Movie Reviews by Austin L - Page 5 of 8

81-100 of 160 Reviews

Sort by:

Review of A Clockwork Orange (1971)

By Austin L (160) on 05 Dec 2012

The second half drags miserably, but Kubrick makes a point of condemning where he thinks society is headed with the help of his antihero, Alex…

Read Review

Review of Do the Right Thing (1997)

By Austin L (160) on 04 Dec 2012

Race relations one-oh-one, and with such style…

Read Review

Review of Do the Right Thing (1989)

By Austin L (160) on 04 Dec 2012

Race relations one-oh-one, and with such style…

Read Review

Review of The King's Speech (2010)

By Austin L (160) on 30 Nov 2012

I know how you feel, ok king? The speech impediment and all, sure…

Read Review

Review of Sunset Boulevard (1950)

By Austin L (160) on 19 Nov 2012

Billy Wilder knows, perhaps better than any other filmmaker, how to end a movie, and Sunset Blvd. may be his most viable proof of that…

Read Review

Review of Eragon (2006)

By Austin L (160) on 18 Nov 2012

Believe it or not, I am a fan of the book Eragon. Some people claim that it's a rip off of Star Wars, but what ISN'T a rip off of Star Wars…

Read Review

Review of Nosferatu (1922)

By Austin L (160) on 15 Nov 2012

Murnau and Schreck show us how the most tortured shades of evil are bred…

Read Review

Review of Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

By Austin L (160) on 31 Oct 2012

Kubrick, Sellers, Scott, and Hayden do a whip-smart job satirizing the Cold War in what is probably the best -- definitely the most revisit-able…

Read Review

Review of Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

By Austin L (160) on 04 Oct 2012

This movie is an absolute treasure. It's thrilling, romantic, utterly engrossing, and it never gives in…

Read Review

Review of Sunrise (1985)

By Austin L (160) on 04 Oct 2012

This movie is an absolute treasure. It's thrilling, romantic, utterly engrossing, and it never gives in…

Read Review

Review of The Hurt Locker (2008)

By Austin L (160) on 03 Oct 2012

The Hurt Locker hits with the might of Spike Lee's Malcolm X, and the grit of Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver…

Read Review

Review of Ratatouille (2007)

By Austin L (160) on 30 Sep 2012

This is one of the decade's best films, and is, unquestionably, the cream of Pixar's consistently marvelous crop…

Read Review

Review of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

By Austin L (160) on 26 Sep 2012

If you were to close your eyes and merely listen to the entire film, you'd still walk away knowing that you'd just experienced something very…

Read Review

Review of The Blind Side (2009)

By Austin L (160) on 22 Sep 2012

Sandra Bullock's performance is good, but it's not quite enough to add the grit or substance this film needs to make it work…

Read Review

Review of The Third Man (1949)

By Austin L (160) on 16 Sep 2012

How can you begin to count the details Carol Reed has put into his brilliant noir…

Read Review

Review of Singin' in the Rain (1952)

By Austin L (160) on 14 Sep 2012

It steers clearer of hokey than just about any other musical, but on top of that, it embodies quirkiness to a tee…

Read Review

Review of Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

By Austin L (160) on 26 Aug 2012

The way the story is told involves us in the botched heist, but the way Lumet and his actors treat the script is the vehicle which allows the…

Read Review

Review of Act of Valor (2012)

By Austin L (160) on 12 Aug 2012

I couldn't take my eyes off it, you can tell the guys are real, especially when they try to act, but the action sequences are very well done,…

Read Review

Review of Citizen Kane (1941)

By Austin L (160) on 19 Jul 2012

No film wields power quite as mightily as this one…

Read Review

Review of Million Dollar Baby (2004)

By Austin L (160) on 13 Jul 2012

Very rarely does a film that showcases its director's utter mastery of his craft come along, but this is one of them…

Read Review

Page 5 of 8

Top critics this month:

Kevin C (1,734)
Tim M (3,013)
Alonso Duralde (1,351)
David P (1,645)
Geoffrey Macnab (1,253)
Adrian B (1,364)
Aaron C (1,257)
Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905)
Frances H (1,591)
Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950)

Popular Movies Right Now

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

79%458 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017

69%660 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Nope

2022

68%181 Reviews

Fifty Shades of Grey

2015

43%1,173 Reviews