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| Title | Author | Published |
|---|---|---|
 'Mr. Brooks' Movie Review (C+)Mr. Brooks profile US release date: June 1, 2007 MPAA: R Box Office: $28,476,219 | Lee Tistaert | June 2, 2007 |
| The writing is decent in the first hour, but Brooks turns silly and far-fetched in the second half. | ||
| 'Pirates...Caribbean 3' Movie Review (C+) | Lee Tistaert | May 25, 2007 |
| There are good things wrapped up in this production, but they are weighed down by too many dead beats and a story that asks us to care more than it?s cinematically possible for a blockbuster. | ||
| 'Shrek 3' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | May 18, 2007 |
| With their PG rating, the makers push as far as they can. Some might complain that certain gags go too far, but I found that to be quite a relief. | ||
| '28 Weeks Later' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | May 14, 2007 |
| Imagine my surprise when this film delivered exactly what I didn't expect. | ||
| 'Aqua Teen' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | May 6, 2007 |
| Aqua Teen isn?t as funny as South Park, but it at least takes a chance in that direction of foul-mouthed comedy. | ||
| 'Spider-Man 3' Movie Review (C) | Lee Tistaert | May 5, 2007 |
| I could not believe how corny this movie was. | ||
| 'Grind House' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | April 6, 2007 |
| Grindhouse is a long piece that has its charms and surprises, but it does outstay its welcome. | ||
| 'Fracture' Movie Review (C-) | Lee Tistaert | March 30, 2007 |
| Fracture is on the level of a straight-to-cable thriller; the setup is cheap, and the cinematography, lighting, and makeup are all accentuated just for good looks. | ||
| 'Reign Over Me' Movie Review (C) | Lee Tistaert | March 15, 2007 |
| Reign Over Me preaches about loneliness and tragedy, and then spends even more time making sure we understood everything. | ||
| 'Flags of Our Fathers' Movie Review (C+) | Lee Tistaert | October 20, 2006 |
| Flags of Our Fathers almost works as a battlefield war picture, but too much time is spent on sentimental storytelling. | ||
| 'Zodiac' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | October 16, 2006 |
| Zodiac ends up being more of a conventional detective thriller, but certain stretches save [it] from being average. | ||
| 'The Departed' Movie Review (B) | Lee Tistaert | October 7, 2006 |
| It's kind of hard for me to come down on Scorcese, but this time the auteur has gone too Hollywood for my taste. | ||
| 'School for Scoundrels' Movie Review (C+) | Lee Tistaert | September 15, 2006 |
| School for Scoundrels probably would've been an average comedy in anyone else?s hands, but Phillips and Armstrong took more of an elegant approach, which makes this a surprisingly decent movie. | ||
| 'Idiocracy' Movie Review (D+) | Lee Tistaert | September 11, 2006 |
| There was potential for a really funny movie in here, but it was also something that could?ve easily turned into a disaster. | ||
| 'Crank' Movie Review (C) | Lee Tistaert | September 3, 2006 |
| Scores points for not taking itself too seriously, but it still takes a specific sensibility to enjoy. | ||
| 'Beerfest' Movie Review (D+) | Lee Tistaert | August 31, 2006 |
| While it?s not as dull as Dukes of Hazzard, Beerfest is so loud and silly that it?s just as unbearable to watch. | ||
| 'Half Nelson' Movie Review (C) | Lee Tistaert | August 31, 2006 |
| The film is very short on character development, and nothing really happens until the second hour. | ||
| 'An Inconvenient Truth' Movie Review (C-) | Lee Tistaert | June 8, 2006 |
| This feature just doesn?t have any cinematic value; it?s not entertaining, and Gore relies so much on his abundance of data to draw us in that the material just isn?t gripping at all. | ||
| 'Akeelah and the Bee' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | April 30, 2006 |
| Preachy...predictable (to a certain extent) yes, the film is a bit of all three, but it is handled with enough context to keep it from being exhaustingly so. | ||
| 'United 93' Movie Review (B+) | Lee Tistaert | April 27, 2006 |
| One of the most realistic and haunting films I?ve seen. | ||
| 'Lucky Number Slevin' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | April 9, 2006 |
| It's a rather pointless experience when you look back, but a classic example of what can happen when the right talent comes aboard. | ||
| 'Lonesome Jim' Movie Review (D+) | Lee Tistaert | April 4, 2006 |
| This is an awful screenplay in need of massive re-writes, saved by two actors who make the most out of dull and absolutely clich? characters. | ||
 Most Popular Article'Borat' Movie Review (B+) Borat profile US release date: November 3, 2006 MPAA: R Box Office: $128,505,958 | Lee Tistaert | March 30, 2006 |
| It?s hard to imagine that this year will deliver a funnier, edgier comedy. | ||
| 'Inside Man' Movie Review (C) | Lee Tistaert | March 18, 2006 |
| Absolutely ordinary...This is a very by-the-numbers crime thriller in which Denzel Washington plays a hostage negotiator. | ||
| 'Thank You for Smoking' Movie Review (B) | Lee Tistaert | March 16, 2006 |
| Thank You for Smoking doesn?t go as far as it could in terms of edgy material, but is still a nicely-done intellectual comedy. | ||
| 'Ask the Dust' Movie Review (C) | Lee Tistaert | March 12, 2006 |
| Just picture Colin Farrell trying to be Jack Nicholson without any political intrigue and without a plot to run on; you?ve got yourself Robert Towne?s latest. | ||
| 'A Scanner Darkly' Movie Review (B-) | Lee Tistaert | February 27, 2006 |
| The film works terrifically on a technical level, but unfortunately there?s the sense that Linklater could be giving these actors more to do. | ||
| 'Night Watch' Movie Review (C) | Lee Tistaert | February 19, 2006 |
| Some have labeled this film as a total mind job, but it?s a mind job in the worst of ways; you?re never quite sure what's going on, who people are, or what the purpose of this story. | ||
| 'Cache' Movie Review (B) | Lee Tistaert | February 9, 2006 |
| To call this film a ?thriller? is almost misleading; it?s a quiet mystery. Most of its impact comes indirectly through what is not shown, which creates quite a punch. | ||
| 'Date Movie' Movie Review (D+) | Lee Tistaert | February 5, 2006 |
| Date Movie is supposed to be a diversion from the crap that Hollywood produces in romantic comedies, but ultimately {it} ends up being even worse than the movies it spoofs. | ||
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