|
Charlie Bartlett
(2007)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Feb 13, 2008
|
1/5
|
Another You
(1991)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Pathetic attempt to recapture the vanished magic of a once-effective comedy team.
Posted Jun 03, 2005
|
4/5
|
Blade Runner
(1982)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Futurism meets film noir in the most satisfying S-F picture of its day.
Posted Jun 03, 2005
|
3/5
|
Cry Freedom
(1987)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Often harrowing and naturalistic but ultimately self-important in its indictment of police-state politics.
Posted Jun 03, 2005
|
2/5
|
Mississippi Burning
(1988)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Improbable re-enactment of an investigation into long-ago outbreak of hate crimes.
Posted Jun 03, 2005
|
|
Cinderella Man
(2005)
|
Michael H. Price
|
'The film is ... as rich in Depression-era authenticity as such a picture gets, complete with a palpable air of social decay and personalized despondency.'
Posted Jun 03, 2005
|
2/5
|
Far and Away
(1992)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Overblown would-be epic of the Western frontier.
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
3/5
|
Tales of Terror
(1962)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Among the least of the Corman-Price Poe pictures, but rendered imperishable by its hilarious/horrific wine-tasting scene between Peter Lorre and Vincent Price.
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
4/5
|
Invaders From Mars
(1953)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Wm. Cameron Menzies' almost-masterpiece of Cold War paranoia, bracing and impactful despite some conspicuous gaffes in the costuming-and-effects department. The underlying beauty of it all is a tacit understanding that yes, It Can, Too, Happen Here.
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
3/5
|
Pray for Death
(1985)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Depends upon which cut you've seen, whether the movie is any good or night. The pre-ratings original is pure ferocity, where the butchered American version comes off more like refried Jackie Chan.
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
3/5
|
The Birds
(1963)
|
Michael H. Price
|
More novelty than spectacle, but overall a chilling exercise in nihilistic terror.
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
0/5
|
Orgy of the Dead
(1965)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Ghastly, but only in the sense of ineptitude.
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
Aliens of the Deep
(2005)
|
Michael H. Price
|
... captures not only the majesty of the brinier depths - but also the fascination therein that keeps luring Cameron back to the ocean.
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
3/5
|
César
(1936)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 22, 2004
|
1/5
|
White of the Eye
(1988)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 22, 2004
|
3/5
|
Night Nurse
(1931)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 22, 2004
|
2/5
|
Russian Doll
(2001)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 22, 2004
|
|
Ocean's Twelve
(2004)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 22, 2004
|
2/5
|
The Thief and the Cobbler
(1993)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 09, 2004
|
3/5
|
Man's Best Friend
(1993)
|
Michael H. Price
|
... a canine Frankenstein with real bite.
Posted Dec 09, 2004
|
3/5
|
The Boy With Green Hair
(1948)
|
Michael H. Price
|
A peculiar mixing of bigot-buster and pacifist sensibilities, rendered largely incoherent on account of Howard Hughes' attempts to transform the piece into a pro-war tract. Strange that such a safe-as-milk picture could have caused many of its talents to
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
|
Beyond the Sea
(2004)
|
Michael H. Price
|
... pays tribute to the long-gone pop singer Bobby Darin in ways deeper by far than the bland hagiography that characterizes most show-world biopics.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
4/5
|
Dave
(1993)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Darned near the Second Coming of Capra in Reitman's account of common decency under siege by political treacheries.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
2/5
|
Kindergarten Cop
(1990)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Kid-friendly violence -- what a concept.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
|
Ray
(2004)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
3/5
|
The Wild Angels
(1966)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Essential entry in the biker-flick craze of the 1960s and '70s, a heartfelt plea for nihilism and abnormalcy in a world enslaved by Civilization.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
4/5
|
Foolish Wives
(1922)
|
Michael H. Price
|
The original 'Eyes Wide Shut,' confronting the erotic obsession with frankness and confrontational humor.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
3/5
|
Ned Kelly
(1970)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
2/5
|
The Keep
(1983)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
3/5
|
Moby Dick
(1956)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
2/5
|
Evil Laugh
(1988)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
2/5
|
Insect Woman
(1964)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
3/5
|
Eye of the Needle
(1981)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
2/5
|
Zachariah
(1971)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
2/5
|
Carnosaur
(1993)
|
Michael H. Price
|
The anti-'Jurassic Park' -- meaner and more provocative but intolerably cheap.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
3/5
|
Apache
(1954)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
3/5
|
Die, Monster, Die!
(1965)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Lovecraft Lite, from the studio that made the world safe for Edgar Allan Poe.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
4/5
|
The Petrified Forest
(1936)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Gangster Existentialism deluxe.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
1/5
|
Casper's Haunted Christmas
(2000)
|
Michael H. Price
|
There's something diseased about a cartoon series predicated on the utterly wholesome adventures of a deceased juvenile.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
4/5
|
The Gunfighter
(1950)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Henry King's, and Gregory Peck's, best sagebrusher -- bar none.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
|
National Treasure
(2004)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
1/5
|
The Invisible Maniac
(1990)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Why bother with special effects when you can have your stunt players pretending to grapple with an unseen assailant?
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
|
Spider-Man
(2002)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Count on Sam Raimi ... to deliver a Spider-Man movie that recaptures the wonder of those first-generation comics.
Posted Dec 08, 2004
|
|
Alexander
(2004)
|
Michael H. Price
|
Posted Dec 07, 2004
|