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Mark Athitakis

Mark Athitakis's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Goodfellas (1990) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “A multi-generational tale of bad money, it is the defining American movie of the 1990s; Scorsese hasn't made a film half as good since its 1990 release.” – Filmcritic.com Oct 4, 2006 Full Review We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005) 94% 4/5 EDIT “a spirited tribute” – Filmcritic.com Aug 19, 2006 Full Review The Shop on Main Street (1965) 100% 3/5 EDIT “” – Filmcritic.com Mar 11, 2006 Full Review The Ruling Class (1972) 83% 3/5 EDIT “” – Filmcritic.com Mar 11, 2006 Full Review Cries and Whispers (1972) 92% 3/5 EDIT “the hushed, interior tone fails to generate much drama, and the tension never explodes” – Filmcritic.com Nov 26, 2005 Full Review Maestro (2006) 40% 2/5 EDIT “Ramos is the most exasperating sort of scenester - the guy who keeps telling you how great something is but lacks the skills and inclination to tell you exactly why” – Filmcritic.com Jul 28, 2005 Full Review Vagabond (1985) 100% 4/5 EDIT “shows how there's an inherent brutality to living without rules... without ever devolving into melodrama or didacticism” – Filmcritic.com Jul 11, 2005 Full Review Twist of Faith (2004) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “makes a convincing case that suffering in silence would have been much worse” – Filmcritic.com Jun 23, 2005 Full Review Carnival of Souls (1962) 87% 3/5 EDIT “For a flick with a non-existent budget (well, $30,000) and relative amateurs in front of the camera, everybody's lines are practically howler-free.” – Filmcritic.com Jun 1, 2005 Full Review Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) 86% 3/5 EDIT “best appreciated as a sort of adult version of teenage hygiene films from the '40s and '50s” – Filmcritic.com May 30, 2005 Full Review Autumn Sonata (1978) 85% 4/5 EDIT “Though Ingrid and Ingmar Bergman aren't related, their pairing on a movie set was a long-anticipated event” – Filmcritic.com May 23, 2005 Full Review Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) 44% 1.5/5 EDIT “nothing new to anybody who's caught five minutes of an episode of The Dukes of Hazzard.” – Filmcritic.com May 19, 2005 Full Review Peeping Tom (1960) 96% 4.5/5 EDIT “There's a constantly gorgeous surface -- a handsome hero, lots of bright Technicolor -- and a constant moral rot at play underneath.” – Filmcritic.com May 19, 2005 Full Review Freestyle (2002) 94% 2.5/5 EDIT “there's too little evidence that freestyling in itself deserves even the short 75 minutes allotted for this film” – Filmcritic.com May 6, 2005 Full Review Repo Man (1984) 93% 4/5 EDIT “wherever you see young snotbags and anti-authoritarian pranking today on film and TV, you can bet somebody working on the script was cribbing from Repo Man” – Filmcritic.com Sep 28, 2004 Full Review Jandek on Corwood (2003) 89% 4/5 EDIT “inherently fascinating” – Filmcritic.com Sep 18, 2004 Full Review The Untouchables (1987) 83% 4/5 EDIT “a magnificent movie about political clout -- a worthy subject that Hollywood's rarely bothered to tackle and usually gets wrong” – Filmcritic.com Aug 19, 2004 Full Review Strangers on a Train (1951) 98% 5/5 EDIT “Two men, a problem, and a crime is an old theme, but the list of works that exploit it perfectly is a short one. Strangers on a Train belongs on it.” – Filmcritic.com Jul 26, 2004 Full Review Hard Goodbyes: My Father (2002) 85% 3.5/5 EDIT “fuses to concede to clichs of precocious kids and eccentric adults” – Filmcritic.com Jun 10, 2004 Full Review 3.5/5 EDIT “a man who's driven by a decades-old perceived slight isn't necessarily a likeable person, but he's an appealing documentary subject” – Filmcritic.com Jun 1, 2004 Full Review Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (2002) 88% 3.5/5 EDIT “Anybody whoâ(TM)s willing to bring their own ideas about sex, love, and bloodletting to the film will likely find themselves sucked into Maddinâ(TM)s growing cult.” – Filmcritic.com May 18, 2004 Full Review Heaven's Gate (1980) 57% 2/5 EDIT “It is sensitive and it is condescending. It has enormous ambition and winds up with nothing to say. Eventually, it's just sadly exhausting.” – Filmcritic.com Apr 18, 2004 Full Review Field of Dreams (1989) 88% 4/5 EDIT “Say what you want about Kevin Costner, but you can't say he never played Jesus Christ.” – Filmcritic.com Apr 15, 2004 Full Review No Turning Back (2001) 60% 2/5 EDIT “It bolts out of the blocks tugging a crate full of bricks, two wrecking balls, and a cruise-ship anchor.” – Filmcritic.com Apr 13, 2004 Full Review The Deer Hunter (1978) 86% 3/5 EDIT “A hollow movie that only play-acted at meaning; the sucker was us.” – Filmcritic.com Apr 4, 2004 Full Review
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