the vault -old reviews
commentary from 2000-2004 by
Nathaniel R
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(102 films / Peer Pressure Grading Scale )
Best & Worst
Top Ten List / FiLM BiTCH AWARDS / Worst of the YearFull Reviews
Being Julia * Closer * De-Lovely * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban * Million Dollar Baby* Spanglish * Vera Drake *Shorter Notes on
Alexander AlfieThe AviatorBad EducationBefore SunsetBirthBoats out of...Bourne Supremacy BridesBroadway: The Golden Age * Buffalo BoyCatwomanCollateralConnie & CarlaCreepDawn of the Dead * A Dirty Shame * DogvilleThe Door in the Floor * Eternal Sunshine... * Fahrenheit 9/11 * Finding Neverland *The 5 Obstructions *The Forgotten *Games People Play *Garden State *Goodbye Lenin! *Gypsy 83 *Hellboy *Hero * A home at the End of the World *Hotel Rwanda *House of Flying... *I ♥ HuckabeesThe Incredibles * Japanese Story **Kill Bill, Volume 2 * Kinsey *Latter Days *Laws of Attraction *The Life Aquatic *The Manchurian... *Maria Full of Grace *Mean Girls *The Mother *Motorcycle Diaries *Niceland *Open Water *p.s. *The Passion *PrimerRay*The Saddest Music in the World * The Sea Inside * Secret ThingsShaun of the Dead*Shrek 2 *SidewaysSky Captain and the World of Tomorrow *Spider-Man 2 * Spring, Summer... * Super Size Me * Stage Beauty * Tarnation * Team America * The Terminal * Troy * Two Brothers * The Village * White Chicks * Wimbledon * Win a Date with...Screened but Not Reviewed
Brother to Brother * Distant * The Dreamers * Harold and Kumar go to White Castle * Home on the Range * Hotel * I, Robot * Infernal Affairs * A Love Song for Bobby Long * Meet the Fockers * Phantom of the Opera * The Raspberry Reich * The Return * Return to Sender * Secret Window * Since Otar Left * Son Frére * Teacher's Pet * Eurotrip * You I Love * Young Adam
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(90 films seen / *sigh* Peer Pressure Grading Scale )
Best & Worst
Top Ten List / FiLM BiTCH AWARDS / Worst of the YearFull Reviews
21 Grams * Anything Else * Camp * Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle * Down With Love * Elephant * Hulk * The Last Samurai * Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World * A Mighty Wind* Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines * Underworld *Shorter Notes On
28 Days Later * Bend It Like Beckham * Better Luck Tomorrow * Big Fish * Casa De Los Babys * Cold Mountain * In America * Intolerable Cruelty * Laurel Canyon * Lost in Translation * The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King * Mystic River * Peter Pan * Phone Booth * Pirates of the Caribbean * Seabiscuit * Spider * X2: X-Men United *Ridiculously Brief Thoughts On
American Splendor * Angels in America * All The Real Girls * Animatrix * The Barbarian Invasions * Blue Car * Capturing the Friedmans * Charlotte Sometimes * The Company * Daredevil * Dark Blue * Finding Nemo * Freaky Friday * Friday Night * Gerry * The Guru * Hafid (The Sea) * In the Cut * Kill Bill, Vol I. * Legally Blond 2: Red, White, and Blonde * Lilja 4-Ever * Lost in La Mancha * Mambo Italiano * The Man Without a Past * The Matrix Reloaded * Millenium Actress * My Life Without Me * Pieces of April * Raising Victor Vargas * The Shape of Things * Sinbad * Spellbound * The Station Agent * Sylvia * thirteen * The Triplets of Belleville * Whale Rider** Yossi & JaggerScreened / No Comments
Boys Life 4: Four Play * Bulletproof Monk * Calendar Girls * Confusion of Genders * demonlover * Die Mommy, Die! * Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary * From Justin to Kelly * Girl with a Pearl Earring * House of Sand and Fog * Irreversible (W/O) * Lara Croft: The Cradle of Life * Luster * Mona Lisa Smile * Monster * Old School * Party Monster * Shattered Glass * Something's Gotta Give * Sweet Sixteen * Swimming Pool * The Trip * Winged Migration
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97 films seen
Grading Scale (Order of Preference)Best & Worst
Top 10 List * FiLM BiTCH Awards * Worst of the Year * Cinematic ShameFull Reviews
8 Mile * 8 Women * Bowling for Columbine * The Cat's Meow * Enigma * Far From Heaven * The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) * Frida * The Grey Zone * Late Marriage * Minority Report * Personal Velocity * The Pianist * Punch-Drunk Love * The Quiet American * Red Dragon * Reign of Fire * Road to Perdition * Spider-Man * White Oleander * World Traveler *Short Notes On
