Criticker: Recent Ratings https://www.criticker.com/ A list of all the films equivoke has rated at Criticker, ordered by rating date Sun, 8 Nov 2026 22:30:10 +0000 en The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - 90 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-Dark-Knight-Rises/ The-Dark-Knight-Rises-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The Dark Knight Rises a rating of 90 The Dark Knight Rises14 Oct 2014
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Rating: 90
Percentile: 69.1781
Review: Director and stars reprise their parts in another Batman smash!!
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]]> Blood Simple (1984) - 89 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Blood-Simple/ Blood-Simple-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Blood Simple a rating of 89 Blood Simple14 Oct 2014
Blood Simple (1984)

Rating: 89
Percentile: 59.589
Review: The astringency of a hard-boiled noir dances wildly with frames composed in heaven. Visuals that taser our cliches are nonetheless fashioned to serve the twisty plot. The Coens' first feature, it showcases the black humor that will only be refined.
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]]> The Hurt Locker (2009) - 95 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-Hurt-Locker/ The-Hurt-Locker-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The Hurt Locker a rating of 95 The Hurt Locker14 Oct 2014
The Hurt Locker (2009)

Rating: 95
Percentile: 86.9863
Review: Where I was initially seduced by Avatar's stunning cg, subsequent viewings of this film have only increased its standing in my eyes. Renner and Mackie do their best work, but there are several stars who play doomed cameos that are far more emotional than most such roles. One critic called this a perfect film, and it's pretty hard to argue.
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]]> The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) - 91 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-People-vs-Larry-Flynt/ The-People-vs-Larry-Flynt-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The People vs. Larry Flynt a rating of 91 The People vs. Larry Flynt14 Oct 2014
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)

Rating: 91
Percentile: 75.3425
Review: Playboy crafted a highbrow libertine brand, but Hustler trumpeted its tastelessness. I was prepared to dismiss this film, but its performances and themes demand attention. Slimeballs have the same rights as we honest citizens; start substituting for slimeballs, you understand why.
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]]> Mystic River (2003) - 96 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Mystic-River/ Mystic-River-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Mystic River a rating of 96 Mystic River14 Oct 2014
Mystic River (2003)

Rating: 96
Percentile: 91.0959
Review: Actors implode, explode, and simply take the facts, as the ripples of unholy water in childhood baptize grown pals in blood. Penn's explosions, perfectly matched to Robbins' implosions, create such a powerful tragedy that one's own childhood secrets begin rattling their cages. And the mystic river of time baptizes all, killer victims, and avenging scum.
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]]> American Beauty (1999) - 95 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/American-Beauty/ American-Beauty-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave American Beauty a rating of 95 American Beauty14 Oct 2014
American Beauty (1999)

Rating: 95
Percentile: 86.9863
Review: As Speilberg called it, a classic film, despite the initial self-doubts of former tv director Sam Mendes. Stands with Ordinary People (and that Welles guy) as an amazing debut.
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]]> That Thing You Do! (1996) - 84 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/That-Thing-You-Do/ That-Thing-You-Do-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave That Thing You Do! a rating of 84 That Thing You Do!14 Oct 2014
That Thing You Do! (1996)

Rating: 84
Percentile: 36.3014
Review: A nice evocation of a struggling 60's band, and the interpersonal forces that shape it. Title tune isn't as catchy as, for example, the toe-tapping rap of Hustle and Flow, but it suffices.
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]]> Shaun of the Dead (2004) - 89 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Shaun-of-the-Dead/ Shaun-of-the-Dead-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Shaun of the Dead a rating of 89 Shaun of the Dead14 Oct 2014
Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Rating: 89
Percentile: 59.589
Review: Very funny, with sendups of various foibles scoring consistently.
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]]> The Hunt for Red October (1990) - 93 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-Hunt-for-Red-October/ The-Hunt-for-Red-October-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The Hunt for Red October a rating of 93 The Hunt for Red October14 Oct 2014
The Hunt for Red October (1990)

