| Safe |
6.25 |
1995 |
HAYNES, Todd |
Julianne Moore, Xander Berkely, Dean Norris, James leGros |
Boring. |
|
1 |
No |
| Saint, The |
8.00 |
0 |
? |
KILMER, Val; SHUE, Elisabeth |
Surprisingly good. |
|
2 |
No |
| Sammy and Rosie Get Laid |
9.25 |
1987 |
FREARES, Stephen |
Shashi Kapoor, Frances Barber |
Excellent nothing-for-granted view of alternative England. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0093913 |
1 |
No |
| Saving Grace |
7.50 |
2000 |
COLE, Nigel |
BLETHYN; Brenda; FERUSON, Craig; CLUNES, Martin; KARYO, Tchéky |
Delighful although highly improbably well-made comedy |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0195234 |
1 |
No |
| Scarlet Street |
7.75 |
1945 |
LANG, Fritz |
Edward G. Robinson |
poor acting and slow paced but clever film noir |
|
1 |
No |
| Scary Movie |
7.75 |
2000 |
WAYANS, Keenen Ivory |
q |
Quite clever spoof. Some great laughs. (Liked the killer's masks.) |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0175142 |
1 |
No |
| Scent of a Woman |
6.75 |
1992 |
BREST, Martin |
Al Pacino; O'DONNELL, Chris; REBHORN, James |
Slightly long, Pacino great, co-star only 'good' |
|
1 |
No |
| Schindler's List |
8.00 |
1993 |
SPIELBERG, Steven |
Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley; FEINNES, Ralph |
Wonderful film, performances, photography good. Ending seemed contrived even if true. |
|
1 |
No |
| Schwarzfahrer (Black Rider) |
8.75 |
0 |
DANQUART, Pepe |
MOIRA, Senta; OUTLAW, Paul; MERKI, Stefan; TILSNER; Klaus |
Clever and hilarious German short about racism. |
|
1 |
No |
| Scream |
6.50 |
0 |
? |
? |
? |
|
1 |
No |
| Secrets and Lies |
9.25 |
1996 |
LEIGH, Mike |
Brenda Blethy, Timothy Small, Marianne Jean-Baptiste |
Incredable film. Totally believable, superbly directed and acted. Massive tension created just from compassion for the characters. At least two wonderful shots of several minutes duration - very theatrical. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117589 |
2 |
No |
| Sense and Sensibility |
8.00 |
1995 |
LEE, Ang |
Emma Thomson, Alan Rickard, Hugh Grant; WINSLET, Kate; FRANCOIS, Emilie |
Very capably and authentically made - I blame Jane Austen for such a one-dimensional source. |
|
1 |
No |
| Seven |
9.25 |
1995 |
FINCHER, David |
Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow |
Absolutely superb, wonderfully made, incredibly suspensfull. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0114369 |
1 |
No |
| Shadow of the Vampire |
8.75 |
2000 |
MERHIGE, E. Elias |
MALKOVICH, John; DAFOE, Willem; KIER, Udo, ELWES, Cary; McCORMACK, Catherine; IZZARD, Eddie |
Fantastic. Brilliant tension in understated manner. |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0189998 |
1 |
No |
| Shadowlands |
8.00 |
1993 |
ATTENBOROGH, Richard |
Debra Winger, Anthony Hopkins; HARDWICKE, Edward |
Workperson like period film; quite well made but below both leads' talents; As usual Attenborough lays it on too thick. |
|
1 |
No |
| Shakespeare in Love |
8.50 |
1998 |
MADDEN, John |
FEINS, PALTROW, Gwynith; AFFLECK, Ben; |
Well done all round but perhaps the biggest star is the script. A good bright laugh |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0138097 |
1 |
No |
| Shall We Dance? |
7.50 |
0 |
SOU, Masayuki |
YAKUSHO, Koji |
Charming, delightful, and for me, revealing Japanese love story. |
|
1 |
No |
| Shallow Grave |
7.25 |
1995 |
BOYLE, Danny |
Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor |
Moderately good psychological thriller. Gory and uncompelling. |
|
1 |
No |
| Shape of Things, The |
7.00 |
2003 |
LaBUTTE, Neil |
RUDD, Paul; WEISZ, Rachel; WELLER, Fred; MOL, Gretchen |
Powerful, anxious play with some great points about art - but awful acting and worse directing |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0308878 |
1 |
No |
| Shawshank Redemption, The |
6.50 |
1994 |
DARABONT, Frank |
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman; GUNTON, Bob |
Quite good acting, but very contrived, melodramatic, predictable, and unsuspensfull |
