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IdentityTheory is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Matthew Sorrento, Phil Hall.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
9/10
(undefined) Matthew Sorrento Fassbinder could take on any style and make it his own.
Posted May 20, 2012  Edit critic review
7/10
Tokyo Drifter (1966) Matthew Sorrento A style that works only with a sure hand.
Posted Apr 05, 2012  Edit critic review
9/10
Branded to Kill (1967) Matthew Sorrento The images remain so strong that we wonder whether the overall films began as mental images, unearthed from an artist's psyche to help construct probing popular entertainment.
Posted Apr 05, 2012  Edit critic review
10/10
Scarface (1932) Matthew Sorrento [The police chief] endorses the myth of the west while conceiving the urban gangster as a rat-like menace.
Posted Feb 03, 2012  Edit critic review
4/10
Black Death (2010) Matthew Sorrento A film without the ideas or guts to bring hell to life onscreen.
Posted Dec 18, 2011  Edit critic review
6/10
Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead (2010) Matthew Sorrento Phil's journey to health, with the help of Cross, transforms a lacking showpiece into a powerful tale of will and mentorship.
Posted Dec 03, 2011  Edit critic review
5/10
The Great Outdoors (1988) Matthew Sorrento At the onset it seems that Candy, as in Uncle, plays the lower class half. Yet, by [Outdoors'] end we learn that the in-law is actually broke, essentially Cousin Eddie in disguise.
Posted Nov 07, 2011  Edit critic review
4/10
Black Moon (1975) Matthew Sorrento Fans for such a film need insight more than sundry freakout moments.
Posted Sep 27, 2011  Edit critic review
6/10
The Names of Love (2010) Matthew Sorrento An extreme scenario, yes, but really just a new French take on the time-old screwball comedy motif: straight guy meets crazy gal.
Posted Aug 21, 2011  Edit critic review
7.5/10
Page One: Inside The New York Times (2011) Matthew Sorrento Carr's tongue-lashing of [Vice] is a treat, showing that the grand ol' institution can swipe away the scurrying little Tweeters.
Posted Jul 06, 2011  Edit critic review
7/10
The Fighter (2010) Matthew Sorrento Russell delivers what we least expect from him: a pro-family film.
Posted Jun 13, 2011  Edit critic review
8/10
True Grit (2010) Matthew Sorrento The title refers to the trait Mattie needs in her avenger, though the film sympathizes with the criminal outcasts.
Posted Jun 13, 2011  Edit critic review
4/10
Yves Saint Laurent 5, Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris (2002) Matthew Sorrento [F]ans of fashion will delight over the subject, especially those who love the gay-outsider-who-makes-it theme. In The Devil Wears Prada, it took Stanley Tucci one scene to nail it, while this film's still searching at 103 minutes.
Posted May 27, 2011  Edit critic review
2.5/5
The Lark Farm (2007) Phil Hall An extremely uneven melodrama.
Posted Mar 22, 2010  Edit critic review
2/5
Pranzo di Ferragosto (2008) Phil Hall Feels more like an unsatisfactory appetizer than a satisfying main course.
Posted Mar 14, 2010  Edit critic review
2/5
Pink Flamingos (1972) Phil Hall What was considered shocking in the 1970s seems benign today.
Posted Mar 14, 2010  Edit critic review
5/10
Shutter Island (2010) Matthew Sorrento [I]t's hardly a spoiler to know that this pseudo-reality is really an overblown fantasy, Scotch-taped together into a storyline.
Posted Feb 20, 2010  Edit critic review
3/5
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970) Phil Hall Despite its numerous faults, it succeeds as a Streisand showcase
Posted Feb 15, 2010  Edit critic review
2/5
An Englishman in New York (2009) Phil Hall Quality roles for John Hurt must be at a severe minimum if the greatly underutilized actor needs to revisit his 1975 triumph as gay icon Quentin Crisp.
Posted Jan 31, 2010  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Word Is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives (1977) Phil Hall A landmark, but not a classic.
Posted Jan 28, 2010  Edit critic review
5/5
Georgia O'Keeffe (1987) Phil Hall A wonderful documentary that deserves to be revisited.