Rating: 93
Percentile: 80.137
Review: Arguably Clancy's best Jack Ryan plot, featuring great work by Connery, Baldwin, Sam Neill, Scott Glenn, Stellan Skaarsgard, and others, this taut tangle of deceits is tremendously satisfying, from goofy domestic scene to the end of the world, a mile under the Atlantic.
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]]> Cool Hand Luke (1967) - 91 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Cool-Hand-Luke/ Cool-Hand-Luke-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Cool Hand Luke a rating of 91 Cool Hand Luke14 Oct 2014
Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Rating: 91
Percentile: 75.3425
Review: A prison farm escapee is shot like a dog, allowed to bleed out; as the camera pulls up and back from the prison yard, George Kennedy marvels, "that Luke, he sure was a world beater!" DISGUSTING!, says a nearby viewer. Yet this celebration of futile charisma shows us that, whether it's eating 50 eggs, or fighting a man you can't beat, or betting on nothing ("sometimes, nothing is a cool hand"), it's better to screw the heads off parking meters, than to park your butt for life.
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]]> The Master (2012) - 80 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-Master-2012/ The-Master-2012-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The Master a rating of 80 The Master14 Oct 2014
The Master (2012)

Rating: 80
Percentile: 19.1781
Review: The search for grace and insight (and how to bank their byproducts in an arid Switzerland) give this superbly cast film a focus, but, as audience members, we are too distant to really care.
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]]> Cast Away (2000) - 98 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Cast-Away/ Cast-Away-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Cast Away a rating of 98 Cast Away14 Oct 2014
Cast Away (2000)

Rating: 98
Percentile: 95.8904
Review: An actor, alone on screen, no music, no dialog, for two hours. If you can make that interesting, you have accomplished a Herculean feat (whatever the sand-blind ostriches of the Academy say). Hanks makes it riveting, hypnotic, his final incarnation on the speck of island as stunning in its sun-bleached hair and 50 pound loss as Di Niro's in Raging Bull.
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]]> No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) - 85 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/tv/American-Masters-S19E7/ American-Masters-S19E7-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave No Direction Home: Bob Dylan a rating of 85 No Direction Home: Bob Dylan14 Oct 2014
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)

Rating: 85
Percentile: 41.0959
Review: Wonderful archival stuff, often surprisingly candid, add facets to the dazzle in which we all see Dylan. Some of his free-associating songwriting riffs aren't overwhelming, but this half-century of snapshots adds another spin to our zoetropes of perception.
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]]> The Shining (1980) - 82 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-Shining/ The-Shining-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The Shining a rating of 82 The Shining14 Oct 2014
The Shining (1980)

Rating: 82
Percentile: 28.7671
Review: One of the best adaptations of a Stephen King work, this film, awash in Kubrickian flourishes, explores the maze of madness, from the opening sequence of a car nosing along a mountain road like a rodent learning lab switchbacks, to the final shot of a man frozen in the styles of a falsified past. Shelly Duvall seems impossibly vulnerable and awkward, so her escape takes on divine overtones.
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]]> American Psycho (2000) - 20 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/American-Psycho/ American-Psycho-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave American Psycho a rating of 20 American Psycho14 Oct 2014
American Psycho (2000)

Rating: 20
Percentile: 2.0548
Review: Christian Bale is one of the most talented actors alive, but even he can't resuscitate this fiasco, once its paltry central joke is unsheathed. As his perfect life is increasingly distorted by his blood lust, he punctures the drama of successive scenes with, " sorry, have to return these to the video store ". Compare this heavy-handed satire with the deftness and subtlety of The Conversation.
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]]> Saving Private Ryan (1998) - 90 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Saving-Private-Ryan/ Saving-Private-Ryan-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Saving Private Ryan a rating of 90 Saving Private Ryan14 Oct 2014
Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Rating: 90
Percentile: 69.1781
Review: Ground-breaking ground-taking scenes are the prologue, but it is the skillfully drawn portraits of the soldiers that elevate this film to the ranks of the great war movies.
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]]> La Luna (1979) - 80 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/La-Luna/ La-Luna-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave La Luna a rating of 80 La Luna14 Oct 2014
La Luna (1979)

