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Very Poor |
Not Good |
Decent Escape |
Good |
Very Good |
Superb |
All-Time Best |
| Date |
Film |
Comments |
Rated |
Pair of Jokers |
No Pair |
High Pairs |
Trips |
Straights
& Flushes |
Full House |
Straight Flush |
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| 8/14/04 |
Control Room |
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Fives full |
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More
important than Fahrenheit 911. A documentary look
at the Iraq war from the eyes of Al Jazeera, the
"CNN" of the Arab World. |
| 8/11/04 |
Maria Full of
Grace |
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Queen High Flush |
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A
look at the desperate lives of narcotics couriers
or "mules". Great casting and
photography. |
| 8/7/04 |
The Corporation |
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Jack high
straight |
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Very
well done satirical documentary of the modern
corporate entity as "psychopath".
Entertaining and thought provoking. |
| 8/3/04 |
Manchurian
Candidate |
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Trip
Nines |
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Not
bad, not great. |
| 7/24/04 |
Bourne
Supremacy |
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Straight
to the 5 |
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Not
as interesting as the Bourne Identity but
reasonably entertaining. |
| 7/20/04 |
Farenheit
9-11 |
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Ten
High Flush |
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Not
Michael Moore's best film but entertaining,
thought-provoking and very timely. |
| 7/10/04 |
Before
Sunset |
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King
High Flush. |
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Very
enjoyable, romantic, thought-provoking. We all
have similar experiences which makes watching this
film so interesting. |
| 6/20/04 |
Super
Size Me |
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Queens
Full |
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Cannot
"over recommend" this fantastic
documentary. Timely, entertaining, enlightening,
disturbing. |
| 5/16/04 |
Day
After Tomorrow |
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Straight
to the 8. |
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The
kind of movie you enjoy while watching then
immediately forget. Entertaining, some great
visuals, along with a science lesson. |
| 5/14/04 |
Troy |
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Aces
Full |
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Reasonably
accurate screenplay of a major literary classic
(The Iliad). The movie has it all: history,
romance, war, villains, and plenty of sappy drama.
This generations' "Ben Hur". Highly
recommended. |
| 5/02/04 |
Intolerable
Cruelty |
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A
full house! |
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Hilarious
from start to finish. Very worthwhile.
Near-perfect casting. |
| 4/13/04 |
Mona
Lisa Smile |
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Straight
to the 5. |
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Starts
slow but gets better. A "ladies movie"
that guys can enjoy also. |
| 4/04/04 |
Matchstick
Men |
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Aces
Full or better |
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Nick
Cage is brilliantly cast as a slimy phone scam
operator. Numerous subplots and an ingenious twist
late in the film makes for one of the best movies
we've seen in a long time. |
| 3/27/04 |
Spartan |
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Pair
of nines |
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Poor,
cheap staging, bad lighting, inappropriate casting
really hurt this shallow, improbable tale.
When Ed of Married with Children shows up as the
head of the Secret Service, the crowd chuckles and
enjoys the absurdism. William Macy badly
miscast and misdirected as a high-ranking CIA
operative. |
| 3/21/04 |
Taking
Lives |
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Three
Jacks |
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Decent
passtime film starring screen goddess Angelina
Jolie. Some inconsistencies mar what could
have been a much better movie. |
| 3/18/04 |
City
of God |
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Straight
to the Nine |
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Solid,
worthwhile film with variety of plots revolving
around life in an impoverished Brasilian Favela |
| 3/14/04 |
Secret
Window |
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Fours
full |
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Most
memorable film in awhile. Despite
being somewhat predictable, the unraveling is
still very well done... Great twists and turns. |
| 3/11/04 |
Starsky
& Hutch |
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Straight
to the Jack |
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Infectious
humor, good date film too |
| 3/6/04 |
Same
River Twice |
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Fives
full |
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Loved
it... great film takes a "then and now"
look back on 40 somethings and how their lives
& relationships have changed |
| 3/02/04 |
My
Architect |
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A
solid straight... main story and several back
stories make for very interesting film. |
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| 2/22/04 |
House
of Sand and Fog |
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Aces
Full... any better and it's a straight flush! |
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Stupendous...
an emotional roller coaster. In some ways
reminiscent of "Cape Fear"... very
gripping start to finish. Easily deserves Oscar
nominations. |
| 2/15/04 |
Barbershop
2 |
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A
pair of deuces |
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A
few laughs at most... not nearly as good as first. |
| 2/07/04 |
Fog
of War |
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Kings
full. Should be "required viewing" for
voters. |
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Brilliant
documentary of America's war experience as told by
Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense for Kennedy
& Johnson during VietNam. |
| 1/17/04 |
In
America |
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From
a flush on up...a great film. |
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Just
great. Very absorbing story, great,
refreshing "no-name" acting |
| 1/16/04 |
The
Cooler |
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A
solid straight or flush... good acting. |
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Hollywood
makes up for the dreadful "Leaving Las
Vegas" with this almost- believeable tale. Alec
Baldwin was awesome in character, his best since
GlenGarry. |
| 1/11/04 |
Mystic River |
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Straight to
the ten. |
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Great acting.
Something held this picture back, can't say
exactly what...maybe because I'm left wondering
why this story matters. Editors should have
added scenes to increase the importance of the
basic story of childhood abuse. |
| 1/11/04 |
Master and
Commander |
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Queen high flush. |
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A very good guy
movie. Great acting, wardrobe, scenes,
etc. The story was not developed much beyond
tightly focused naval battles which were great in
most details. |
| 1/10/04 |
Lost in
Translation |
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Honestly, maybe a
pair of 9's |
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Look at the
poster of Murray sitting on the bed and expect to see THAT
in variation for 2 hours. Some decent
chuckles but a Best Film nomination is ludicrous. |
| 1/10/04 |
Monster |
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Major full
house...if not higher. |
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A perfect movie
about such a staggeringly defectoid as Aileen
Wuornos. Maybe one of the great acting jobs of all
time by anyone in Charlize Theron. What a shame
this degree of personal collapse is, and what
justice the victims deserve. |
| 1/08/04 |
Love Actually |
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Ten high straight |
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Clever, funny, often true with
solid comedy in a romantic, seasonal piece. |
| 12/26/03 |
Cold Mountain |
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Three threes |
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Too much violence, not
particularly believeable scenes or line reading. |
| 12/20/03 |
Somethings Gotta Give |
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A full house! |
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Funny, great non-hystrionic
performances |
| 12/16/03 |
Bad Santa |
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Pair of Jokers |
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Indescribably bad, vulgar film |
| 12/13/03 |
Human Stain |
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Pair of Queens |
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Decent if you
have nothing else to do. |
| 12/12/03 |
21 Grams |
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Pair of Jokers |
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Mundane story
kept alive by clever but irritating time
sequencing. Overacted. |
| 2003 |
Whale Rider |
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Queens Full! |
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Historical,
geographical, & personal story interweave in
this beautiful film. In some ways remindful of the
classic "Once Were Warriors" |
| 2003 |
Catch Me if You
Can |
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Queens Full! |
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Clever, funny,
very engaging romp with a real life scam master |
| 2003 |
Bruce Almighty |
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Straight to the
9. |
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Humorous &
inspiring. Well worth making an effort to see. |
| 2003 |
Seabiscuit |
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Straight Flush to
the Jack |
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An epic that
works well enough to deserve the label |
| 2003 |
Bringing Down the
House |
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Tens Full! |
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Hilarious adult
comedy. Sometimes rib breaking funny. Did we
mention belly laughs? |
