Movie Reviews by Scott Sycamore 1 - 30 of 72 articles
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Red State movie poster'Red State' Movie Review (B-)
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US release date: October 21, 2011
MPAA: R
Scott SycamoreAugust 27, 2011
For a hardcore cult film, Kevin Smith did impressively well with the subject.
'Machete' Movie Review (B-)Scott SycamoreSeptember 7, 2010
It's almost as if Rodriguez doesn't quite trust himself to pull certain things off, and purposely injects badness as some form of self-sabotage.
'Transsiberian' Movie Review (B-)Scott SycamoreJuly 28, 2008
This is a fun little indie thriller. Director Brad Anderson didn't wow me, but he added another decent one to his film canon.
'Indiana Jones 4' Movie Review (B)Scott SycamoreMay 23, 2008
It's damn silly and averagely-scripted, but still it's fun! I think this might be the best climactic artifact scene in any Indy movie. The scope and fury of it is bombastic.
'Run, Fat Boy, Run' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreMarch 27, 2008
Instead of taking an adventurous and entertaining route, it sticks to formula that an infant wouldn't drink out of its bottle.
'88 Minutes' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreMarch 24, 2008
If you eat up crime-type stories, you might find it a halfway-okay way to pass the time.
'American Gangster' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreNovember 1, 2007
Everything is so cliché and by-the-numbers.
'Death Proof' Movie Review (B)Scott SycamoreJune 30, 2007
A man who knows how to juxtapose and effortlessly mix genres all in a single moment stands tall in my book.
'Spider-Man 3' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreMay 5, 2007
There's no question about it: this is a flawed-as-hell movie. When something gets this over-stuffed and over-budgeted, it almost can't help but suffer from the mass-appeal Hollywood stench.
'V for Vendetta' Movie Review (B)Scott SycamoreMarch 19, 2006
We have a true cinematic Vendetta...The film has myriad flaws of course, but they are not egregious enough to capsize a full sense of enjoyment. Chow down for England.
'Syriana' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreNovember 25, 2005
Syriana plays as a very static and talky "thriller" that never really succeeds as a piece of entertainment.
'Get Rich or Die Tryin'' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreNovember 15, 2005
He flashes his big smile and can seem almost sweet at times, but we know that his moral compass doesn't exactly point in the right direction. And this might be the main problem: he's just too violent to really gain sympathy.
'Zathura' Movie Review (C-)Scott SycamoreNovember 9, 2005
I would expect that anybody without a very childish sensibility will be quite disappointed by this offering.
'Saw 2' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreOctober 28, 2005
It's all mind-numbing savagery without real nuance or subtlety.
'Walk the Line' Movie Review (C)Scott SycamoreOctober 15, 2005
If you're going to film the tale of a remarkable life, make sure it's a remarkable movie. Walk the Line is not.
'Serenity' Movie Review (D+)Scott SycamoreOctober 3, 2005
All you regular moviegoers out there should be warned: this is not the exciting experience that you may think or hope it?s going to be.
'Flightplan' Movie Review (B)Scott SycamoreSeptember 26, 2005
Imagine my delight when I found myself absorbed in this flick despite knowing quite a bit about it beforehand.
'Cry Wolf' Movie Review (C)Scott SycamoreSeptember 22, 2005
We never feel any tension or fright; we are simply watching the people go through the motions of a silly story.
'Dick and Jane' Movie Review (D+)Scott SycamoreSeptember 21, 2005
A shamefully forgettable and infuriatingly unfunny hack-job.
'Lord of War' Movie Review (B)Scott SycamoreSeptember 20, 2005
{Andrew Niccol} has crafted a keen slice of entertainment with a relevant message.
'The Man' Movie Review (D+)Scott SycamoreSeptember 16, 2005
It's so flat, so uninspired, and so off-key that it actually becomes thought provoking.
'Exorcism of Emily Rose' Movie Review (C)Scott SycamoreSeptember 13, 2005
This movie is vanilla blandness right down to the bone.
'Transporter 2' Movie Review (C)Scott SycamoreSeptember 10, 2005
This movie is just too ridiculous for its own good.
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'Broken Flowers' Movie Review (B-)
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US release date: August 5, 2005
MPAA: R
Box Office: $13,736,078
Scott SycamoreSeptember 8, 2005
The overall vibe that it's going for is pulled off with aplomb.
'Constant Gardener' Movie Review (C)Scott SycamoreSeptember 5, 2005
Given its pedigree, this has got to be one of the more disappointing films of the year.
'The Cave' Movie Review (C-)Scott SycamoreSeptember 3, 2005
The Cave delivers exactly what it promises in the trailers: a loud, ugly, and derivative experience.
'The Brothers Grimm' Movie Review (C-)Scott SycamoreAugust 30, 2005
The whole movie just careens from one scene to another with no sense of coherence or transition.
'Red Eye' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreAugust 28, 2005
A conventional thriller with good elements that are outweighed by the roteness of the plot.
'Deuce Bigalow 2' Movie Review (B)Scott SycamoreAugust 26, 2005
The gags are so dumb, vulgar, and outrageous that it's almost like an instinctual reaction to laugh at them.
'The Skeleton Key' Movie Review (C+)Scott SycamoreAugust 19, 2005
It gets the setting and tone right, but the frights are a whole different matter.
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