| Panic Room |
8.50 |
2002 |
FINCHER, David |
FOSTER, Jodie; STEWART, Kristin; WHITAKER, Forest; LETO, Jared; YOAKAM, Dwight |
Tremendous thriller. Clever plot, good characterization, exquisit effects |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0258000 |
1 |
No |
| Party Girl |
7.50 |
1994 |
VON SCHERLER MAYER, Daisy |
Parker Posey, Guillermo Diaz, Omar Townsend, VON SCHERLER, Sacha |
Nice low-budget believable New York snapshot. |
|
1 |
No |
| Party, The |
7.00 |
1968 |
EDWARDS, Blake |
SELLERS, Peter; LONGET, Claudine; McLEOD, Gavin |
Hilarios but sometimes tedious; now not very "politically correct" yet probably accurate critical view of materialism. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Party,+The+(1968) |
1 |
No |
| Passenger 57 |
4.00 |
1992 |
HOOKS, Kevin |
Wesley Snipes |
Snipes can't act; story illogical and farfetched |
http://us.imdb.com/Goofs?0105104 |
1 |
No |
| Paths of Glory |
7.50 |
1957 |
KUBRICK, Stanley |
DOUGLAS, Kirk; MENJOU, Adalphe; MEEKER, Ralph |
WW1 'Dr Strangelove' about French Military smallmindedness |
|
1 |
No |
| Patriot Games |
8.00 |
1992 |
NOYCE, Phillip |
FORD, Harrison; ARCHER, Anne; BERGIN, Patrick; BEAN, Sean; FOX, James; JONES, James Earl; JACKSON, Samuel L.; |
Extremely well made thriller. But would the CIA go so far to protect its own? |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Patriot+Games+(1992) |
1 |
No |
| Payback |
5.50 |
0 |
q |
GIBSON, Mel |
Over-violent, boring |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120784 |
1 |
No |
| People vs. Larry Flynt, The |
7.50 |
1996 |
FORMAN, Milos |
Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love |
Quite well made, and a not overly-glossy study of the legal implications. Leads both very good. I think the audience thought it was funnier than it was supposed to be. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117318 |
1 |
No |
| Perfect Game, The |
7.25 |
0 |
q |
q |
Good acting but too predictable |
|
1 |
No |
| Persona |
9.00 |
1966 |
BERGMAN, Ingemar |
Liv Ulman, Bibi Andersson; KROOK, Margaretha |
Wonderfully textured. Hard as Hell to out (which is good) |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0060827 |
1 |
No |
| Persuasion |
7.25 |
1995 |
MITCHELL, Rogerl |
Amanda Root, Ciaran Hinds; FLEETWOOD, Susan |
Rather plain period piece with sharp feminist & sociological treatment but essentially unsubstantial |
|
1 |
No |
| Peter's Friends |
7.50 |
1992 |
BRANAGH, Kenneth |
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thomas |
Entertaining, well produced, (Big Chill take-off) |
|
1 |
No |
| Philadelphia |
7.50 |
1993 |
DEMME, Jonathon |
Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Mary Steebergen, Jason Robards, Joanne Woodward, Antonio Banderas |
Tearjerker. Hanks 'quite good' but not Oscar. Washington as good. Too many illogical (non-symbolic) twists. |
|
1 |
No |
| Philadelphia Story |
8.25 |
1940 |
CUKOR, George |
GRANT, Cary; HEPBURN, Katherine; STEWART, James; HUSSEY, Ruth |
Clever, thoughtful romantic comedy about class, pride, etc. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0032904 |
1 |
No |
| Pianist, The |
8.75 |
2002 |
POLANSKI, Roman |
BRODY, Adrien; KRETSCHMANN, Thomas |
Wonderfully made and performed. I only worried that it gave too much heroisim to the character |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0253474 |
1 |
No |
| Piano, The |
8.75 |
1992 |
Jane Campion |
Holly Hunter, Harvey Kietel, Sam Neil, Anna Paquin |
Superb story, photography, acting, direction. Possibly the year's best? |
|
1 |
No |
| Pillow Book, The |
9.00 |
1996 |
GREENAWAY, Peter |
McGREGOR, Ewen… |
Incredibly stunning, visual film. Surperbly edited (often multiple images). |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0114134 |
1 |
No |
| Pink Floyd The Wall |
8.50 |
1982 |
PARKER, Alan |
Bob Geldof, James Laurenson, Bob Hoskins, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David |
Powerful and well-made |
|
1 |
No |
| Planes, Trains and Automobiles |
6.75 |
1987 |
HUGHES, John |
Steve Martin, John Candy |
Amongst their best acting performances, but pretty predictable and ordinary. |
|
2 |
No |
| Playboys, The |
