 | Fabulous Baker Boys, The (1989)  |
 | Facts of Life, The (1960)  |
 | Fahrenheit 451 (1966)  |
 | Fairhaven (2012) January 30, 2013 Fairhaven is one of those indie films that veer between credibility and nonsense. It breaks into various parts. Its opening scenes stumble, but as it develops it has its partially-redeeming moments. An early scene, in which ... more |
 | Fame (2009) September 27, 2009 It's a party. Fame rocks! At least part of the time. At its best. It also sputters. Fame is not as bad as I feared -- given the deluge of negative reviews. If you're a tolerant viewer, you' ... more |
 | Family Plot (1976)  |
 | Fantasia (1940) |
 | Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) November 22, 2009 Everybody's Fine is a nice picture about a dysfunctional family which keeps secrets. It should appeal to nice, dysfunctional, secretive people in the audience -- which probably is the majority. One wonders why Robert De Niro wou ... more |
 | Fargo (1996) |
 | Fat City (1972) |
 | Father of the Bride (1991)  |
 | Father of the Bride 2 (1995) |
 | Feast of Love (2007)  |
 | Few Good Men, A (1992) |
 | Fighter, The (2010) December 13, 2010 A 3-ring circus goes to Lowell, Massachusetts, in The Fighter. Based on actual events, this circus is mayhem. In the main ring are the daredevils, led by junior welterweight boxer "Irish" Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg). ... more |
 | Finding Nemo (2003) |
 | Firemen's Ball, The (1968)  |
 | Fistful of Dollars, A (1964) |
 | Five Easy Pieces (1970) Five Easy Pieces (1970) |
 | Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
 | Flight (2012) November 4, 2012 Flight is a bumpy ride. It swoops and sputters. Denzel Washington has to hold it together as it dives and spirals. The one constant in the film is the provocative performance of Denzel as pilot Whip Whitaker, who is severely addicte ... more |
 | Fly, The (1986) |
 | Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) May 1, 2008 Ok, I give up. The Slackers win. In the last ten years, the Republican Party has had its revenge, the Nerds have had their revenge, and now the Slackers stand sloppy and tall. I stand poleaxed. The latest beating inflicted ... more |
 | Forgiveness of Blood, The (2012) March 7, 2012 The Forgiveness of Blood ends with the image of the expressionless face of a young woman. If audiences demand resolution, this does not provide it. Is she stuck in the past or looking forward to the future? It is open to interpretat ... more |
 | Fortune, The (1975) |
 | Fountain, The (2006) |
 | Four Lions (2010) December 4, 2010 Four Lions is a wayward, fitful attempt at incisive comedy. Finding humor in Four Lions is like searching for a weapon of destruction in Iraq -- where is it? Relating Four Lions to the brilliant Dr. Strangelove< ... more |
 | Fracture (2007) May 17, 2007 When you see a lot of movies, you fervently hope they won't blow it at the end. There's a legion of movies that are fine until the moment of truth, and then they collapse or turn mediocre. Sometimes they just end. One of my favorite movies tha ... more |
 | Frankenstein (1994) |
 | French Connection, The (1971) |
 | Frenzy (1972) |
 | Friday Night Lights (2004) |
 | Friends with Money (2006)  |
 | From Here to Eternity (1953) |
 | From Paris with Love (2010) February 3, 2010 From Paris with Love is a raucous cartoon. You have to decide whether or not you want to take this wild ride. It's dippy, dopey, and dizzying. The Tasmanian Devil and the Road Runner have nothing on Charlie Max, played w ... more |
 | From Russia With Love (1963) |
 | Frost/Nixon (2008) |
 | Frozen River (2008) |
 | Funny People (2009) |
 | G-Force (2009) August 1, 2009 G-Force stands for Gross-Force. The first gross is the money G-Force has made. When it was released, it went to #1 at the box office, knocking off Harry Potter. G-Force is a whirlwind movie for family audience ... more |
 | G.I. Jesus (2006) |
 | Gambler, The (1974) |
 | Game Change (2011) March 11, 2012 Game Change, in a way, is more potent than its political sources. Based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann (who has one line of dialogue as a reporter in the movie), Game Change was adapted for HBO by Danny Strong. ... more |
