Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
If The Hangover sounds like a hybrid of Bachelor Party and Dude, Where's My Car, its kind of is. It has its share of both laugh-out-loud and WTF moments, but also contains scenes that deflate the comic momentum." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| The Wackness (2008) | "
I'd stop short of calling Levine's award-winning film pretentious. ... He just made a small coming-of-age film about the time he came of age, and he did it with just enough dopeness." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Jul 31, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 35%
| 21 (2008) | "
... it seems they used Film Adaptations for Dummies and thus missed an opportunity to make a great movie with style and atmosphere." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 31, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| Funny Games (2008) | "
It's a realism meant to demonstrate how people who enjoy such movies are accessories to the proliferation of violence in media, and Haneke pulls it off with a master's touch." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| N/A | Diary of the Dead (1976) | "
GEORGE ROMERO REALLY HAD NOWHERE to take his zombie franchise after 2005's Land of the Dead -- but he made this year's Diary of the Dead anyway." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 10%
| Fool's Gold (2008) | "
IF THERE IS A ROMANTIC-COMEDY HELL, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson surely stand at the gates waving people in." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| N/A | Fool's Gold (1967) | "
IF THERE IS A ROMANTIC-COMEDY HELL, Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson surely stand at the gates waving people in." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 59%
| Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008) | "
It gets to be a stretch until the tour winds down and you realize you're rooting for these guys to make it, and what a drag it would be if they don't." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| Weirdsville (2007) | "
If there was more vision on the front end, with more thought put into shot composition and less adherence to trendy, attention-deficit filmmaking, Weirdsville might have been an innovative indie gem" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Pierrot Le Fou (1965) | "
Pierrot Le Fou was [Godard's] way of wrapping up the past before stepping forward into his next phase of overtly political filmmaking -- a magnificent mash-up before the manifestos to come" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
Anderson's triumphant epic about the bone-breaking, death-defying, orphan-making early days of the oil industry will serve as a benchmark for all of his future films." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| The Savages (2007) | "
There really doesn't seem to be much of a bright side about a brother and sister who are faced with putting their father in a nursing home, but Jenkins manages to mine humor and heart out of the bleak circumstances." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 42%
| The Bucket List (2007) | "
doesn't a by-the-numbers Rob Reiner buddy movie about dying just about say it all? This is for the hardcore Nicholson and Freeman fans who don't mind considering the mortality of their idols." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 52%
| Margot at the Wedding (2007) | "
a dysfunctional family portrait that, at best, shows how far sisterly bonds can stretch without breaking. At worst, it demonstrates what happens when a writer with nothing to say continues to produce after his supply of bio fuel is exhausted" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| The Great Debaters (2007) | "
Enough fictional liberties were taken with The Great Debaters to make it fit neatly on the inspirational genre shelf, but it's grounded in enough reality to excuse Eisle's we-shall-overcome contrivances" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 74%
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) | "
a perfect storm of incompetent idiocy that might kill off mockumentaries altogether." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Atonement (2007) | "
the film actually transcends the novel at times, due in no small part to Seamus McGarvey's fluid camera work." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 16%
| The Perfect Holiday (2007) | "
Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard just show up enough in The Perfect Holiday to either pick up a paycheck or return some kind of mysterious unpaid debt to writer-director Lance Rivera." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 61%
| Grace is Gone (2007) | "
the mood is as overcast as the sky that follows the Phillips' as they head for Florida and the inevitable moment of revelation. Grace Is Gone is a downer worthy of a super-sized box of Kleenex" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) | "
Seeing WWJB? in a theater is not necessary, although seeing him and the choir hijacking a mall in person would be better than Beowulf in IMAX." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 27%
| Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) | "
Never read García Márquez and still waiting for a sequel to The Notebook? There's something here for you." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| My Kid Could Paint That (2007) | "
Bar-Lev handles [the portrayal of the Marla hype machine] sensitively and with a minimum of contrivances. He examines his role, but avoids excessive self-reference." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Dec 1, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 36%
| Sleuth (2007) | "
By the time the film ends on a flat note, it is long past the point of failing to effectively showcase a meeting of minds between two great actors." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Dec 1, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 31%
| Martian Child (2007) | "
Martian Child would be a Lifetime Movie of the Week without the Cusacks" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 15, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 30%
| The Heartbreak Kid (2007) | "
The elements with which the Farrellys transcend mere gross-out -- pacing, inspired and quirky performances, good writing with an underlying heart -- are missing here, which exposes the underlying creepiness at the heart of the film." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 15, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| In the Valley of Elah (2007) | "
