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	788 Reviews by MaryAnn Johanson 788 Reviews by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher Movie: Darfur Now Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [A]s frustratingly overwhelming as the whole thing may seem, what Braun shows us here is that, ye... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Gangster Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [B]rings together Crowe and Washington, both of whom stalk the screen, as they always do, as if T... 167 other reviews of this movie Movie: Martian Child Release date: 11/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) This is, wonderfully, a smart and snappy -- never sappy -- portrait of a budding parent-and-kid r... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dan in Real Life Release date: 10/26/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [I]f you can manage to get through Dan in Real Life without falling madly in love with both Binoc... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rendition Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [The torture] scenes are pretty graphic... but every American should be forced to watch this movi... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gone Baby Gone Release date: 10/19/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) The bleak victory here is in Affleck's wickedly unforgiving eye for the insularity of neighborhoo... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lars and the Real Girl Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [A] perfect movie in all ways: it's far more inventive and adventurous than most movies dare, it'... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: We Own the Night Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [S]o drenched in raw, ineffable male anger and love... that it howls with authenticity. 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Elizabeth: The Golden Age Release date: 10/12/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) Torture! Intrigue! Sex! Treachery! Holy war! Cate Blanchett in royal drag! Clive Owen in pirate d... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finishing the Game Release date: 10/5/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [T]here's little intriguing or surprising... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Heartbreak Kid, The Release date: 10/5/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [B]ased on the 1972 movie... much in the same way that a breakfast of Pop Tarts and Mountain Dew ... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lust, Caution Release date: 9/28/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) What is graphic and raw and adult and disturbing are the roiling, dangerous emotions underlying t... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Protagonist Release date: 9/26/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [A] bold exploration of the... theme of extremism taken to the point of tragedy... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Jane Austen Book Club Release date: 9/21/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [F]eatures one of the most engaging ensemble casts I've seen in a goodly while... So hurrah for t... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Into the Wild Release date: 9/21/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [T]he extraordinary Emile Hirsch [is] like Leonardo DiCaprio 10 years ago, all coiled intensity a... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silk Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [B]eautiful-looking but torturously dull... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eastern Promises Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Here we have somber reflection, the lurking gray peril of an urban underbelly, shifting shifty gl... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Brave One Release date: 9/14/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Hoorah for vigilantism! Who needs the rule of law when you've got guns? 143 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shoot 'Em Up Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] gloriously deranged orgy of Bugs Bunny-style action and nonstop gunplay... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: 3:10 to Yuma Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [G]loriously old-fashioned in the best movie way, redolent of its pulpy, junky roots in the pure ... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Shadow of the Moon Release date: 9/7/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [B]ittersweet... chock full of funny, warm, human memories of the moonshot astronauts... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Death Sentence Release date: 8/31/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Why does it think it's serious drama when it's actually something closer to a parody of Charles ... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Balls of Fury Release date: 8/29/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Funnily enough, though -- and it's the only thing funny about this dreadful excuse for a comedy -... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Illegal Tender Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Can you say 'overwrought,' boys and girls? I knew you could. 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Resurrecting the Champ Release date: 8/24/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It's not exactly the stuff that feel-good movies are made of -- it's the stuff that hey-chew-on-t... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: The Last Legion Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [B]ereft of anything approaching the movie magic it is clearly desperate to evoke... 38 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superbad Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is why Hollywood mostly sucks: Corporate movies are getting made from scripts written by 13-... 151 other reviews of this movie Movie: The 11th Hour Release date: 8/17/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This ain't bread-and-circuses [celeb] infotainment intended to distract us from the very real, ve... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stardust Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) I wish I could be more enthusiastic... I like it just fine: it's sweet and amusing and nicely div... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rush Hour 3 Release date: 8/10/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Can you understand the words that are comin' outta my mouth? This is racist, bullying garbage. 139 other reviews of this movie Movie: Daddy Day Camp Release date: 8/8/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) An excruiciating stew of kindergarten-level toilet humor and absurd (and false) sentimentality... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Becoming Jane Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [C]aptures both the aching romanticism and the cold, hard practicalities of Austen's fiction... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hot Rod Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) There really is a fine line between clever and stupid, and the Hot Rod guys are on the wrong side... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bourne Ultimatum, The Release date: 8/3/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] masterpiece of breathless relentlessness, of spectacular yet lean-and-mean setpieces unclutte... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Simpsons Movie, The Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) I laughed a lot. Out loud. Which isn't something I tend to do a lot at the movies... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: No Reservations Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Honestly, the best thing you can do is go rent Mostly Martha, the 2002 German film this Hollywood... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Know Who Killed Me Release date: 7/27/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Bad is easy: this level of awful approaches the genius. 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Arctic Tale Release date: 7/25/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [P]owerfully moving... 79 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry Release date: 7/20/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Can the occasion of overgrown-fratboy goofball Adam Sandler and resolutely vanilla sitcom dad Kev... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: Talk to Me Release date: 7/13/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Don Cheadle and Chiwetel Ejiofor are two of the best actors of my generation working today, perio... 80 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Release date: 7/11/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]his may be the best straight-up horror movie of the year -- I was riveted by the sinister soph... 179 other reviews of this movie Movie: Introducing the Dwights Release date: 7/4/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is the best kind of family dramedy, skewering the contentious relationship between parent an... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: License to Wed Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) I was so tempted to walk out of License to Wed. And I have never walked out of a movie, not in my... 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Transformers Release date: 7/3/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [G]loriously, emphatically meaningless and cheerfully, genially brainless. It's like a big dumb d... 177 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ratatouille Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Oh, but there is joy in this movie... It fills you up... with just the simple yet profound connec... