| M. Butterfly |
8.00 |
1993 |
CRONENBERG, David |
Jeremy Irons, LONE, John, RICHARDSON, Ian |
Briliantly made (except for some editing problems) |
|
1 |
No |
| Mac |
7.75 |
1992 |
TURTTURO, John |
TURTURRO, John; Michael Badalucco; Carl Capotorto; Katherine Borowitz; Ellen Barkin |
Italian brotherhood. Dramatic, well acted and directed but sometimes contrived blocking and too long. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Mac+(1992) |
1 |
No |
| Macbeth |
8.00 |
0 |
ZEFFERELLI, Franco |
Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Helena Bonham-Carter, Paul Schofield |
Very good adaptation |
|
1 |
No |
| Madagascar |
6.50 |
2005 |
DARNELL, Eric; McGRATH, Tom |
STILLER, Ben; ROCK, Chris; SCHWIMMER, David; PINKETT SMITH, Jada |
Quite funny but not memorable. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0351283/ |
1 |
No |
| Maddona: Truth or Dare |
6.75 |
1991 |
KESHISHIAN, Alek |
Maddona |
Hard to know how candid, doesn't fail to make me like Madonna |
|
1 |
No |
| Madness of King George, The |
8.25 |
1994 |
HYTNER, Nicholas |
Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm. |
Story somehow plain, but performances great and production wonderful. (several cast from play!) |
|
1 |
No |
| Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D |
7.75 |
2005 |
COWEN, Mark |
|
Great effects. Over-dramatized |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0401623/ |
1 |
No |
| Magnolia |
8.75 |
1999 |
ANDERSON, Paul Thomas |
CRUISE, Tom; MACEY, William H.; MOORE, Julianne; HOFFMAN, Philip Seymore |
Amazing, startling, disturbing. Fabulous. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0175880 |
1 |
No |
| Malcolm X |
9.00 |
1992 |
LEE, Spike |
Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, BASSETT, Angela |
absolutely superb, (weak editing) |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104797 |
1 |
No |
| Maltese Falcon, The |
9.00 |
1941 |
HUSTON, John |
BOGART, Humphrey; ASTOR, Mary; GEORGE; Gladys; LORRE, Peter; GREESTREET, Sydney |
Classic - they don't do characters like this anymore. Great lighting and shots too. (Prison metaphore at the end.) |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0033870/ |
1 |
No |
| Mamma Roma |
8.50 |
1966 |
PASOLINI, Pier Paolo |
Anna Magnani, Franco Citti, Luisa Orioli, Ettore Garafolo, Silvana Corsini, Paolo Volponi |
? |
|
1 |
No |
| Man on the Moon |
7.25 |
1999 |
FORMAN, Milos |
CARREY, Jim; DeVITO, Danny; LOVE, Courtney |
I think this film makes me like Jim Carry a lot more than Andy Kauffman |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0125664 |
1 |
No |
| Man Who Knew Too Little, The |
7.75 |
1997 |
AMIEL, Jon |
MURRY, Bill |
Surprisingly good comedy although weak ending. Bill really acts very well in support the premise. Some good Anglo-US jibes too. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0272338 |
3 |
No |
| Man Who Knew Too Much,The |
7.75 |
1956 |
HITCHCOCK, Alfred |
STEWART, James; DAY, Doris |
Lovely, classic Hitch |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0049470 |
1 |
No |
| Man Who Wasn't There, The |
8.75 |
2001 |
COEN, Joel |
THORNTON, Billy Bob; McDORMAND, Frances |
Clever, moody, dark… I loved it! |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0243133 |
1 |
No |
| Man with the Golden Gun, The |
6.25 |
1974 |
HAMILTON, Guy |
MOORE, Roger; LEE, Christopher; ADAMS, Maud; EKLAND, Brit |
One of the worst Bond movies |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Man+with+the+Golden+Gun,+The+(1974) |
1 |
No |
| Manchurian Candidate, The |
9.00 |
1962 |
FRANKENHEIMER, John |
SINATRA, Frank; HARVEY, Laurence; LEIGH, Janet; LANSBURY, Angela |
Fantastic! (Why does 'The New Yorker' slam it?) Thrilling, stylish, thoughtful. Obviously the seed of a lot of brainwashing belief. Sinatra was very very good. Leigh too - and extremely sexy. Interesting Lincoln motifs. |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056218/ |
1 |
No |
| Manchurian Candidate, The |
9.25 |
2004 |
DEMME, Jonathon |
WASHINGTON, Denzel; STREEP, Meryl |
