EXCELLENCE
(* * * *)
films that will undoubtably be remembered
when the end of the year rolls around
Almost
Famous
An
Affair of Love
George
Washington
High
Fidelity.
State
and Main
The
Virgin Suicides
Wonder
Boys
You
Can Count On Me
ON THE BRINK
(* * * 1/2)
the "I-gave-it-three-and-a-half-stars-'cuz-
it-was-nearly-perfect-but-not-quite-mind-blowing"
spot
Adrenaline
Drive
Before
Night Falls
Cast
Away
The
Color of Paradise
Crouching
Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Dancer
in the Dark
Erin
Brockovich
Fantasia
2000
The
Filth and the Fury
Girl
on the Bridge
The
House of Mirth
Jesus' Son
Love's
Labour's Lost
Madadayo
Mifune
O
Brother, Where Art Thou?
Requiem
For a Dream
Thirteen
Days
Traffic
Yi Yi
IN LIMBO
(* * *)
I recognize your brilliance and
your flaws
and judge them to be on a 3:1 sliding
scale
Animal Factory
Bamboozled
Bedazzled
The Big Kahuna
Bring It On
Cherry Falls
Chicken Run
Chocolat
Chuck & Buck
Cyberworld 3-D
Deterrence
Dr. T & the Women
The
Emperor and the Assassin
The
Emperor's New Groove
Frequency
Gladiator
Hanging
Up
The Idiots
Into
the Deep 3-D
Judy Berlin
The
Legend of Bagger Vance
The Ninth
Gate
Not One
Less
Pollock
Quills
Revelations
: Paradise Lost 2
The
Road to El Dorado
Road
Trip
Rugrats
in Paris
Such
a Long Journey
The
Tigger Movie
Time Code
Waking
the Dead
The
Wind Will Carry Us
Wonderland
X-Men
PAR FOR THE COURSE
(* * 1/2)
Breaking even is hard to do.
The
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
American Psycho
Bait
Best in
Show
Croupier
Dr. Seuss's 'How the Grinch Stole
Christmas'
Drowning Mona
The Family Man
Finding Forrester
Ghost Dog
: The Way of the Samurai
La Buche
Loser
Love
and Basketball
Mission Impossible
2
Nurse
Betty
Orphans
The Patriot
The
Perfect Storm
Play it to
the Bone
Red
Planet
Remember
the Titans
Saving
Grace
Scary
Movie
Shadow
of the Vampire
Shanghai
Noon
The
Sixth Day
Snow Day
The
Third Miracle
Thomas
and the Magic Railroad
Titan A.E.
Unbreakable
What
Lies Beneath
What
Women Want
LOW RENT DISTRICT
(* *)
Clearly not something I'd see in
a train
station bathroom - but close.
All
the Pretty Horses
Black
and White
Boiler
Room
Book
of Shadows : Blair Witch 2
Boys
and Girls
Cecil
B. Demented
Center
Stage
The Contender
East is
East
Final
Destination
The Five
Senses
The
Flinstones in Viva Rock Vegas
Girlfight
Gone
in Sixty Seconds
Grass
Groove
Gun Shy
Hamlet
Keeping
the Faith
The
Kid
Me,
Myself & Irene
Meet
the Parents
Onegin
The
Original Kings of Comedy
Pitch
Black
Proof
of Life
The
Replacements
Rules
of Engagement
Small
Time Crooks
Sunshine
U-571
What
Planet Are You From?
Whatever
it Takes
Where
the Money Is
The
Whole Nine Yards
Winter
Sleepers
The
Wisdom of Crocodiles
-$7.75 (-$5.00 if matinee)
(* 1/2)
I've warned everyone I know. Even
some I don't know.
The
Beach
Billy
Elliot
Bounce
The Cell
Dinosaur
Hollow
Man
Mystery,
Alaska
The Nutty
Professor II : The Klumps
Pay
it Forward
Return
to Me
Scream 3
Shaft
Supernova
28 Days
The
Watcher
The Way
of the Gun
The
Yards
WILL REQUIRE MOUTHWASH
(*)
"You need a whole meal to get rid
of that taste!" - Kids, 1995.
Autumn in
New York
Down To
You
Eye
of the Beholder
Get
Carter
Joe
Gould's Secret
Little
Nicky
Men
of Honor
RKO 281
Romeo
Must Die
The Skulls
Southpaw
The
Tao of Steve
Three
Strikes
THE CHEESE GRATER
(1/2 *)
It would be more pleasureable to
masturbate
with above object than to watch
these films
Battlefield
Earth
Big Momma's House
Bless the Child
Coyote Ugly
The Crew
Here on Earth
Lost Souls
Mission to Mars
Reindeer
Games
SILTY DREGS
(no *'s)
Not only does it give me chest
pains for weeks,
it ruined a perfectly good set
of eyes
Highlander
: Endgame
The Next Best Thing
Urban Legends
: Final Cut
RE-RELEASE BIN
If it got re-released, it's probably
pretty damn good -
but I still have to ostracize it
from the modern films,
for obvious reasons.
A
Hard Day's Night
Beyond
the Clouds
The
Exorcist : The Version You've Never Seen
Hard Eight
The
Nightmare Before Christmas
Ran
Rear
Window
Sunset
Boulevard
(2000 films in alphabetical order)
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