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 Movie

Year

 In short

 Fingers
13 Ghosts  2001 Lifeless, soulless crapfest.  1
 15 Minutes  2001 Same old preachy Hollywood bullshit.  2
 21 2008 Now they have to make Vegas suck for us too? 2
 The 25th Hour 2003 Spike Lee uses his talents for good, not evil 4
28 Weeks Later  2007 Ultimately, just another zombie flick.  3
200 Cigarettes  1999 Dreadful ensemble comedy.  2
3:10 to Yuma  2007 Better than the other 2007 westerns.  4
54  1998 Godawful, boring story of Studio 54 1
Adaptation 2002 One great high-wire act, until the guy falls 4
Aeon Flux 2005 Fux fux sux fux sux sux sux 1
Affliction  1998 Really sad, Nick Nolte is good and restrained 4
A.I.  2001 A messy, contrived attempt at thoughtfulness 2
All or Nothing  2002 It's not the sadness that makes sad people interesting 2
Almost Famous  2000 Meandering and self-indulgent classic-rock story 2
Alone in the Dark  2005 A new low in "storytelling"? 1
American Beauty  1999 Fine story of suburban angst 4
American Movie  1999 Very funny story of inept moviemaker 3
American Pie  1999  Funny, sloppy teen comedy with tits. 3
American Psycho  2000 Pointless satire(?) of 80's greed 2
The Amityville Horror  2005 No good ideas? How about a remake? 2
Anchorman  2004 Ha ha, people dressed funny in the 70s. 2
Anger Management  2003 More mature fart jokes from Sandler 1
The Animal  2001 One joke(?), eighty minutes 1
The Aristocrats  2005 Filthy fucking comedy. Dirty, dirty, dirty. 3
Art of War  2000  Pretentious, pointless, confusing thriller 1
Attack of the Clones  2002  A middling Star Wars story, and that's an improvement 3
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me  1999 Amusing but overly childish 3
The Avengers  1998 A muddled disaster. Tiresome action 2
Babe: Pig in the City  1998 Absolutely wonderful. I should've given it five fingers 4
Bad News Bears 2005 What baseball means to assholes 2
The Bad News Bears 1976 What baseball means to kids 4
The Ballad of Jack and Rose 2005 Who let them make a movie out of an undergraduate liberal arts college short story? 1
The Bank Job 2008 Decent heist flick ruined by being a movie 3
Barnyard 2006 Hate your kids? Show them this. 1
Batman Begins 2005 Just another comic book movie, except not for kids and not for adults. 2
The Beach  2000 Bad story veers into ludicrousness 2
Because I Said So  2007 Made me shit my pants 1
Be Cool  2005 So uncool it hurts my nuts 2
Be Kind Rewind  2008 It has its moments 3
Before Sunset  2004 Sweet, but, I don't know, bittersweet. 4
Behind Enemy Lines  2001 Make believe hogwash to encourage patriotism 2
Being John Malkovich  1999 Wildly overrated one-joke (a good one) movie 3
Best in Show  2000 The funniest movie of 2000 4
The Big Bounce  2004 Lazy postcard from Hawaii 2
Big Fish  2004 Phoney Baloney 2
Big Momma's House  2000 Jesus, this one sucks 2
The Black Dahlia  2006 Melodrama vs Noir and Melo wins by a knockout! 1
Black Knight  2001 But this one sucks worse 1
Blackhawk Down  2002 War Porn 2
Blade  1999 Better than expected, accidentally starring Stephen Dorff. 3
Blade II  2002 A dreadfully dull rerun 1
Blair Witch Project  1999 Effectively creepy, really cheap 4
Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows  2000 A huge turd, totally worthless. 1