 | Gandhi (1982) |
 | Gandhi (1982) |
 | Gangs of New York (2002) |
 | General, The (1927) |
 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) |
 | Get Low (2010) August 14, 2010 Robert Duvall is an acting treasure. The 79-year old actor has had some of the most memorable roles in American movie history -- often as a supporting actor. He played Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Major Frank ... more |
 | Get Smart (2008) |
 | Getaway, The (1972) |
 | Ghost Catchers (1944) |
 | Ghost Rider (2007) March 1, 2007 Seeing Ghost Rider is like going to Saturday matinee serials at the Rialto eons ago. It's a fanciful, puerile experience -- a fun day out for 9-year olds. Ghost Rider is a ridiculous melange of cheesy effects, talentless extras, corny plot a ... more |
 | Ghost Town (2008) October 2, 2008 Ricky Gervais has become a major international star. The British comic created and was the lead actor in the original British TV version of The Office (2006) and Extras (2007). He has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe. Now after a few bit parts h ... more |
 | Ghost Writer, The (2010) |
 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) |
 | Girl in the Cafe, The (2005) |
 | Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, The (2010) |
 | Girl Who Played with Fire, The (2010) |
 | Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Män som hatar kvinnor), The (2010) |
 | Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The (2011) |
 | Gladiator (2000) |
 | Glory Road (2006) May 1, 2006 Glory Road? Make that Dead End. The first time I knew race was more of an influence than a seven-foot center was when I went to support the Villanova basketball team in a game against West Virginia at Morgantown. I was a ... more |
 | Godfather, Part II, The (1974) |
 | Godfather, Part III, The (1990) |
 | Godfather, The (1972) |
 | Gold Rush, The (1925) |
 | GoldenEye (1995) |
 | Gone Baby Gone (2007) |
 | Good Day to Die Hard, A (2013) February 13, 2013 A Good Day to Die Hard might be titled Rocky and Bullwinkle Die Hard. Except it's not that subtle. Or that good. Those going to see the latest John McClane movie (the 5th) expecting another smart and sassy Die Hard, inste ... more |
 | Good German, The (2007) |
 | Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) |
 | Good Shepherd, The (2006) |
 | Good the Bad and the Ugly, The (1966) |
 | Goodfellas (1990) |
 | Goon (2012) April 8, 2012 Goon is based on chutzpah. At the beginning of the movie, it says, "Based on a true story." That's usually the kiss of inauthenticity. The movie Goon has a connection, often frayed, with the nonfiction ... more |
 | Graduate, The (1967) |
 | Gran Torino (2008) |
 | Grand Hotel (1932) |
 | Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) |
 | Grease (1978) |
 | Great Debaters, The (2007) |
 | Great Gatsby, The (2013) May 11, 2013 I went into a dark tavern after I saw Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby. I wanted to get over the stilted, garish glitz - the 1920s embalmed in bloated bronze. Slumped over the bar was a familiar figure - I did a double ta ... more |
 | Greatest Show on Earth, The (1952) |
 | Green Hornet, The (2011) |
 | Green Zone (2010) March 19, 2010 Green Zone is one depressing movie. It's well-acted, well-directed, and well-written. So what's the problem? The problem is that it's a political film about the snipe hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, ... more |
 | Guard, The (2011) September 5, 2011
The Guard is a vulgar, Irish treat. You may not understand Gaelic, but if you understand Familiar-Usage-Concerning-Kilkarney, you'll at least understand every other word in The Guard. The Guard is the bo ... more |
 | Guns of Navarone, The (1961) |
 | Hair (1979) |
 | Hairspray (2007) August 30, 2007 I don't know what all the fuss is about. Lots of folks are raving about Hairspray. It received a 93 percent favorable rating from critics, compiled on Rottentomatoes.com. And audiences are dancing up to the candy counter for Mashed Potatoes. ... more |
