said couldn�t be made. Well, in all candor, some people wer... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cheyenne Social Club, The Release date: 12/31/1970 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...undoubtedly winsome and cute. Maybe a little too cute. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Big Man Release date: 12/21/1970 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) 'Sometimes,' says Old Lodge Skins, 'the magic works; sometimes it doesn't.' This time, in this m... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: MASH Release date:* 1/25/1970 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you�re among the TV show�s multitude of fans but don�t know much about its progenitor, you may... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Performance Release date: 1/1/1970 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Sex, drugs, and rock and roll, Performance has it all. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Bunch, The Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:48 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The Wild Bunch is a landmark Western and a good, thoughtful, rousing adventure besides. 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Take the Money and Run Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The plot is just a thin excuse on which to hang Allen's nonstop visual and verbal antics. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Paint Your Wagon Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a surplus of good, hummable tunes, breezy dialogue and characterizations, beautiful location s... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: On Her Majesty's Secret Service Release date: 12/31/1969 11:01:40 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If you can look past Lazenby in the title role, the story line, action, and supporting cast are w... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Release date: 10/24/1969 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) In George Roy Hill's vision, the raw vitality of Peckinpah is replaced by a gentle amiability. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Planet of the Apes Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...an above-average science-fiction movie in spite of its contrived plot, stilted acting, forced ... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Funny Girl Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the quintessential star vehicle for its leading lady, the 1968 movie that made Ms. Streisand f... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...if children can stay awake long enough, they will undoubtedly find much of it entertaining. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bullitt Release date: 10/17/1968 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) If there is any one of his many movie roles that best exemplifies the McQueen persona, it would h... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rosemary's Baby Release date: 6/12/1968 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the humor in no way minimizes the film's ability to frighten and unnerve us. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Producers, The Release date: 3/18/1968 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) As colorful and fun as the cast is, it's the play-within-the-play that pushes the movie into geni... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey Release date: 1/1/1968 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) It still makes a spectacular impression today, especially in this restored DVD edition, and we ca... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Only Live Twice Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:50 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one that some connoisseurs consider a high point in the series and others think is a miss. I ... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Heat of the Night Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:34 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a thoughtful moral drama, an absorbing character study, an enjoyable comedy, and a mystery thr... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dirty Dozen, The Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...we expect action-adventure flicks to embroider reality. This one does so without stretching c... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Casino Royale Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Despite a ton of stars, a flock of directors, and more Bonds than you can shake a martini at, the... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Graduate, The Release date: 12/21/1967 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...plastics, an apt description for the artificial people and attitudes around him. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Point Blank Release date: 1/1/1967 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of the best, toughest, and most grimly cold-blooded mystery noirs Hollywood has given us. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Our Man Flint Release date: 12/31/1966 11:01:40 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...may look dated in its gaudy, mod fashions and architecture, its swinging sixties lifestyle, an... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Release date: 1/1/1966 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The point is not what happens in the movie but how it happens, a curious blend of partly humorous... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Doctor Zhivago Release date: 12/22/1965 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The film is shot after shot, scene after scene, of glorious beauty...it remains in the hearts of ... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sound of Music, The Release date: 4/1/1965 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) To acknowledge the film as anything less than a genuine classic seems mere contrariness. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Release date: 1/1/1965 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...part slapstick, part spectacle, and part adventure, but most of all it's sweet, lighthearted f... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Viva Las Vegas Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:47 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a cut above most of Elvis's movies, but, unfortunately, it still comes off as little more than... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Russia With Love Release date: 12/31/1964 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...more outright suspense and excitement than any of the newer concoctions. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Fair Lady Release date: 10/21/1964 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) As pure entertainment My Fair Lady makes other musicals seem almost crude by comparison, and it d... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Goldfinger Release date: 9/17/1964 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) These Bond capers were the prototypes and set the gold standard for dozens of fantasy thrillers t... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Strangelove Release date: 1/29/1964 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...the best black comedy ever produced for the screen. 36 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. No Release date: 12/31/1963 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...the next two installments improved the formula--but certainly Dr. No must be ranked among the ... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World Release date: 11/7/1963 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Favorite line: "Why don�t we just shoot �em down and be through with it. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Great Escape, The Release date: 7/4/1963 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...when the term blockbuster too often suggests digital special effects or a place to rent movies... