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Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Publications:
Movies reviews only
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Pulp Fiction (1994) |
[Tarantino] truly is a remarkable filmmaker -- and Pulp Fiction is indeed a remarkable film. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Feb 29, 2024
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When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) |
[The film] distinguishes itself in some ways, yet never completely pulls itself out of the inevitable clichés that come with this territory. Still, Ryan is so compelling and the message here so hopeful, it's hard not to find the film compelling. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Sep 01, 2023
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) |
It's impossible to recapture the joy and wonder of seeing a superlative picture like Raiders for the first time, but to his credit Spielberg comes very close. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted May 01, 2023
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Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1992) |
Unfortunately, the story and dialogue are not nearly as witty and inventive as the weakest Disney animated feature, which results too often in dull, sluggish sequences. As a result, Little Nemo is strictly for small fry. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Mar 07, 2023
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Copycat (1995) |
"Copy-cat" is an efficient thriller in the current serial-killer genre, thanks to top-of-the-line performances from its stars. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Aug 10, 2022
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Wyatt Earp (1994) |
An interminably long, numbingly slow and woefully underdeveloped epic that is more likely to bring on drowsiness than enlightenment. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Dec 21, 2021
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Backdraft (1991) |
Director Ron Howard and screenwriter Gregory Widen seem to aspire to serious notions, but they are constantly sidetracked by soap opera cliches and slam-bang pyrotechnics. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Aug 03, 2021
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Rooftops (1989) |
The biggest problem with "Rooftops" is that it can't decide whether to be a light dance fantasy or a heavy-handed thriller. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Jun 18, 2021
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Prayers for Bobby (2009) |
A nice showcase for Weaver, a sensitive story given the light Lifetime touch. Have a box of Kleenex nearby. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Oct 03, 2019
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Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed (2014) |
The bulk of his comedy is, as always, his "obsession" with food and his observations are truly hilarious, ranging from eating ice cream to lusting after donuts to trying to figure out seafood. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Jul 25, 2019
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Ken Burns: The Civil War (2015) |
Groundbreaking in its style and haunting in its imagery, and in readings by such actors as Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman and Sam Waterston, the miniseries manages to personalize Civil War history better than any film before or since. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted May 24, 2019
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Don Juan DeMarco (1995) |
If ever there was a movie that is more enjoyable than it has any right to be on the surface, it's this one. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Mar 04, 2019
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My Life (1993) |
The film is, as Rubin is fond of saying in interviews, a "life-affirming" film and has something to say about how we should view our brief stay on the planet. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Mar 04, 2019
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Malice (1993) |
Malice is a film that very much wants to be a combination of Body Heat and classic Hitchcock -- but how you take to it will depend on your patience with silly cliches and plot holes large enough to hide dinosaurs. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Mar 04, 2019
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Dead Man (1995) |
Dead Man is surprisingly bland. And it becomes more dull -- and more grotesque -- as it moves along. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Nov 09, 2018
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The Portrait of a Lady (1996) |
The cinematography is gorgeous, the sets and costumes are opulent, and Campion has assembled a first-rate A-level cast, led by Nicole Kidman. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Oct 26, 2018
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Far and Away (1992) |
The story is ridiculously old-fashioned, with romantic flourishes and visual spectacle (the land-rush scenes are outstanding) in place of an interesting storyline and well-developed characters. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Oct 25, 2018
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Billy Bathgate (1991) |
There's plenty of glossy, slick entertainment here if you haven't gotten overly tired of mob flicks. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Oct 24, 2018
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Miracle on 34th Street (1994) |
As remakes go, this one is a moderately satisfying big-screen event for holiday family viewing . . . though I would heartily recommend renting the original instead. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Oct 23, 2018
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Look Who's Talking Too (1990) |
Simply a one-joke movie that too quickly wore out its welcome. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted May 21, 2018
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Kids for Cash (2013) |
The film is imperfect in its structure, but director Robert May never sensationalizes what is horrifying enough in its straightforward telling. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Jun 09, 2014
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Some Girls (1988) |
There are some sweet moments and several very funny scenes, mostly of the door-slamming, mistaken identity variety. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Dec 17, 2012
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Nothing but the Truth (2008) |
Alda's performance is a real stand-out, but all the actors are in fine form, to include Angela Basset, Noah Wyle and David Schwimmer. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted May 05, 2009
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Valkyrie (2008) |
There's a whiff of pointlessness hanging over this whole affair. The fact that Valkyrie is not the thriller the trailer promises is treason against the talent. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 23, 2009
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Better Things (2008) |
Gritty yet incongruously gorgeous - and glacier-paced - this ambitious first feature from Midlands miserablist Duane Hopkins proves that crikey, the British can do Bruno Dumont-style poetic realism after all. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 23, 2009
