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Colin Farrell
Phone Booth (2003)
Minority Report (2002)
The Recruit (2003)
Watchable only for its star power and scarce caffeine kicks...awfully predictable.
Daredevil (2003)
Affleck's lanky, offhand softness hardly suits the superheroic archetype... [but] The R-rated Director's Cut...deserves an extra half-star.
interMission (2004)
A Home at the End of the World (2004)
Alexander (2004)
Alexander
is unavoidably a problematic epic, but it has integrity and deserves an audience willing to engage in Stone's dialogue.
Ask the Dust (2006)
Despite its flaws, this story of love and self-discovery is still more smart, stylish, and sexy than the usual fare.
The New World (2005)
Reveries and fever dreams of early America--Malick casts not for dry history but a psychic projection of spirit from beyond the centuries.
Miami Vice (2006)
A painfully protracted muddle of dull deals and somnambulent standoffs.
In Bruges (2008)
Cassandra's Dream (2008)
Two years after
Match Point
, Allen delivers another London-set murder melodrama, with diminishing returns.
Pride and Glory (2008)
Relentlessly dour, filled with unsympathetic characters, and made out of cardboard melodrama. It's the last of those sins that is unforgivable.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Endearingly packed to the rafters with ornate anachronistic artistry, Gilliam’s
Imaginarium
is a great place to window shop—and get lost for a spell.
The Way Back (2010)
Fright Night (2011)
While it's unspooling, it has enough visual snap, narrative tension, and humor for a satisfying 'drive-in movie' diversion.
People I Know/Albino Alligator/Ordinary Decent Criminal (2002)
Seven Psychopaths (2012)
Smart enough to work on multiple levels: as a witty salute to masculine '70s cinema...as a deconstruction of same...and as an existential consideration of the role of self-expression in ascribing meaning to life...
Epic (2013)
Nothing new, but given its solidly built kids' adventure, I'm not going to, y'know, look down on it.
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
By neatly assembling an uplifting weepie out of a few choice lies, it’s almost as pleasant a fantasy as
Mary Poppins
itself.
Winter's Tale (2014)
Runs on Judeo-Christian good-versus-evil mythology and the firm belief that love conquers all, especially if you have a magic flying horse. I know that sounds pretty awesome, but...
The Lobster (2015)
Investigates the nature of our need for a partner (who else will apply that pain-relief cream to the small of your back?), how we cling to superficial similarities to justify our matches, and our denial, at our peril, of our animal nature.
Dumbo (2019)
Dumbo
has morphed into a fable of modernized entertainment business models and the handling and packaging of IP...strange thematic material for a PG Disney movie aimed at families...and it gets stranger.
The Batman (2022)
While retaining requisite elements of blockbuster action cinema...decidedly shifts the focus to pulp fiction...
The Batman
feels more like a Batman
story
than a Batman
movie
, and that's an achievement in itself.
Thirteen Lives (2022)
Director Ron Howard and screenwriter William Nicholson do an excellent, bang-up job of adapting this complex story in to a feature film.
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