 | Hancock (2008) |
 | Hangover Part 2, The (2011) May 26, 2011 Some movies try to solve the mystery of life. The Hangover Part 2 only tries to solve the mystery of the binge. It reaches that easily reachable bar. The Hangover Part 2 is a ballsy, balls-up trip to nether regions that will ... more |
 | Hangover, The (2009) |
 | Happening, The (2008) |
 | Happy Feet (2006) |
 | Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) February 16, 2009 Happy-Go-Lucky is flibbertigibbet cinema. Mike Leigh directed Sally Hawkins in this paean to a peahen. Sally Hawkins plays Sappy -- I mean Poppy. Poppy is a primary school teacher in London; she's on a journey to see the ... more |
 | Hard Day's Night, A (1964) |
 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) |
 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2011) |
 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) November 27, 2010 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 plunges into a very dark, foreboding, disorienting vision. It furiously teleports us to various bleak and alienating mise-en-scenes, to prepare us for the big finale of Part 2 next summer ... more |
 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) July 22, 2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is an intoxicating potion of teenage hormones and evil spirits. Both are raging. In the sixth movie in the Potter series -- one of the best -- about Harry's exploits at Hogwarts School of W ... more |
 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
 | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
 | Harvey (1950) |
 | Haywire (2011) February 5, 2012 What does a director do when the star of his movie is not an accomplished actress? Director Steven Soderbergh faces that obstacle in Haywire, which stars Gia Carano, the Mixed Martial Arts star. He goes to great lengths to protect h ... more |
 | Headhunters (2012) June 14, 2012 Headhunters (Hodejegerne) is a roiling Norwegian mix of Hitchcock and Wile E. Coyote, with a generous dose of feces and blood. If that sounds like a strange, absurd concoction, it is. Headhunters starts slowly ... more |
 | Heaven Can Wait (1978) |
 | Heiress, The (1949) |
 | Help, The (2011) August 11, 2011 The Help is Mississippi-lite. It's certainly not Mississippi Burning (1988); it's Mississippi on Low Heat. This doesn't mean it's not an entertaining movie: it is quite enjoyable. It just means it avoids authe ... more |
 | Hereafter (2010) October 20, 2010 Alfred Hitchcock should not have made musicals. He didn't. Probably Clint Eastwood should not make sentimentalized, epical films about wish fulfillment. But there's Hereafter. It's a film that might make Clint ... more |
 | Hesher (2011) |
 | Hidalgo (2004) |
 | History Boys (2006) |
 | History of the Eagles (2013) February 20, 2013 Can a film critic ever get a mulligan? I sure need one. About a month ago, I took part with amiable Jamey DuVall and his merry men on moviegeeksunited in a lively discussion about the Oscars. I don't think any of us thought Argo ... more |
 | History of Violence, A (2005) |
 | Hitchcock (2012) |
 | Ho-Hav (2007) |
 | Hoax, The (2007) April 12, 2007 The Hoax is the real thing. It's a breezy, engaging caper. It's like a heist film of the 1970s, but the pilferers are literary men not bank robbers. Set in the early '70s, The Hoax rediscovers one of the essential themes of that era -- it ... more |
 | Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The (2012) December 13, 2012 Seeing The Hobbit is like going to a timeshare presentation. First you have to sit through the boring stuff before you can take advantage of the spectacular benefits. "This is the shire here. Please sign on the dotted line, and ... more |
 | Hoffa (1992) |
 | Home at the End of the World, A (2004) |
 | Homicide (1991) |
 | Hoosiers (1986) |
 | Horse Whisperer, The (1998) |
 | Hot Fuzz (2007) |
 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) |
 | How to Train Your Dragon (2010) |
 | Hud (1963) |
 | Hugo (2011) |
 | Hunger (2008) |
