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#1 Overstreet

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Posted 03 October 2003 - 04:38 PM

This thread is for each member to have ONE POST in which they chronicle the posting of their own film reviews, providing links or publication references.

DO NOT post the text of the reviews. Just post the title of the film in bold, the link (if applicable), the publication reference (if applicable), and a star rating or number rating or whatever system you use (or not.)

Example:

Seabiscuit - B+
Open Range - B-

Please add reviews chronologically, so we can check the bottom of your post to see the most recent review you've posted.

If you wish to add more info about each review, that's fine too. (Long review, short blurb, off-the-cuff reaction, "My editors screwed it up.", etc.)

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#2 Overstreet

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Posted 03 October 2003 - 05:09 PM

Jeffrey's reviews

2003

Holes - B+
X2 - X-Men United - A-
The Matrix Reloaded - C+
The Man Without a Past - B+
Man on the Train - A-
Down with Love - B-
Finding Nemo - A+
Whale Rider - B+
Hulk - B-
Pirates of the Caribbean - B+
28 Days Later - B+
Open Range - B-
Seabiscuit - B+
Dirty Pretty Things - B+
Le Divorce - C
American Splendor - A-
Stevie - A great work of conscientious documentary-making, and my favorite film of the year thus far. - A+
Capturing the Friedmans - A compelling look at sin and consequences, but it's a little too preoccupied with the depravity it discovers. - B
Matchstick Men - Best Ridley Scott film since Blade Runner? - B+
Lost in Translation - A
The Legend of Johnny Lingo - C
The Son - Dogma-style filmmaking at its best. - A
The Fighting Temptations (or "Why Can't Church Just be a Big Tolerance Party?") - C-
Hangman's Curse (or "Shiny Happy Christian Spy Kids") - D
Bonhoeffer - B
In This World - A
School of Rock - B-
Mystic River - C+
Kill Bill - Vol. 1 - C
Intolerable Cruelty - B+
The Human Stain - A-
The Matrix Revolutions - B-
Elf - B
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - A-
Pieces of April - A-
21 Grams In America
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King(NEW)
Girl with a Pearl Earring(NEW)

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#3 Josh Hurst

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Posted 03 October 2003 - 06:27 PM

My reviews:

Note: I don't summariaze films with an A-F or 1-5 star rating in my reviews themselves, but I'll try to do so for this thread. Take them with a grain of salt, though; I'm making them up as I go along.

The Matrix Reloaded D+
Pirates of the Caribbean A-
Seabiscuit B-
Secondhand Lions C+
X2 A
Lost in Translation A+
Intolerable Cruelty A-
Elf B
NEW: Master and Commander A
NEW: Return of the King A or A+... still can't decide.

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#4 Darrel Manson

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Posted 03 October 2003 - 07:49 PM

Starting from Aug. 2003

Pretty Dirty Things 9 (out of possible 10)
Secret Lives of Dentists 8
Magdalene Sisters 7
Thirteen 8
Lost in Translation 9
Casa de los Babys 7
Mystic River 8
The Station Agent 8
Shattered Glass 9
Elephant 7
21 Grams 6
Last Samurai 7
In America 8
Cold Mountain 8 new
Big Fish 9 new

Review pending
House of Sand and Fog 8

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#5 M. Dale Prins

Stop! Do a drum solo instead!

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Posted 06 October 2003 - 08:22 AM

Most of my print reviews are not online, but I will try to rectify and link. Here's what I have handy right now:

Down With Love [B]
Finding Nemo [B+]
Spellbound [A-]

Dale

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#6 M. Leary

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Posted 06 October 2003 - 09:22 AM

For the record, I don't think I have the greatest facility for grading films:

American Splendor B -
Decay of Fiction A+
Dirty Pretty Things C+
Lost In Translation A
Northfork B -
Secret Lives of Dentists B
Swimming Pool B+
Whale Rider A
Intolerable Cruelty B
Mystic River B
Kill Bill Vol. 1 B+

Time of the Wolf A+
Distant A
Reconstruction A
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

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#7 Persona

Your love is teaching me how... How to Kneel.

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Posted 06 October 2003 - 11:37 AM

OK. I change my mind. I will put up letters just because my HERO (m) did. But i still don't fully believe in the principle behind letters; after high school i'm afraid of grades and allergic to red ink.

Heaven B (NEW)
Girl With a Pearl Earring B+ (NEW)
Code Unknown A
Lost in Translation B+
Medea (This one is more fan-boy than actual review.) B
Ordet A+
A Lynne Ramsay Tribute Ratcatcher = A. Morvern Callar = B.
Veronica Guerin D
Nosferatu A+
Bus 174 A
Elephant B+

Soon to come: Vera.

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#8 mike_h

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Posted 17 October 2003 - 05:13 PM

Here's my annual survey of the films I was able to see at the Chicago International Film Festival -- not a bad total considering the unexpectedly persistant (but ultimately tragic) eruption of postseason baseball in the vicinity. Wish now I'd skipped a game and gone to see the new Haneke with Leary and Stef. Sigh...