It would be a crime if Jones doesn't receive a Best Actor Oscar nomination, and Sarandon's reaction upon hearing the news of Mike's death should get her an automatic Best Supporting Actress win." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| We Own The Night (2007) | "
... successfully harkens to the best cop dramas of the '70s, when brutal realism shocked audiences and over-the-top action was confined to car chases." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| Interview (2007) | "
Interview isn't essential viewing, but it has a message for the media and its audience worth absorbing." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Them (2007) | "
The final 20 minutes contain some of the best, uncontrived twists of any post-Sixth Sense American suspense film, but there is a good reason for that, as the co-directors reveal with a shocking epilogue." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 59%
| Resurrecting the Champ (2007) | "
Success, adulation, temptation, disgrace, redemption -- it's all there, expressed mostly through the predictably non-expressive Hartnett." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Vitus (2007) | "
[Twelve-year-old lead actor] Gheroghiu's subtle acting ... makes the somewhat fantastical plot threads that drive the second half of the film believable, and turns what was a somewhat bloodless family drama into a cleverly constructed tale void of life-af" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| Rendition (2007) | "
The film's message is still relevant, but it's already universally recognized how far the executive branch will go to get its latest war on." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Into the Wild (2007) | "
Penn, whose deliberate and successful avoidance of sanctimony is the key to the film's success, uses Chris/Alex to discover his own essence as a director -- except he survived." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) | "
Penn's challenge was to create a distinct character, especially with the shadow of Travis Bickle looming ... he largely succeeds, although he doesn't achieve De Niro's pathos." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 4, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (2004) | "
Pacino's performance creates a bridge over the language barrier that is the film's saving grace ... and Radford expertly adapts the language to full cinematic potential." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Mar 4, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 68%
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) | "
Once upon a time, according to 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon,' an American dreamer tried to kill the 37th president." — AlterNet
INTERVIEW Posted Mar 4, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 72%
| In the Realms of the Unreal (2004) | "
Jessica Yu's documentary explores and empathizes with the vast creative world of outsider artist Henry Darger." — AlterNet
INTERVIEW Posted Mar 4, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 85%
| Gunner Palace (2005) | "
Gunner Palace is one of a cluster of cultural signifiers indicating a fundamental shift in how we perceive, and will perceive, the war on Iraq." — AlterNet
INTERVIEW Posted Mar 4, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 83%
| The Sea Inside (2004) | "
"I was very impressed by what a good writer he was," says Amenábar. "His ideas about life and death were quite profound, and I immediately connected with that."" — AlterNet
INTERVIEW Posted Jan 10, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Remember Me, My Love (2004) | "
Gabriele Muccino essentially subjects the audience to what Giulia subjects her family to in the film: a lot of unnecessary drama." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Jan 10, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Tarnation (2004) | "
Tarnation is a kinetic kaleidoscope, an explosion of expressionism. It's the product of a mind blown apart, but not completely away, by tragic circumstances." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Dec 10, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Gozu (2004) | "
Takashi Miike is one sick puppy. Anyone who has seen his films understands ... All the same, Miike is an astonishing, prolific filmmaker" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 26, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Kinsey (2004) | "
Condon and director of photography Frederick Elmes create a clinical atmosphere that sets the stage for frank discussion and reflects Kinsey's scientific approach to sex." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 26, 2004 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| Being Julia (2004) | "
While I'm glad that Annette Bening gets a juicy role in István Szabó's Being Julia, I don't find her character sympathetic or charismatic whatsoever." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 18, 2004 |
Rotten
| Rotten 56%
| Undertow (2004) | "
The substance doesn't live up to the style. Green was trying to create a thriller, and, although all of the elements are in place, Undertow doesn't thrill." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 18, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| The Machinist (2004) | "
If the intent of Anderson, Bale and Kosar is to create empathy for their tortured character and synesthesia with his madness, then they succeed many times over." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 18, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Vera Drake (2004) | "
This is Staunton's moment in the sun. Her portrayal of the disintegration of Vera's spirit is wrenching." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 9, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004) | "
Butler's film may do little to change the outcome of the election, but anyone who questions Kerry's convictions should see Going Upriver before casting their vote." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) | "
A mostly faithful, beautifully shot cinematic realization of the words that sprung from Guevara's mighty pen" — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| The Yes Men (2004) | "
While some scenes seem to have been re-created, any questionable authenticity is negated by the hilariousness of the film." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
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