Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 86%
| The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair (2007) | "
Turns out that every country, every civilization, has its good eggs as well as its bad ones. What The Prisoner clearly shows us is that this Administration has no interest in learning the difference between the two." Posted Mar 27, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| Scott Walker: 30 Century Man (2008) | "
Considering the abstract nature of its subject, Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is a surprisingly straightforward look at a man who’s been at the cutting edge of music’s avant garde for decades." Posted Mar 27, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 29%
| Zen Noir (2006) | "
A fascinating, if somewhat pretentious little film that's not exactly the cut and dried crime drama that The Detective might have expected." Posted Sep 16, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 50%
| Fall to Grace (2006) | "
Marchbanks has crafted a genuine portrait of suburban Americana with Fall To Grace, especially with regard to our younger citizenry." Posted Jul 6, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 40%
| Three Days of Rain (2002) | "
It's simply a pleasure watching these seasoned pros, a collection of recognizable faces, if not exactly household names, massage these characters and bring them and their stories to life." Posted Jun 24, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 56%
| Hamlet (2000) | "
No, Ethan Hawke can't do Shakespeare." Posted Jun 3, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Our Brand Is Crisis (2005) | "
If the fascinating, if disconcerting Our Brand Is Crisis teaches us one thing, it's that consultants, handlers, lawyers, and middlemen can always find a job." Posted Mar 1, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| The Big Lebowski (1998) | "
Joel and Ethan Cohen are in the midst of just such a golden streak right now." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| High Fidelity (2000) | "
A finely tuned piece of work." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| Habit (1997) | "
Do we really need yet another vampire movie? Sure, about as much as we needed another movie about that ship that ruined a perfectly good iceberg." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Girlhood (2003) | "
Chilling, depressing, yet guardedly optimistic." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 65%
| Stagedoor (2006) | "
... bears an unfortunate resemblance to one of the ambitious three-week productions the Stagedoor Manor campers strive to put on." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 89%
| In America (2003) | "
A solid, if unspectacular family film." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 72%
| The Dinner Game (1998) | "
An idiot is exactly what you'll be if you don't check out The Dinner Game." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | A Life Without Pain (2005) | "
... eye-opening documentary ..." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| The Butcher Boy (1997) | "
The film's horrific conclusion is as uncompromising as it is inevitable and, unfortunately, ever-more topical." Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 89%
| The Aggressives (2005) | "
Reminds us of the vast range of physical, mental and emotional attributes the human race can encompass." Posted Oct 8, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 69%
| Christmas in the Clouds (2005) | "
The kind of film in which you pretty much know that everything is going to turn out all right in the end. That doesn't mean, however, that one won't enjoy watching this warm and fuzzy exercise in escapism in the process." Posted Sep 24, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 68%
| Cape Of Good Hope (2005) | "
A heartwarming, cleansing film that's simply good for the soul." Posted Jun 11, 2005 |
Rotten 3/5
| N/A | Drivers Wanted () | "
Simply goes on way too long, the good parts diluted by marginal material the same way anchovies'll ruin a perfectly good Meat Lover's Special." Posted May 21, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 76%
| Occupation: Dreamland (2005) | "
Succeeds in putting human faces on both the soldiers that we read about so clinically in our papers, as well as, to a lesser extent, the Iraqis who, not surprisingly, come across as both victims and aggressors." Posted Apr 23, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| Emmanuel's Gift (2005) | "
A touching and almost ridiculously inspirational story for all of us." Posted Mar 22, 2005 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 43%
| Bob, Verushka & the Pursuit of Happiness (2000) | "
Delightfully goofy." Posted Nov 16, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| America Brown (2005) | "
A decent, if flawed look at life in the football spotlight; a film that makes one wonder if it might not be time to turn down the glare a little bit." Posted Oct 30, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004) | "
While there's never any serious doubt about how director Jordan Hawley's bittersweet comedy is going to end up, it's still a fun and silly-in-a- good-way ride to get there." Posted Oct 30, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 38%
| Happy Hour (2004) | "
Provides enough tragi-comedy to make the viewer feel like drowning their own sorrows... while laughing to lift their spirits." Posted Oct 21, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 63%