Blood Diamond  2006 More smug, simplistic speechifying by Hollywood 1
Bloodrayne  2006 Uwe Boll craps his pants. 1
Bounce  2000 Stupid Affleck/ Paltrow drama. Their fans get what they deserve. 2
The Bourne Identity  2002 A well-made genre actioner 3
The Bourne Supremacy  2004 Better than the first, better than most 4
The Bourne Ultimatum  2007 Man, it zips like a good fly 4
Bowfinger  1999 A funny story of moviemaking 3
The Break-up  2006 Kill unfunny yuppies 1
Brick  2006 Film school artsy bullshit 1
Brokeback Mountain  2006 Gay cowboys roping calves. 3
Broken Flowers  2005 A not-quite-cooked bittersweet story 3
Butterfly Effect  2004 Perfect for 4-year old amateur psychologists 1
Capote  2006 Cold-blooded author writes about killers 4
Cars  2006 Kids homage to Route 66? 3
Casino Royale  2007 The rebirth of the same Bond. 3
Cast Away  2000 Half ad, half movie, half decent 3
Catch Me If You Can 2002 A decent chaser with Spielberg sap 3
Celebrity  1998 Woody Allen's treading water 2
Center Stage  2000 Lame teen ballet movie 1
Changing Lanes  2002 Ben Affleck takes a dump 2
Charlie's Angels  2000 Mindless, but not quite mindless enough 3
Charlotte's Web  2006 Faithful and solid, like a good pig 4
Children of Men  2007 Dystopic and dyspeptic and lovely 4
Christmas with the Kranks  2004 Rips out Santa's heart and shits on it. 1
The Chronicles of Narnia  2005 Rips out children's hearts and glowers at them. 2
Cinderella Man  2005 formulaic boxingmovie that works. 3
City of God  2003 What happens when everything goes right with an experiment 5
A Civil Action  1998 Another John Travolta as serious actor pile 2
Clay Pigeons  1998 Decent country noir 3
Clerks 2  2006 Blibbidy blabbidy blah poop blah 1
Closer  2004 A fucking fraud 1
Club Dread  2004 A turd so lazy it missed the bowl 2
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind  2003 Uninvolving fantastical bullshit 2
The Constant Gardener 2005 Top-grade thriller. Smart shit. 4
The Corpse Bride 2005 Bad claymation with lots of singing. 2
The Count of Monte Cristo  2002 A lifeless mash of a great story 2
Coyote Ugly  2000  Laughably awful movie that should have nudity but doesn't 1
Crash  2005 Hollywood would stop making crap if we loved each other 2
Criminal  2004 Complete and total nonsense. 2
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon  2000 Holy fuck is this movie great 5
Cruel Intentions  1999 Dull and retarded telling of Dangerous Liaisons 2
Curse of the Jade Scorpion  2001 A plodding Woody Allen caper 3
Dan, in Real Life  2007 Crappity, crap, crap with a feminine laxative. 2
The Darjeeling Limited  2007 Look, ma, I'm JD Salinger! 2
Dave Chapelle's Block Party  2006 A long night 3
Dawn of the Dead  2004 Zombies run amok for your pleasure 4
The Day After Tomorrow  2004 Bad fucking Porn, about weather 1
Deep Blue Sea  1999 Dumb, dumb, dumb shark movie 1
The Departed  2006 Sylvester Stallone can blow it out his ass! 3
The Descent  2006 Chicks stuck in a spooky cave, in a good way 3
Deuce Bigalow: Retarded Fucking Gigolo  1999 Sets a new low for bad acting and directing 1
The Devil and Daniel Johnston  2006 Hard to love the crazy guy. 3
Die Another Day 2002 This is what suave is? 2
Divine Secrets of the Blah Blah Blah Blah  2002 More phony meoldrama about cackling women 1
Dogma  1999 Pretentious, misguided, poorly directed 2
Down to Earth