Rating: 80
Percentile: 19.1781
Review: This contemplation of the road not taken, which, it turns our, has intersected the one that was, is gently affecting, showing us how ambition and bohemian serenity aren't always mutually exclusive.
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]]> North by Northwest (1959) - 50 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/North-by-Northwest/ North-by-Northwest-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave North by Northwest a rating of 50 North by Northwest14 Oct 2014
North by Northwest (1959)

Rating: 50
Percentile: 4.1096
Review: Considered by many a classic, this film began with a caricature of urban blaring that is way overdone, and ends with a chase featuring bogus excitement and unlikely stunts.
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]]> Iron Man (2008) - 79 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Iron-Man/ Iron-Man-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Iron Man a rating of 79 Iron Man14 Oct 2014
Iron Man (2008)

Rating: 79
Percentile: 12.3288
Review: A well-constructed plot almost compensates for Downey's aggravating persona, but a super-hero movie has problems if you're ambivalent about the super-hero.
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]]> The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) - 90 - 14 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-King-of-Kong-A/ The-King-of-Kong-A-equivoke Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters a rating of 90 The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters14 Oct 2014
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

Rating: 90
Percentile: 69.1781
Review: Easily one of the most viscerally engaging docs ever, with audience sentiment stirred to a tidal wave by evidence that the champ cheats. With the immediacy and sense of rough-edged real time of a doc, and the emotional manipulation of a Hollywood epic, this hybrid delivers on many levels.
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]]> Fargo (1996) - 97 - 12 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Fargo/ Fargo-equivoke Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Fargo a rating of 97 Fargo12 Oct 2014
Fargo (1996)

Rating: 97
Percentile: 92.4658
Review: Perhaps the Coens' funniest, most deeply touching, and most savagely satirical work, this film has no flaws, representing the best work of Mc Dormand, and Macy.
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]]> Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - 85 - 12 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Little-Miss-Sunshine/ Little-Miss-Sunshine-equivoke Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Little Miss Sunshine a rating of 85 Little Miss Sunshine12 Oct 2014
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)

Rating: 85
Percentile: 41.0959
Review: Fine comic cast keeps this greyish comedy bubbling, but finale is a letdown, both telegraphed, and not that funny.
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]]> Capote (2005) - 94 - 12 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Capote/ Capote-equivoke Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Capote a rating of 94 Capote12 Oct 2014
Capote (2005)

Rating: 94
Percentile: 82.8767
Review: It's not so hard to do a Capote impression, since his fey mannerisms were exaggerated, but it's much harder to convey the steel and fury under that drunken facade. Hoffman's portrayal is electrifying, the more so for its obliqueness and murmurs. His savage indifference when dealing with the killer is the residue of his simmering patience.
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]]> Batman Begins (2005) - 90 - 12 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/Batman-Begins/ Batman-Begins-equivoke Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave Batman Begins a rating of 90 Batman Begins12 Oct 2014
Batman Begins (2005)

Rating: 90
Percentile: 69.1781
Review: Nolan adds Liam Neeson's skills to his full house of players (Bale, Caine, Oldman, Freeman), as a 007-like itinerary traces the depression in the peaks, and the summiting of the spirit at sea level.
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]]> The Fugitive (1993) - 90 - 12 Oct 2014 https://www.criticker.com/film/The-Fugitive-1993/ The-Fugitive-1993-equivoke Sun, 12 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000 equivoke gave The Fugitive a rating of 90 The Fugitive12 Oct 2014
The Fugitive (1993)

Rating: 90
Percentile: 69.1781
Review: As good as the David Jannsen tv series was, this breathlessly paced film is far better, with Tommy Lee Jones giving the part of Gerard a gritty doggedness. The series was a kind of flying dutchman, with the fleeing doc getting tantalizing hints. There are startling escape effects, with the train derailment the best ever filmed.
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