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One Man’s List of the worst movies of my lifetime:
5.) The Money Train. Just stupid. Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes play brothers. Enough said. But wait, there’s more. Woody the cop decides to rob a train. Just an idiotic script. Robert Blake plays a psycho, which must […]



10.)Â Payback with Interest
9.)Â The Man Without a Talis
8.)Â Lethal Latkes
7.)Â Maverickberg
6.)Â Mad Max III:Â Beyond the Bitter Herbs
5.)Â Braveheart: Buying At Retail
4.)Â Bird on a Kibbutz
3.)Â Manishevitz Sunrise
2.)Â Mad Max II:Â The Road Moil
1.)Â Angry Mordechai



Top Eight Mel Gibson Movies

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So, the web is buzzing about Mel Gibson’s DUI arrest and obcenity-laced tirade.
Posts that contain Mel Gibson per day for the last 30 days.

We’re going to take a step back and seperate Mel Gibson the man (alcoholic anti-Semite) from the movie star (talented actor, director, writer):
Top Eight Mel Gibson Movies
1. Braveheart (1995)
2. Lethal Weapon […]



Top Ten Charlie Sheen Movies

We’re launching a new feature today - the always popular list. Lists of just about anything do well online, in magazines, on TV, etc. So, we are shamelessly jumping on the list bandwagon.
This first list was inspired by Charlie Sheen’s incredible resurgence with his co-starring role on the hit TV show Two and a […]



Review: X-Men: The Last Stand

“3″ Is Still Good CompanyÂ
It is very rare that the third movie of a trilogy stands up to comparison to the first two. X-Men: The Last Stand holds up very well, if you keep your expectations in check. Bryan Singer directed the first 2 X-Men movies, Brett Ratner this last one, and I suspect […]



The Sweetest Thing

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THE SKINNY
What we might get if the Farrelly brothers did an episode of “Sex and the City”
THE BOTTOM LINE
The terrific comedic chemistry between Diaz and Applegate is just barely enough to compensate for the suffering you’ll endure during the few ludicrous and inconsequential scenes involving Selma Blair.
THE FULL REVIEW
Have moviemakers’ opinion of younger audiences […]



Reflections on the Films of 2001

By: Craig Ettinger
Well, here are CandidCritic’s reflections on the films released during 2001. I should note that there are some films that I didn’t get to see that I wish I had (In the Bedroom, Ghostworld) and some films that I did see that I wish I hadn’t (The Score, The Wedding Planner). Since I […]



Black Hawk Down

Director:Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Thelma & Louise)
Writer: Steve Zaillian and Ken Nolan. Adapted from book by Mark Bowden
Cast:Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Orlando Bloom, Ron Eldard, Eric Bana
Rating:R
Run Time:143 minutes
THE SKINNY
A powerful recounting of the 1993 U.S. military operation in Somalia in which two black hawk helicopters are shot down […]



Vanilla Sky
THE SKINNY
A supposedly narcissistic and vain media exec’s life is upended after snubbing his sexy yet disturbed girl friend one too many times.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Not much to see other than Cameron Diaz.
THE QUICK REVIEW
Vanilla Sky isn’t a bad film. In fact, its first forty minutes, which play out as well as any strong character-driven […]



Amélie

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Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen)
Writer: Guillaume Laurant
Cast: Audrey Tatou, Mathieu Kassovitz
Rating: R
Run Time: 120 minutes
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THE SKINNY
A romantic comedy of a different kind about a shy young woman in Paris who seeks happiness by helping others
THE BOTTOM LINE
Truly uplifting and worthy of a best picture nomination (at least out of the films released thus far)
THE FULL […]