25th Hour * About Schmidt * Adaptation * Antwone Fisher * All or Nothing * Attack of the Clones (Star Wars Episode 2) * Auto Focus * The Bourne Identity * Human Nature * Igby Goes Down * jackass: the movie * Lilo & Stitch * LOTR: The Two Towers * Lovely and Amazing * Moonlight Mile * Morvern Callar * Monsoon Wedding * Nicholas Nickleby * The Notorious C.H.O. * One Hour Photo *Panic Room * The Piano Teacher * The Ring * Roger Dodger * Solaris * Spirited Away * Swept Away * Talk to Her * Trouble Every Day * Y Tu Mama TambienScreened but not Reviewed
Recommended: About a Boy * Birthday Girl * Catch Me If You Can * Chicago * The Cockettes * Cremaster 3 * Heaven * His Secret Life * The Hours * Kissing Jessica Stein * The Powerpuff Girls Movie * Read My Lips * Russian Ark *Signs * Sunshine State * Tadpole * Unfaithful *
Not Recommended: Austin Powers in Goldmember * Confessions of a Dangerous Mind * Hey, Happy * Gangs of New York * Lan Yu * Secretary * Stuart Little 2 * 40 Days & 40 Nights * Circuit * Crossroads * The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys * Divine Secrets of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood * Family Fundamentals * Full Frontal *The Good Girl * Hollywood Ending * Ice Age * The Kid Stays in the Picture * The Lady and the Duke *Leaving Metropolis * Maid in Manhattan * MIIB * My Big Fat Greek Wedding * O Fantasma * Ozamu Tesaka's Metropolis * Possession * The Rules of Attraction * Sordid Lives * Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron * xXx
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103 films seen
Best and Worst
Top Ten List * FiLM BiTCH Awards * Worst of the Year * Cinematic ShameFull Reviews
Amélie * A.I. Artificial Intelligence * A Beautiful Mind * Behind the Sun * Blow * The Center of the World * Chop Suey * Evolution * Faithless * Focus * Forsaken * The Gleaners and I * Gosford Park * Hannibal * Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone * Hedwig & The Angry Inch * Hit and Runway * In the Mood for Love * Intimacy * Iris * Joyride * Lara Croft: Tomb Raider * Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring * Memento * Moulin Rouge! * Mulholland Drive * No Man's Land * The Others * Our Song * Planet of the Apes * The Royal Tenenbaums * Series 7: The Contenders * Soul Survivors * Together * Under the Sand * With a Friend Like Harry *Short Notes On
The Adventures of Felix * All Over The Guy * Amores Perros * Anniversary Party * Atlantis * Bridget Jones Diary * Boys to Men * The Business of Strangers * crazy/beautiful * The Curse of the Jade Scorpion * The Deep End * Donnie Darko * From Hell * The King is Alive * Last Resort * The Mexican * Nico & Dani * "O" * Pandaemonium * The Princess & the Warrior * Sexy Beast * Wet Hot American SummerScreened but not Reviewed
Recommended: Ali * Audition * Bully * Burnt Money * The Circle * The Fluffer * Ghost World * L.I.E. * Ginger Snaps * In The Bedroom* Lagaan * Legally Blonde * The Man Who Wasn't There * Monsters, Inc * Oceans 11 * Startup.com * Scotland PA * Tape * Training Day * Waking Life * * Zoolander
Not Recommended: * Baise Moi * Bandits * Black Hawk Down * Final Fantasy * The Man Who Cried * Monster's Ball * Josie & The Pussycats * The Pledge * Big Eden * Cherry Falls * The Devil's Backbone * The Fast and the Furious * Ghosts of Mars * I Am Sam * Jurassic Park III * Lisa Picard is Famous * Riding In Cars With Boys * Save the Last Dance * The Score * Second Skin * The Shipping News * Shrek * Vanilla Sky
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Full Reviews
All the Pretty Horses * Almost Famous * American Psycho * The Beach * Before Night Falls * Billy Elliott * Bring It On * The Broken Hearts Club * Cast Away * Cecil B Demented * Charlie's Angels * Chocolat * Dancer in the Dark * Fantasia 2000 * Frequency * The Gift * Hollow Man * Mission Impossible 2 * Mission to Mars * Nurse Betty * Pitch Black * POLA X * Pollock * Quills * The Virgin Suicides * The Way of the Gun * What Lies Beneath * X-MenShort Notes On
But I'm a Cheerleader * The Contender * Dr. T & The Women * Erin Brockovich * Gladiator * The Next Best Thing * Woody Allen, New York City, & Small Time Crooks * Urbania *Screened but Not Reviewed
Recommended: * 8 1/2 Women * An Affair of Love * Beau Travail * Best in Show * Chicken Run * Crouching Tiger * Est-Ouest * Eyes of Tammy Faye * Chuck & Buck * House of Mirth * Idiots * I'm the One That I Want* Jesus' Son * Psycho Beach Party * Requiem for a Dream* Time Code * Traffic * Water Drops on Burning Rocks * Wonder Boys * You Can Count On Me * Croupier * Dude Where's My Car * The Five Senses * Hamlet * High Fidelity * Joe Gould's Secret * O Brother Where Art Thou? * Place Vendome * Shadow of the Vampire * Tigerland *
Not Recommended: * Bamboozled * Center Stage * Drowning Mona * Loser * The Road to El Dorado * Road Trip * Scream 3 * State and Main * Sunshine * Supernova * Time Regained * Pay it Forward * Venti * Unbreakable
