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Laramie Movie Scope:
Review Archive

An alphabetical listing of over 2,800 reviews

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by Robert Roten, Film Critic
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December 8, 1998, updated August 15, 2007 -- This page has an alphabetical listing of all my movie reviews of titles starting with the letters A through B. There is also an index for the rest of the film vault (over 2,800 and counting). The index is organized on web pages showing film titles starting with the letters C-D, E-G, H-I, J-L, M-N, O-Q, R-S and T-Z.

The latest wrinkle I've added are reviews from a friend and fellow critic, Patrick Ivers. His reviews are marked by his last name (Ivers) in parenthesis. Those little red stars are to indicate how well I liked the movie. Patrick does not use them. Four stars is the highest rating, an A, or excellent, and "bomb" is the lowest rating, an F. Three stars is good, two stars is average and one star is poor. You get the idea. The stars are the numerical equivalent of the A, B, C, D, F rating in my reviews (this can also be easily converted to a 1-5, a 1-9, or a 1-10 rating system if you prefer, since I use pluses and minuses in the letter-based ratings and half stars in the star-based rating system. However you look at it, it is pretty much the same movie rating system most critics use). I don't use A+ ratings. That's grade inflation. I'm old school when it comes to grades.

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A through B (this page)
(Links to: C-D E-G H-I J-L M-N O-Q R-S T-Z)

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About a Boy[3 stars]
About Schmidt[4 stars]
Above the Rim[2 stars]
Absolute Power[3 stars]
Absence of Malice (Ivers)
Across the Universe[3 stars]
Across the Universe (Ivers)
Adam Resurrected (Ivers)
Adam Resurrected[3 stars]
The Addams Family[2 stars]
Addams Family Values[3 stars]
Addicted to Love[2 stars]
Adventureland[3 stars]
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Ivers)
The Adventures of Joe Dirt[2 stars]
The Adventures of Pluto Nash[2 stars]
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938--Ivers)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle[3 stars]
An Affair of Love (Ivers)
Afterglow (Ivers)
After the Wedding (Ivers)
Agent Cody Banks[3 stars]
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London[no stars]
The Age of Innocence[1 star]
A.I. Artificial Intelligence[4 stars]
Air Force One[3 stars]
Akira[3 stars]
Aladdin[4 stars]
The Alamo (2004)[2 stars]
Alas de mariposa (Butterfly Wings)[2.5 stars]
Alex and Emma (Ivers)
Alexander[1.5 stars]
Ali[2.5 stars]
Alice (1988) (Ivers)
Alice (1990) (Ivers)
Alien 3[2 stars]
Alien Resurrection[3 stars]
Aliens of the Abyss (IMAX 3D)[3 stars]
Alive[3 stars]
All About Eve (Ivers)
All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) (Ivers)
