Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
With its smart writing delivered by an in-synch quartet, savor Duplicity as the ideal spring gift." Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 62%
| The Express (2008) | "
Despite appealing performances and kinetic football scenes, the storytelling is mostly conventional, except for two outstanding set pieces." Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 14%
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) | "
Remarkably, the plot has much in common with Hellboy II: The Golden Army, yet that bundle of fun has enough vision to make even its Barry Manilow interlude seem appropriate." Posted Aug 1, 2008 |
— | Fresh 96%
| When the Levees Broke (2006) |
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— | Fresh 96%
| House of Games (1987) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 1, 2007 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 24%
| Lady in the Water (2006) | "
Though the result is too idiosyncratic to be regarded as just one more summer-movie whiff, those who see it may feel a need to act like a pool lifeguard and blow the whistle on Shyamalan." Posted Jul 20, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 40%
| Running Scared (2006) | "
A potential howler done in by a tendency to wear too much body tissue on its sleeve." Posted Feb 23, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| Final Destination 3 (2006) | "
At its heart, this second sequel is standard slasher stuff, though director James Wong does rise (or maybe sink) to the occasion with grisly staging." Posted Feb 9, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 23%
| Pink Panther (2006) | "
Even if you give Sellers the edge in facial expressions, Martin is his equal in mangled verbiage." Posted Feb 9, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 61%
| Something New (2006) | "
Sanaa Lathan's classiness flows from the poise she projects...Her cool understatement helps put over Something New's premise -- which, if not old, is no longer in its 20s." Posted Feb 2, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 70%
| Roving Mars (2006) | "
The movie is more compelling than exciting with one exception: the kind of rocket blast-off sequence for which IMAX screens were seemingly invented." Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 32%
| Imagine Me & You (2006) | "
Maddening politeness rules the day in this London-based comedy ..." Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 10%
| Annapolis (2006) | "
Annapolis moves at a decent clip, but it's all cliches ..." Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 79%
| Why We Fight (2006) | "
It's thoughtful, and you have to take it seriously and with respect." Posted Jan 19, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 56%
| Glory Road (2006) | "
An appealing Disney sports movie that underplays its potential, Glory Road is at least a more satisfying basketball saga than last year's Coach Carter." Posted Jan 13, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 48%
| Hoodwinked (2006) | "
Why would a distributor suddenly yank an animated family film from its intended wide December opening until mid-January? Could it be that the advance word of mouth wasn't very good-winked?" Posted Jan 12, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 53%
| Wolf Creek (2005) | "
There's no substitute for bad taste. And this one has it double-barreled, both in the timing of its release and as a movie, one said to be loosely based on fact." Posted Dec 25, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 61%
| The New World (2005) | "
That sound you're about to hear is the cracking of spines as Terrence Malick enthusiasts like me bend over backward trying to cut The New World a break." Posted Dec 22, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 77%
| Munich (2005) | "
This is a smart and often tense work whose ultimate merit isn't completely calculable now." Posted Dec 22, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 39%
| The Ringer (2005) | "
No matter how daring today's comedies think they are, someone has been there before and done it funnier." Posted Dec 22, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 7%
| Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (2005) | "
Give Dozen a slight edge to the mournful Yours, Mine & Ours as a holiday season bottom-feeder, because Martin and Levy are better at slapstick than Dennis Quaid." Posted Dec 20, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 52%
| The Family Stone (2005) | "
This is one busy wannabe heart-tugger." Posted Dec 16, 2005 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 86%
| Brokeback Mountain (2005) | "
It's an old-style virtue for a film that's old-style in the best way: unassuming but people-oriented and aiming to endure." Posted Dec 9, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 52%
| First Descent (2005) | "
An adequate if slightly overlong history of the sport, Descent adheres to the same storytelling trajectory as documentary predecessors on surfing and skateboarding." Posted Dec 2, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 5%
| Yours, Mine, & Ours (2005) | "