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The Wrestler (2008) |
Aronofsky's most authentic film refuses to ridicule the amateur wrestling circuit, while Rourke's portrait of a has-been will surely be the comeback of the year. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 16, 2009
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Clubbed (2008) |
Though predictable, the attention to period detail makes this a Brit-flick rather like its hero - an intelligent little scrapper. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 16, 2009
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Boogie (2008) |
It may not scale the heights of the best recent Romanian films (4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, The Death Of Mr Lazarescu) but Boogie is still a bittersweet character study. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 16, 2009
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Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) |
A state-of-the-art kid-pleaser for sure, but recession-weary parents will probably find it a mite obnoxious. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 16, 2009
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Defiance (2008) |
"Jews don't fight!" mutters a Red Army soldier. "These Jews do!" says another admiringly. Great pitch, largely undone by stilted, solemn direction. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 09, 2009
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The Reader (2008) |
Pleasingly adult material powered by elegant, muscular performances. A strong adaptation of a slippery novel. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 05, 2009
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Che: Part One (2008) |
Committed and commanding, slow but stealthy, political and powerful: details are omitted, but Che still sees Soderbergh flexing fierce focus and control, while Del Toro leads with tact and muscle. The full four-hour flick grips; two hours'll fly by, easy. - Total Film
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| Posted Jan 05, 2009
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) |
A straight-line journey through the good doctor's loopy myth and madness, but one that doesn't push far enough into uncharted territory. Fine as a primer, but Gibney leans more towards admiration than examination. - Total Film
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| Posted Dec 19, 2008
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White Christmas (1954) |
This was the Mamma Mia! of its day, a nostalgic blast of popular Irving Berlin showtunes gift-wrapped in new-fangled VistaVision that danced its way to the top of the 1954 box office. - Total Film
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| Posted Dec 12, 2008
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) |
Powerful performances from March and Hopkins and richly atmospheric cinematography help make for a memorable journey down Stevenson's "strange and terrible road." - Total Film
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| Posted Dec 12, 2008
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) |
Cranking the action dial up to 11, Derrickson retools an iconic piece of sci-fi with lots of big guns but extra smarts would have been welcome. It's bang up to date but a tad underwhelming. Not the disaster some fanboys predicted. - Total Film
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| Posted Dec 12, 2008
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) |
Put simply, it's all lube and no spunk. - Total Film
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| Posted Nov 14, 2008
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Max Payne (2008) |
The occasional muzzle-flare of stylish violence, but that's it. Dull, depressing and dragging its knuckles at 100 minutes, Max Payne misfires and Wahlberg's leading-man jinx continues. - Total Film
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| Posted Nov 14, 2008
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Of Time and the City (2008) |
And all for 250,000. Now will someone please fund the man to direct another feature? - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 30, 2008
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Quiet Chaos (2008) |
Quiet Chaos feels thin and, especially towards the end, increasingly implausible. All the same, Moretti's simpatico screen persona just about carries it. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 24, 2008
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Incendiary (2008) |
By then, Incendiary has become a tear-stained monologue about bereavement and resilience - it goes off with a bang, but ends with a whimper. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 24, 2008
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Ghost Town (2008) |
This is a schmaltzy romcom directed by blockbuster screenwriter David Koepp and held together by Ricky Gervais - an actor best known for cringy dancing arse boss David Brent. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 24, 2008
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A Bloody Aria (2006) |
Sore disappointment is in store for anyone expecting Won Shin-yun's revenge/psycho thriller to emerge as the new Oldboy. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 24, 2008
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Made in America (1993) |
This first-time screenplay by Holly Goldberg Sloan feels more like an outline, and director Richard Benjamin doesn't seem to know quite what to do with it. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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The Little Mermaid (1989) |
This is unquestionably the best animated film in many years and is therefore highly recommended. - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
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| Posted Oct 18, 2008
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Young at Heart (2007) |
If this film were any more heartwarming, your chest would melt. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 17, 2008
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The Zone (2007) |
Director Rodrigo Pl pulls off a biting critique of middle-classes living in smug seclusion, but doesn't compromise on tension as the suburbanites' morals spiral out of control. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 17, 2008
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Afro-Saxons (2008) |
It's a warm-spirited, well-intentioned movie, yet offers a repetitive, visually humdrum and ultimately superficial portrait of its chosen milieu that seems much better suited to the small screen. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 17, 2008
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The House Bunny (2008) |
Fish-out-of-water formulaics are lifted by a starlet on the up. The story is pure bubblegum, but surrender to the silliness and you'll be endeared. A must for anyone who's been hanging on for Legally Blonde 3. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 10, 2008
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Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot (2008) |
OK, so it's not quite as searching as Hoop Dreams, but it's hugely enjoyable all the same and boasts - as you'd expect - a terrific soundtrack. - Total Film
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| Posted Oct 10, 2008
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