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Flak Magazine is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Martin Scribbs, Stephen Himes.

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The 6th Day (2000) Sean Weitner Just because the movie disappoints doesn't mean it's not a pleasant romp - it makes fun use of its great cast... and it certainly hurries speedily along with as few painful bon mots as possible.
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8MM (1999) Sean Weitner There's great potency to stories cut from this cloth, and 8mm manages to avoid it entirely.
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40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) Rasheed Newson 40 Days and 40 Nights exceeds expectations by being a funny film that endorses free choice for guys and gals alike.
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You Can Count on Me (2000) Eric Wittmershaus You Can Count on Me is that rare film that comes along and reminds its audience of the beauty and drama inherent in the lives of everyday folks.
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3000 Miles to Graceland (2001) Andy Stilp [Kevin] Costner's performance gives every indication he would have ruined this movie like he has so many others if every part of it wasn't already permeated with an unmistakably rotten smell.
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15 Minutes (2001) Sean Weitner What a frenzied mess 15 Minutes is. It bears a lot of the imprimaturs of good intentions, not the least of which is the ruins to which it leads.
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Yi Yi (2000) Stephanie Kuenn With his impeccable writing and subtle direction, Yang has created a remarkable, realistic slice of life that almost needs to be seen two or three times to fully comprehend everything that happens. In some ways, it's as absorbing as living.
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300 (2007) James Norton Echoing the finest visual cliches of martial chopfests such as Zulu Dawn, The Seven Samurai and Starship Troopers, 300 is an incredibly engaging romp.
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11-09-01: September 11 (2002) Jessica Chapel By letting international filmmakers translate Sept. 11 through their own cultural background, Brigand has succeeded in producing a moving and meaningful addition to the massive collection of Sept. 11 media.
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X-Men (2000) Eric Wittmershaus X-Men certainly won't go down as the movie of the year, but it just may end up the smartest action film in quite some time.
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Wild Wild West (1999) Sean Weitner Wild Wild West is far from perfect; it only barely enters the sphere of good. But it is good, just not nearly as good as it should have been.
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Wimbledon (2004) Andy Stilp Dunst's acting style of sleepy-eyed, halting recitation may have reached its point of diminishing returns.
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The Weather Underground (2003) Sean Weitner Its gimmick is not only gracefully sustained and made believable, it's integrally tied into the character relationships. In other words, it's a delight to watch.
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The Woman Chaser (1999) Eric Wittmershaus Consistently funny and frequently hilarious, The Woman Chaser stands out because it mines its humor by deftly weaving early '60s cool with the pathos and neuroses of the late '90s.
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) Andy Stilp Without knowledge of those previous shorts, Were-Rabbit is still a great ride, but the adroit and assured nature of that quiet dog might be totally lost.
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The Virgin Suicides (1999) Eric Wittmershaus Sofia Coppola was blessed with the perfect ingredients... But somewhere, it all went wrong, and The Virgin Suicides ended up as an empty, beautifully scored, stunningly shot flick.
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The Way of the Gun (2000) Sean Weitner A pretty mean pleasure.
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Volver (2006) Sara J. Brenneis A brilliant passage through Almodóvar's own personal and professional past, marking the movie as something of a homecoming for a director who never actually left.
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Vanilla Sky (2001) Christopher Hickman Vanilla Sky is not a noble failure... It's safe, it's too long, it's badly written, mostly badly acted, and, worst of all, its message is either incomprehensible or commonplace - it's a boring failure.
Posted Jun 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Veronica Guerin (2003) Seamus Sweeney Veronica Guerin trots out all of the "Oirish" tropes and confirms their legitimacy, but also shows how, in the midst of them, real - even heroic - lives are led.
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Unbreakable (2000) Sean Weitner Unbreakable will enrapture you the way great movies do, or, at least, the way certain movies made by great directors do.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) Andy Stilp It succeeds on the requisite criteria for a trilogy's successful middle movie and it does it in such slam-dunk fashion that audiences will return to immerse themselves in the War of the Ring.
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United 93 (2006) Sean Weitner The most fair characterization of the movie, by a mile, is as an adaptation of The 9/11 Commission Report, and at this it is marvelous. It reads between the report's lines to infer drama but does so scrupulously.