All Dogs Go to Heaven[2.5 stars]
All or Nothing[2 stars]
All The King's Men (1949--Ivers)
All the King's Men (2006--Ivers)
All the Pretty Horses[4 stars]
All the Pretty Horses (Ivers)
Almost Famous[4 stars]
Almost Famous (Ivers)
Almost Heroes (Ivers)[no stars]
Along Came a Spider[2.5 stars]
Always[2.5 stars]
Amandla[2 stars]
Amazing Grace[4 stars]
Amazing Grace (Ivers)
Amélíe[3 stars]
American Beauty[3 stars]
An American Carol (Ivers)
American Dreamz (Ivers)
American Gangster[3.5 stars]
The Americanization of Emily (Ivers)
American Pastime (Ivers)
American Pie[3 stars]
American Pie 2[2 stars]
American Pop (Ivers)
The American President[3 stars]
American Splendor [4 stars]
America's Sweethearts[2.5 stars]
Amistad[4 stars]
Amores Perros (Ivers)
Anaconda[2 stars]
Analyze This[3.5 stars]
Anastasia[2.5 stars]
Anatomy of a Murder (Ivers)
Angels & Demons[3 stars]
Angels & Demons (Ivers)
Angel Eyes[3 stars]
Angels in America (Ivers)
Anger Management[2 stars]
Angus[4 stars]
The Animal[1.5 stars]
Anna and the King[2 stars]
Another Time, Another Place (Ivers)
Antitrust[2.5 stars]
Antoine and Collette (Ivers)
Antonia's Line (Ivers)
Antwone Fisher[4 stars]
Antwone Fisher (Ivers)
Anvil: The Story of Anvil[4 stars]
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (Ivers)
Antz[3.5 stars]
Any Given Sunday[3 stars]
Anything Else[2 stars]
Apocalypse Now Redux[3 stars]
Apocalypse Now Redux (Ivers)
Apocalypto[2.5 stars]
Apocalypto (Ivers)
Apollo 13[4 stars]
The Apostle[4 stars]
The Apostle (Ivers)
Appaloosa[3 stars]
The Aristocrats[2 stars]
The Aristocrats (Ivers)
Arlington West (Ivers)
Arlington Road[2.5 stars]
Armageddon[2.5 stars]
Army of Darkness[3 stars]
Around the World in 80 Days (1956 -- Ivers)
Around the World in 80 Days (2004)[half star]
The Arrival[3.5 stars]
Arsenic and Old Lace (Ivers)
The Art of War[1.5 stars]
As Good as it Gets[2.5 stars]
Asoka (Ivers)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford[3 stars]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Ivers)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon[3 stars]
Assassins[2 stars]
The Assignment[3 stars]
Astro Boy[3 stars]
The Astronaut's Wife[2.5 stars]
The Astronaut Farmer[3 stars]
As You Like It (Ivers)
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)[2.5 stars]
At First Sight[2.5 stars]
Atlantis: The Lost Empire[3 stars]
Atonement[3 stars]
Atonement (Ivers)
Audition (Ivers)
August Rush[3 stars]
Au Revoir Les Enfants (Ivers)
Austin Powers in Goldmember[2 stars]
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery[3 stars]
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me[2.5 stars]
Australia[3 stars]
Australia (Ivers)
Auto Focus[2 stars]
Autumn in New York[2 stars]
Avatar[4 stars]
Avenue Montaigne (Fauteuils d'orchestre)[3 stars]
Avenue Montaigne (Fauteuils d'orchestre) (Ivers)
The Aviator[4 stars]
Awakenings[3 stars]
Away From Her[3 stars]
Away From Her (Ivers)
Away We Go[3.5 stars]
The Awful Truth (Ivers)