Posted Jan 26, 2010  Edit critic review
9/10
Broken Embraces (2009) Matthew Sorrento In Almodóvar, the past is reckoned by characters of the present, a layering over which we revel.
Posted Jan 16, 2010  Edit critic review
4/5
Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh (2008) Phil Hall An excellent tribute to a young woman who has been, for too long, an unsung hero of World War II.
Posted Jan 11, 2010  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Into the Storm (2009) Phil Hall Brendan Gleeson's force of personality dominates the proceedings. As a historic document, however, the film leaves a lot to be desired.
Posted Jan 11, 2010  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Chevolution (2008) Phil Hall A genuinely interesting film about a photograph that still, after 50 years, continues to haunt and intrigue us.
Posted Jan 11, 2010  Edit critic review
2/5
Chariots of the Gods (1970) Phil Hall They don't make films like this anymore, and we should be glad for that.
Posted Jan 07, 2010  Edit critic review
2/5
The Butch Factor (2009) Phil Hall Well intended but, ultimately, repetitive and less than insightful.
Posted Dec 30, 2009  Edit critic review
1/5
The Great Mr. Handel (1942) Phil Hall Mr. Handel was certainly great, but this biopic is certainly not.
Posted Dec 28, 2009  Edit critic review
4/5
In Search of Mozart (2006) Phil Hall Invigorating celebration of the great composer's life and music.
Posted Dec 27, 2009  Edit critic review
1/5
The Lovely Bones (2009) Matthew Sorrento Jackson's newest is his worst.
Posted Dec 24, 2009  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) Phil Hall John Rawlins, normally a minor director, did a smashing job in framing the story with moody noir-style cinematography.
Posted Dec 21, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman (1944) Phil Hall Gale Sondergaard brings a healthy dose of camp glamour as the eponymous villain.
Posted Dec 21, 2009  Edit critic review
2/5
Crazy Heart (2009) Phil Hall Often feels like a half-hearted, half-assed remake of Tender Mercies.
Posted Dec 17, 2009  Edit critic review
5/5
Hello, Dolly! (1969) Phil Hall It is a work of great entertainment, a product of an era when people looked up at a screen and saw movies instead of cinema.
Posted Dec 15, 2009  Edit critic review
3.5/5
Invictus (2009) Matthew Sorrento Morgan Freeman's role in Invictus is a universe away from his role in Lean on Me, even if both characters turn around troubled institutions.
Posted Dec 13, 2009  Edit critic review
2/5
Invictus (2009) Phil Hall As Nelson Mandela, Morgan Freeman functions as a South African version of Charlie Chan, spouting fortune cookie-style wisdom in an appropriately wily manner that disarms the racial agitation of black and white foes alike.
Posted Dec 13, 2009  Edit critic review
2.5/5
Flying Padre (1951) Phil Hall Minor, mild early effort from Stanley Kubrick.
Posted Dec 10, 2009  Edit critic review
5/5
Ginevra's Story: Solving the Mysteries of Leonardo da Vinci's First Known Portrait (1999) Phil Hall A welcome addition to the year's non-fiction filmmaking releases.
Posted Dec 10, 2009  Edit critic review
5/5
Show Boat (1936) Phil Hall Represents the apex of Hollywood musical productions.
Posted Dec 10, 2009  Edit critic review
7/10
Encounters at the End of the World (2007) Matthew Sorrento This purported nature documentary muses on everything it encounters.
Posted Dec 03, 2008  Edit critic review
4.5/5
Ballast (2008) Matthew Sorrento The audio is occupied by only the sounds the characters make ... moments of silence open up an emotional void.
Posted Oct 11, 2008  Edit critic review
4/5
Tell No One (2006) Matthew Sorrento As brisk as things become, clarity wins out, as the hand-held camerawork Bourne for many a chase sequence has no place here.
Posted Oct 11, 2008  Edit critic review
9/10
Play It Again, Sam (1972) Matthew Sorrento Apart from its fantastic elements, Woody's script of Sam finds a deft blend of the comic and romantic.
Posted Jul 10, 2008  Edit critic review
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