An unusually good re-make of an outstanding original |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0368008/ |
3 |
Yes |
| Manhattan |
8.50 |
1978 |
ALLEN, Woody |
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway, Meryl Streep, MURPHY, Michael |
Superb Allen, Typical Allen. No more needs to be said. |
|
2 |
No |
| Manhatten Murder Mystery |
8.00 |
1993 |
ALLEN, Woody |
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Allan Alda, Angellica Houston |
Delightful. Great story, refreshingly appropriate hand-held work (only Houston is not playing her own characterture). |
|
1 |
No |
| Map of the Human Heart |
7.00 |
1992 |
WARD, Vincent |
SCOTT LEE, Jason, PARILLAUD, Anne, BERGIN, Patrick |
Nice aboriginal attitude exposure, charming and unpredictable |
|
1 |
No |
| Mariachi, El |
7.50 |
1992 |
RODRIGUEZ, Robert |
GALLARDO, Carlos; GOMEZ, Consuelo; DE HOYOS, Jaime; MARQUARDT, Peter; MARINEZ, Reinol |
Nice low-budget Mexican comedy of mistaken identity. Violent, non-holywood ending. Good editing. |
|
1 |
No |
| Marriage of Convenience |
7.00 |
1988 |
BYZAGKLO, Haim |
q |
BAR-ABA, Shlomo; SHELEG; Irit; JAHANSHAN, Adib; WEINGARTEN, Ofra; TEPERSON, Itit |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0099565/ |
1 |
No |
| Mars Attacks! |
7.00 |
1996 |
BURTON, Tim |
Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Pierce Brosnan, Tom Jones, Danny DeVito, Sarah Jessica Parker... |
I didn't quite get the message, if there was one. Possibly about human nature; we sure come off looking better than Martians. Some Dr. Strangelove refs. |
|
1 |
No |
| Marty |
7.00 |
1954 |
MANN, Delbert |
Ernest Borgnine, BLAIR, Betsy; MINCIOTTI, Esther. |
Nice simple (dated) film. Good, but it's clear that standards have improved. |
|
1 |
No |
| Marvin's Room |
6.75 |
0 |
q |
KEATON, Diane; De C.., Leonardo; STREEP, Meryl; De NIRO; Robert |
Leonardo is best in this over-directed tear jerker. |
|
1 |
No |
| Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World |
8.00 |
2003 |
WEIR, Peter |
CROWE, Russell |
Very well made, but ultimately, just a war movie with not much message. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0311113/ |
1 |
No |
| Matchstick Men |
9.00 |
2003 |
SCOTT, Ridley |
CAGE, Nicolas; ROCKWELL, Sam; LOHMAN, Alison |
Very good - much more so than I expected. Almost plausible. Great ending. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0325805/ |
1 |
No |
| Me, Myself, and Irene |
5.00 |
2000 |
FARRELLY, Peter & FARRELLY, Bobby |
CARREY, Jim; ZELLWEGER, Renée |
Truly tasteless, pointless, and only unpredictable when stupidly illogical. But some great physical comedy |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0183505 |
1 |
No |
| Meaning of Life, The |
7.25 |
1983 |
JONES, Terry |
Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin |
The weakest 'original' Monty Python film. |
|
2 |
No |
| Mediteraneo |
6.25 |
1991 |
Gabriele Salvatores |
Claudi Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna |
Belaboured, rarely funny film with nice scenary, a lot of work to watch for a simple message about avoiding society |
|
1 |
No |
| Meet the Parents |
7.25 |
2000 |
ROACH, M. Jay |
STILLER, Ben; DeNIRO, Robert |
Quite funny and well made comedy with genuine anxiety |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0212338 |
1 |
No |
| Memento |
8.50 |
2000 |
NOLAN, Christopher |
PEARCE, Guy; MOSS, Carrie-Anne, PANTOLIANO, Joe |
Brilliant concept. Successfully achieved. Very notable |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0209144 |
1 |
No |
| Men in Black |
7.00 |
1997 |
SONNENFELD, Barry |
JONES, Tommy Lee; SMITH, Will; FIORENTINO, Linda |
Quite dissapointing, although occaisionally funny |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0119654 |
1 |
No |
| Men of Honor |
6.75 |
2000 |
TILLMAN, George Jr. |
DeNIRO, Robert; GOODING Jr., Cuba |
The most cliché-ridden predictable melodrama of 2000 |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0203019 |
1 |
No |
| Metro |
7.50 |
0 |
q |
MURPHEY, Eddie |
q |
|
1 |
No |
| Midsummer Night's Dream, A |
8.00 |
1999 |
HOFFMAN, Michael |