8.00 |
1992 |
MacKINNON, Gillies |
WRIGHT, Robin; FINNEY, Albert; Adian Quinn |
Nice love story with independent ironies and twists (e.g. the player's reaction to TV). Well shot, acted. |
|
1 |
No |
| Pleasantville |
8.25 |
1998 |
ROSS, Gary |
MAGUIRE, Tobey; DANIELS, Jeff; ALLEN, Joan |
Very very clever. Important, as was "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" & "Truman Story" |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120789 |
1 |
No |
| Point of No Return |
7.00 |
1993 |
John Badham |
Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Keitel |
Often too similar, but at other points less subtle than La femme Nikita. Hollywood just had to add extra conclusion scene. Fonda pretty good. Why is Bob a Scot? |
|
1 |
No |
| Pollock |
8.00 |
2000 |
HARIS, Ed |
HARRIS, Ed; HARDEN, Marcia Gay |
Effective view of the tortured life |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0183659 |
1 |
No |
| Poolhall Junkies |
8.75 |
2002 |
MARTIN, Gregory 'Mars' |
PALMINTERI, Chazz; SCHRODER, Rick; STEIGER, Rod; ROSENBAUM, Michael; WALKEN, Christopher |
Surprisingly good - and thrilling. Plot a bit bumpy but well acted and directed and shot. Great billiard tricks. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0273982/maindetails |
1 |
No |
| Posse |
6.75 |
1993 |
VAN PEEBLES, Mario |
Blair Underwood |
Violent western, twist is black heros/history. Very good photography, even sepia-toned flashbacks. Bad sound. |
|
1 |
No |
| Postino, Il |
9.00 |
1995 |
RADFORD, Michael |
Massimo Troisi, Philipe Noiret, Maria Grazia Cucinotta |
Stunningly beautiful (in terms of scenes and characters) film, subtly directed but outstandingly well acted. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110877 |
2 |
No |
| Prancer |
7.75 |
1991 |
HANCOCK, John |
? |
Very good "children's" story. Recommended for all ages, teaches adults about themselves and children. |
|
1 |
No |
| Pretty Baby |
7.00 |
1978 |
MALLE, Louis |
Kieth Caradine, Susan Sarandan, Brooke Shields |
Lousy acting (Brooke is best). Worse editing. |
|
1 |
No |
| Priest |
8.75 |
1995 |
BIRD, Antonia |
Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson, Cathy Tyson |
Excellent "actor's movie"; wonderful performances; moving, terrific laughs but not intrusively; extremely believable. |
|
1 |
No |
| Princess Bride, The |
7.25 |
1987 |
REINER, Rob |
broad cast, including Billy Crystal, Peter Falk… |
Weak acting but very clever story and humour for everybody |
|
4 |
No |
| Promise, The |
8.25 |
1994 |
VON TROTTA, Margarethe |
Corinna Harfouch, meret Becker, August Zirner, Anian Zollner |
Wonderful character acting, chilling realities of Berlin Wall. |
|
1 |
No |
| Proof of Life |
7.75 |
2000 |
HACKFORD, Tayler |
RYAN, Meg; CROWE, Russell |
Great adventure / action / suspense. Despite the predicatable ending; not too stupid or unbelievable. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0228750 |
1 |
No |
| Psycho |
8.50 |
1960 |
HITCHCOCK, Alfred |
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles |
Suspencefull, even after multiple viewings |
|
2 |
No |
| Public Eye, The |
8.25 |
1992 |
FRANKLIN, Howard |
PESCI, Joe; HERSHEY, Barbara; TUCCI, Stanely |
Very stylish, well made thiller. Photography theme. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Public+Eye,+The+(1992) |
1 |
No |
| Pulp Fiction |
9.00 |
1994 |
TARENTINO, Quenten |
John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Quenten T., Bruce Willis, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Amanda Plummer, etc. |
(Upon reflection SUPERB!) But made me laugh at repugnant violence. All performances, direction great. Most thought provoking film in a long while. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0110912 |
3 |
Yes |
| Punch-Drunk Love |
8.75 |
2002 |
ANDERSON, Paul Thomas |
SANDLER, Adam; WATSON, Emily |
Splendidly stylish, wonderful pallate, very tight. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0272338 |
1 |
No |
| Pushing Tin |
7.75 |
1999 |
NEWELL, Mike |
CUSAK, John; THORNTON, Billy Bob; BLANCHET, Kate; |
Pretty good psychological thriller |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120797 |
1 |
No |