Mark Collette
Tomatometer-approved critic
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Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
4%
0.5/4
“...the comedy half doesn't work without the intrigue half, and director Mayfield doesn't look like he would know intrigue if Martin Scorsese brought it to him wrapped in butcher paper with a bow on top.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jan 5, 2007
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Eragon (2006)
15%
2/4
“Its formula is so vanilla that it could be an early draft of almost any other science fiction or fantasy story.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Dec 15, 2006
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Apocalypto (2006)
65%
3/4
“Rather than sprawling into far-reaching epic mode, this carefully contained script zooms in on one man's drive to protect his family against the backdrop of a civilization on the point of collapse.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Dec 11, 2006
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The Nativity Story (2006)
37%
2/4
“Hardwicke takes scripture that is at once deeply troubling ... and filled with profound hope, and renders it inert on both counts by playing things so safely that the result is almost irreverent.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Dec 1, 2006
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Deck the Halls (2006)
6%
0.5/4
“I'm tired of filmmakers, screenwriters, directors and studios that believe every holiday is its own excuse for making films.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Nov 22, 2006
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Happy Feet (2006)
76%
2.5/4
“The long march across the Antarctic wasteland ... sometimes feels just as arduous as the real thing.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Nov 18, 2006
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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
73%
4/4
“When I left the theater, I got in my car, turned off my perpetually running radio, and thought for a long time before I moved. It's been a while since a film has done that.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Nov 11, 2006
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Flushed Away (2006)
72%
3.5/4
“This is a stunning example of a dumb concept that an ingenuous team of screenwriters, animators and voice actors turned squarely on its head. And there's scarcely a potty joke to be found.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Nov 4, 2006
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Saw III (2006)
29%
0/4
“It induces squirming not because the filmmakers are good at creating suspense, but because they are expert sadists with a $12 million budget.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Oct 28, 2006
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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
76%
2.5/4
“This film seems dangerously close to embracing the same kind of selective storytelling that it condemns.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Oct 21, 2006
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The Grudge 2 (2006)
12%
2/4
“Shimizu has mastered the American art of pandering to a target demographic.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Oct 14, 2006
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The Guardian (2006)
37%
2.5/4
“At 135 minutes, I expect more than the usual trainer-turned-father-figure story.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Oct 1, 2006
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Fearless (2006)
74%
3.5/4
“Fearless is a visual juggernaut.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Sep 23, 2006
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Gridiron Gang (2006)
44%
2/4
“The film misses the chance to showcase these actors with a deeper exploration of their changing relationship.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Sep 16, 2006
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The Covenant (2006)
4%
0.5/4
“Limitless powers, and all we get are some spiders, some Blobs, and some supernatural hair gel.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Sep 9, 2006
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Crank (2006)
62%
3/4
“Borrows pages from Quentin Tarantino, the Atari 2600 game console, and, most of all, British action junkie Guy Ritchie, in a deliciously absurd, rollicking rampage through Los Angeles.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Sep 1, 2006
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Pulse (2006)
11%
1/4
“What's the point in warning of the perils of the information age by creating a scareless, formulaic film that fits so snugly into the thoughtless consumerism of the culture you're trying to criticize?” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Aug 11, 2006
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The Night Listener (2006)
40%
2/4
“(Stettner) sets up a rule that the movie is about the psychological conditions of its characters, and what they can teach us about ourselves. He then switches games and asks us to believe the spook is its own excuse.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Aug 5, 2006
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Miami Vice (2006)
47%
2.5/4
“Mann can't be faulted for his visual take on the grit and the glitter of high stakes cocaine rustling, but at 146 minutes he could have found more room for the psychological nuances...” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jul 29, 2006
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Lady in the Water (2006)
25%
2/4
“Though originating as a bedtime story for his children, it functions less as a morality tale and more as an egotistical salvo toward his critics.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jul 21, 2006
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Little Man (2006)
12%
1/4
“The film turns to that old reliable standard, commedia dell'gassy.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jul 14, 2006
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Waist Deep (2006)
28%
2.5/4
“A film teetering on the edge of importance.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jun 24, 2006
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Nacho Libre (2006)
39%
0.5/4
“As a certain tenacious rocker once intoned, you barely passed the test, Jack. You know what you got? F plus. Click.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jun 16, 2006
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Cars (2006)
74%
4/4
“A uniquely American experience in a uniquely American setting ... And it's a heck of a lot of fun.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jun 12, 2006
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The Break-Up (2006)
34%
1.5/4
“A rare category of date movie: We wish it played more like other date movies.” –
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)
Jun 2, 2006
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