Rotten D
| Rotten 12%
| The Unborn (2009) | "
Writer/director David S. Goyer, whose niche as a screenwriter is in adapting comic-book tales, gets a few frightening images into the frame, but they're all one-off shocks that do nothing to build tension." Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 61%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
The actors don't interact so much as issue pronouncements, and there's not a hint of levity to distract from the gravity of the situation." Posted Dec 30, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 15%
| The Spirit (2008) | "
It's black-and-white with red all over, but The Spirit is as thin as the newsprint from which it springs." Posted Dec 29, 2008 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
It'll take two and a half hours of your life and still make you feel younger." Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 80%
| Gran Torino (2008) | "
The supporting performances are a little uneven, but the characters come through in unexpected ways, especially a wet-behind-the-ears priest who's anything but naive." Posted Dec 11, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 38%
| Transporter 3 (2008) | "
It's kinda fast, it looks cheap, it's definitely out of control." Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 88%
| Bolt (2008) | "
Charming and frequently exciting." Posted Nov 20, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 64%
| Quantum of Solace (2008) | "
It's like Casino Royale with cheese: Daniel Craig's second outing as 007 has all the action it needs and then some, but lacks the focus of its predecessor." Posted Nov 14, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 76%
| Role Models (2008) | "
It's not often that a film with mortifying first-act problems redeems itself, but somehow Role Models manages to grow in parallel with its characters." Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 71%
| Splinter (2008) | "
The ingredients are all there: a small, virtually unknown cast, a remote location, a nasty critter -- but the seasoning is all off." Posted Oct 30, 2008 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 15%
| Saw V (2008) | "
The death of nearly every character in the franchise isn't enough to prevent the makers from grinding out another edition of Saw. Could they just finish the job?" Posted Oct 29, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 18%
| Max Payne (2008) | "
Painful to watch, but it's nothing an aspirin can't fix. Might as well save yourself the headache, though." Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 59%
| Quarantine (2008) | "
Effective scares make up for some dodgy storytelling in this horror vérité about a TV crew trapped in an apartment building teeming with plague victims." Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 59%
| RocknRolla (2008) | "
[Ritchie's] latest effort has the sprawling cast of characters and all the convolutions you'd expect, but none of the wit or joy necessary to distract from its shallowness." Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 76%
| Appaloosa (2008) | "
Emotionally Appaloosa shoots blanks." Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 41%
| Blindness (2008) | "
Blindness looks and feels uncomfortably real; what redeems it is its fumbling, groping quest for mercies that may not be coming." Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 54%
| Choke (2008) | "
A gleefully profane adaptation of a Chuck Palahniuk novel, Choke suffers from some uneven performances but still might have you doing spit takes in your popcorn." Posted Sep 25, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 77%
| Burn After Reading (2008) | "
A twisted spy farce populated with characters that might as well be windup toys, Burn After Reading is nevertheless a hoot -- mostly thanks to the all-star cast." Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 9%
| Bangkok Dangerous (2008) | "
[A] stylish but laborious thriller." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 32%
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) | "
Fans of the late and lamented show may want to believe that this X marks a glorious return, but this plodding supernatural thriller wouldn't even make a top-10-episodes list." Posted Jul 24, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
Director Christopher Nolan has crafted a Batman film of such devastating impact, it practically obliterates the memory of its predecessors -- including Nolan's own Batman Begins." Posted Jul 17, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 87%
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) | "
If you're deeply into the weird, Hellboy II is just like heaven. Even if you're not, it's not half bad." Posted Jul 11, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 69%
| The Wackness (2008) | "
It's an acquired taste, more bitter than sweet, but it lingers -- a lot like smoke." Posted Jul 3, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 40%
| Hancock (2008) | "
Hancock can fly; Hancock can punch; Hancock is bulletproof. Regrettably these things don't hold true for Hancock as a film, which starts promisingly enough, but ultimately gets knocked off course by a reveal of dubious dramatic value." Posted Jul 2, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 72%
| Wanted (2008) | "
An unapologetically brutish action-thriller that moves just fast enough to outrun its gaping flaws." Posted Jun 27, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 18%
| The Happening (2008) | "