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Baadasssss![4 stars]
Babe: A Pig in the City[3 stars]
Babel[2.5 stars]
Babel (Ivers)
Baby Boy[4 stars]
Baby Face (Ivers)
Backdraft[2.5 stars]
Back to God's Country[2 stars]
Back to the Future II[2.5 stars]
Back to the Future III[2.5 stars]
Bad Day at Black Rock (Ivers)
Bad Education (La Mala educación)[2.5 stars]
Bad Education (La Mala educación) (Ivers)
Badlands (Ivers)
Bad Santa [3.5 stars]
Bad Santa (Ivers)
Bait[2.5 stars]
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever[1 star]
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever DVD[2 stars]
Bandit Queen[3 stars]
The Band's Visit (Ivers)
Bandits[3 stars]
The Banger Sisters[3 stars]
Bang the Drum Slowly (Ivers)
The Bank Job [4 stars]
The Bank Job (Ivers)
The Barbarian Invasions [4 stars]
The Barbarian Invasions (Ivers)
Barb Wire[3 stars]
Barbershop[3 stars]
Barbershop 2: Back in Business[2.5 stars]
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals[2 stars]
Basic Instinct[2 stars]
Batman Begins[3 stars]
Batman Begins (Ivers)
Batman Returns[2 stars]
Batman Forever[2.5 stars]
Batman and Robin[3 stars]
Battlefield Earth[2 stars]
Battlestar Galactica: Season 1 (2003) (Ivers)
Battlestar Galactica: Season 2 (2005) (Ivers)
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) (Ivers)
Battlestar Galactica: Season 4, first half (Ivers)
The Beach[2 stars]
The Beast (Ivers)
Beautiful Girls (Ivers)
A Beautiful Mind[3 stars]
A Beautiful Mind (DVD review)[3 stars]
Beauty and the Beast (Original version)[4 stars]
Beauty and the Beast (Large Format Special Edition)[4 stars]
Beavis and Butthead Do America[2 stars]
Becoming Jane[2 stars]
Becoming Jane (Ivers)
Be Cool[2 stars]
Be Cool (Ivers)
Bed and Board (Ivers)
Bedazzled[2 stars]
Bee Movie[2 stars]
Before Night Falls[2.5 stars]
Before Sunset[3 stars]
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead[4 stars]
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Ivers)
Behind Enemy Lines[2 stars]
Being John Malkovich[3 stars]
Being Julia[3 stars]
Being Julia (Ivers)
Be Kind Rewind[2.5 stars]
Belle de Jour (Ivers)
Belle Epoque (Ivers)
Beloved[3 stars]
Bend it Like Beckham[3 stars]
Bend of the River (Ivers)
Benjamin Smoke[2 stars]
Benny and Joon (Ivers)
Ben X[3 stars]
Ben X (Ivers)
Beowulf[3 stars]
Best In Show (Ivers)
Beyond Belief (Ivers)
Beyond the Gate (Ivers)
Bicentennial Man[3 stars]
The Big Bounce[2.5 stars]
Big Daddy[2.5 stars]
Big Fan[3 stars]
Big Fan (Ivers)
Big Fat Liar[2.5 stars]
Big Fat Liar (DVD review)[3 stars]
Big Fish[3.5 stars]
Big Fish (Ivers)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster (Ivers)
Bigger, Stronger, Faster[4 stars]
The Big Hit[2.5 stars]
The Big Lebowski[2.5 stars]
The Big Lebowski (Ivers)
Big Momma's House[3 stars]
The Big One[3 stars]
Bill Maher: New Rules (Ivers)
Billy Elliot[3 stars]
Bird (Ivers)
Birds of Prey (Ivers)
Black Book[3 stars]
Black Book (Ivers)
The Black Dahlia[2.5 stars]
Black Hawk Down[4 stars]
Black Hawk Down (Ivers)
Black Mask[3 stars]
Black Snake Moan[3 stars]
Black Snake Moan (Ivers)
Blade[2.5 stars]
Blade Runner (director's cut)[2 stars]
Blade 2[2.5 stars]
Blade: Trinity[2 stars]
Blades of Glory[2.5 stars]
The Blair Witch Project[3 stars]
Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows[2 stars]
Blast From the Past[2 stars]
Bless the Child[3 stars]
The Blind Side[3 stars]
The Blind Side (Ivers)
Blood Diamond[3.5 stars]
Blood Diamond (Ivers)
Blood Equity[3.5 stars]
Blood Equity (Ivers)
Blood Sweat and Tears: Spinning Wheel (DVD review)[3 stars]
Blood Work[3 stars]
Blow[3 stars]
Blown Away[3 stars]
The Blue Angel (1930)[2 stars]
Blue Crush[2 stars]
Blue Gold: World Water Wars (Ivers)
Blue Streak[3 stars]
Blue Velvet (Ivers)
B. Monkey (Ivers)
Boatman[2 stars]
