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TheWorldJournal.com is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this publication only count toward the Tomatometer® when written by the following Tomatometer-approved critic(s): Frank Ochieng.

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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
3/4
Kung Fu Panda (2008) Frank Ochieng Willingly raucous and revved up for your escapist consideration do welcome this plump yet profoundly prancing panda into your thrill-seeking heart.
Posted Jun 17, 2008  Edit critic review
2/4
Jumper (2008) Frank Ochieng Pared-down with flat-footed characterizations, tacked on scenic shots of worldly venues and a choppy script that isn't disciplined enough to tap into our escapist imaginations, Jumper is a toothless travelogue that treks up the wrong charted route.
Posted Mar 02, 2008  Edit critic review
2/4
The Eye (2008) Frank Ochieng The cornea-deprived caper The Eye definitely sports a blurry vision in the meager horror B-movie sweepstakes...never sees clearly in its search for doomsday enlightenment.
Posted Feb 19, 2008  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Once (2007) Frank Ochieng Carney's Once is definitely not enough...thoroughly inspirational, lyrical, charming and cheeky...a winning spark that ignites the lovelorn imagination.
Posted Dec 15, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Talk to Me (2007) Frank Ochieng Hysterically potent, thought-provoking and deliciously nostalgic. Overall, the proposed chatter is warranted in the movingly impish Talk to Me.
Posted Dec 06, 2007  Edit critic review
2/4
Martian Child (2007) Frank Ochieng Unfortunately for Martian Child this has more maple sap pouring out of it than a neglected Vermont tree looking for a good tapping.
Posted Nov 06, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/4
3:10 to Yuma (2007) Frank Ochieng Sprawling, intriguing and handsomely shot, Yuma builds its gruff tension while being reminiscent of the frothy frontier flicks from yesteryear.
Posted Sep 07, 2007  Edit critic review
2/4
Halloween (2007) Frank Ochieng ...blood-spilling banality...the sensationalism behind Zombie's directorial demeanor is merely a follow-the-dots frightfest with an exaggerated twitching disorder.
Posted Sep 05, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Hairspray (2007) Frank Ochieng ...[a] refreshingly jubilant spin on filmmaker Waters' classic tongue-in-cheek tune-maker Hairspray...spirited pizzazz and a peppy ode to retro-artistic sentimentality
Posted Aug 31, 2007  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Fracture (2007) Frank Ochieng The slick ambience behind Fracture could be penetrating yet misleading. Hopkins's "Lecter-lite" persona adds some pathos to this old-fashioned yet stylistic whodunit.
Posted Apr 22, 2007  Edit critic review
1.5/4
Perfect Stranger (2007) Frank Ochieng Relentlessly cheesy, exhaustive and about as stimulating as a cold medicine tablet...In short, take this lofty advice and try not to talk to this particular Stranger.
Posted Apr 13, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Grindhouse (2007) Frank Ochieng Enthralling and exhilarating in its explosive camp-driven excess, Grindhouse is a combustible concoction that shamelessly stimulates the senses.
Posted Apr 06, 2007  Edit critic review
1.5/4
The Reaping (2007) Frank Ochieng Let's face it, folks...The Reaping is one eerie cinematic Easter ham that will be tough to swallow.
Posted Apr 04, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
The Lookout (2007) Frank Ochieng The Lookout has its share of dramatic trickery and often strays into the gimmick boundaries. Nevertheless, Frank's nifty narrative is keenly smart, perceptive and edgy.
Posted Mar 31, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Adam's Apples (2005) Frank Ochieng Deliciously profane, dark and somber, Denmark's Adam's Apples is fiendishly ripe for the picking.
Posted Mar 28, 2007  Edit critic review
2/4
The Last Mimzy (2007) Frank Ochieng The Last Mimzy falls short of its expectations to grasp the aura of an escapist kiddie flick that distinctively startles and probes.