|
1 |
No |
| She's the One |
8.25 |
1996 |
BURNS II, Edward |
Jennifer Aniston, Maxine Bahns, Ed Burns II, Cameron Diaz, Anita Gillette, John Mahnoey, Leslie Mann, Mike McGlone, Amanda Peet, Frank Vincent, Robert Weil |
Superb acting, casting, directing, script. Moving, realistically irritating. |
http://us.imdb.com/M/title-substring?title=she%27s+the+one&type=substring |
1 |
No |
| Shine |
8.25 |
0 |
? |
RUSH, Geoffrey; |
? |
|
1 |
No |
| Shoot the Moon |
7.50 |
1981 |
PARKER, Alan |
Dianne Keaton, Albert Finney, Tina Yothers |
Disturbingly real view of jeolousy, ill-guided passion |
|
1 |
No |
| Showgirls |
6.00 |
1995 |
VERHOEVEN, Paul |
Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon |
Some sexy dancing - well shot. Little else to recommend this film except a bit of a message about ruthlessness. |
|
1 |
No |
| Showtime |
7.00 |
2001 |
DEY, Tom |
De NIRO, Robert; MURPHY, Eddie; RUSSO, Rene |
Funny and cute, sometimes too silly even for the premise |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0284490 |
1 |
No |
| Shrek |
8.50 |
2001 |
ADAMSON, Andrew; JENSON, Vicky |
MYERS, Mike; MURPHY, Eddie, DIAZ, Cameron; LITHGOW, John |
Clever animation for all ages |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0126029 |
1 |
No |
| Sideways |
8.50 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
No |
| Silence of the Lambs, The |
8.25 |
1991 |
DEMME, Jonathon |
FOSTER, Jodie; HOPKINS, Anthony; LEVINE, Ted; GLENN, Scott |
Awsome - rich suspense and performances. Actually cleverly understated |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0102926 |
2 |
No |
| Sin City |
8.00 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
No |
| Singin' in the Rain |
7.75 |
1952 |
KELLY, Gene; DONEN, Stanley |
Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debby Reynolds, jean Hagen, cyc Charise, Millard Mitchell |
Doesn't really work for me. (Some interesting historical anachronisms) |
|
1 |
No |
| Single White Female |
8.50 |
1992 |
SCHROEDER, Barbet |
FONDA, Bridget, JASON LEIGH, Jennifer, WEBER, Steven, FRIEDMAN, Peter |
Excelent psychological thriller. Nice in that it shows some strengths, legitimacy, and weaknesses of both sides. Very well made. |
|
1 |
No |
| Singles |
8.00 |
1992 |
CROWE, Cameron |
Bridget Fonda, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, Campbell Scot, Kyra Skedgwick, Bill Pullman |
modern, stylish |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105415 |
1 |
No |
| Six Degrees of Separation |
8.25 |
1993 |
SCHEPISI, Fren |
Stockard Channing, Donald Southerland, Will Smith |
Channing great, most of others poor, excellent story, editing, etc. but poor detail editing |
|
1 |
No |
| Sixth Sense, The |
8.25 |
1999 |
SHYAMALAN, M. Night |
WILLIS, Bruce; COLLETTE, Toni; WILLIAMS, Olivia; OSMENT, Haley Joel |
Surprisingly good. Bruce isn't that bad, really |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0167404 |
2 |
No |
| Sleeper |
7.00 |
1973 |
ALLEN, Woody |
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton; BECK, John |
Sarcastic entertainment. (Especially good scene with description of 1970's stuff) |
|
1 |
No |
| Sleepers |
7.50 |
1996 |
LEVINSON, Barry |
Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Minnie Driver |
Too long. Gets better towards end though. Predictable. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117665 |
1 |
No |
| Sliding Doors |
8.50 |
1988 |
HOWITT II, PETER |
PALTROW, Gwyneth |
Clever, thoughtful bittersweet modern drama. Well written and made. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120148 |
1 |
No |
| Sling Blade |
9.00 |
1996 |
THORNTON, Billy Bob |
THORNTON, Billy Bob; YOAKAM, Dwight; WALSH, J.T.; RITTER, John; BLACK (II), Lucas; CANERDAY, Natalie (DUVALL, Robert; JARMUSCH, Jim) |
Awesome ensemble, script, direction, filming, everything. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117666 |
1 |
Yes |
| Sliver |
7.00 |
1993 |
NOYCE, Phillip |
STONE, Sharron; BALDWIN, William; BERENGER, Tom |
Suspense, somewhat sexy, somewhat contrived plot. |
