— | Fresh 64%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) |
Click here to read article — Austin American-Statesman Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 30%
| Women in Trouble (2009) | "
Gutierrez's script can't supply female characters as believable as Almodovar's, but in the director's chair he gives his cast room to compensate with funny, self-aware performances." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) | "
A 'true story' of ghosts and illness suffers in comparison to the director's attention-getting short Ward 13." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
Partly but not completely thanks to Rogen's committed performance, Observe manages the funny-pathetic arc of its story line vastly better than Hill's debut film The Foot Fist Way." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Role Models (2008) | "
A broad but satisfying multiplex comedy." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 20, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| My Winnipeg (2008) | "
Guy Maddin docu about his hometown gives fans everything they'd expect, plus a few moments of unexpected sincerity." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) | "
Solid rom com finds another Judd Apatow acolyte moving into the spotlight." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 11, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| Chicago 10 (2008) | "
Filmmaker Brett Morgen returns with another livelier-than-usual entry in the nonfiction field, a portrait of '60s activism that mixes vintage footage with cartoon-animated re-enactments." — Austin American-Statesman Posted Apr 4, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 35%
| 21 (2008) | "
Real-life rags-to-riches Vegas scheme makes for glossy if lightweight fun." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 28, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| Explicit Ills (2008) | "
Political awareness doesn't spell preachiness in slice-of-life directing debut for actor Mark Webber." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 28, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Stop-Loss (2008) | "
Stop-Loss has painted itself into a dramatic corner, which might be the most honest expression of the filmmaker's empathy for the men and women serving in Iraq." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 26, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Lou Reed's Berlin (2008) | "
Excellent concert docu revisits a neglected chapter in Reed's back catalog." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 19, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| At the Death House Door (2008) | "
an involving film with fresh perspectives that should ensure appeal on the activist and festival circuits." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 10, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) | "
Lacks the fresh charm that made their first such an unexpected (if guilty) pleasure." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 10, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) | "
An entertaining pic that will fascinate admirers but is wide-ranging and unpretentious enough to engage those intimidated by Glass' aesthetic." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Dec 27, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
Daniel Day-Lewis stuns in Paul Thomas Anderson's saga of a soul-dead oil man." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 1, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| With Your Permission (2007) | "
Initially intriguing but ultimately saddled with more quirks than it can handle." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 19, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| Then She Found Me (2008) | "
With subtle laughs but solid emotional thrust, it will play very well with older audiences." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 19, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| The Take (2008) | "
Short on sensational elements but involving, it won't set multiplexes on fire but should make a decent showing thanks to cast and plot." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 19, 2007 |
Rotten
| N/A | The Past () | "
The film's final act is unbelievable, even if we ascribe hidden motivations to uncharacteristic behavior." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 19, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| The Orphanage (2007) | "
Director [Juan Antonio] Bayona employs the visual language of horror films...with restraint and good taste." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 19, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Lars And The Real Girl (2007) | "
Lars might at first sound like a movie you wouldn't want your kids to see, but it has a heart of gold." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 18, 2007 |
Fresh
| N/A | Joy Division - Under Review (2006) | "
A solid, well presented history of the band's brief career, Joy Division has appeal for music buffs but could get mileage in theaters from a smart coordination with the feature film's release." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 18, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Caramel (2008) | "
Warm-hearted and accessible." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 17, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007) | "
An enjoyable enough primer that it may nurture fans to support the rockers in their old age." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 17, 2007 |
Rotten
| N/A | The Passage (2007) | "
The movie's split-personality frustrates, especially since cast and crew do their jobs perfectly well" — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 12, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 48%
| Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) | "
...despite lacking marquee stars could do well with the date-night mainstream." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 11, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| Knocked Up (2007) | "
Apatow's gleefully raunchy movies are, in an odd and charming way, extremely family-friendly." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 31, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Great World of Sound (2007) | "
A movie about conscience that flatly refuses the catharsis and redemption a mainstream feature would demand, Great World of Sound is a dirty gem, shining despite the modesty of its production." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 2, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Twisted: A Balloonamentary (2007) | "
A thoroughly winning feature that, despite appearing to be made with the small screen in mind, could hold its own theatrically in the feel-good docu niche." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 2, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| Everything's Gone Green (2007) | "
If the picture secretly hopes to supply viewers with the kind of epiphany its characters seek, it falls short, staying instead on turf tread in many other good-hearted festival films before it. Within that arena though, it holds its own." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 19, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 38%
| The Ten (2007) | "
The product of restless comic imaginations that would rather bounce to the next idea than milk the previous one for every drop. Some viewers may be exhausted by the barrage, but few will complain of not getting their money's worth." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 3, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair (2007) | "
The prisoner's journalistic tendencies served him well in jail: He chronicled details of his captivity, including names and serial numbers of fellow prisoners, in places guards wouldn't notice (like the inside of his boxer shorts)." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 21, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 52%
| Manufacturing Dissent (2007) | "
Smart, fair primer on Michael Moore's divisive career offers a couple of eye-opening moments." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 17, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Reign Over Me (2007) | "
[A] deeply heartfelt film." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 16, 2007 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| Smiley Face (2007) | "
A pure, mostly dumb comedy, it's the tale of one impossibly out-of-it girl, Anna Faris' Jane F., who spends her day stumbling from mishap to mishap in an effort to avoid her drug dealer's wrath." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 16, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| The Lookout (2007) | "
Out of Sight scribes slides nicely into director's chair with darker crime tale." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 14, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Disturbia (2007) | "
Rear Window meets the iTunes era in fun, slick suspense pic." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 13, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 44%
| Fired! (2007) | "
Documentarians Chris Bradley and Kyle Labrache keep things moving at a nice pace while indulging Gurwitch's possibly too frequent attempts to tie the expanding film in to the event that inspired it." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 30, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | "
It won't enter the quirktastic-voyage hall of fame, but it's a refreshing ride nonetheless." — Austin American-Statesman Posted Nov 13, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Chronicle of an Escape (2007) | "
If American moviegoers have plenty of reasons to feel icky about government-sponsored kidnappings and hidden prisons, Chronicle of an Escape gives them another good one." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 31, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) | "
[It] isn't as fresh or weird as the short films that made Tenacious D cult heroes but does capture enough of their spirit to please fans." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 30, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 22%
| Catch and Release (2007) | "
...A likable romantic comedy that delivers enough laughs and star appeal to fare reasonably well in the date-movie department, even if it doesn't entirely live up to its ambitions." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 23, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) | "
The whole fear-of-obese-hillbillies device is starting to smell as stale as Leatherface's playroom." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 25, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 39%
| Bonneville (2006) | "
No unexpected detours in road movie about three middle-age women." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 19, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Manufactured Landscapes (2007) | "
A highly unusual viewing experience that stimulates the senses and the conscience simultaneously." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 18, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Lake of Fire (2007) | "
Smart, visually appealing, and consistently engaging." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 15, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Away From Her (2007) | "
Sarah Polley's directing debut is an assured, moving look at coping with Alzheimer's." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 15, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 91%
| Brand Upon The Brain! (2006) | "
The inimitable Guy Maddin outdoes himself with psyche-probing silent film." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 15, 2006 |
Rotten
| N/A | Jade Warrior (2006) | "
The action isn't nearly sufficient to carry all the mumbo-jumbo, and the cast doesn't have enough charisma to keep the script afloat on their own." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 15, 2006 |
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