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The Movie Watcher | Dave White: Your Man at the Multiplex

Movie Title Grade Dave Says
The Da Vinci Code C- God hates your dull movie.
Daddy Day Camp … hideous, soul-scarring, brain-melting …
Daddy's Little Girls B- … really isn't so bad.
Dan in Real Life D- … fake warmth oozes, dumbness prevails.
Danielson: A Family Movie … a source of unlikely joy …
Dans Paris … not drowning in sentimentality …
Darfur Now B+ … refuses to really get down and dirty …
The Darjeeling Limited … a dryly sweet quality …
Dark Matter D+ Even Streep seems lost …
DarkBlueAlmostBlack B- … nothing too shocking you'll be learning …
Date Movie … the worst movie of 2006.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party … the coolest …
Day Watch B- … a commitment to chaos …
Days of Glory You'll get sucked into it …
The Dead Girl C+ … forgettable indie bummer trotted out during awards season …
Dead Silence … consistently surprising.
Deal Script written in sleep? Check.
Death at a Funeral … takes a long time for all the mechanics to pay off.
Death of a President C+ … narratively lazy …
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu … a lot of nothing is what happens.
Death Sentence … it sucks, but I liked it …
December Boys C- This is the worst Harry Potter movie ever.
Deception C+ You know what's not sexy? Sexiness.
Deck the Halls OK, yes, I laughed.
Dedication C+ … it's like Music and Lyrics for really hateful people.
Deep Water … a heart-in-the-mouth viewing experience …
Definitely, Maybe C- … zero amounts of interesting …
Deja Vu B- … totally ridiculous.
Delirious … memorable …
Deliver Us From Evil … mind-blowing nonsense …
Delta Farce … crap that makes me giggle …
The Departed … Mark Wahlberg is the coolest …
Descent B- " … what it doesn't do: move beyond the obvious."
The Descent A- … tons of gore …
The Devil and Daniel Johnston … you'll become a fan …
The Devil Came on Horseback A- … intensely disturbing …
The Devil Wears Prada B- Streep eats this movie for breakfast …
The Devil's Miner … straightforward and politics-free …
The Dhamma Brothers B- … should have tried a little more 'noble silence' …
Diary of the Dead … barely about zombies eating dumb teen victims.
Diggers B- … a real-life message of almost borderline futility …
Dirty C- … so badly edited and directed …
Disturbia … caffeinated jolts and creepy suspense …
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly … beautiful, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes blurry, sometimes mournful …
DOA: Dead or Alive B+ … an awesome 87 minutes of cinema.
Domino C- … loony, Tank Girl-ish …
Don't Come Knocking D+ I must have snored a little bit.
Doogal C- … you'll have a nice nap.
Doom B- … not as good [Aliens].
Doomsday Does it suck? Sorta. Is that awesome? Absolutely.
Down in the Valley C+ … Method-like and irritating.
Down to the Bone A- … a 10 on the real-life-sucks grit-meter.
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox B+ … kooky, visionary …
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! B- … the animation is perfect.
Dragon Wars … they really spent their budget on making good-looking monsters.
Dreamer A- … genuinely moving …
Dreamgirls A- … it's really on.
Drillbit Taylor C- Just think Superbad minus the humor …
Driving Lessons C- … dopey little feel-goodish …
The Duchess of Langeais … tense, dark, melancholy, sometimes strange …
The Duchess B+ Keira Knightley, who I’m pretty sure isn’t even a very good actress, is someone I will watch in just about anything on screen for reasons I can’t explain...
Duck Season … free to see what's really playing out …
Dying Gaul B+ … bitter and tragic …
Dynamite Warrior It's less awesome than it sounds.