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Birds, The Release date: 1/1/1963 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) What starts out as a kind of low-key screwball comedy ends up as an effective, fright-filled horr... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird Release date: 12/25/1962 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...endearing, heartwarming, tragic, uplifting, and, ultimately, inspiring. Movies don't get any ... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lawrence of Arabia Release date: 12/16/1962 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...the best epic the screen has ever seen. In terms of sheer sweep, intelligence, and star power... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Manchurian Candidate, The Release date: 1/1/1962 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Mystery drama. Cold-War political farce. Spine-tingling thriller. Read it how you will...takes... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Guns of Navarone, The Release date: 12/31/1961 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...epic grandeur with unabashed heroism. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Colossus Of Rhodes, The Release date: 12/31/1961 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) The best parts of the show are the beautiful scenery, the coastlines of Spain, the lavish sets, t... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: West Side Story Release date: 10/18/1961 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Bernstein's score is remarkably resilient, and the plot and characters are obviously timeless. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Innocents, The Release date: 1/1/1961 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...creates an appropriately spooky tone that builds slowly, incrementally, until it reaches a sha... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Time Machine, The Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...the filmmakers managed to mislay most of Mr. Wells' eloquent language and philosophical questi... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spartacus Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...notable not only for its expected sword play and scenery, but for the genuine complexity of it... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Psycho Release date: 1/1/1960 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...more than the great granddaddy of all slasher films; it is a great thriller, a great black com... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ocean's Eleven Release date: 1/1/1960 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...lightweight and easy to digest...an ancient-history lesson in the social culture of long-extin... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Magnificent Seven, The Release date: 1/1/1960 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...holds up as a rousing adventure and as a fascinating turning point in the history of movies ab... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shaggy Dog, The Release date: 12/31/1959 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) The Shaggy Dog may have been made strictly for kids, but it is still cute enough for adults to ge... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Journey to the Center of the Earth Release date: 12/31/1959 11:01:35 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...solid family fun...good juvenile entertainment that adults can appreciate, too. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: North By Northwest Release date: 12/21/1959 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) ...quintessential...Hitchcock at his most playful, Cary Grant at his most debonair. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ben-Hur Release date: 12/21/1959 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...not only a rousing adventure, at its core it has a genuine heart. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Some Like It Hot Release date: 1/1/1959 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The American Film Institute voted it the number-one funniest movie of all time...an effervescent ... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Damn Yankees Release date: 12/31/1958 11:01:29 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) The movie's got a team-load of spunk and spirit that go a long way toward entertaining an audienc... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Horror of Dracula Release date: 6/1/1958 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) He creates a count at once ominous and aristocratic, a demon who's scary and noble at the same ti... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Touch of Evil Release date: 5/21/1958 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...as much about moviemaking as it is about storytelling. 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Release date: 1/1/1958 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...the dialogue is so absorbing and the acting so intense, we hardly notice that 108 minutes go b... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jailhouse Rock Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:35 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Even if the plot is thin, the characterizations are solid, and the music is some of Elvis's best. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Face in the Crowd, A Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...an important cautionary tale for all of us not take everything we see and hear at face value. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridge on the River Kwai, The Release date: 12/18/1957 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...stirring drama in a timeless setting. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Affair to Remember, An Release date: 7/11/1957 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...the kind of film you don't see much anymore, an old-fashioned love story. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spirit of St. Louis, The Release date: 1/1/1957 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Lindbergh's biggest dilemma on the flight was trying to stay awake. To a large extent, it's ours,... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Forever, Darling Release date: 12/31/1956 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Desi is more sympathetic than ever, and he also appears to have more screen time, perhaps as a re... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lust for Life Release date: 12/21/1956 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The movie, attractive as it may be, never 'breaks through the iron wall' between what is felt and... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ten Commandments, The Release date: 10/5/1956 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...remains a monumental spectacle and a delightful extravagance. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Searchers, The Release date: 3/13/1956 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...a much more multi-layered Western than most other such examples of the genre, and it is surely... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bad Day at Black Rock Release date: 12/31/1955 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Bad Day at Black Rock is a tightly knit classic that helps one to admire the continuing power of ... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady and the Tramp Release date: 6/22/1955 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Not only is Lady and the Tramp one of Disney's sweetest films, it's one of their loveliest to loo... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: East of Eden Release date: 3/9/1955 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Dean's performance continues to resonant, still evoking today the same anger, anguish, and confus... 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Oklahoma! Release date: 1/1/1955 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...Zinnemann manages to keep the pace moving in the right direction, and any small concerns one m... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sabrina Release date: 12/31/1954 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...not really a believable tale except in the outermost stretches of imagination. If you can acc... 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers Release date: 12/31/1954 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...a big, brawling, rollicking movie that, old-fashioned or not, helped to open up the movie musi... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rear Window Release date: 8/1/1954 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...one of Hitchcock's most-successful screen works and an easy recommendation for any DVD library... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shane Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...transformed the American cowboy saga, introducing psychological elements into the usual gunpla... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Peter Pan Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...if we must have only one enduring account of Barrie's creations, we could do worse. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Naked Spur, The Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:39 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...an engrossing little film that doesn't flinch from showing us the worst in people, including t... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...fills the screen with beautiful people, beautiful color, clever talk, and enjoyable songs. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Here to Eternity Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:31 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Admittedly, it may be more of a guy�s idea of a romantic film than a woman�s. But it has a taut ... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Band Wagon, The Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...it's hard to dislike something so cheerful and uplifting as this movie. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Wax Release date: 4/10/1953 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...the film is still a crowd pleaser, its dusky shadows, turn-of-the-century setting, menacing vi... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Quiet Man, The Release date: 12/31/1952 11:01:42 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...old fashioned and sentimental...clearly a labor of love. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monkey Business Release date: 12/31/1952 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) 'Monkey Business' has its moments, but they may prove too few for the patience of many viewers. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: High Noon Release date: 12/21/1952 11:01:33 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...plays on the psychology of its characters and situations; an oater with insight and introspect... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: African Queen, The Release date: 12/21/1952 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a totally delightful and entirely engrossing romance, filled with comedy, action, and adventur... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Singin' in the Rain Release date: 1/1/1952 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...light, frothy, and charming, a complete delight from beginning to end. 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Strangers On a Train Release date: 12/31/1951 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Most of the film is a journey through pure Hitchcockian irony and suspense, and well worth the tr... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Streetcar Named Desire, A Release date: 12/31/1951 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Streetcar should have been Vivien Leigh's picture, she's the main character, but it's Brando who ... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Red Badge of Courage, The Release date: 12/31/1951 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Through Henry, The Red Badge of Courage allows us to face the chaos and confusion, the terror and... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harvey Release date: 12/31/1950 11:01:33 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...a charming and affectionate piece of harmless fantasy. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sunset Boulevard Release date: 1/1/1950 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) There have been dozens of movies satirizing the film industry...but nothing in the last half cent... 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: All About Eve Release date: 1/1/1950 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) With a towering, self-mocking performance by Ms. Davis...the satire remains as entertaining today... 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Release date: 12/31/1949 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a lot of people's favorite Western, and it's good to see it in all its Technicolor glory on DV... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: White Heat Release date: 1/1/1949 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) White Heat is vigorous and uncompromising. Cagney is all kinetic energy and raw nerve. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lady From Shanghai, The Release date: 12/31/1948 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...a typical noir effort...dark tone, dark streets, dark shadows...trust no one. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Remember Mama Release date: 12/21/1948 11:01:34 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a sweet, tender, sentimental tale, richly alive with old-fashioned humor and charm. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Release date: 1/1/1948 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...a profound examination of mistrust and avarice, leading to greed, deception, and murder. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Song of the Thin Man Release date: 12/31/1947 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Although the ending of Song of the Thin Man leaves a lot to be desired, including the compulsory ... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out of the Past Release date: 1/1/1947 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Mitchum's sad-eyed countenance is perfect for the world-weary, dead-eyed defeatist he plays. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Yearling, The Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:50 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...a family classic in every sense of the word. 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Postman Always Rings Twice, The Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:41 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Part sultry romance, part mystery thriller, the movie continues to keep audiences intrigued with ... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harvey Girls, The Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:33 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) The story and songs are reminders of a gentler, more innocent age that clearly never existed but ... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Big Sleep, The Release date: 8/31/1946 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...fast, witty, and exciting. It may not make a lot of sense, but it's got layers of mood and am... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Darling Clementine Release date: 1/1/1946 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...a relatively laid-back, almost poetic vision of the Old West, its characters and characterizat... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: To Have and Have Not Release date: 12/31/1945 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...an intriguing, romantic, sometimes exciting, predictable but entertaining motion picture. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mildred Pierce Release date: 12/31/1945 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) It shows its age in some scenes...yet it survives them all with its riveting performances. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Murder, My Sweet Release date: 12/31/1944 11:01:38 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Any way you look at it, 1944 was a great year for fans of Raymond Chandler and film noir. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Laura Release date: 12/31/1944 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) The story is a good whodunnit, although it probably isn't half as clever as a mystery as it is a ... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jane Eyre Release date: 12/31/1944 11:01:35 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...that this Jane Eyre is more Orson Welles's movie than co-star Joan Fontaine's or director Robe... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Curse of the Cat People, The Release date: 12/31/1944 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) RKO expected to get another supernatural chiller, with people turning into panthers and killing f... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Arsenic and Old Lace Release date: 12/31/1944 11:01:26 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...one of the staples of black comedy for stage and screen. 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Meet Me in St. Louis Release date: 11/28/1944 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...it grows on you. By the time it's over, you know you've had a good evening's entertainment. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gaslight Release date: 1/1/1944 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Although the 1940 edition rushes to tell its story, the 1944 rendition is content to linger over ... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ox-Bow Incident, The Release date: 12/31/1943 11:01:40 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...the movie suggests we had better look to doing the right and decent thing before we act on a m... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: To Be or Not to Be Release date: 12/31/1942 11:01:45 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) To Be or Not to Be is a delightfully comic take on a dreadfully momentous topic. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bambi Release date: 12/21/1942 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) Short and to the point, Bambi is an enduring classic. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Casablanca Release date: 1/1/1942 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) ...a movie for the ages. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sergeant York Release date: 9/27/1941 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (7/0) This is one of those movies where the star appears to have been born to play the role. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Citizen Kane Release date: 1/1/1941 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) The question isn�t whether Citizen Kane is one of the greatest films ever made; that�s a given. T... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bank Dick, The Release date: 12/21/1940 11:01:27 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) Fields' brand of comedy was unique for its time and remains unique today. 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gone With the Wind Release date: 12/15/1939 Review by John J. 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Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) Robinson's riveting performance earned him a permanent place in the history of cinema. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cameraman, The Release date: 12/31/1928 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...the old Keaton magic could not be entirely dampened by the studio's dictums, and The Cameraman... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gold Rush, The Release date: 12/31/1925 11:01:32 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/0) ...quintessential Chaplin: sweet, semi tragic, comforting, and most of all funny. 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Night, And Good Luck Release date: 10/7/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference Today, history records Edward R. Murrow as a towering journalist and Senator McCarthy as a snivel... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bride and Prejudice Release date: 2/11/2005 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference Its weakness is its bland predictability. But for the fan of Bollywood films or old-fashioned ro... 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shall We Dance? Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference ...if you're not prepared to watch Richard Gere pulsate for 106 minutes, you're not going to have... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 2 Release date: 4/16/2004 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference Tarantino still hasn't a lot to say in Kill Bill 2, but he says it with such high style, you have... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: St. Pauli Nacht Release date: 12/31/1999 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference ...a respectful remake...it is moody, mesmeric, and entrancing. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sometimes They Come Back... Again Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference Because of its gratuitous excesses, it quickly disintegrates into stock horror-film silliness. 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Robocop 3 Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference All of the humanity of the first movie and what little there was in the second movie are drained ... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chocolat Release date: 12/21/1989 11:01:28 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference ...the yardstick by which all subsequent Batman movies are measured. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Who's That Girl Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:48 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference There is nothing wrong with Who's That Girl that a different script, a different director, and a ... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Long Hu Feng Yun Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference I wish Buena Vista had lavished a little more care on Lam�s film; it deserves better. 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sudden Impact Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:44 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (6/1) No reference Eastwood�s new catch word is 'Swell,' the body count is higher than ever, he�s honed his snarl to... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Les Ailes de la Colombe Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:37 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference ...a fascinating and enchanting character study and moral lesson that never preaches but gently t... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Revenge of the Pink Panther Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:43 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference ...both Sellers and the series looked tired. But even second-rate Sellers is better than no Sell... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: What's Up Doc? Release date: 12/31/1972 11:01:48 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference The director seems so intent on referencing practically everything in the history of movie comedi... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Release date: 12/21/1971 11:01:48 PM Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/4) No reference As creative as Tim Burton's new remake is, I prefer the greater warmth of this original version. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beatles - A Hard Day's Night, The Release date: 7/6/1964 Review by John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com: (3/3) No reference It's hard to estimate the effect the film had on the future of movies, television, and society in... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Release date: 12/31/1962 11:01:48 PM Review by John J. 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