 | Hunger Games, The (2012) March 26, 2012 The Hunger Games is nourishing entertainment. It's a riveting adaptation of the first of Suzanne Collins' trio of celebrated novels. The plot of Collins' brilliant novel is perverse and direly fatalistic, but it has a fo ... more |
 | Hunting Party, The (2007) |
 | Hurt Locker, The (2009)  |
 | Hustler, The (1961) |
 | I Confess (1953) |
 | I'm Not There (2007) |
 | I'm Still Here (2010) September 11, 2010 There has been a lot of discussion by reviewers whether or not I'm Still Here is a put-on. Casey Affleck has made a "documentary" about his addled brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix and JP's announcement that he is not g ... more |
 | Iceman Cometh, The (1973) |
 | Ides of March, The (2011) October 6, 2011 The Ides of March is like the Obama administration -- it doesn't deliver. Movies about politics should have power and, perhaps, even sting. When they're diluted, because of attempts to reach the mainstream, they often lose t ... more |
 | Images (1972) |
 | Impossible, The (2012) December 18, 2012 The Impossible is like a big budget Lifetime saga. It's a mixture of screams and violins. The movie is relentless punishment and relentless music. You'd better have a tolerance for both. One might leave the theater wondering ... more |
 | In a Better World (2010) May 2, 2011 How does a pacifist prevail in an ugly, hostile world? How do children grow up in a world of isolation, alienation, grief, and bullying? The Danish film In a Better World won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film dealing ... more |
 | In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) March 3, 2012 It's hard to recommend a movie such as In the Land of Blood and Honey. It's more than two hours of misery and despair. In the Land of Blood and Honey is a relentless, disturbing chronicle of cruelty. It is bleak and b ... more |
 | In the Line of Fire (1993) |
 | In the Valley of Elah (2007) |
 | Incendies (2011) June 7, 2011 Incendies is a grueling, harrowing trek in search of identity. In French and Arabic, it was a Canadian nominee for the Best Foreign-Language Oscar. Director Denis Villaneuve based the movie on a play by Wajdi Mouawad. Inc ... more |
 | Inception (2010) |
 | Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The (2013) March 21, 2013 At one point in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Jim Carrey (street and web magician Steve Gray) says, "Sorry. Guilty pleasure." Those three words capture the fitful, sometimes engaging entertainment. Jay Mohr (anoth ... more |
 | Incredible Hulk, The (2008) |
 | Incredibles, The (2004) |
 | Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
 | Infamous (2006) |
 | Informant!, The (2009) |
 | Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
 | Insider, The (1999) |
 | Into the Wild (2007) |
 | Intolerable Cruelty (2003) |
 | Invictus (2009) |
 | Invincible (2006) |
 | Iris (2001) |
 | Iron Lady, The (2011) |
 | Iron Man (2008) |
 | Iron Man 2 (2010) May 10, 2010 Iron Man 2 is a raucous, mediocre movie. It's a loud, inarticulate shout to greet the summer. Iron Man 2 introduces the summer movies with generic noise and patented chaos. It's as summery as a Slurpee. Summer is the ... more |
 | Iron Man 3 (2013) May 5, 2013 I want my 4D. I'm an American, and I should have 4D. I've got 3D, but I want 4D. And 5D when it is concocted. Who do the Asians think they are? Iron Man 3 is in 4D only in Japan, China , and South Kor ... more |
 | It Should Happen to You (1954) |
 | It's a Wonderful Life (1946) |
 | Italianamerican (1974) |
 | J. Edgar (2011) |
 | Jarhead (2005) |
 | Joan of Arc (1948) |
 | Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009) March 19, 2009 I went to see the movie called Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. The who? Not The Who. Certainly not The Who. The Jonas Brothers. They're more The What? The Jonas Brothers are a contemporary phenomenon - ... more |
 | Joshua Then and Now (1985) |
 | Jules and Jim (1962) |
 | Julie & Julia (2009) |
 | Jumper (2008) |
 | Jungle Book, The (1967) |
 | Juno (2007) |
 | Jurassic Park III (2001) |
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