KLINE, Kevin; PFEIFFER, Michelle; EVERETT, Rupert; TUCCI, Stanley; |
Lovely version. Nobody over the top, despite the potential scope. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0140379 |
1 |
No |
| Mighty Aphrodite |
8.25 |
1995 |
ALLEN, Woody |
Woody Allen, Helena Bonham-Carter; SORVINO, Mira |
Funny, honest |
|
1 |
No |
| Mighty Wind, A |
8.50 |
2003 |
GUEST, Christopher |
LEVY, Eugene; O'HARA, Catherine; |
Hilarious. Seems as if it should be 'over-the-top' but works. Creates huge anxious energy. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0310281 |
1 |
No |
| Million Dollar Baby |
9.00 |
0 |
EASTWOOD, Clint |
|
|
|
1 |
No |
| Misery |
8.00 |
1990 |
REINER, Rob |
CAAN, James; BATES, Cathy; FARNSWORTH, Richard |
Well made nervous thriller |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0100157 |
2 |
No |
| Miss Congeniality |
7.25 |
2000 |
PETRIE, Donald |
BULLOCK, Sandra; CAINE, Michael; BRATT, Benjamin; SHATNER, William, BERGEN, Candice |
Not really that bad, for a basically predictable Hollywood piece. Some moving moments. |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0212346 |
1 |
No |
| Mission: Impossible |
6.50 |
1996 |
DePALMA, Brian |
Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, Joh Voight, Emmanualle Beart, Henry Czerny, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vanessa Regrave, Dale Dye, marcel Iures |
Huge dissapointment. Too many impossibilities; therefore even special effects tainted. |
http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/51351 |
1 |
No |
| Mon Oncle Antoine |
7.50 |
1971 |
JUTRA, Claude |
DUCEPPE, Jean; THIBAULT, Olivette; JUTRA, Claude; GAGNON, Jacques |
Thoughtful but slow |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0067439 |
1 |
No |
| Monster |
8.50 |
2003 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
No |
| Monster in Law |
4.50 |
2005 |
LUKETIC, Robert |
FONDA, Jane; LOPEZ, Jennifer |
BORING and stupid. Jane's character doesn't make sense. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0369735/ |
1 |
No |
| Monster's Ball |
8.50 |
2001 |
FORSTER, Marc |
THORNTON, Billy Bob; BERRY, Halle, LEDGER, Heath |
Nicely paced, beautifully colored |
|
1 |
No |
| Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
8.00 |
1974 |
GILLIAM, Terry; JONES, Terry |
CHAPMAN, Graham; CLEESE, John; JONES, Terry; IDLE, Eric; PALLIN, Michael |
Classic. So many hilarious skits. Seems to survive re-viewing and test of time better than 'Brian' |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0079470 |
12 |
Yes |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian |
7.50 |
1979 |
JONES, Terry |
John Cleese, Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Terry Jones |
Great slapstick and satire |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0071853 |
10 |
Yes |
| Moonstruck |
8.50 |
1987 |
JEWISON, Norman |
Cher, Nicholas Cage, Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis, Vincent Gardenia |
Super atmosphere |
|
1 |
No |
| Most Wanted |
5.50 |
0 |
q |
q |
q |
|
1 |
No |
| Mother Night |
8.50 |
1996 |
GORDON, Keith |
Nick Nolte, Sheryl Lee, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kirsten dunst, Arye Gross, Frankie Faison, David Strathairn, Bernard Behrens, Henry Gibson |
I know I like this very well made (in Montreal) film but I'm havn't yet figured out the intricasies of all the satyre. Highly recommended regardless. One interesting question is, could a playwrite have been motivated to do what the character did? |
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117093/ |
1 |
No |
| Moulin Rouge |
8.00 |
2001 |
LURMANN, Baz |
KIDMAN, Nicole; McGREGOR, Ewan; LEGUIZAMO, John; BROADBENT, Jim; ROXBURGH, Richard |
Fun, stylish, intense |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0203009 |
1 |
No |
| Mousehunt |
7.00 |
1997 |
VIRBINSKI, Gore |
LANE, Nathen; EVENS I, LEE; WALKEN, Christopher |
Well made childrens' adventure. Possibly some Laurel and Hardy homage |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Mouse+Hunt+(1997) |
1 |
No |
| Mr. Wrong |
6.00 |
1996 |
