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Todd Lothery

Todd Lothery's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 94% EDIT “Taken as a whole, Jackson's trilogy is a staggering achievement, and there will no doubt be those who won't mind the multiple endings, because they won't want to let it go, either.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 14, 2026 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 95% 3/4 EDIT “With its epic sweep and massive scale, "Two Towers" is in many respects an awesome achievement. You may not get emotionally involved, but you will be frequently dazzled.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 13, 2026 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 91% 3/4 EDIT “While the classic, not-terribly-nuanced story of good vs. evil is certainly involving, I'd stop short of calling it engrossing. But this hotly anticipated first installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy is in many respects a staggering achievement.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Hard Eight (1996) 82% 1.5/4 EDIT “In an age where so many first-time filmmakers emphasize style at the expense of substance, Anderson's economical technique is refreshingly free of film school flashiness. But then, he needs a little substance to go with it.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Sep 22, 2025 Full Review Requiem for a Dream (2000) 80% 3/4 EDIT “It's a bravura technical and stylistic show, but it isn't just for show. The elements of film grammar are used to hurl us into junkie consciousness and underscore each character's nightmarish plummet.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Aug 22, 2025 Full Review The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) 57% 1.5/4 EDIT “Visually and thematically darker than its precursor, The Lost World is canned entertainment. It lacks the wonder of the first film, perhaps an inevitability. What's more of a letdown is that it lacks the first one's heart.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jun 30, 2025 Full Review Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 62% 3.5/4 EDIT “It's leagues above "The Phantom Menace," with better defined characters, less stodginess and less Jar Jar Binks.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Apr 22, 2025 Full Review Scream 3 (2000) 45% 3/4 EDIT “There is plenty of bloodletting, but it's in service of a solid story. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Feb 20, 2025 Full Review Tarzan (1999) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Some movies gain nothing from being animated. Tarzan isn't one of them.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dec 20, 2024 Full Review Mulan (1998) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “Intelligent and respectful, with a solid storyline, Mulan also boasts the magnificent animation we've come to expect from Disney.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Dec 20, 2024 Full Review Scream (1996) 78% EDIT “Scream wants to be a satire and a thriller, but Craven doesn't go far enough in either direction to really pull it off. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Oct 15, 2024 Full Review I Think I Do (1997) 42% EDIT “The ensemble cast sparkles (Arquette is particularly good), the dialogue is natural and the characters believable. We care about what's going to happen to these people. This is director Sloan's first feature and he paces it perfectly.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Apr 17, 2024 Full Review Almost Famous (2000) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “A movie bursting with affection, good-natured humor and adolescent yearning. It's easily the best film of the year so far.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Mar 26, 2024 Full Review Atanarjuat the Fast Runner (2001) 93% 4/4 EDIT “The Fast Runner is primal, earthy, funny, startling and endlessly mysterious. And despite its length, I was thoroughly engrossed from first frame to last. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Nov 8, 2023 Full Review Y tu mamá también (2001) 90% 3.5/4 EDIT “Directed with pizazz by Cuarón, based on an agreeably unpredictable script he wrote with his brother Carlos, Y tu mamá también is a blast of energetic filmmaking, an exuberant romp that breathes new life into the sex comedy. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Sep 9, 2023 Full Review Lone Star (1996) 91% 3.5/4 EDIT “Cooper is appropriately restrained and subdued as Sam. Kristofferson burrows into the role of the of a sinister Charlie Wade... Elizabeth Pena brings grace and intelligence to her role as Pilar. Ron Canada is natural and relaxed as Otis.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Sep 6, 2023 Full Review Spirited Away (2001) 96% 3.5/5 EDIT “It's the rare movie that completely creates its own world, envelops you in it, and leaves you dazed and amazed. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 17, 2023 Full Review In the Mood for Love (2000) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “Virtually plotless, this exquisite chamber piece of repressed emotion is sure to frustrate impatient viewers, but its sensuality is intoxicating.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 15, 2023 Full Review Magnolia (1999) 82% 3/4 EDIT “One feverish, crazy quilt of a movie.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 14, 2023 Full Review Mulholland Dr. (2001) 84% EDIT “It's a multilayered, surprisingly resonant mind-boggler about illusions, delusions, greed, jealousy, guilt, power, rotting aspirations, the mutability of identity, the act of acting and Hollywood's seamy underbelly. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jul 11, 2023 Full Review The Big Lebowski (1998) 79% 3/4 EDIT “It's nearly impossible to convey the unadulterated fun to be had watching this movie. Its pleasures may be evanescent, but sometimes those are the best kind.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 20, 2023 Full Review Eve's Bayou (1997) 83% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's obvious that Lemmons feels this story deeply, and her film is not without merit. It's like a stew that tastes good except for one rogue ingredient, and in this case, that ingredient is Lemmons' inexperience. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Down in the Delta (1998) 76% 2/4 EDIT “The lessons "Delta" teaches are good, if obvious, lessons. The way in which it teaches them is, to put it charitably, simplistic. This isn't so much a movie as an after-school special for grownups. ” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 5, 2023 Full Review The Watermelon Woman (1996) 92% EDIT “It's a fresh, deceptively breezy movie, more meticulously constructed than it appears on the surface.” – News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) Jan 22, 2022 Full Review Spy Game (2001) 64% EDIT “Spy Game is a glossy, high-tech entertainment that ultimately rings a bit hollow.” – Scripps Howard News Service Feb 22, 2019 Full Review
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