ROTTEN TOMATOES: Michael Tunison

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5	Metropolis
4/5	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
3.5/5	Harrison's Flowers
3/5	Say It Isn't So
2.5/5	Return to Never Land
2/5	Showtime
1.5/5	New Best Friend

BEST REVIEWED
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5/5	Metropolis
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WORST REVIEWED
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 70% of the time.

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2/5	" A thoroughly silly exercise in cinematic excess that will nonetheless provide a certain breed of trash-movie lover with a few hoots." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 23, 2005	Mindhunters (2005)	26%
B+	" The all-time champion of the... historical knights-in-shining-armor subgenre..." -- Now Playing Magazine Posted Feb 9, 2005	Ivanhoe (1952)	60%
2.5/5	" A formulaic suspenser." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 31, 2004	Undertow (2004)	56%
2/5	" Yet another reason to think twice before thumbing a ride, kids." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 15, 2004	Stephen King's Riding the Bullet (2004)	29%
1.5/5	" Painfully lacking in both emotional impact and insight into the country's tragic recent history." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 23, 2004	September Tapes (2004)	21%
3/5	" Is it raunchy good fun or an imminent threat to society's moral fabric? As with the movie's gleefully perverted heroes, it all depends on what floats your boat, baby." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 23, 2004	A Dirty Shame (2004)	53%
3/5	" Does an important service by humanizing the costs paid by innocent people caught up in the crackdown." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 27, 2004	Persons of Interest (2004)	90%
3/5	" Those willing to forgo style for substance will find it an educational primer on the deeper criticisms being raised by those who oppose the president's Iraq policy." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 13, 2004	Uncovered: The War on Iraq (2004)	76%
2/5	" The fresh historical setup is intriguing early on and a pivotal battle on a cracking frozen river generates some memorable suspense, but the film loses most of its momentum in its emotionally flat second half." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 11, 2004	King Arthur (2004)	31%
2.5/5	" Has trouble getting past its plain-Jane premise to make the emotional impact the filmmakers are clearly aiming for." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 1, 2004	The Clearing (2004)	44%
2.5/5	" Hefty two-hour running time and the rough quality of some of the archival clips ... means it's likely to have its strongest effect on viewers who bring an inherent interest in Bukowski and his work with them." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 5, 2004	Bukowski: Born Into This (2004)	83%
2/5	" The script's hackneyed dialogue and predictable dramatic situations will be difficult to take seriously even by those who are most sympathetic to the earnestly delivered environmental theme." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 27, 2004	The Day After Tomorrow (2004)	45%
3/5	" Twist is not so much an adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist as a wholesale repurposing of its characters and themes." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 21, 2004	Twist (2004)	16%
3/5	" Details such as the film's stark Victoria locations and the clunky suits of steel armor the Kellys fashion for the climactic showdown root things in a distinctive time and place, allowing viewers to experience the familiar storyline in a fresh way." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2004	Ned Kelly (2004)	55%
2.5/5	" While the mixed results aren't enough to clearly indicate whether there's a place in the world for the work of a maturing, more thoughtful Silent Bob, the film does have its strengths." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2004	Jersey Girl (2004)	40%
3/5	" The good news for fans of the mindless flesh-eaters is that the reworked Dawn, while a far more generic piece of entertainment in many ways, still delivers a pretty mean bite as a gross-out/action shockfest." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2004	Dawn of the Dead (2004)	76%
3.5/5	" *Those who figure the phrase 'smart action movie' is a contradiction in terms should be referred to celebrated playwright-turned- filmmaker David Mamet's Spartan." -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Mar 16, 2004	Spartan (2004)	64%
2.5/5	" The movie version is probably fated to be a curious tie-in to a far greater album, rather than the other way around." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 7, 2004	Neil Young - Greendale (2004)	35%
2.5/5	" *Despite Judd's assured work as the flawed, deeply conflicted protagonist, the mystery at the core of Twisted* is one that grows less interesting the closer we get to the truth.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Feb 26, 2004	Twisted (2004)	2%
2/5	" Despite solid backup from the ever-formidable Gene Hackman and others, this routine hiatus schedule-filler proves to be a shaky platform from which to launch the likable Romano's candidacy as a big-screen leading man." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 19, 2004	Welcome to Mooseport (2004)	13%
2/5	" While the comedy has its amusing elements the knuckleheaded tone of most scenes prevents the film from generating much real wit." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 12, 2004	50 First Dates (2004)	44%
3/5	" *While not particularly ambitious as a human drama or character study, Disney's Miracle* succeeds solidly at its main aim: stirringly recreating one of the great sports sagas of all time.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Feb 9, 2004	Miracle (2004)	79%
1.5/5	" Marked by jarring jumps in tone from broad comedy to drama, action-suspense and, most ridiculously, earnest 'message' material about the unfairness of standardized testing." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 1, 2004	The Perfect Score (2004)	16%
2.5/5	" The super-calculated nature of Reuben and Polly's 'opposites attract' relationship and Reuben's resulting character arc rarely leaves room for doubt as to where the artificial-feeling plot is going." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 16, 2004	Along Came Polly (2004)	26%