Posted Mar 27, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Reign Over Me (2007) Frank Ochieng Resourcefully edgy and profound in its moody heartstrings, Reign hovers over us like a bad hangover that can never be shaken.
Posted Mar 22, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Shooting Dogs (2005) Frank Ochieng With other African-oriented dramas making the noted rounds it's definitely warranted for "Beyond the Gates" to tell it like it is...in all shades of dimming black and white.
Posted Mar 13, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Host (2006) Frank Ochieng Wickedly sardonic and fiercely fiendish in its perky presentation...a smart and simmering creature feature that crackles with percolating weirdness and wonderment.
Posted Mar 11, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
300 (2007) Frank Ochieng Artistically triumphant in its arresting visual spectacle. Undoubtedly, the hyperactive male psyche for violent-induced petulance is proudly on display in the extravagant 300
Posted Mar 08, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Zodiac (2007) Frank Ochieng [An] absorbingly sadistic psychological whodunnit. Fixating in its gripping hold, Zodiac is convincingly haunting in its head-scratching mode.
Posted Mar 03, 2007  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Amazing Grace (2006) Frank Ochieng ...ponderous and relentlessly padded in its moral morass... Grace manages to work effectively as a crusading costume drama drenched in consciousness and conviction.
Posted Feb 26, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Glastonbury (2006) Frank Ochieng Temple is able to convey a perceptive and substantive mood pertaining to the staying power of this weirdly nuanced outdoor finger-snapping function.
Posted Feb 25, 2007  Edit critic review
2/4
The Astronaut farmer (2007) Frank Ochieng It's too bad that it takes a mess of rocket fuel to spark The Astronaut Farmer beyond its sugary surrealism...the sky's limit is applied to this heart-filled hokum.
Posted Feb 25, 2007  Edit critic review
2/4
The Number 23 (2007) Frank Ochieng Schumacher's numerical nightmare is an anemic psychological thriller basking in contrivance...woefully muddled and lacking...the math doesn't quite add up.
Posted Feb 23, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Bridge to Terabithia (2007) Frank Ochieng Csupo ushers in an exciting and emotional action-adventure product that enchants and motivates the active imagination...Terabithia radiates with engaging enthusiasm.
Posted Feb 17, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Breach (2007) Frank Ochieng ...suspenseful and calculating. As a stimulating thriller padded with cynical mind games, Breach flourishes with its vivid dosage of prestige and paranoia.
Posted Feb 15, 2007  Edit critic review
2/4
Hannibal Rising (2007) Frank Ochieng ...a plodding prequel that's more detached than a separated body limb placed neatly on Lecter's dinner plate...a boorish slice of slaughterhouse cinema.
Posted Feb 09, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/4
The Lives of Others (2006) Frank Ochieng A gripping tale of nightmarish voyeurism and the psychological abyss that elevates von Donnersmarck's European nail-biter. [A] sleek and intrusive communist caper.
Posted Feb 06, 2007  Edit critic review
2/4
Puccini for Beginners (2006) Frank Ochieng Reflectively transparent, inconsequential and slightly contrived in the same-sex love entanglement sweepstakes. Sadly, Maggenti's tepid romantic comedy gets lost in the perfunctory shuffle.
Posted Feb 02, 2007  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Children of Men (2006) Frank Ochieng Immensely thought-provoking and chillingly insightful...a resilient sci-fi fantasy that dares to contemplate the fate of mankind's chaotic impulsiveness.
Posted Jan 25, 2007  Edit critic review
3/4
Don't Trip ... He Ain't Through With Me Yet! (2006) Frank Ochieng Don't Trip...He Ain't Through With Me Yet! is the most decisive "Amen!" that the crafty and dapper Steve Harvey can get short of being baptized in the Nile River.
Posted Apr 02, 2006  Edit critic review
2/4
Madea's Family Reunion (2006) Frank Ochieng Reunion plays like some dizzy-minded daytime drama that's complete with transparent pesky personalities wrapped up in a numb sermonizing of faith and fruitless frolic.