|
1 |
No |
| Small Soldiers |
7.50 |
1998 |
DANTE, Joe |
DUNST, Kirsten; SMITH, Gregory; MOHR, Jay, HARTMAN, Phil; JONES, Tomm |
Really good kids + adults movie; great effects. Inevitably compared to Toy Stor |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?Small+Soldiers+(1998) |
1 |
No |
| Small Time Crooks |
8.00 |
2000 |
ALLEN, Woody |
ALLEN, Woody; ULLMAN, Tracey |
Story very dissapointing, but otherwise wonderful. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0196216 |
1 |
No |
| Smoke |
8.75 |
1995 |
WANG, Wayne |
William Hurt, Harvey Keitel, Stockard Channing, Forest Whiticker, Harold Perrineau, Giancarlo Esposito, Ashley Judd |
Wonderful essentially non narrative atmospheric ensemble peice. |
|
1 |
No |
| Snatch |
8.25 |
2000 |
RITCHIE, Guy |
DEL TORO, Benicio; FARINA, Dennis; JONES, Vinnie; PITT, Brad; SERBEDZIJA, Rade; STATHAM, Jason, FORD, Alan; |
Very clever (and violent) comedy. Wonderful saturated pallet. In the line of Trainspotting, but still original |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0208092 |
2 |
No |
| So I Married an Axe Murderer |
7.75 |
1993 |
SCHLAMME, Thomas |
MYERS, Mike; TRAVIS, Nancy; LaPAGLIA, Anthony; PLUMMER, Amanda; FRICKER, Brenda |
Jolly good fun. |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0108174 |
1 |
No |
| Sofie |
8.75 |
1992 |
ULLMAN, Liv |
? |
No moment lacks richness of character or direction (the latter is particularly good) |
|
1 |
No |
| Soldier's Story, A |
8.25 |
1984 |
JEWISON, Norman |
Denzel Washington, Aldolf Caesar, ROLLINS, JR., Howard; EVENS, Art |
Superb story. Effective messages about black WW2 soldiers. Imperfect otherwise. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0088146 |
2 |
Yes |
| Solomon and Gaenor |
8.50 |
1999 |
MORRISON, Paul |
GRUFFUDD, Ioan; ROBERTS, Nia |
Delightful / tragic |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0181830/ |
1 |
No |
| Sommersby |
7.50 |
0 |
q |
GERE, Richard; FOSTER, Jodie |
overly sentimental, underly belieivable |
|
1 |
No |
| Songcatcher |
7.00 |
1999 |
GREENWALD, Maggie |
McTEER, Janet; QUINN, Aiden |
Directed with a trowel and badly editied too. Nice songs though. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0210299 |
1 |
No |
| Soul Food |
7.00 |
1997 |
q |
q |
Formulistic, overly emotional film. Some progressive issues put forth, however. |
|
1 |
No |
| South: Shackleton & The Endurance |
8.00 |
1919 |
HURLEY, Frank |
SHACKLETON, Earnest and expedition |
Wonderful cinematography |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0198559 |
1 |
No |
| Space Cowboys |
7.00 |
2000 |
EASTWOOD, Clint |
EASTWOOD, Clint; LEE JONES, Tommy; SUTHERLAND, Donald; GARNER, James |
Funny, harmless (but highly improbable!) comedy - perhaps as much about older actors as astronoughts? |
http://us.imdb.com/Details?0186566 |
1 |
No |
| Space Station 3D |
8.00 |
2002 |
MYERS, Toni |
misc |
Pretty fantastic photography. Very very self-serving space propaganda. Slightly over-the-top narration script. |
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0290296/ |
2 |
No |
| Spartacus |
7.25 |
1960 |
KUBRICK, Stanley |
DOUGLAS, Kirk; OLIVIER, Lawrence; SIMMONS, Jean; LAUGHTON, Charles; USTINOV, Peter |
Interesting but not captivating. Restored scenes intriguing. Ustonov steals the flick. A long haul… |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0054331 |
1 |
No |
| Speaking Parts |
8.25 |
1989 |
EGOYAN, Atom |
McMANUS II, Michael; KHANJIAN, Arsinée |
Cleverly conceived, edited. Egoyan's style strong but actors' direction seems to have slipped. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0098368 |
1 |
No |
| Spy Hard |
7.00 |
0 |
? |
NEILSON, Leslie; SHERRIDON, Nicolette |
Quite funny Spy spoof. |
|
1 |
No |
| Star Wars |
7.75 |
0 |
George Lucas |
Harrison Ford, Alec Guiness, Carrie Fisher |
Pretty well made, exciting, advanced Science Fiction. |
|
1 |
No |
| Stealing Beauty |
8.00 |
1996 |
BERTOLUCCI, Bernardo |
TYLER, Liv; IRONS, Jeremy |