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evening Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Bittersweet and deeply, achingly romantic, this perfect, perfect film... enfolds regrets and memo... 110 other reviews of this movie Movie: Death at a Funeral Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen... [It's] practically Shakespearean in its exqu... 74 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sicko Release date: 6/29/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Make no mistake: Sicko is an explicit call for revolution, and it is a profound and horrifying on... 150 other reviews of this movie Movie: Live Free or Die Hard Release date: 6/27/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Hoorah! John McClane is back! Yippee-kai-ay! Right? Eh, not so much.... Live Free doesn't feel pa... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Sheep Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Takes a ludicrous concept and plays it as totally straight-up horror, which makes it even funnier... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mighty Heart, A Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [L]ike a stinging slap in the face.... there's a kind of culture-shockiness to it... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Kill Me Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Director John Dahl resists the urge to overbake the comedy, letting an unexpected undercurrent of... 81 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evan Almighty Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) I wasn't just bored... I was actively disgusted that so much money was spent on a film that is so... 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: 1408 Release date: 6/22/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Sure, this is pretty much an episode of The Twilight Zone, but it's a really, really good episode... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nancy Drew Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [I]t works wonderfully well to make this movie Nancy a bit of a retro throwback. This is how you ... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Release date: 6/15/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [D]umb and tedious and puny and petty and idiotic and wrapped up so tightly in its own acquiescen... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ocean's Thirteen Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Just so you know -- because this is important when you're talking to fans of George Clooney's cha... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Surf's Up Release date: 6/8/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The characters here could just as easily have been cute animated kitty cats, or cute animated amo... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gracie Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) There's not a lot wrong with this feel-good sports drama except that it's much like the 873 other... 76 other reviews of this movie Movie: Knocked Up Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [C]elebrat[es] as charming and inevitable and amusing and sweet what anyone who is that apparentl... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mr. Brooks Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Serial killers are people too, with hopes and dreams and loving spouses and kids who drive them c... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Day Watch Release date: 6/1/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) At an hour and 10 minutes... I was itching with boredom... Unfortunately, with the film's excruci... 59 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Oh, thank the gods. Thank crazy Walt Disney's head in a cryogenic freezer.... [This] lowest-commo... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bug Release date: 5/25/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Where Bug succeeds, it does so by inducing in you the same kind of on-edge, constant low-level of... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shrek the Third Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It's... fine. It's fine. But I wanted a lot more than 'fine.' I expected much, much more than 'fi... 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: Severance Release date: 5/18/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [O]ne of the more outrageous black comedy/horror flicks I've ever seen... 67 other reviews of this movie Movie: 28 Weeks Later Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) And so as the world seemingly renews its dedication to taking itself straight to hell, even our h... 134 other reviews of this movie Movie: Georgia Rule Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [C]elebrates acting like a selfish bitch, being reflexively promiscuous, and screaming a lot at e... 102 other reviews of this movie Movie: Provoked Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]his conventional but deftly handled movie lays it bare, plays it straight, and eschews all the... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Provoked Release date: 5/11/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]his conventional but deftly handled movie lays it bare, plays it straight, and eschews all the... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lucky You Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Bana is fascinating to watch here... even his poker face roils with undercurrents of tension and ... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spider-Man 3 Release date: 5/4/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Spider-Man 2... was alive with humor and humanity and spirit and soul. All of that is missing her... 159 other reviews of this movie Movie: Waitress Release date: 5/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It has a feeling of... I don't want to say secret insight about the experience of being a woman, ... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Next Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) There are lots of crimes a movie can commit -- being boring, being nonsensical, being implausible... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jindabyne Release date: 4/27/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) With its cold brilliance and delicate aloofness, this is a movie you can hold aloft to recognize ... 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hot Fuzz Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It's its own unique creature... [but] just as visually lively, just as crammed full of clever and... 167 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Land of Women Release date: 4/20/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] tedious and unsurprising narcissism... is the only halfway genuinely emotional thing propping... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Disturbia Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Rear Window redone for a more paranoid age, an age that embraces its paranoia as The New Normal, ... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pathfinder Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] compelling example of purely cinematic storytelling that eschews almost all dialogue and lets... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Private Fears In Public Places Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Oh, I know I'm supposed to be ecstatic because it's from French New Wave director Alain Resnais, ... 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) There isn't 'getting.' You don't 'get' Aqua Teen Hunger Force. You either accept its insanity, or... 54 other reviews of this movie Movie: Slow Burn Release date: 4/13/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The theme of racial confusion that attempts to underlie this would-be noirish murder mystery beco... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grindhouse Release date: 4/6/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [O]ne of the most exciting movie experiences in ages, one that demands to be seen on a big screen... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reaping, The Release date: 4/5/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Forget a plague of boils -- how about a plague of boredom followed by a plague of oh-my-god-is-it... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Are We Done Yet? Release date: 4/4/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A]n utter disaster of filmmaking as even the most rudimentary kind of brainless entertainment... 75 other reviews of this movie Movie: Firehouse Dog Release date: 4/4/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) A perfectly excruciating mix of stupidity and sentimentality... 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blades of Glory Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [F]unny... only if you think there is something amusing about men who are anything other than the... 140 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lookout, The Release date: 3/30/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [Gordon-Levitt] is poised to blow away thinking moviegoers with his hugely appealing combination ... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pride Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]here's not a single thing original or surprising here, except how sincerely touching Pride end... 49 other reviews of this movie Movie: Reign Over Me Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Sandler is one monotone note here: dead-eyed hollowness standing in for grief... 113 other reviews of this movie Movie: TMNT Release date: 3/23/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]akes it all so darn seriously that you can't even lose yourself in its goofiness... 