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Critics / Authors Reviews and Articles
STEVE MURRAY
PUBLICATION(S)
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Dark Horizons
• Deseret News, Salt Lake City

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Total Reviews: 229


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A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE
 
BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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A  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
A-  High Fidelity
B+  Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
B  The Emperor's New Groove
B-  Hannibal
C+  Titus
C  Men of Honor
C-  The Pledge
D  3000 Miles to Graceland
D-  Gothika
F  She Hate Me
 
 
BEST REVIEWED
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A  Collateral
A  The Return
A  Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
A-  Red Road
A-  Capote
A-  A History of Violence
A-  The Sea Inside
A-  Carandiru
A-  Bon Voyage
A-  Kill Bill Vol. 2
 more...
 
 
WORST REVIEWED
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F  A Dirty Shame
F  She Hate Me
D-  Gothika
D  Kinky Boots
D  The Jacket
D  3000 Miles to Graceland
 more...
 
This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

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B
 
" Based on a Stephen King story, 1408 takes the simplest plot and turns it into an enjoyably surreal, unnerving creepfest." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 21, 2007
 
1408 (2007)78%
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A-
 
" A must for movie lovers who want to see how so much drama, mystery and emotion can be created from so little." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 16, 2007
 
Red Road (2007)89%
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B+
 
" Bloodier and more action-filled than the original, Weeks nevertheless stays faithful to the grim, grimy tone director Danny Boyle established in his 2002 film with its haunting shots of a metropolis turned into a tomb." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 10, 2007
 
28 Weeks Later (2007)71%
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B
 
" A lot of the movie works because LaBeouf is becoming a soulful, intelligent presence on-screen." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 12, 2007
 
Disturbia (2007)67%
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B
 
" A deconstructionist horror comedy that owes a debt to Scream and the 1992 Belgian film Man Bites Dog, Mask nevertheless has enough pitch-perfect wit to lay claim to its own patch of postmodern, movie-loving snarkiness." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 22, 2007
 
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2007)74%
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B
 
" Old Joy may be built around a road trip, but it's also a movie about two roads -- and two souls -- diverging." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 15, 2007
 
Old Joy (2006)85%
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C
 
" Backstage doesn't really tell us much about the world of rock musicians, or the mental workings of their scariest fans." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 8, 2007
 
Backstage (2006)70%
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B-
 
" In gasoline terms, Premium isn't. But the romantic dramedy has some high-octane emotional moments, thanks to writer-director Pete Chatmon's wise dissection of the games one-time lovers play." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 1, 2007
 
Premium (2007)100%
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C+
 
" The movie offers a charming view of a small-town Manhattan where strangers constantly give Allegra romantic advice. Though that device is a little too indebted to Woody Allen, at least Maggenti does Allen a lot better than Ed Burns." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 1, 2007
 
Puccini for Beginners (2007)49%
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C-
 
" With Inland Empire, the whole thing feels stuck in Lynch's noggin." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Feb 8, 2007
 
Inland Empire (2006)70%
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B-
 
" Some pig, in a so-so but lovingly made movie." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Dec 14, 2006
 
Charlotte's Web (2006)78%
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B-
 
" There's no denying Gibson's talent behind the camera. He knows what he's doing, and does it with tremendous skill and conviction." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Dec 7, 2006
 
Apocalypto (2006)65%
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C+
 
" It's a shame that at the final checkout, the movie wants to choose paper, but instead goes for plastic." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 30, 2006
 
10 Items or Less (2006)61%
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C-
 
" Déjà Vu gives you the feeling that you've seen parts of this movie before. Only, the parts were all from better films." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 21, 2006
 
Deja Vu (2006)57%
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C+
 
" The film is basically a two-hour countdown to a predictable explosion. You may enjoy the ride, but you won't remember a whole lot about it farther down the road." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 9, 2006
 
Harsh Times (2006)48%
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B+
 
" The movie is a mind-tickler that makes the viewer actively engage with the story and try to penetrate its elegant sleight-of-hand." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 19, 2006
 
The Prestige (2006)75%
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B-
 
" Yes, Shortbus is all about hooking up, but in emotional as much as sexual ways. That's what makes the movie engaging, and sometimes even moving." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 12, 2006
 
Shortbus (2006)65%
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B+
 
" The films have taken on an autumnal shade as we revisit people who seem quietly aware that the years behind them are more than those ahead." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 5, 2006
 
49 Up (2006)97%
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B-
 
" Exploring female desire in a way films rarely do, Heading South is a film of sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt metaphors for the interaction of rich and pauperized countries." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 23, 2006
 
Heading South (2006)68%
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B+
 
" Rigorously structured, but with the power to shake you to the heart." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 7, 2006
 
House of Sand (2005)79%
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B+
 
" This guilty-pleasure adrenaline rush has one goal in mind: to be an airtight action machine that leaves you dizzy from the crunchety-crunch-crunch of Tony Jaa as he proves himself a contender with Jackie Chan and Jet Li." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 7, 2006
 
