Fresh B+
| Rotten 46%
| Dark Water (2005) | "
A surprisingly suspenseful psychological thriller, weakened only by the need to make it into a ghost story in the end." Posted Mar 9, 2006 |
Rotten C
| N/A | The Time Tunnel - Vol. 1 (1966) | "
The show starts out great but soon drifts into an all too predictable formula..." Posted Mar 9, 2006 |
Fresh B+
| N/A | Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) | "
Not an easy film to forget once you've seen it." Posted Feb 19, 2006 |
Rotten C+
| N/A | Nighty Night: The Complete Series 1 (2004) | "
It has its moments..." Posted Feb 19, 2006 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 35%
| Saw II (2005) | "
By the end you're left tired, needing a shower and feeling a bit disappointed." Posted Feb 19, 2006 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 38%
| Flightplan (2005) | "
The last time Foster gave this great a performance, she was nominated for an Oscar." Posted Feb 1, 2006 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Hill Street Blues - Season 1 (1981) | "
A word that you often hear bandied about to describe a television show nowadays is 'groundbreaking,' whether it deserves that adjective or not. Hill Street Blues, however, is one of the shows that does." Posted Jan 31, 2006 |
Fresh A
| N/A | MI-5: Volume 3 () | "
Never has the show been more politically charged, nor more scathing in its criticism of the current climate -- if you're in favor of the Patriot Act and our occupation of Iraq, you probably shouldn't watch." Posted Jan 31, 2006 |
Rotten D
| N/A | Crooked Hearts (1991) | "
At one point, D'Onofrio's character states, 'This family is a drug, and we're all addicted.' Thankfully, this movie has no such addictive qualities -- and if it did, I would advise rehab ASAP." Posted Jan 27, 2006 |
Rotten C
| N/A | Kid Galahad (1962) | "
A bizarre hybrid: It's both a standard Elvis Presley 'musical' ... and a remake of a classic, much grittier 1937 movie..." Posted Jan 27, 2006 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 85%
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) | "
The revelation that nearly the entire movie is improvised should prove that you don't need an endlessly-rewritten script to have a successful comedy -- instead, you need a funny and talented cast at the top of their game, and that's what The 40 Year-Ol" Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Fresh A
| N/A | The Simpsons - Season 7 (1996) | "
Before this season, it was hard to imagine a Simpsons episode that could make you teary. After this season, it's hard to imagine not having such an episode." Posted Jan 24, 2006 |
Fresh B-
| N/A | Black Books - The Complete Series 1 (2000) | "
By the last episode, this series finally knows what it's about and what direction it's going in..." Posted Jan 17, 2006 |
Fresh B-
| N/A | Once Upon A Mattress (2004) | "
It's downright odd how wholesome this movie seems." Posted Jan 13, 2006 |
Rotten C+
| N/A | The Tomorrow People Set 2 () | "
Include[s] some of the best episodes the series has to offer ... [and] the worst the series has to offer." Posted Jan 12, 2006 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Timeslip - The Complete Series (1970) | "
If there's ever a series you'll wish had been renewed for a second season, then Timeslip is sure to be it." Posted Jan 11, 2006 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 0%
| Kronk's New Groove (2005) | "
Note to Disney: Do sequels only if you can do them this well..." Posted Jan 10, 2006 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 89%
| The Muppet Movie (1979) | "
Could it get any better than this? (Actually, it could, but that's a whole other review...)" Posted Dec 19, 2005 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Sky High (1922) | "
Too little Lynda Carter!" Posted Dec 19, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 67%
| Muppet Treasure Island (1996) | "
Sheer fun, especially when Miss Piggy makes her inevitable appearance." Posted Dec 16, 2005 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 67%
| The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) | "
Incredibly faithful to the original text." Posted Dec 15, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 48%
| King Kong (1976) | "
In short, the 1976 version is better acted, better directed, and better realized than the movie that spawned it." Posted Dec 14, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 71%
| The Great Muppet Caper (1981) | "
[The Muppets have] never been this crazed since..." Posted Dec 13, 2005 |
Fresh A-
| N/A | Mission Hill: The Complete Series () | "
Doesn't make up for the second season we never got..." Posted Dec 7, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 85%
| The Emperor's New Groove (2000) | "
Brilliant all around." Posted Nov 23, 2005 |
Fresh B-
| N/A | Bionicle 3: Web Of Shadows (2005) | "
One element of Bionicle 3 that will disappoint no one is the stunning computer animation." Posted Nov 22, 2005 |
Fresh B
| N/A | The Office - Season One (2005) | "