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Think I Love My Wife Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Rock's idea of 'edgy'? Jokes about boners, Viagra, and how nasty rap music scares white people. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Premonition Release date: 3/16/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) You know those 'In a world where...' movie trailers? Well, Premonition's would start out: 'In a w... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Namesake, The Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) If you're not a basketcase of sobby, sloppy tears of sadness and joy by the end of The Namesake, ... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: 300 Release date: 3/9/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is one of those ur-stories that actually feels like a slice of ancient wonder and grandeur..... 188 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wild Hogs Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Are so many American men so oppressed by the 'horrors' of modern life -- high cholesterol, uppity... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Zodiac Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] confrontation with evil that isn't quite like anything we've seen on film before... 169 other reviews of this movie Movie: Black Snake Moan Release date: 3/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [N]owhere near as provocative as you think it's gonna be, as you've been led to believe it's gonn... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Astronaut Farmer, The Release date: 2/23/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) To say that they don't make movies like this anymore -- splendidly, quietly angry in a folksy, ol... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breach Release date: 2/16/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is one smart thriller: it lets you draw your own conclusions, assumes you're connected enoug... 117 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hannibal Rising Release date: 2/9/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The scariest thing about Hannibal Rising is that this seems to indicate that there will have to b... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lives of Others Release date: 2/9/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [S]trange and beautiful and hopeful and ironic... This is an amazing film. 90 other reviews of this movie Movie: Messengers, The Release date: 2/2/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Boo? Bah. 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Smokin' Aces Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] steaming pile of meaningless, worthless, civilization-in-decline, orgy-of-violence, bread-and... 133 other reviews of this movie Movie: Catch and Release Release date: 1/26/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [B]eautifully crafted... creates an aching loveliness of psychic empty space... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alpha Dog Release date: 1/12/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [C]hock full of embarrassing baloney that tries to dress up the inherent crude B-movie-ness of it... 61 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happily N'Ever After Release date: 1/5/2007 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [F]ails to rise even to the level of cute but silly: it's just dumb. 66 other reviews of this movie Movie: Flyboys, The Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:31 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] grand yarn of adventure and catastrophe... big and emotional and sentimental without being sa... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dead Girl, The Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) None of these little tales goes quite where you expect it will, which would make it riveting enou... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Miss Potter Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [Zellweger] brings a flinty steel to Potter, a woman with the faraway imagination of an overgrown... 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pan's Labyrinth Release date: 12/29/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Holy ruby slippers, is this one grim film. Enthrallingly spooky, appropriately frightful, but gri... 160 other reviews of this movie Movie: We Are Marshall Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [O]f course real people's real pain can be turned, yet again, into trite, glossy cinematic junk f... 98 other reviews of this movie Movie: Curse of the Golden Flower Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [Y]es to opulence, yes to passion, yes to political murder and courtly intrigue and illicit sex a... 92 other reviews of this movie Movie: Night at the Museum Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] lack of appreciation for what the museum truly means to so many people is part of why Night a... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Shepherd, The Release date: 12/22/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Cool, cynical irony drips from every moment... 104 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky Balboa Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [E]lectrifying in its gritty subtlety and powerful in its authenticity... 145 other reviews of this movie Movie: Venus Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Peter O'Toole so completely throws himself into the role of Maurice... that the only response is ... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: Letters From Iwo Jima Release date: 12/20/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Eastwood deployed a sledgehammer of emotion with Flags, but with Letters, he uses a feather, and ... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Breaking and Entering Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is a smart, elegant, sophisticated film that should be everything I want to see in a movie a... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pursuit of Happyness, The Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Smith's charm, which he has used to great effect in everything from sitcoms to action movies, mat... 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: Arthur and the Invisibles Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Imagine the Smurfs meeting Troll dolls in the world of The Dark Crystal... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Charlotte's Web Release date: 12/15/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Happy happy, joy joy... This is a wonder of gentle humor, tender sentiment, and uplifting philoso... 111 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] hilarious bastard child of This Is Spinal Tap and Wayne's World, and one of the funniest movi... 91 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deja Vu Release date: 11/22/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) All that rot about the weird feeling of thinking you've met someone before and how there's clues ... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: History Boys, The Release date: 11/21/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]oo stagey, and yet it lacks the vital energy of the stage production it is adapted from... 85 other reviews of this movie Movie: Fast Food Nation Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) To say that Fast Food Nation the movie is less horrifying than the book is accurate, but not fair... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Candy Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]here's a lot of cinematic pleasure to be had in Heath Ledger's thoroughly un-self-conscious pe... 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Happy Feet Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Succeeds spectacularly. In a way that makes me want to say this may be the greatest animated movi... 124 other reviews of this movie Movie: For Your Consideration Release date: 11/17/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Hollywood is Guest's *** here, and it's an easy target, but neither he nor his usual gang go fo... 128 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stranger Than Fiction Release date: 11/10/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The blending of the intellectual and the emotional that Stranger Than Fiction achieves is so rare... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan Release date: 11/3/2006 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Sacha Baron Cohen is a genius. 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It�s like discovering there�s no Santa Claus and getting s... 158 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Release date: 10/29/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The greatest science fiction horror film ever made. 64 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beyond Borders Release date: 10/24/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) It would all be perfectly ridiculous if it weren�t so gosh-darn moving, in that Hollywood way tha... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Rent the original. 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mystic River Release date: 10/8/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] stunning mediation on loss... 142 other reviews of this movie Movie: Prey For Rock & Roll Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Cult favorite Gina Gershon is at the top of her smart, snarly game... 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rundown, The Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) You had me at hello, Mr. The Rock. 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It saddens me that it simply didn'... 