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Troy (2004) David Essex Troy is definitely big, and it retains the general contours of The Iliad, but it's strangely flat. It seems like a lot of committees had to certify all its major elements inoffensive - or maybe they just tested and tweaked it to death.
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Two Family House (2000) Eric Wittmershaus This charming, well-balanced film comes out smelling sweetly. It's cute without being trite and sentimental yet largely believable.
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Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) David Essex One never really gets to suspend disbelief in any of Cock and Bull's subplots, but the time flies by even without the standard narrative drive.
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Trouble Every Day (2001) Jeff Rigsby Denis' strengths lie elsewhere, but they shimmer through even in this poorly chosen project.
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The Transporter (2002) Andy Stilp At heart, this is a Besson pic, and a poor one at that.
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Training Day (2001) Rasheed Newson The film's cynical lessons are dated... Yet by keeping its themes elementary, Training Day allows the audience to indulge in its other enticing elements.
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Traffic (2000) Stephanie Kuenn But with Traffic, [Steven Soderbergh] moves beyond high-quality storytelling to making a compelling film that leaves a deeper mark on its audience.
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Tokyo Godfathers (2003) Tony Nigro Like the best intellectual anime, Tokyo Godfathers employs its plethora of references to maximum effect.
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Timecode (2000) Sara J. Brenneis Seen primarily for its digital escapades, with a plot that entertains without overly distracting, Time Code has the capacity to turn you on four times over.
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Time Regained (1999) Sean O'Neill Time Regained skillfully appeals to the viewer who has never read Proust as well as to the madeleine-tasting, die-hard Proustians.
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999) Sean Weitner The Thomas Crown Affair is puffery, but it's dynamite puffery blessed with a recognizable human heart. It's the kind of summer movie you wish there were more of.
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The Thirteenth Floor (1999) Sean Weitner A movie whose slogan is "Question reality" has to provide more to chew on than this one does.
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Those Who Love Me Can Take the Train (1997) James Norton Its easy to walk out of the theater feeling confused and slightly tired, rather than challenged and engaged.
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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) Nick Gorski Manages to encompass so many of our new fears in just 109 short minutes.
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Tarzan (1999) Sean Weitner You'll all be dazzled, and its makers deserve your recognition for their toil and craft. Just pause to acknowledge what is being presented to you for what it is and what it isn't.
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The Tao of Steve (2000) Mac Slocum A hip comedy that mixes pop culture's slacker appeal with the wisdom of ancient philosophers.
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Talk to Her (2002) Sara J. Brenneis Almodvar craftily weaves the absurd with the everyday, painting a picture not so much of Spanish society but of human compassion and marginality taken to the extreme.
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Sunshine State (2002) Stephen Bracco The film's strength is quieter than Sayles' politics, which, despite his broad strokes, displays genuine, adult interest in the demarcation of character.
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Suzhou River (2000) Sean Weitner Haunting and poetic, Suzhou River does right both by its heritage and by an audience looking to have its mind a little blown.
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Sweet Land (2005) Joey Rubin Speaks about love in the most honest, and cinematically effective, way: by hardly saying anything about it at all.
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The Sum of All Fears (2002) Sean Weitner Sum's three predecessors provided it, to different degrees, succeeding by making the political personal... Sum inverts this balance, disastrously.
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Sean Weitner The Phantom Menace is a thoroughly and sincerely enjoyable blockbuster. It's well-cast, actually pulls off some limited and necessary levity and is, particularly in its last half-hour, truly masterfully edited.
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Niall Lynch Episode II does not remain content to regurgitate its brand identity. Rather, it embellishes that identity in several different ways, with delightful and intriguing results.
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Summer of Sam (1999) Will Schmenner The worst sort of film: adrift, thoughtless and over-determined but visually well-crafted enough to be disturbing.
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State and Main (2000) Eric Wittmershaus With the exception of a couple of goofy, largely uninteresting subplots, there's little here we haven't already seen.
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Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) Sean Weitner It's the least of the series and is definitely a trip down the rabbit hole.
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Spy Kids (2001) Sean Weitner It's likely to become a kid's classic, a box-office success and a franchise - and it couldn't happen to a nicer movie.
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