Bobby[3 stars]
Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back (Ivers)
Bob Dylan -- 1976-1981: Rolling Thunder &
the Gospel Years (DVD and CD review)[3 stars]
Bob Roberts[3 stars]
The Bodyguard[1.5 stars]
Body of Lies (Ivers)
Body of War (Ivers)
Boiler Room[3 stars]
Bolt[3.5 stars]
Bon Voyage[3 stars]
Boogie Nights[3 stars]
The Bone Collector[2 stars]
The Book of Eli[3 stars]
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan[3.5 stars]
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Ivers)
Born Into Brothels[3 stars]
Born on the Fourth of July[2 stars]
Born Yesterday (Ivers)
The Borrowers[2 stars]
The Boss of it All (Ivers)
Bottle Shock[2 stars]
Bounce[2.5 stars]
The Bourne Identity[2.5 stars]
The Bourne Identity (Ivers)
The Bourne Supremacy[3 stars]
The Bourne Supremacy (Ivers)
The Bourne Ultimatum[3 stars]
Bowfinger[3.5 stars]
Bowling for Columbine[3 stars]
The Boxer[1.5 stars]
Boy A (Ivers)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas[2.5 stars]
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Ivers)
Boyz in the Hood[2.5 stars]
Bram Stoker's Dracula[3.5 stars]
Braveheart[3 stars]
The Brave One[2.5 stars]
The Brave One (Ivers)
Bread and Tulips (Pane e tlipani)[2.5 stars]
Bread and Tulips (Pane e tlipani) (Ivers)
Breach[3 stars]
Breakdown[3 stars]
Breakfast on Pluto[2.5 stars]
Brick[3 stars]
Brick (Ivers)
Brick Lane (Ivers)
Bride and Prejudice[2 stars]
Bride and Prejudice (Ivers)
Bridge to Terabithia[4 stars]
Bridget Jones' Diary[3.5 stars]
Bridget Jones' Diary (Ivers)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Ivers)
The Bridges of Madison County[3 stars]
Brief Encounter (Ivers)
Brigham City (film and DVD review)[3 stars]
Bright Star[3 stars]
Bright Star (Ivers)
Bringing Down The House[2 stars]
Bringing Out the Dead[4 stars]
Bring It On[2.5 stars]
Broadcast News (Ivers)
Broadway Danny Rose (Ivers)
Brokeback Mountain[3 stars]
Broken Arrow[2 stars]
Broken Flowers[2 stars]
Broken Flowers (Ivers)
Bronson[3 stars]
Bronson (Ivers)
A Bronx Tale (Original version)[4 stars]
Brother Bear[2.5 stars]
Brotherhood of the Wolf (Le Pacte des loups)[2.5 stars]
Brotherhood of the Wolf (DVD review)[2.5 stars]
Brothers[3.5 stars]
The Brothers Grimm[2 stars]
Bruce Almighty[2.5 stars]
Bruno[2.5 stars]
Bubba Ho-Tep[3 stars]
The Bucket List[3 stars]
The Bucket List (Ivers)
The Buena Vista Social Club[3 stars]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer[1 star]
Bug[2 stars]
A Bug's Life[3.5 stars]
A Bug's Life (Ivers)
Bugsy[3 stars]
Bukowski: Born Into This (Ivers)
Bulletproof[2.5 stars]
Bullets Over Broadway (Ivers)
Bullshit! (DVD of first TV season)[4 stars]
Bullshit! (2003 episodes 1-5--Ivers)
Bullshit! (2003 episodes 6-10--Ivers)
Bullshit! (last 2003 episodes--Ivers)
Bullshit! (2004 episodes 1-4--Ivers)
Bullshit! (2004 episodes 5-8--Ivers)
Bullshit! (last 2004 episodes--Ivers)
Bullshit! (2005 episodes 1-4--Ivers)
Bullshit! (next four 2005 episodes--Ivers)
Bullshit! (last 2005 episodes--Ivers)
Bullshit! (2006 episodes 1-4--Ivers)
Bullshit! (2006 episodes 4-8--Ivers)
Bullshit! (2006 episodes 9-10--Ivers)
Bulworth[2 stars]
Burn! (Queimada)[3 stars]
Burn After Reading[2.5 stars]
Burn After Reading (Ivers)
The Burning Plain[3.5 stars]
The Burning Plain (Ivers)
Bury My Heart and Wounded Knee (Ivers)
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy[3 stars]
Bush's Brain[3 stars]
Bush's Brain (Ivers)
The Butcher Boy[2 stars]
The Butterfly Effect[2 stars]
Butterfly Wings (Alas de mariposa)[2.5 stars]
Butt-Ugly Martians: Best of the Bad Guys (DVD review)[2 stars]
Butt-Ugly Martians: Boyz to Martians (DVD review)[2.5 stars]
Butt-Ugly Martians: Hoverboard Heroes (DVD review)[2 stars]
Bye Bye Love[2 stars]

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