73 other reviews of this movie Movie: There's Something About Mary Release date: 7/15/1998 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) I was completely and utterly bored by it. 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titanic Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Titanic is an extraordinary filmic achievement, an elegy for the twentieth century at its end. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Titanic Release date: 12/19/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) If you haven't seen it yet, stop reading this instant and run out to the multiplex. 82 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bang Release date: 11/28/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A]n enthralling exploration of how we as individuals and society as a whole grants clout and inf... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alien Resurrection Release date: 11/26/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Sigourney Weaver is amazing to watch. 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gattaca Release date: 10/24/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Andrew Niccol is a man to watch. I can't wait for his next movie. 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: English Patient, The Release date: 11/15/1996 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) Haunting and enthralling. 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Trainspotting Release date: 7/19/1996 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) ...nastier, funnier, and scary enough to keep me away from any kind of drugs... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bandit Queen Release date: 12/31/1995 11:01:27 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Apollo Guide: (7/0) It is one well worth the time of fans of serious drama. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apollo 13 Release date: 6/30/1995 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The best thing about Apollo 13 is how moving it is during its most quiet moments. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Braveheart Release date: 5/26/1995 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) ...an extraordinary film... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Schindler's List Release date: 12/31/1993 11:01:44 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) While SCHINDLER'S LIST is the least Spielberg-ian and least showy of the director's work, it demo... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sleepless in Seattle Release date: 6/25/1993 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [T]he epitome of the modern romantic comedy... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Unforgiven Release date: 12/31/1992 11:01:46 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Searing and somber, Unforgiven shatters every myth of the Wild West that Hollywood has ever throw... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Goodfellas Release date: 12/31/1990 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is the best mob movie ever made. 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dances With Wolves Release date: 11/9/1990 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) This is a majestic requiem for a world that is gone. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Family Business Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:31 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [S]urprisingly compelling... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Driving Miss Daisy Release date: 12/31/1989 11:01:29 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) Biting and lively. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:45 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [O]ne of the strangest children's movies I've ever seen... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Temptation of Christ, The Release date: 12/31/1988 11:01:37 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] Jesus flick I can get behind, even as an atheist.... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:41 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It's the pathos under the boisterous, noisy comedy that helps fuel its continuing popularity toda... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Emperor, The Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:37 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) Bertolucci's gorgeous and seductive The Last Emperor imbues this powerless and constantly thwarte... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Platoon Release date: 12/19/1986 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Platoon is a savage, candid film, full of searing images and ideas. Its visceral depiction of war... 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Manhunter Release date: 8/15/1986 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) MANHUNTER whispers rather than shouts, and is all the more effective for it. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out of Africa Release date: 12/31/1985 11:01:40 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) Out of Africa captures, beautifully and bittersweetly, the last exciting time in the last wild pl... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Amadeus Release date: 9/1/1984 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The magnificent, passionate music alone makes it worth watching. The layered story and complex, d... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghostbusters Release date: 6/1/1984 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The perfect Xer movie. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terms of Endearment Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:45 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) A cut above the typical chick flick, thanks to its heartfelt performances and genuine frankness. 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gandhi Release date: 12/31/1982 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The film opens with an acknowledgment that it can't do justice to an entire life but that it will... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Chariots of Fire Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:28 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) This is quite possibly the most lyrical, most spiritual sports movie ever made. 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Raging Bull Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:43 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The true story of championship prizefighter Jake La Motta, this is unmannered, unpretentious film... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ordinary People Release date: 12/31/1980 11:01:40 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) An uncomfortable film, one that leaves you aching for its characters. Expect a bit of a funk afte... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Caddyshack Release date: 7/25/1980 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This nearly plotless, angry class comedy is more a barrage of traded insults and slights than any... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pretty Baby Release date: 12/31/1978 11:01:41 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It was shocking in its day, perhaps... but today... [it] can�t hope to be as provocative... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Deer Hunter, The Release date: 12/21/1978 11:01:29 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) ...a lyrical, slow-to-unfold story of the devastating effects of a tour in Vietnam... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grease Release date: 6/1/1978 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It's kind of West Side Story with different music and a happy ending. 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars Release date: 5/25/1977 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Watching Star Wars again with full knowledge of all that will happen lends some new meaning. 42 other reviews of this movie Movie: Annie Hall Release date: 4/20/1977 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) Just when you feel like you want to look away, it brings you back with a devastating one-liner. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rocky Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:43 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Tells a timeless story about all the effort it can take to reach for someone else and how our mos... 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jack and the Beanstalk Release date: 12/31/1976 11:01:35 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [F]reaky and not a little psychedelic... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Taxi Driver Release date: 12/21/1976 11:01:45 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The thing I'm never sure about is whether Travis is actually psychotic, and Paul Schrader's scrip... 29 other reviews of this movie Movie: King Kong Release date: 12/21/1976 11:01:36 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The ape here is of course absurd, clearly a guy in a gorilla suit... 3 other reviews of this movie Movie: Godfather, Part II, The Release date: 12/12/1974 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Rare is the sequel that equals the film that spawned it. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Exorcist, The Release date: 12/26/1973 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) ...spookier than most of what passes for a horror film these days. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sting, The Release date: 12/1/1973 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is just about as perfect as movies come. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Graffiti Release date: 1/1/1973 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) American Graffiti has a timeless power that speaks to everyone who was ever a teenager. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Godfather, The Release date: 3/24/1972 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) The Godfather's three-hour running time...never flags. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Duel Release date: 12/31/1971 11:01:29 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) [A] masterpiece of visual suspense that�s hardly dated at all, more than 30 years later. 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Patton Release date: 1/1/1970 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) A spectacular and unvarnished look at a man who thrives in war while also sowing the seeds of his... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Oliver! Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:40 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Lionel Bart's tunes are highly hummable, and the huge production numbers feature lots of fabulous... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Heat of the Night Release date: 12/31/1967 11:01:34 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) How fine a film this is. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sound of Music, The Release date: 4/1/1965 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) If only real life offered such satisfying fantasies as those of The Sound of Music. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Fair Lady Release date: 10/21/1964 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) A charming and amusing satire on the absurdity of rigid class distinctions. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spartacus Release date: 12/31/1960 11:01:44 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Based on a true story of a slave revolt in 73 BC, Dalton Trumbo's script mixes the corny melodram... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Apartment, The Release date: 1/1/1960 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It's impossible to feel sympathy for any of The Apartment's characters. 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gigi Release date: 12/31/1958 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) A charming delight. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Three Faces of Eve, The Release date: 12/31/1957 11:01:45 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) The power of the film as a whole has been lessened with time... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridge on the River Kwai, The Release date: 12/18/1957 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) ...a tense, terrifying, absolutely riveting film... 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the World in 80 Days Release date: 10/17/1956 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) The novelty these far-flung places must have had for a 1956 audience is a bit lessened for the vi... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Marty Release date: 1/1/1955 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) A compelling and thoughtful film, its strong performances by Borgnine and Blair alone would make ... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: From Here to Eternity Release date: 12/31/1953 11:01:31 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) As far as I can tell, every dumb guy in this movie has only himself to blame for all the stupid t... 17 other reviews of this movie Movie: All the King's Men Release date: 12/31/1949 11:01:26 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) Goodness me, this movie could not have been more prophetic had Nostradamus himself written it. 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hamlet Release date: 12/21/1948 11:01:33 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) While I don't know if Olivier's is the best (I'm inclined to go with Branagh's), it certainly bea... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gentleman's Agreement Release date: 12/31/1947 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It's obvious that screenwriter Moss Hart and director Elia Kazan felt strongly about their subjec... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Best Years of Our Lives, The Release date: 12/31/1946 11:01:27 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) The very best kind of soap opera, detailing the problems and heartaches of people we come instant... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: It's a Wonderful Life Release date: 12/25/1946 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) It isn't a terrible film by any means, and it's easy to see why people revere it. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beauty and the Beast Release date: 12/21/1946 11:01:27 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Lushly, deliciously frightful, embellishing the basic fairy tale with a surreal, delicate erotici... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Blithe Spirit Release date: 12/31/1945 11:01:27 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [A] deliciously cheeky Noel Coward concoction... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Double Indemnity Release date: 9/6/1944 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) Criminally fun. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Casablanca Release date: 1/1/1942 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) This is the ultimate movie. This is the purpose for which Hollywood invented itself. This is how ... 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wizard of Oz, The Release date: 8/15/1939 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (7/0) I can't imagine my childhood without this movie. 37 other reviews of this movie Movie: Life of Emile Zola, The Release date: 12/31/1937 11:01:37 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) A curiously uninvolving biopic. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cavalcade Release date: 12/31/1933 11:01:28 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) [A] delightful, passionate drama. 6 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wings Release date: 1/1/1927 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/0) An early buddies-go-to-war story that still echoes in today's movies. 7 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sally Lockhart Mysteries - Ruby in the Smoke Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:44 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It's Nancy Drew meets Sherlock Holmes!... [Billie] Piper cannot hide how damn cool she is... 0 other reviews of this movie Movie: Alex Borstein - Drop Dead Gorgeous Release date: 12/31/2006 11:01:26 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Smartly, tartly feminist... 1 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wolf Creek Release date: 12/25/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Well, there goes my dream of driving across Australia. 88 other reviews of this movie Movie: Family Stone, The Release date: 12/16/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [H]omey and warm and comfortable and family style and like a big plate of hot-from-the-oven Chris... 123 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Night, And Good Luck Release date: 10/7/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Oh, this is an angry movie, calm and collected on the surface and seethed with reeled-in rage und... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: 40-Year-Old Virgin, The Release date: 8/19/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [T]his isn�t, at its heart, a comedy. It�s an achingly sad tale about loneliness and hopelessness... 168 other reviews of this movie Movie: Longest Yard, The Release date: 5/27/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [A] repulsive celebration of everything that�s sickening and ugly and hideous about America today... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kings and Queen Release date: 5/13/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [M]ixes with aplomb equal measures of intellectual screwball comedy and dark metaphysical tragedy... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: In My Country Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [E]xhaustingly heartbreaking... An unforgettable film about justice... 40 other reviews of this movie Movie: Upside of Anger, The Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [F]inds acrid humor in the blackness of unrelenting fury while never letting its characters be le... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Boys and Girl From County Clare, The Release date: 3/11/2005 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference How high is your tolerance for charming **e? 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: In Good Company Release date: 12/29/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference Witty and warm and wise in all the ways it can be... 125 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Flying Daggers Release date: 12/3/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [M]ore beautiful and more romantic and more exciting and more spectacular and more everything [th... 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: National Treasure Release date: 11/19/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference This is spreadsheet filmmaking, soulless and overly designed for maximum box-office effect... 146 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Release date: 11/12/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [N]othing but a celebration of women-as-morons, aren�t-they-cute?... 105 other reviews of this movie Movie: Machinist, The Release date: 10/22/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [A] powerful evocation of guilt, anxiety, and incipient insanity... 