Beautifully made, refreshingly honest |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117737 |
1 |
No |
| Steamboat Willie |
8.00 |
1928 |
IWERKS, Ub |
Micky Mouse |
? |
|
1 |
No |
| Stewart Little |
7.25 |
1999 |
MINKOFF, Bob |
DAVIS, Geena; LAURIE, Hugh; LIPNICKI, Jonathan; MURRAY-DOYLE, Brian |
Fine children's movie with very good animation |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0164912 |
1 |
No |
| Stewart Little 2 |
7.50 |
2002 |
MINKOFF, Robert |
FOX, Michael J.; DAVIS, Geena; LAURIE, Hugh; LIPNICKI, Jonathan |
Sappy, way too predictable, but well-animated |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0243585 |
1 |
No |
| Stolen Portraits |
7.00 |
0 |
? |
? |
Documentary about Francois Trufault. A bit boring, clips were more interesting than interviews. |
|
1 |
No |
| Straight Story |
8.00 |
1999 |
LYNCH, David |
FARNSWORTH, Richard; SPACEK, Sissy |
Lovely |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0166896 |
1 |
No |
| Strange Days |
8.50 |
1995 |
BIGELOW, Kathryn |
Ralf Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom sizemore, Michael Wincolt, Vincent d'Anofreio |
Very very well made somewhat futuristic thoughful thriller. |
|
1 |
No |
| Strawberry and Chocolate |
8.75 |
1995 |
GURTRIERREA ALEA, Thomas |
Juan Carlos Tabio, Vladimir Cruz, Francisco Gatorno, Jorge Perugorria, Mirta Iberra, Marilyn Solaga |
Very good performances, direction. Very credible characters and development. A pleasure! |
|
1 |
No |
| Striptease |
4.00 |
1996 |
BERGMAN, Andrew |
Demi Moore, Burt Reynolds, Armand Assante |
A new low for Demi. One of the worst films I've ever seen; it fails as a comdey and as a drama. |
http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/72708 |
1 |
No |
| Such a Long Road?? |
8.25 |
0 |
q |
q |
Wonderfully made story, flawless performances |
|
1 |
No |
| Sum of All Fears, The |
7.50 |
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
No |
| Sum of Us, The |
8.25 |
1994 |
DOWLING, Kevin; BURTON, Geoff |
Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy |
Very good, poignant AND funny film. Very good acting. |
|
1 |
No |
| Summer of Sam |
8.50 |
1999 |
LEE, Spike |
LEGUIZAMO, John; BROCY, Adrien; SORVINO, Mira; ESPOSITO, Jennifer; LaPAGLIA, Anthony |
Lee's trademark hyper-realism in full force. Excelent |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0162677 |
2 |
No |
| Sunset Blvd. |
6.00 |
1950 |
WILDER, Billly |
William Holden; SWANSON, Gloria; VON STROHEIM, Erich |
Dissapointingly (due to reference by Blue Rodeo) corny, simple. Dull. |
|
1 |
No |
| Sunshine |
8.00 |
1999 |
SZABO, Istvan I |
FEINNES, Ralph; HARRIS, Rosemary; WEISZ, Rachel; EHLE, Jennifer; PARKER, Molly; UNGER, Deborah |
Lovely, fantastic. Almost too long but it worked. |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0145503 |
1 |
No |
| Super Speedway |
7.50 |
1997 |
LOW, Stephen |
ANDRETTI, Mario; ANDRETTI, Michael |
(Documentary) Superb action filming. Over-contrived roadster theme |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0120245 |
1 |
No |
| Supersize Me |
7.00 |
2004 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
No |
| Surviving Picasso |
8.25 |
1996 |
IVORY, James |
HOPKINS, Anthony; McElhone, Natasha; MOORE, Julienne |
q |
|
1 |
No |
| Swann |
9.00 |
1996 |
BENSON GYLES, Anna |
Miranda Richardson, Michael Ontkean, Brenda Fricker |
Wonderful film of Carol Shield's book. Similar intricasies to 'Stone Diaries'. Affectively subdued performances |
http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117798 |
2 |
No |
| Sweet Hereafter, The |
8.75 |
1997 |
EGOYAN, Atom |
q |
Wonderfully filmed. A bit less subtle than his previous work. |
|
1 |
No |
| Swing Kids |
6.25 |
1993 |
CARTER, Thomas |
LEONARD, Robert Sean; BALE, Christian; WHALEY, Frank; HERSHEY, Barbara; [BRANAGH, Kevin] |
good story (but were Swing Kids real?), poor acting, direction, editing. |
|
1 |
No |
| Swoon |
8.00 |
1992 |
KALIN, Tom |
SCHLACHET, Daniel; CHESTER, Craig; VAWTER, Ron; KIRBY, Michael |
Dark look at real homosexuality / murder case. |
|
1 |
No |