| Bush's Brain (2004) | "
This film should truly frighten partisans on both sides of the aisle." Posted Aug 21, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 59%
| Mind The Gap (2004) | "
This is a solid under-the-radar sleeper." Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| Mail Order Wife (2005) | "
Coaxes its fair share of laughs from an audience sure to be squirming in their seats in discomfort, while the film's outrageous ending almost makes the slow ramp-up worthwhile." Posted Mar 26, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 96%
| The Agronomist (2004) | "
The film reveals a man whose wiry build, relentless passion, fearless guile, and bravery made him a beloved human rights activist in his strife-ridden country." Posted Mar 24, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 47%
| Martin & Orloff () | "
Even though this film swings for the fences but doesn't quite connect, Martin and Orloff is still a solid double off the wall." Posted Nov 3, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 68%
| What Alice Found (2003) | "
[A] refreshing road movie." Posted Sep 24, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Girlhood (2003) | "
It takes a determined effort to stick with Girlhood ... The reward for sticking with it, however, is worth it as viewers catch two all-too-rare glimpses of the juvenile reform system actually working for a change, if only in spite of itself." Posted Sep 24, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (2003) | "
Does an excellent job of showing how powerful television has become in getting one's message across... as well as how easily television and some creative editing can manipulate that very message." Posted Sep 9, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 53%
| Burial Society (2004) | "
The appeal of The Burial Society lays in its unusual and obscure take on an otherwise mundane tale of greed, treachery and double-cross." Posted Jul 22, 2003 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Rotten 33%
| America So Beautiful (2001) | "
While providing a fresh perspective on a different troubled time in our history, this challenging but flawed film nonetheless manages to be a much needed affirmation of the American Dream." Posted May 27, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | The Home Front (2001) | "
The Scoundrel's Wife looks great and Pitre fills the film with solid performances all around." Posted Apr 24, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 40%
| The Hard Word (2003) | "
Set in Australia, this rock 'em, sock 'em tug of war is a solid bit of nasty fun from Down Under." Posted Mar 25, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 71%
| Phone Booth (2003) | "
A devilishly fun film, full of juicy performances, unrelenting tension, and a sense of unpredictability that lasts right up to the very end." Posted Mar 23, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 48%
| Assassination Tango (2003) | "
With its clumsy storytelling and lack of someone to filter Duvall's gushiness about the subject matter, Assassination Tango winds up shooting itself in its own dancing feet." Posted Mar 23, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Journeys With George (2002) | "
A chronicle not only of one man's quest to be president, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten, cynical journalists into what was essentially, by campaign's end, an extended publicity department." Posted Mar 8, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 77%
| The Cooler (2003) | "
Does wonderful things with an unlikely, maybe even slightly fantastic love story between two star-crossed lovers." Posted Mar 6, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Spellbound (2003) | "
As the field gets winnowed down, we actually do get to know the survivors well enough to develop an empathy for them, if not a downright rooting interest." Posted Feb 14, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 56%
| Fear X (2003) | "
A tedious, snail-paced mess." Posted Feb 14, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 56%
| Milk and Honey (2005) | "
Has just enough quirks and unexpected shocks along the way to keep things interesting." Posted Feb 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 77%
| The Mudge Boy (2004) | "
A film that's every bit as odd, unique, and unnerving as its title character." Posted Feb 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 97%
| Love and Diane (2003) | "
While Love & Diane is itself a compelling, if difficult story about the individuals involved, the film resonates more deeply when the viewer considers its titular individuals as examples of the broader societal ills of which they are a byproduct." Posted Feb 12, 2003 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 60%
| Madame Sata (2003) | "
All the main characters are loud, crude, obnoxious and just grating in general." Posted Feb 12, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 46%
| 2 Brothers & a Bride (2003) | "
A genial, generally amusing film." Posted Feb 11, 2003 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 57%
| John Adams - The Death of Klinghoffer (1991) | "
While the opera The Death of Klinghoffer seems like a dubious enough proposition to begin with, turning that opera into a movie was just an all around bad idea." Posted Feb 10, 2003 |
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