48 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shall We Dance? Release date: 10/15/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference Instead of class, we get crass. Instead of living characters, we get lazy stereotypes. Instead of... 118 other reviews of this movie Movie: Friday Night Lights Release date: 10/8/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [A] lifestyle advertisement for the noxious small-town culture that turns high-school football pl... 135 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Release date: 9/17/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference Surface appearances are the beginning and the end of Sky Captain... astonishingly vapid and stupe... 165 other reviews of this movie Movie: Little Black Book Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [A] distasteful, obnoxious, voyeuristic cesspool of human pettiness and cruelty that... thinks it... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Open Water Release date: 8/6/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [S]uspenseful, refreshingly clean and simple, with a hard edge of realism that is quietly horrify... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: De-Lovely Release date: 7/2/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [A]s much a valentine to Porter as a biography of him... redolent with romantic history... 120 other reviews of this movie Movie: Around the World in 80 Days Release date: 6/16/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference There�s a disturbing savagery amidst the cotton-candy fluff and Crayola colors... the cruel mirth... 101 other reviews of this movie Movie: Napoleon Dynamite Release date: 6/11/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [An] endlessly and cheerily ridiculous film... highly intellectually involving... 129 other reviews of this movie Movie: Super Size Me Release date: 5/7/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference Spurlock�s adventure in not-so-fine dining may be extreme, but it makes its point in a shocking w... 131 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 2 Release date: 4/16/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Chapter 75: Quentin Still Loves Himself (Lest You Thought It Was Only a Summer Thing) 71 other reviews of this movie Movie: Starsky & Hutch Release date: 3/5/2004 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference [M]ight as well be called Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller Do Their Schtick in Funny 70s Clothes... 141 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cold Mountain Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [Law and Kidman are] not onscreen together much, but that means their few moments should be all t... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Peter Pan Release date: 12/25/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It�s all there in the subtext, the scary-tender discovery of the bittersweet adventure of romance... 93 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mona Lisa Smile Release date: 12/19/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference Have you heard? The 1950s were tyrannically conformist.... I mean, who knew? 112 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Sand and Fog Release date: 12/19/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Is there anything that makes you want to scream more than a film that�s this full of its own grav... 45 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Samurai, The Release date: 12/5/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [S]o innocuous that it�s barely even there, blending into the beige walls of inoffensive mediocri... 166 other reviews of this movie Movie: Triplets of Belleville, The Release date: 11/26/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [L]ike nothing you�ve ever seen and at the same time like a recurring dream you can always just b... 96 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat Release date: 11/21/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [L]ike a forced march through Candyland... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World Release date: 11/14/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [A]n immersive experience, one that trusts the audience�s intelligence while it mines drama and s... 157 other reviews of this movie Movie: Love Actually Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference [A] perfectly wonderful, perfectly foolish movie, in that fool-for-love kind of way. 149 other reviews of this movie Movie: In My Skin Release date: 11/7/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [T]hought-provoking, if you can sit through it... 30 other reviews of this movie Movie: Runaway Jury Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Completely preposterous... but highly entertaining... 87 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pieces of April Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) No reference Katie Holmes... gives her most subtle and audacious performance yet... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: Veronica Guerin Release date: 10/17/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference My god, the talent. This [Blanchett's] bestest, stunningest, most remarkably surefooted performan... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kill Bill Vol. 1 Release date: 10/10/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference Embarrassingly masturbatory... 163 other reviews of this movie Movie: School of Rock Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [A]bout as rebellious and free and rockin' as a Clear Channel radio station, packaging payola-ed ... 148 other reviews of this movie Movie: Out of Time Release date: 10/3/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [A] Double Indemnity for the 21st century... 97 other reviews of this movie Movie: Under the Tuscan Sun Release date: 9/26/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [Has] an emotional core of realism that is so precise and delicate and pinpoint accurate that it'... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bubba Ho-Tep Release date: 9/19/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Campbell�s is the most believable Elvis I�ve ever seen on film, and that�s counting the actual El... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost In Translation Release date: 9/12/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference [O]ne of the most astonishing films I�ve ever seen... [d]elicate and longing, tender and bittersw... 156 other reviews of this movie Movie: Home Room Release date: 9/5/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Dismal but not disheartening, this tale of picking up the pieces is as cutting as those pieces ca... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jeepers Creepers 2 Release date: 8/29/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Salva takes a lewd, crude delight in the licking the boys with his camera. 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Marci X Release date: 8/22/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A more blithe display of astonishingly clueless anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, and sheer bad ... 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Freddy vs. Jason Release date: 8/15/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [Can] one... actually tell the difference between a slasher flick that�s intentionally parodying ... 103 other reviews of this movie Movie: And Now Ladies and Gentlemen Release date: 8/1/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Stitched together out of lost episodes of Monty Python�s Flying Circus, circa-1976 TV ads for che... 32 other reviews of this movie Movie: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Release date: 7/25/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It�s like an Ed Wood movie, so earnest and so desperately sure of itself in all its nutty, cluele... 116 other reviews of this movie Movie: I Capture the Castle Release date: 7/11/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Warm and bittersweet and funny and a little bit heartbreaking. 63 other reviews of this movie Movie: League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Release date: 7/11/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It grows into its suckiness -- it's not sure what to do with it at first, and then it gets comfor... 77 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl Release date: 7/9/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference The hands-down best flat-out, full-blooded, guns-ablazin� adventure movie to come out of Hollywoo... 152 other reviews of this movie Movie: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Release date: 7/2/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A big slice of apocalyptic, time-traveling, stuff blowin� up real good, self-referential, twistin... 89 other reviews of this movie Movie: 28 Days Later Release date: 6/27/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [H]umanistic and unsentimental, like some lost science fiction flick from the 70s that�s just bee... 60 other reviews of this movie Movie: Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It�s a measure of how far Hollywood has debased itself... and how literally disgusting movies hav... 94 other reviews of this movie Movie: Whale Rider Release date: 6/6/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference There�s so much that�s right and yes-finally! about this simple and unpretentious film that even ... 