CASTLE, Nick |
Ellen DeGeneras, Bill Pullman |
Possibly an attempt at spoofing other genres, this comedy fails badly. Very slow, very dull. |
|
1 |
No |
| Mrs. Brown |
8.00 |
0 |
MADDEN, John |
DENCH, Judi; CONNOLLY, Billy; PALMER, Geoffrey; SHER, Antony |
Very well made but a bit thin on substance. |
|
1 |
No |
| Mrs. Miniver |
7.00 |
1943 |
WYLER, William |
Greer Garson, Walter Pigion; WRIGHT, Teresa |
Apparently authentic for U.S.-made film of WW2 England (1942). Dated, and bad perf. by son, but quite nice & strong females |
|
1 |
No |
| Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle |
8.50 |
1994 |
RUDOLPH, Alan |
Jenniffer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Mathew Broderick, Andrew McCarthy |
Very clever, stylish, well made and performed film. Slightly hard to follow some dialogue |
|
2 |
No |
| Mulholland Drive |
8.75 |
2001 |
LYNCH, David |
THEROUX, Justin; WATTS, Naomi; HARRING, Laura; MILLER, Ann; HEDAYA, Dan |
Very cleverly moody and thoughtful. Illogical but it didn't bother me somehow. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0166924 |
1 |
No |
| Mumford |
8.00 |
1999 |
KASDAN, Lawrence |
DEAN, Loren; DAVIS, Hope; LEE (I), Jason; WOODARD, Alfre |
Very nice |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0140397 |
1 |
No |
| Muppets from Space |
7.25 |
1999 |
HILL III, Tim |
q |
Very pleasing comedy. Great fun. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0158811 |
1 |
No |
| Murder at 1600 |
7.00 |
1997 |
LITTLE, Dwight H. |
SNIPES, Wesley; LANE, Diane; BENZALI, Daniel; MILLER, Dennis; COX, Ronny; ALDA, Alan; BAKER, Diane; DONOVAN, Tate, MOORE, Mary |
Not too bad, but pretty formulistic. Note they're downplaying macho these days. |
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-exact?Murder%20at%201600%20%281997%29 |
1 |
No |
| Murial's Wedding |
8.25 |
1994 |
HOGAN, P.J. |
Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Gennie Nevison, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, Jeanie Drynan, Matt Day, Daniel Lapaine |
Very good and funny. |
|
1 |
No |
| Music Teacher, The |
7.75 |
1988 |
CORBIAU, Gerard |
Anne Roussell, Phillippe Volter, Sylvie Fennec, Patrick Bauchau |
Charming romantic story, humanizing opera training, good photography. Somewhat predictable plot. |
|
1 |
No |
| My 20th Century |
7.00 |
1988 |
ENYEDI, Ildiko |
SEGDA, Dorotha; JANKOVSKI, Oleg; ANDORAI, Peter |
Charmingly confusing, clever humour (even features talking stars!) |
|
1 |
No |
| My Beautiful Laundrette |
8.50 |
1985 |
FREARES, Stephen |
LEWIS, Daniel Day; WARNECKE, Gordon |
A thoughtful addition to the S.Asian / English genre, but a bit slow in parts. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0091578/ |
1 |
No |
| My Big Fat Greek Wedding |
8.00 |
2002 |
ZWICK, Joel |
VARDALOS, Nia; CORBETT (I), John; CONSTANTINE, Michael; KAZAN, Lainie; MARTIN (I), Andrea; FATONE, Joey |
One of the nicest love stories to come along in a while. (Furthermore, Nia Vardalos is a babe.) |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0259446 |
1 |
No |
| My Cousin Vinnie |
7.50 |
1992 |
LYNN, Johnathan |
PESCI, Joe; TOMAI, Marisa, MACCHIO, Ralph |
Funny, both act well. Trial turns too smoothly in his favour, needed a setback near end. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0104952 |
2 |
No |
| My Terrorist |
7.00 |
2002 |
GERSTEL, Yulie |
GERSTEL, Yulie |
Self-indulgent but at least fairly balanced documentary |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0360816 |
1 |
No |
| Mystery of Rampo, The |
8.75 |
1994 |
OKUYAMA, Kazoyoshi |
Masahiro Motoki, Naoto Takenaka, Michiko Hada |
Wonderfully interwoven naratives, beautiful cinematography, design |
|
1 |
No |
| Mystic River |
9.25 |
2003 |
EASTWOOD, Clint |
PENN, Sean; ROBBINS, Tim |
Very very well done. Great ensemble. Rich characters but none ever over the top. Marcia Gay Harden might be good - but she only shows one emotion all through the film. (One goof - the girl can be seen breathing on the autopsy table.) |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0327056/ |
1 |
No |