2/5	" Suffering from a painfully predictable narrative and characterization as deep as the average MTV spot, this lightweight bump-and-grinder owes star Jessica Alba and her megawatt smile for most of the minimal energy it's able to generate." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 4, 2003	Honey (2003)	19%
1.5/5	" While Myers is certainly one of the more creatively gifted comics on the scene today, his character-based spoofy style doesn't translate as well to the demands of a creature-suited performance." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 21, 2003	Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003)	12%
3/5	" The resulting battle of the sexes is a generally diverting romp -- if not necessarily a major standout on the impressive Coen resume." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 10, 2003	Intolerable Cruelty (2003)	75%
2.5/5	" Strong work from Gershon and her co-stars is sometimes squandered in Alex Steyermark's feature directorial debut, which keeps a nice crashing beat but could have benefited from some smoother arrangement." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 26, 2003	Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)	57%
2.5/5	" Generic fright-fest that ups the number of young people getting munched without recapturing the level of suspenseful tension that made the original stand out in the crowded field of similarly themed flicks." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 29, 2003	Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)	22%
2/5	" At least a bit more comprehensible than its predecessor -- say, a second-rate Indiana Jones rip-off instead of a third-rate Indiana Jones rip-off." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 25, 2003	Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)	23%
3/5	" The spectacle of two such ferocious actors going at it in the context of a complex, thoughtful drama makes this one worth going down for." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 20, 2003	Langrishe, Go Down (1978)	70%
3/5	" A strong cast and new director Jonathan Mostow's chaotic sense of action keep this hard-to-terminate saga moving forward with at least a few of the old guns blazing." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 6, 2003	Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)	70%
3/5	" It would be hard not to feel something for such a lively outlaw crew." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 20, 2003	The Hard Word (2003)	40%
2.5/5	" While the filmmakers work the concept for a few nice twists, most of what follows feels as gimmicky and contrived as it is, with only Carrey's superhumanly energetic delivery keeping many scenes from falling flat." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 23, 2003	Bruce Almighty (2003)	49%
3/5	" While I'm a Born Liar assumes too much knowledge of Fellini's oeuvre and place in film history to be of much use as an general introduction ... the legendary director's enthusiastic participation makes it a must-see for buffs." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 11, 2003	Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003)	72%
2.5/5	" Good, silly fun." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 7, 2003	The Core (2003)	42%
2/5	" While Diesel's intense, streetwise persona makes him a refreshingly different kind of he-man screen protagonist, A Man Apart's cliche-ridden script provides little meat for him on the dramatic front." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 4, 2003	A Man Apart (2003)	9%
2.5/5	" Since the ultimate direction of the gangster plot is obvious from the beginning, the filmmaker is counting on the freshness and unpredictability of such moments to keep us engaged -- a gamble that pays off only modestly." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 31, 2003	Flickering Lights (2001)	70%
2.5/5	" As involving as a pre-takeoff explanation of jetliner safety features." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2003	View from the Top (2003)	14%
2.5/5	" This saga of the rise and fall of an all-grrrrl band may not be the slickest act in town on the dramatic front, but its anarchic, overamplified energy and snotty-as-life rebel characters definitely manage to make an impression." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 10, 2003	Down and Out with the Dolls (2003)	52%
5/5	" [A] still-vital wellspring of creative inspiration." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 5, 2003	Metropolis (1927)	99%
1.5/5	" The moviegoers most likely to enjoy this aggressively stupid sequel will be those lovers of over-the-top gore effects who cheer out loud when a character is sliced into three pieces that slowly slide apart." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 2, 2003	Final Destination 2 (2003)	47%
4/5	" One of the year's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 5, 2003	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)	78%
3/5	" The heroine is written as a classic underdog with whom we can't help but sympathize, but Lopez invests her with the extra dose of dignity and quiet determination that gives her substance." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 13, 2002	Maid in Manhattan (2002)	40%
1.5/5	" A lackluster exercise in derivation almost completely free of fresh ideas." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 6, 2002	Equilibrium (2002)	36%
2/5	" Only occasionally succeeds in transposing the romantic spirit of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1883 adventure classic to the far reaches of the galaxy." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 1, 2002	Treasure Planet (2002)	70%
3.5/5	" *Measured against practically any like-themed film other than its Oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor The Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon* rates as an exceptional thriller.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Oct 4, 2002	Red Dragon (2002)	68%
2.5/5	" Rodriguez's storyline is too busy to have much emotional impact." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 9, 2002	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)	75%
3.5/5	" An engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line." -- Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 5, 2002	I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002)	88%
2.5/5	" *What the centerless, random-feeling Just a Kiss* needs is something a little more solid for the audience to latch onto.*" -- Boxoffice Magazine* Posted Jul 29, 2002	Just a Kiss (2002)	19%

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