119 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Nemo Release date: 5/30/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference The moment all the gorgeously rendered inhabitants of this beautiful undersea realm open their mo... 136 other reviews of this movie Movie: Down With Love Release date: 5/16/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Oh, for the days when the cads wore tuxes, had delicious accents, and were as all-around scrumpti... 115 other reviews of this movie Movie: Matrix Reloaded, The Release date: 5/15/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (4/3) No reference Rather ingeniously distill centuries of metaphysics into pithy moments of crisis. 228 other reviews of this movie Movie: Phone Booth Release date: 4/4/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Quick, dirty, and economical, with an on-the-fly energy that Hollywood films rarely evince these ... 154 other reviews of this movie Movie: Bringing Down the House Release date: 3/7/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Supposedly busts conventional ideas while relying on the audiences� prejudices to make them laugh... 106 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tears of the Sun Release date: 3/7/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Can�t we just send Bruce Willis to Iraq to make things right? 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just before writing this, and it obviously warpe... 56 other reviews of this movie Movie: Sweet November Release date: 2/16/2001 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference If someone behaved like this in real life, you'd get a restraining order. 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Head Over Heels Release date: 2/2/2001 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Not only an insipid and distasteful attempt at comedy but also an awkward and completely unsuspen... 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: Low Down, The Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference As Frank walks his own ambivalent path toward emotional adulthood, Thraves brings the ring of tru... 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: Last Resort Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A thoroughly and refreshingly internal tale of how the things that keep us from being truly free ... 51 other reviews of this movie Movie: In the Bedroom Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Small, personal, and human throughout, this almost uncomfortably raw film stabs you in the heart ... 108 other reviews of this movie Movie: Donnie Darko Release date: 1/19/2001 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Donnie Darko is, in fact, what Ferris Bueller�s Day Off might have been if David Lynch had ever g... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Thirteen Days Release date: 12/25/2000 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Perhaps the most human depiction of Jack and Bobby we've ever seen. 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Cast Away Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference An unforgettable film. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: House of Mirth, The Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Mesmerizing in its depiction of unthinking cruelty. 50 other reviews of this movie Movie: Space Cowboys Release date: 12/22/2000 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Our parents will love it. We're gonna get tired of it really quickly. 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Finding Forrester Release date: 12/20/2000 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Try to make your mind a blank slate for Van Sant's full intended effect... 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And its misogyny is only skin deep. 69 other reviews of this movie Movie: American Beauty Release date: 9/15/1999 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference I think Lester Burnham is destined to become an iconic American character, one with a life well b... 109 other reviews of this movie Movie: Harold and Maude Release date: 7/23/1999 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Apollo Movie Guide: (3/4) No reference ...one of the most life-affirming films I have ever seen. 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Eyes Wide Shut Release date: 7/16/1999 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference [I]t's a tedious, preposterous story about how men use, misuse, and misunderstand female sexualit... 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Run Lola Run Release date: 6/18/1999 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Here, he captures all our best qualities -- energy, resourcefulness, independence -- and he does ... 53 other reviews of this movie Movie: Free Enterprise Release date: 6/4/1999 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Funny and thought-provoking, Free Enterprise strikes home with its well-deserved skewering of Gen... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Release date: 5/19/1999 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Very rewarding for devoted fans, chock full of delightful references and allusions and parallels ... 78 other reviews of this movie Movie: Office Space Release date: 2/19/1999 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference You can check your brain at the door and still get a good laugh from Office Space, or you can hol... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good-Bye, 20th Century Release date: 12/31/1998 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Incomprehensible... 2 other reviews of this movie Movie: Shakespeare in Love Release date: 12/25/1998 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Shakespeare in Love is a comedy worthy of the Bard himself. 83 other reviews of this movie Movie: Star Trek: Insurrection Release date: 12/11/1998 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A pretty decent movie that even non-Trekkies would probably enjoy. 28 other reviews of this movie Movie: American History X Release date: 10/28/1998 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Norton is by turns frightening and heartbreaking, angry and serene. I don't think I've ever seen ... 58 other reviews of this movie Movie: Saving Private Ryan Release date: 7/24/1998 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Saving Private Ryan is one of the most brilliant pieces of film ever created. I don't think I'll ... 68 other reviews of this movie Movie: Batman & Robin Release date: 12/31/1997 11:01:27 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference An example of the worst type of corporate moviemaking 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jackie Brown Release date: 12/25/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference At more than 2 1/2 hours, Jackie Brown could probably have been shorter and entertained nearly as... 65 other reviews of this movie Movie: As Good As It Gets Release date: 12/23/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference As good as things get in Hollywood. 39 other reviews of this movie Movie: Good Will Hunting Release date: 12/5/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Will's relationships with his best friend, Chuckie (Affleck), and new girlfriend, Skylar (Minnie ... 47 other reviews of this movie Movie: Starship Troopers Release date: 11/7/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Paul Verhoeven is exactly the wrong man to have made Starship Troopers. 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ice Storm, The Release date: 9/26/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Disturbing and discomfiting, The Ice Storm is a slice of lonely, desperate reality that I hope I ... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: L.A. Confidential Release date: 9/19/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference L.A. Confidential follows idealistic young policeman Ed Exley (Pearce) as a multiple homicide he ... 44 other reviews of this movie Movie: End of Violence, The Release date: 9/12/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It's practically an antimovie, almost plotless, self-referential, and unsettling. It refuses to w... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Men in Black Release date: 7/2/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference I often feel like I see jokes coming a mile away in things purported to be comedies. In Men in Bl... 55 other reviews of this movie Movie: My Best Friend's Wedding Release date: 6/20/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Is there a more charisma-bereft actor in Hollywood than Dermot Mulroney? 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Release date: 5/23/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It all comes down to dinosaurs. Dinosaurs are so...cool that we keep feeding off the last iterati... 43 other reviews of this movie Movie: Donnie Brasco Release date: 2/28/1997 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Tarnishes the shiny veneer of the mob we've seen in earlier movies, holding up its players not as... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ghost and the Darkness, The Release date: 12/31/1996 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A great film! 22 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jerry Maguire Release date: 12/13/1996 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference I'd love to see more movies like Jerry Maguire, movies that show us that making a life for onesel... 46 other reviews of this movie Movie: Courage Under Fire Release date: 7/12/1996 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It's well-appointed, well acted, tells a coherent story, has all the necessary pieces in place. B... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Nutty Professor, The Release date: 6/28/1996 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It took four writers -- including Shadyac -- to adapt Lewis and Richmond's original Nutty Profess... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Forrest Gump Release date: 12/31/1994 11:01:31 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Forrest Gump has an intricacy and depth that is more rewarding while still being enormously engag... 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Jurassic Park Release date: 6/11/1993 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference The definitive dinosaur movie. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beauty and the Beast Release date: 11/22/1991 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference On a normal-sized screen, and even on video on a television, Beauty and the Beast isn't merely o... 25 other reviews of this movie Movie: Silence of the Lambs, The Release date: 2/13/1991 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological thriller of the highest order, and well deserving of ... 31 other reviews of this movie Movie: Total Recall Release date: 6/1/1990 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Schwarzenegger has enough inherent charm and likeability that he's better off when he just lets t... 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Pretty Woman Release date: 3/23/1990 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference I can understand why men might like Pretty Woman. I can't understand what women see in it. 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Hunt for Red October, The Release date: 3/2/1990 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference One of the smartest action movies ever to come out of Hollywood. 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rain Man Release date: 12/16/1988 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A sharp drama. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Wall Street Release date: 12/31/1987 11:01:48 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference 'Greed is good... greed works,' Gekko intones famously in Wall Street, and it was meant to be a s... 14 other reviews of this movie Movie: Princess Bride, The Release date: 9/25/1987 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Go watch the film again, right now, ten times, as penace. 26 other reviews of this movie Movie: Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn Release date: 1/1/1987 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Campbell... is a genius of physical comedy... 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Repo Man Release date: 12/31/1984 11:01:43 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Deadpan humor, throwaway visual jokes, and oblique political and social satire may have doomed th... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: This Is Spinal Tap Release date: 4/1/1984 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference THIS IS SPINAL TAP is simply one of the greatest rockumentaries ever... 21 other reviews of this movie Movie: Right Stuff, The Release date: 12/31/1983 11:01:43 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Rarely has such an epic film -- in length, at more than three hours, and in scope, spanning decad... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Escape From New York Release date: 12/31/1981 11:01:30 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference I remember it being a lot better than it actually is. So if you have fond memories of a long-ago ... 19 other reviews of this movie Movie: Empire Strikes Back, The Release date: 5/21/1980 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference I think I can recite most of the dialogue from The Empire Strikes Back -- I mean, even R2's click... 41 other reviews of this movie Movie: Superman II Release date: 1/1/1980 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference The rare sequel that's even better than its predecessor. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: Kramer vs. Kramer Release date: 12/21/1979 11:01:36 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference I wonder where Billy Kramer would be today. 12 other reviews of this movie Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Release date: 12/31/1975 11:01:38 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Not only damn near one of the funniest movies ever made but certainly one of the most quotable. 33 other reviews of this movie Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Release date: 11/19/1975 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Quietly shocking. 20 other reviews of this movie Movie: French Connection, The Release date: 12/21/1971 11:01:31 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference This film demonstrates how smart action movies can be, and points out how dumbed down most of the... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: Midnight Cowboy Release date: 5/25/1969 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A buddy movie of rather unlikely characters falling into a rather forced friendship. 23 other reviews of this movie Movie: Beatles - A Hard Day's Night, The Release date: 7/6/1964 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/3) No reference Captured forever here in a filmic bottle is pop-culture lightning, not only Beatles magic and ene... 16 other reviews of this movie Movie: Tom Jones Release date: 1/1/1963 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It certainly is different from every Best Picture that's come before. I'm just not sure if that's... 4 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lawrence of Arabia Release date: 12/16/1962 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference This is a film for the ages. 34 other reviews of this movie Movie: West Side Story Release date: 10/18/1961 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Demonstrates yet again the enduring quality of Shakespeare's work. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Ben-Hur Release date: 12/21/1959 11:01:27 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Ben-Hur is not great art. But it is great fun. 18 other reviews of this movie Movie: On the Waterfront Release date: 10/1/1954 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A powerful drama with the flavor of Shakespearean tragedy. 27 other reviews of this movie Movie: Stalag 17 Release date: 1/1/1953 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/3) No reference Stalag 17 leaves you feeling somehow good about life. 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: All About Eve Release date: 1/1/1950 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference ...a film that you see completely differently once you know what's going to happen. 24 other reviews of this movie Movie: Lost Weekend, The Release date: 11/16/1945 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference American cinema took a sudden, gritty turn with director Billy Wilder's terrifying The Lost Weeke... 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: Going My Way Release date: 12/21/1944 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference How come filmmakers 50 years ago could do sentiment without going all sappy, and we can't do that... 5 other reviews of this movie Movie: Gone With the Wind Release date: 12/15/1939 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference Victor Fleming's 60-year-old movie looks like it was shot this year. 35 other reviews of this movie Movie: You Can't Take It With You Release date: 8/23/1938 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference To this day, there's rarely been a more joyful celebration of the unconventional than You Can't T... 10 other reviews of this movie Movie: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Release date: 1/1/1937 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/3) No reference The first time was the charm with the queen, probably still the most effective, scariest, and coo... 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Great Ziegfeld, The Release date: 1/1/1936 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A moving story of how the weaknesses and obsessions that ironically made one man a powerful enter... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Mutiny on the Bounty Release date: 12/31/1935 11:01:38 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference A thrilling classic that remains surprisingly modern. 11 other reviews of this movie Movie: It Happened One Night Release date: 2/22/1934 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference The ultimate dizzy, romantic, screwball comedy. 13 other reviews of this movie Movie: Grand Hotel Release date: 12/31/1932 11:01:32 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference It's all very silly, the ultimate in Depression-era escapism: a piece of Hollywood magic that's i... 15 other reviews of this movie Movie: All Quiet on the Western Front Release date: 12/31/1930 11:01:26 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference With no focus on one or even a handful of characters, Quiet is strangely uninvolving until it beg... 9 other reviews of this movie Movie: Broadway Melody, The Release date: 12/31/1928 11:01:27 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) No reference The Broadway Melody's snarky, wiseacre humor and effervescent charm save it from being completely... 8 other reviews of this movie Movie: Rugrats Go Wild Release date: 6/13/2003 Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (6/1) Not Reachable t delights me to see that kids today... appreciate such an imaginative crew of enthusiastic young... 72 other reviews of this movie Movie: Yellow Submarine Release date: 12/31/1968 11:01:50 PM Review by MaryAnn Johanson of Flick Filosopher: (3/4) Not Reachable Yellow Submarine is less a movie, in fact, than a series of connected music videos, animated in a... 14 other reviews of this movie Served turbo style