Shyamalan's still trying to take the story seriously—this is, horror of horrors, a message film—but his atypically unmeasured direction is all shock and no awe." Posted Jun 12, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 36%
| You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) | "
You Don't Mess With the Zohan is like a hellacious bad-hair day -- unkempt, unsightly and mildly embarrassing at best." Posted Jun 5, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 89%
| Kung Fu Panda (2008) | "
Replace the cute 'widdle' animals with people and you'd have a generic undiscovered-hero story with a dull script. (Also, it would have to be called Kung Fu Fat Kid, which probably wouldn't test very well.)" Posted Jun 5, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 55%
| The Foot Fist Way (2008) | "
This discomfiting low-budget comedy vérité can be painfully funny, but the emphasis is on the painful. This goes Way below the belt a little too long and too often." Posted May 29, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 29%
| War, Inc. (2008) | "
This dog doesn't do enough wagging." Posted May 23, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 93%
| Iron Man (2008) | "
This is a film about a guy with a superpowered suit, and in this case both the suit and the guy are golden." Posted May 1, 2008 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 3%
| Deal (2008) | "
You've got to know when to walk away from a movie like this: right away, and that's only if you can't run." Posted Apr 25, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 12%
| Deception (2008) | "
Judged entirely below the belt it's almost worth watching, but from the heart on up it's just not a good enough lie to be entertaining." Posted Apr 25, 2008 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 9%
| Prom Night (2008) | "
This may not be one of the worst films of all time -- that's a pretty tough list to crack. But it is definitely one of the stupidest." Posted Apr 11, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 46%
| The Ruins (2008) | "
The Ruins has a quality common enough to vacations but a rarity in horror films: When it's over, you can look back and realize you've been pleasantly surprised." Posted Apr 7, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 35%
| 21 (2008) | "
As an adaptation, it's a disappointment. As Hollywood fare, it's a bust." Posted Mar 28, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 7%
| Shutter (2008) | "
Running a slim 85 minutes, Shutter could easily lose two reels and still make sense." Posted Mar 24, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 48%
| Doomsday (2008) | "
Attention, apocalypse-hungry filmgoers: Doomsday may be the blue-light special you're looking for." Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 79%
| The Bank Job (2008) | "
There's no style, flash or flow to these proceedings -- the story proceeds as if by rote, a recital of events that's always a few paces behind any able-minded viewer." Posted Mar 6, 2008 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 9%
| 10,000 B.C. (2008) | "
Almost worth sitting through the first half for the revelatory moment when you're forced to ask yourself: Is nearly the entire cast suddenly being attacked by what look like cracked-out ostriches? Why, yes, yes they are." Posted Mar 6, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 16%
| Jumper (2008) | "
Since there's nothing popping on the screen apart from the effects, Jumper is a one-trick pony. Yes, it's a neat trick, but it's still 90 minutes of pony." Posted Feb 14, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 22%
| The Eye (2008) | "
Therapy for this fright-free, superdull remake of a stylish Hong Kong horror flick is probably not covered by your HMO." Posted Feb 4, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 4%
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008) | "
Boll clearly still has no idea how to direct or edit a movie, but there is evidence to suggest he has at least learned how to shoot one." Posted Jan 14, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 0%
| One Missed Call (2008) | "
Supernatural horror doesn't have to make sense, but when it tries it shouldn't fail -- as it does in One Missed Call, spectacularly and in thuddingly dull fashion." Posted Jan 7, 2008 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 13%
| Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) | "
The result is a complete hash." Posted Dec 26, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 37%
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) | "
As gentle and sweet as it may be, this movie's a treat, but not a treasure." Posted Nov 16, 2007 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 36%
| Southland Tales (2007) | "
The plot revolves around a film-within-a-film gimmick that, like the rest of the film, comes off only half-baked." Posted Nov 14, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 51%
| Bee Movie (2007) | "
Everybody's least favorite hive workers get an anthropomorphic makeover, courtesy of Jerry Seinfeld, in this animated flick that's got some stinging wit but a story that's strictly for the birds." Posted Nov 2, 2007 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 18%
| Saw IV (2007) | "
The series has essentially become a shell game, entertaining for a while if you can stomach the gore, and then the credits roll and you're pretty sure you've been cheated somehow." Posted Oct 29, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 49%
| 30 Days of Night (2007) | "
Eventually, the film just runs out of fresh bodies -- sadly, about 29 days after it's run out of fresh ideas." Posted Oct 19, 2007 |
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