2001
Chris rock's failed attempt to become a romantic lead.

1
Down to You  2000 Goes below the lows set by Deuce Bigalow. Really lame, labored romantic comedy 1
Dreamcatcher  2003 What the Fuck? 1
The Dreamers  2004 This is some seriously stinky horseshit. 1
Driven

2001
Men loving men, and racing

2
Drumline

2002
Drumming should be inthe Olympics

2
Duets 2000 Exactly what Karaoke fans deserve 2
Dumb and Dumberer 2003 Painful and Painfuler 1
EDtv  1999 Moderately amusing, pretty sappy 3
Election  1999 Funny and nasty comedy about high school elections 4
Eight Legged Freaks  2002 Big spiders mean medium-sized fun 3
8 Mile  2002 Hip Hop crapera 2
Enemy at the Gates  2001 Could have been a good war story if it wasn't so fucking boring.  2
Envy  2004 A mammoth, foul turd. 1
Erin Brockovich 2000 Surprisingly good drama starring my future wife 4
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004 Something to think about, and not while you're jerking off. 4
The Ex 2007 Like crapping in your eyeballs 1
The Exorcist 2000 Rerelease of classic that will make you shit your pants 4
Eye of the Beholder 1999 Laughably bad, inconsistent and ridiculous 1
Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Well-directed dumb story 3
Factory Girl 2007 WProbably brought down prices on Warhol's paintings 1
The Faculty 1998 Weak horror. the scariest thing is when that fat fuck Harry Knowles shows up 2
Fahrenheit 9/11 2004 Soothes the liberal's soul, but not much else. 2
The Fast and the Furious 2001 Good racing, dumb everything else. 2
The Fast and the Furious 3 2006 Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. 1
Fellowship of the Ring (Lord of the Rings) 2001 A fan boy's wet dream. 3
Finding Neverland 2005 Keep looking. It ain't here. 2
Final Destination 2 2003 Gory shit, like a bloody stool 1
Forces of Nature 1999 A big fuck you from Hollywood 1
Friday Night Lights 2004 A movie about the evil of high school sports, with lots of sports 3
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008 Love hurts, obsession hurts more 3
The Forty Year Old Virgin 2005 Man loses virginit, after a while 4
From Hell 2001 Horror misguided as London travelogue 2
From The Incredible Hulk to Kelly 2003 The singingest, dancingest monster movie ever! 2
Full Frontal 2002 Hollywood celerities should get shrinks because we sure as hell can't help them 1
Galaxy Quest 1999 Funny Star Trek movie. Better to see at home where you don't have Trekkies sitting near you. 3
Ghost World 2001 A funny, sad and nearly perfect tale of alienation and disenfranchisement. 4
Gigli 2003 Mind-bendingly, and nut-shootingly awful. 1
Gladiator 2000 Maybe the most expensive gay gladiator movie ever 3
Glitter 2001 The movie all Mariah Carey Fans truly deserve 5
Go 1999 A fantastic, furious story 4
Godzilla 2000 2000 The best Godzilla movie ever 5
Gone in Sixty Seconds 2000 a fucking waste of time, only one good chase scene 2
Goodbye, Lover 1999 Totally inept attempt at noir. Patricia Arquette stinks up the screen. 1
The Good Girl 2002 A boring movie that's suppsdoeitn us about boring people. 2
Hannibal

2001
A woefully disappointing sequel, dumbed down but trying to look smart.

2
Happiness 1999 Too much shock for shock's value 3
Happy, Texas 1999 One joke that goes on too long 3
Hardball 2001 Baseball for shut-in viewers of the Lifetime Channel 1
Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle 2001 Stoners amusing only stoners. 1
Harold and Kumar 2 2001 Dude, I was sooo wasted.  
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 2001 A slavish adaptation of a book with potential 3
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 Don't let the kids see it 4
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2007 Great book. Enough said. 3
Hart's War 2002 A solid stalag drama until the last 20 minutes. 2
Head Over Heels

2001
Another shitty performance in another shitty movie for Freddie Prinze, Jr.

1
The Heartbreak Kid

2007
Break your legs instead. You'll laugh more.

1
Heartbreakers 

2001
Jesus Christ, just gouge out my eyes already. A dreadful "black comedy" with Love Hewitt posing as a grifter.

2
Hellboy

2004
Masturbatory Fanboy horseshit that excludes regular people

2
Hi-Lo Country 1999 Bad country from a Limey. Warning: stars Woody Harrelson 2
High Fidelity 2000 Good comedy about record store owner 3
A History of Violence 2005 Yep, it's violent all right. 3
The Hitcher 2007 Bad photocopy of a pile of shit 1
The Hoax 2007 Con men con suckers 4
Hot Fuzz 2007 An awesome cop action flick 3
The Hours 2003 Sour women making sour faces. 2
The House on Haunted Hill 1999 Terrible plot and dialogue, good scares 3
The House of D 2005 Fucking dreadful retard dramedy 1
How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Fucking hateful pice of shit 1
How to Eat Friend Worms 2006 It's right there in the title. 4
Hustle and Flow 2005 Pretty Memphis travelogue 3
I Am Legend 2007 Worst zombie movie ever. 1
I Heart Huckabees 2004 Bad fucking, pretentious, incomprehensible movie 1
Ice Age 2002 Great effects, stupid story 2
Ice Age 2 2006 Okay effects, hack story 2
Ice Princess 2005 The fantasy of every home-schooled teen girl come true 2
Igby Goes Down 2002 Passable Salinger ripoff 3
The In-laws 2001 As funny as hysterical children (which is who probably made it) 1
The Incredibles 2004 It's fucking art, man. Fun art, not the bad kind. 5
In Good Company 2005 Go ahead, call me a softie. 4
Inside Deep Throat 2005 Glitzy, empty documentary about porn 2
Insomnia 2002 A fantastic sleepy-time noir 4
Instinct 1999 Dumb monkeys posing as provocative drama 1
Ironman 2008 Intelligent, for a turd. 2
In the Land of Women 2007 Turdity-turd turd 1
I Spy 2002 I spy a turd! 1
The Italian Job 2003 Soulless, bland and action-packed! 2
Jackass 2 2006 Stupid stunts that say so much. 3
Jeepers Creepers 2001 Powerful bad horror movie(?) 1
Jersey Girl 2004 Robots with vaginas. 1
Joy Ride

2001
Better than average psycho-after-teens-in-old-car movie

3
 John Carpenter's Vampires 1998 Even cheesier than intended 2
Josie and the Pussycats</