The Protector (2006)54%
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C+
 
" You realize that, while pretending to break ground, Quinceañera is ultimately stuck in familiar Hollywood formulas." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 31, 2006
 
Quinceanera (2006)86%
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B+
 
" Marshall understands that sometimes there's nothing quite as oddly exhilarating as the bleakest, no-way-out kind of horror." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 3, 2006
 
The Descent (2006)85%
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C
 
" One of the campiest, most lushly ludicrous movies to come out in a while." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 27, 2006
 
Shadowboxer (2006)20%
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C
 
" Sometimes it looks like a movie that was more fun to make than it is to watch." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 15, 2006
 
Nacho Libre (2006)39%
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B-
 
" Assayas' tale of the difficult search for redemption is less a standard road-to-sobriety story than a chance to marvel, close-up, at Cheung." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 25, 2006
 
Clean (2006)71%
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C
 
" Heavy on atmosphere but very light on plot." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 18, 2006
 
Somersault (2006)82%
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D
 
" Oh, do come in, love -- welcome to the Twee Brit Comedy Factory." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 13, 2006
 
Kinky Boots (2006)58%
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C-
 
" It's often as naive as it is knowing and can feel as unfocused and sketchy as a film one of Strathmore's students might make." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 11, 2006
 
Art School Confidential (2006)36%
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C+
 
" ... the movie's worth a look simply for Mol's career-boosting performance." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 6, 2006
 
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)55%
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B-
 
" The kind of movie you stretch out in, wander around, and -- like the characters onscreen -- just let happen to you." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 20, 2006
 
Don't Come Knocking (2006)42%
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B+
 
" What sounds like a stunt, or a genre-mashup oddity like Bugsy Malone, proves to be a sharp, tongue-in-cheek exercise, balancing deadpan menace with well-timed comedy." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 6, 2006
 
Brick (2006)78%
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C+
 
" While it has little in it that hasn't been covered by other coming-out movies, it's pleasant enough." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 30, 2006
 
Summer Storm (2006)50%
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C-
 
" A few good performances can't carry a sluggishly written and directed movie that you may want to rename Find Me an Exit." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 16, 2006
 
Find Me Guilty (2006)58%
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B-
 
" A mockumentary often as unnerving as it is amusing, CSA: The Confederate States of America kicks off with a simple premise: What if the South had won 'the War of Northern Aggression'?" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 2, 2006
 
CSA: The Confederate States of America (2006)78%
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B+
 
" Block Party is an easygoing, loose-limbed, big-lunged celebration of, well, celebration." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 2, 2006
 
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006)92%
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C-
 
" A blunt, awkward, wannabe Important Movie, Freedomland bludgeons its good ideas into a pulp of overacting, overdirection and black-and-white characterizations in a story meant to be shaded in gray." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Feb 16, 2006
 
Freedomland (2005)24%
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B-
 
" Despite a meandering tone, Loggerheads is consistently watchable thanks to committed actors playing recognizable, decent folks just trying to do the right thing -- or rectify mistakes of the past." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jan 12, 2006
 
Loggerheads (2005)71%
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C+
 
" Like minimalist composer Steve Reich's prickly, tense music on the soundtrack, the movie itself is too often too intellectual, experimental and abstract." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 23, 2005
 
The Dying Gaul (2005)48%
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B+
 
" The movie is driven by the characters' passionate, despairing arguments about the fine line between victimization and violence. But Paradise Now also has, at times, an almost surreal visual flair." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 10, 2005
 
Paradise Now (2005)89%
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C-
 
" It's less a whodunnit than a whocares." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 3, 2005
 
Where The Truth Lies (2005)39%
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A-
 
" Hoffman goes beyond impersonation to something close to possession." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 29, 2005
 
Capote (2005)91%
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A-
 
" A model of clean, lean storytelling." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 2, 2005
 
A History of Violence (2005)87%
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B+
 
" The movie's most compelling element of all is Moreau, wandering the nighttime streets trying to find her lover. It's as if she's blown from one cafe to the next on a blended wind of passion, dread and the lonely trumpet wail." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 22, 2005
 
Elevator to the Gallows (1957)95%
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B
 
" The actors are so committed to Potter's vision, they persuade you to go along with them." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 8, 2005
 
Yes (2005)52%
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B+
 
" Think of it as a visual tone poem about longing and loss, a journey through a vale of luminously beautiful tears." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 1, 2005
 
2046 (2005)84%
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B-
 
" A cool, sometimes chilly dissection of one couple's relationship." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 18, 2005
 
5X2 (2005)64%
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B
 
" Shot in long, single takes, the movie willfully tests your patience. You wish it would hurry up. Yet when it ends, it haunts you for a few days. (Well, me anyway.)" -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 11, 2005
 
Last Days (2005)60%
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C+
 
" Suffers from narrative shapelessness. It's hard to tell what message Miller is trying to convey." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 1, 2005
 
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)46%
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" Stiles nails her feminazi, bound-for-Sarah Lawrence shtick, but just as easily melts into giggles or pulls off a slapstick drunk scene." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 6, 2005
 
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)56%

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