Steve Carell is no Ricky Gervais -- but he is Steve Carell, and that means it's pretty damned funny." Posted Nov 15, 2005 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Monk - Season 3 (2004) | "
There's very little wrong with the third season of Monk, but the things that are wrong would likely drive Monk himself crazy." Posted Nov 15, 2005 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 42%
| Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) | "
The movie is hilarious fun, and almost enough to make you want to go back and watch all the old Herbie movies. Almost." Posted Nov 14, 2005 |
Rotten D
| N/A | Slipstream (2005) | "
Best to catch it in re-runs on the Sci Fi Channel." Posted Nov 9, 2005 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 55%
| The Devil's Rejects (2005) | "
It's not easy viewing, nor is it completely clear why something like this is entertaining, unless it's the 'car wreck effect'..." Posted Nov 9, 2005 |
Rotten C+
| N/A | Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok - Vol. 1: God and Detectives (2003) | "
One of those anime concepts that borrows bits from various other concepts and stories, mixes them all together, and still doesn't know quite what it wants to be." Posted Nov 8, 2005 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 92%
| Cinderella (1950) | "
Your kids will love it, and they won't be scared (or scarred) by it. You, however, may squirm at the movie's two implied messages..." Posted Nov 8, 2005 |
Rotten C+
| N/A | Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos (1971) | "
There's quite a bit going on in 'The Claws of Axos,' and that's both its strength and its weakness." Posted Nov 7, 2005 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 63%
| Mail Order Wife (2005) | "
The events of the plot are far too disturbing when they're darkly humorous and far too over-the-top to be truly credible when they're meant to be funny." Posted Nov 3, 2005 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 50%
| Mallrats (1995) | "
Described variously as the Blade Runner of comedy, the red-headed stepchild of the Kevin Smith/View Askew movies, and as crap." Posted Nov 3, 2005 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 16%
| Monster-in-Law (2005) | "
Thank God for that cast..." Posted Nov 3, 2005 |
Rotten C+
| N/A | Queer as Folk - The Complete First Season (2000) | "
The first time the US series veers from the source material ... it shifts from drama to melodrama and never really escapes from that category." Posted Oct 27, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 85%
| Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior (2005) | "
Ong-Bak takes [martial arts movie] elements and synthesizes them into something more than… the typical martial arts movie." Posted Oct 27, 2005 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Boo (2005) | "
A scary little flick, combining a traditional ghost story with contemporary gross-out horror and creating in the process an effective, and terrifying, synthesis of styles." Posted Oct 25, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 100%
| Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season (2004) | "
Absolutely brilliantly written and acted..." Posted Oct 24, 2005 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 64%
| Robots (2005) | "
The plot holds no surprises..." Posted Oct 21, 2005 |
Rotten D
| Fresh 93%
| The Warriors (1979) | "
The one movie that immediately comes to mind when you ask someone to name their favorite [gang] flick ... until director Walter Hill ruined it by doing a director's cut." Posted Oct 17, 2005 |
Fresh A-
| N/A | Elfen Lied - Vol. 3: The Third Vector (2005) | "
A disturbing series..." Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Eric Idle's Personal Best () | "
Idle's new introductory material is as funny as the older stuff, amazing when you consider that Idle's as old as God's naughty bits..." Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Rotten D
| N/A | The Fog (2003) | "
Borrows liberally from several major American thrillers and horror movies made in the last 20 years -- except, ironically, The Fog." Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Fresh B
| N/A | Madlax - Vol. 4: Elda Taluta (2004) | "
What we'd call 'character development' episodes, spending most of their time telling us more about our 'heroes,' for lack of a better word, and less time on the shoot-'em-ups." Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 83%
| Buddy Boy (2000) | "
An odd and disturbing little film..." Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| N/A | SCTV - Vol. 4 (1983) | "
Can there be a successful episode of SCTV without the Mackenzie Brothers? The answer is, hell, yes -- stop being such a hoser, eh?" Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Fresh B-
| N/A | The X-Files Mythology - Vol. 3: Colonization (1997) | "
This set does finally make some sense out of the whole colonization mess." Posted Oct 13, 2005 |
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