Posted Feb 25, 2006  Edit critic review
3/4
On the Outs (2004) Frank Ochieng Granted that On the Outs doesn't explore any new realms of destitute city life but it still contains unspeakable moments of desolation and disillusionment.
Posted Feb 09, 2006  Edit critic review
3/4
Manderlay (2005) Frank Ochieng Manderlay certainly has its fair share of sanctimony and the familiarity of old school psychological racial conflict but it effectively works on the hungry psyche.
Posted Jan 28, 2006  Edit critic review
2/5
Color of Night (1994) Frank Ochieng A tawdry yet tepid sexual psychological thriller that feels very atmospheric in its proposed mystiqueness.
Posted Jan 20, 2006  Edit critic review
3/5
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) Frank Ochieng An outlandishly fluffy whodunnit farce that generates its inspired nuttiness from the likable John Candy.
Posted Jan 20, 2006  Edit critic review
3/4
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Frank Ochieng ...an enticingly dark and absorbing spectacle that should satisfy the casual Star Wars fanatic who fancies an action-packed package full of emotional promise and prose.
Posted May 22, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Frank Ochieng Unforgivable Blackness will stand as an absorbing microscope in reference to resilient black manhood in all its vulnerability and vitality.
Posted Jan 26, 2005  Edit critic review
3/4
The Manchurian Candidate (2004) Frank Ochieng Demme's The Manchurian Candidate is a political popcorn pleaser that's rousing in its sheer rawness.
Posted Jan 26, 2005  Edit critic review
1/4
The Cookout (2004) Frank Ochieng ...a taxing and intolerable vehicle that has all the charm of a gold-toothed rapper's root canal. The Cookout is certainly not any food for thought.
Posted Jan 19, 2005  Edit critic review
2.5/4
Coach Carter (2005) Frank Ochieng ...familiar in its feel-good delivery...a solid student-athlete melodrama that creeps up on you more convincingly than a three-point shot at the buzzer
Posted Jan 19, 2005  Edit critic review
3.5/4
Kinsey (2004) Frank Ochieng Unassumingly intoxicating in its frivolity and frankness, Kinsey arouses in more ways than one.
Posted Dec 27, 2004  Edit critic review
3/4
Hotel Rwanda (2004) Frank Ochieng ...the consensus for heartbreak and rage is always at a premium high. This certainly can be said for filmmaker Terry George and his blistering genocide saga Hotel Rwanda
Posted Dec 27, 2004  Edit critic review
2/5
Weekend at Bernie's II (1993) Frank Ochieng Why would anyone want to be caught dead with Bernie and his banal buddies a second time around? Relentlessly labored and pointless
Posted Jun 24, 2004  Edit critic review
4/5
Pumping Iron (1977) Frank Ochieng An entertaining and intimate look body building and its devoted personalities. Pumping Iron has muscle and might in all the right witty places.
Posted Jun 24, 2004  Edit critic review
1/5
Almost Heroes (1998) Frank Ochieng A forgettable farce with no flavor...utterly flaccid and foolish. It wastes the comedic capabilities of Farley and Perry who deserve much better
Posted Jun 24, 2004  Edit critic review
4/5
4 Little Girls (1997) Frank Ochieng Immensely gripping in its outrage and poignancy. Nobody knows how to bring the disdain of racial to the forefront like the skilled Spike Lee
Posted Jun 24, 2004  Edit critic review
4/5
Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) Frank Ochieng Finally, a baseball melodrama with a full count of emotional impact. Hancock's narrative delivers the right pitch of intensity
Posted Jun 24, 2004  Edit critic review
2/5
Rocky Marciano (1999) Frank Ochieng Rocky Marciano was a knockout of a fighter to say the least. It's too bad Winkler's movie about him carries no particular punch
Posted Jun 24, 2004  Edit critic review
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