3/4 |
|
"It's
all very mesmerizing, for them and us."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jun 18,
2005
|
|
|
My Summer of Love
(2005) |
|
|
91% |
|
2.5/4 |
|
"Don't
expect the inside scoop so much as an unsatisfying
slice of life." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jun 11,
2005
|
|
|
Lipstick & Dynamite: The First
Ladies of Wrestling
(2004) |
|
|
63% |
|
2.5/4 |
|
"Even
when Walk on Water doesn't quite have you by
the heart, its little fingers fumble around in your
brain." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Mar 17,
2005
|
|
|
Walk on Water
(2005) |
|
|
72% |
|
2/4 |
|
"Ambitious
but clumsy, it's a movie to appreciate rather than
to be engaged by." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Dec 9, 2004
|
|
|
Brother to Brother
(2004) |
|
|
75% |
|
1/4 |
|
"Unless
you're stumped for a way to commemorate the feast of
St. Therese of Lisieux Friday, there's little point
in going to see the low-budget, one-star-worthy
hagiography, Therese." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 30,
2004
|
|
|
Thérèse
(2004) |
|
|
11% |
|
2/4 |
|
"It's
little better or worse than the original. But, to be
honest, the original -- minus its nascent stars --
wasn't very good." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Aug 26,
2004
|
|
|
Anacondas: The Hunt for the
Blood Orchid (2004) |
|
|
26% |
|
1.5/4 |
|
"Shallow
and repetitive." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Aug 12,
2004
|
|
|
Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie
(2004) |
|
|
4% |
|
3.5/4 |
|
"Anyone
who feels like they're drowning in their own
polluted, godless, reality-TV-choked, errand-ridden
consumerist life will find a momentary escape from
modernity in The Story of the Weeping Camel."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jun 17,
2004
|
|
|
The Story of the Weeping Camel
(2004) |
|
|
95% |
|
2/4 |
|
"Feels
more like a 'making-of' piece or vanity project for
actor and first-time director Robin Shou ... than a
tight, thorough documentary." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Apr 1, 2004
|
|
|
Red Trousers
(2003) |
|
|
25% |
|
3/4 |
|
"Engrossing
because of its amazingly well-documented milieu,
which German-trained writer-director Li Yang filmed
on location in the northern provinces."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Mar 25,
2004
|
|
|
Blind Shaft
(2004) |
|
|
94% |
|
2/4 |
|
"True
fans (i.e., the people who are most likely to buy
tickets) probably know a lot of this stuff already,
and they might be disappointed by the lack of drama
and the brevity of 3-D racing action."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Mar 11,
2004
|
|
|
NASCAR: The Imax Experience
(2004) |
|
|
60% |
|
1.5/4 |
|
"It's
a juicy premise, but the enactment is so dumbed-down
that you couldn't possibly fault your jaded children
for yawning and rolling their eyes." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Feb 5, 2004
|
|
|
Catch That Kid
(2004) |
|
|
11% |
|
2.5/4 |
|
"You'll
chuckle at least once during the proceedings -- but
probably not much more than that." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jan 15,
2004
|
|
|
Martin & Orloff
() |
|
|
47% |
|
2.5/4 |
|
"Such
a measured primer of talking heads and footage -- a
broad, slick Tibet 101 -- that it seems better
suited to the classroom than the big screen, despite
its Himalayan scenery and rustic colors."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Dec 11,
2003
|
|
|
Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion
(2003) |
|
|
87% |
|
2.5/4 |
|
"The
earnest, low-budget indie Anything But Love
isn't quite the movie you'd like it to be, but it
provides some kicks, nonetheless." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Nov 20,
2003
|
|
|
Anything But Love
(2003) |
|
|
36% |
|
1/4 |
|
"Feels
a lot like two different Hancock jobs stitched
together." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 30,
2003
|
|
|
Suspended Animation
(2003) |
|
|
50% |
|
3/4 |
|
"A
devastating work of pro-doggie propaganda."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 9, 2003
|
|
|
Good Boy!
(2003) |
|
|
46% |
|
2.5/4 |
|
"It's
more likable than it is good. Still, it might leave
you feeling romantic (and romantic about your
particular city) even if it doesn't nail its case
for love in a psychopharmacological age."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Oct 9, 2003
|
|
|
Dopamine
(2003) |
|
|
53% |
|
2.5/4 |
|
"The
film short-hands a lot of stuff, but it's gripping
for a while." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 25,
2003
|
|
|
Luther
(2003) |
|
|
46% |
|
2/4 |
|
"This
undermarketed noir suffers because many of its
characters don't seem to belong in the same
universe." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 20,
2003
|
|
|
No Good Deed
(2002) |
|
|
20% |
|
1/4 |
|
"It's
just a watery, undeservedly smug update of the
low-budget, kids-stranded- in-the-sticks bloodfests
of the 1970s and '80s." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 11,
2003
|
|
|
Cabin Fever
(2003) |
|
|
63% |
|
1.5/4 |
|
"Manny
is so uninteresting as a pivotal character that he's
a black hole who sucks away our investment in the
film." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Sep 4, 2003
|
|
|
Don't Tempt Me
(2003) |
|
|
38% |
|
1.5/4 |
|
"Horror
movies don't have to make sense in the real world,
but when you have to help their internal logic along
this much, it's pretty much a cue for heckling -- or
checking your watch." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Aug 28,
2003
|
|
|
Jeepers Creepers 2
(2003) |
|
|
21% |
|
2/4 |
|
"Despite
a couple of memorable scenes, it's boring when it's
not kinky." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jul 31,
2003
|
|
|
O Fantasma
(2000) |
|
|
25% |
|
2/4 |
|
"A
vivacious-looking, tartly-scored bore of a movie."
--
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jul 24,
2003
|
|
|
Lucia, Lucia
(2003) |
|
|
45% |
|
2/4 |
|
"What's
the point of watching if everyone feels like a pawn
in a script?" --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jul 17,
2003
|
|
|
Km. 0
(2003) |
|
|
55% |
|
3/4 |
|
"[A]
more-thoughtful -than-average film." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jul 17,
2003
|
|
|
How to Deal
(2003) |
|
|
28% |
|
2/4 |
|
"You
could watch a heroine barrel into a messy romance
all day, provided that she's a lot less dopey than
this, but few of Michele's foibles make us
sympathize with her." --
Chicago Tribune
Posted Jul 10,
2003
|
|
|
God Is Great, I'm Not
(2002) |
|
|
21% |
|
| No
Rating |
|
Click here to read article --
Chicago NewCityNet
Posted May 7, 2002
|
|
|
The Awful Truth - The Complete
First Season (1999) |
|
|
71% |
|
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