Yes, this groaner retreads the ground of the middling-at-best 1968 movie of the same name." Posted Nov 23, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 43%
| Just Friends (2005) | "
After peaking with the unsurpassable glories of 2003's Bad Santa, the humbug holiday genre may be getting run into the ground." Posted Nov 23, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 48%
| Rent (2005) | "
Stage original Taye Diggs, playing an erstwhile friend turned evictor, actually made a stronger screen impression in Malibu's Most Wanted." Posted Nov 23, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| Tell Them Who You Are (2005) | "
What we really get from son Mark's unusual take is a sterling movie about fathers (especially famous fathers) and offspring." Posted Nov 22, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| Walk the Line (2005) | "
A Johnny Cash biopic equally packed with music and frustrated love, Walk the Line goes from compelling to enthralling." Posted Nov 18, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 76%
| Zathura (2005) | "
Thanks in part to its over-reliance on special effects, the result seems all too familiar." Posted Nov 10, 2005 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 19%
| Derailed (2005) | "
Drawn-out, clunky and uneasily acted, as well as exasperating." Posted Nov 10, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 60%
| Jarhead (2005) | "
Director Sam Mendes' third screen outing pretty well nails Swofford's tone, which was mordant without being disrespectful, and, in fact, is begrudgingly reverent of the Corps." Posted Nov 4, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 36%
| Chicken Little (2005) | "
The invasion material is acceptably funny." Posted Nov 4, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 25%
| The Legend of Zorro (2005) | "
Though there's worse entertainment around, there may be more people rabid for the return of Prohibition than for a Zorro sequel seven years after the fact." Posted Oct 28, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 57%
| The Weather Man (2005) | "
This is one glum outing, with occasional pings of wry wit and hearty chuckles." Posted Oct 28, 2005 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 35%
| Saw II (2005) | "
Essentially, this is one more movie that, regardless of its setting or even planet, exists to knock off its cast members one by one." Posted Oct 27, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 69%
| North Country (2005) | "
At its best, North Country conveys what it's like to be a small-town social pariah and to fear for yourself in the workplace." Posted Oct 20, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 20%
| Doom (2005) | "
It's surprising The Rock's latest is as bearable as it is." Posted Oct 20, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) | "
All three actors give it their all, but Monaghan stands out with a sexy yet oddly down-to-earth variation on the Midwest girl gone wrong, thanks partly to a dark dysfunctional family secret." Posted Oct 20, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 62%
| Dreamer (2005) | "
Fanning and Russell make this watchable family entertainment, if not necessarily at today's prices." Posted Oct 20, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 41%
| Where The Truth Lies (2005) | "
Atom Egoyan's stilted film squanders an intriguing premise." Posted Oct 13, 2005 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 19%
| Domino (2005) | "
You can't accuse this film of bogging down in cheap psychology, yet you come out dissatisfied and without a clue about what made this person tick." Posted Oct 13, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 21%
| Two for the Money (2005) | "
The movie has a lot of built-in flash and is thus mildly entertaining, though the running time grinds it down." Posted Oct 7, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 30%
| Waiting... (2005) | "
As in waiting for it to be over." Posted Oct 7, 2005 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) | "
George Clooney's second directorial outing couldn't be more topical, though the events it chronicles occurred over half a century ago." Posted Oct 7, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 75%
| In Her Shoes (2005) | "
Collette's performance is so full of juice and the beneficiary of good dialogue that Diaz's may end up being underrated." Posted Oct 7, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 21%
| Into the Blue (2005) | "
Too long at 110 minutes, the movie gets a lot more complicated with its array of peripheral characters. But it's never very deep on characterizations." Posted Sep 30, 2005 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 87%
| A History of Violence (2005) | "
Violence is in the spirit of the hardest-hitting film noir offerings from the '50s, but far more explicit." Posted Sep 23, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 64%
| Roll Bounce (2005) | "
If it doesn't exactly kick out the jams, it does move them around a little bit." Posted Sep 23, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 57%
| Just Like Heaven (2005) | "
[Mark Waters] has pretty well delivered just what young PG-13 girls carrying that extra pack of Kleenex will expect." Posted Sep 15, 2005 |
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