Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 79%
| Me and Orson Welles (2009) | "
It is pleasant enough and will provide an education to any of Efron’s young fans who do turn up, but McKay’s stellar turn deserves something much more substantial than this trifling bonbon." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
Who knew alien abduction could be such a bore?" — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| Uncertainty (2009) | "
Gordon-Levitt adds another memorable character to his growing gallery of exquisite performances and Collins is a perfect match." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) | "
Like Twilight, Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant hopes to capitalize on vampire chic, but this tale's turn to the dark side is as anemic as a victim of the film's fanged teen." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
Delivers moderate suspense and some scares." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
Fleischer keeps the momentum up, building laughs and suspense as the quartet moves inexorably toward California and a bang-up climax at the amusement park." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| N/A | Chloe (2009) | "
All three central performances are among what is right with Chloe. It is just too bad they are not supported by a better script." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 45%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
It is not nearly as funny or clever as Cody and Karyn Kusama evidently think it is and it telegraphs its intentions too bluntly to be scary." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 98%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
Filmmaker interview - Kathryn Bigelow: "All of my background extras and speaking Iraqis are Iraqi..."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Cohen probably did not consciously echo The Magic Christian, but he would have done well to learn from it." — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 67%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
On the level of characterization, Warren Oates in 1973's Dillinger is the hands-down winner." — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| Soul Power (2009) | "
The behind the scenes record of the event is fascinating, both in terms of the mechanics of successfully creating such a massive enterprise and in the personalities involved." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| Pontypool (2009) | "
As much about ideas as it is about generating scares, the film is an arresting linguistic mystery." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/4
| Fresh 69%
| Adoration (2009) | "
Egoyan's finest in years." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Rotten .5/5
| Rotten 38%
| Gigantic (2008) | "
With curdled humor and cardboard characters, this ghastly movie completely misses the mark." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
Fast, funny and absolutely delightful." — FilmStew.com Posted Jan 28, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
Jones displays such a complete command of his narrative that it is hard to believe this is his first feature." — FilmStew.com Posted Jan 22, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 92%
| Mary and Max (2009) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says writer-director Adam Elliot: "The real-life Max knows all about [the movie], but he's not terribly interested."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jan 19, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 98%
| The Wrestler (2008) | "
Actor Interview - Says Marisa Tomei: "I was flabbergasted that the mystery of life should bring me a second [nude role] in succession."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 93%
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says Danny Boyle: "You can futilely try to control the city of Mumbai and you'll end up with rubbish."" — FilmStew.com Posted Nov 15, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 92%
| Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) | "
Says writer-director Mike Leigh: "No disrespect to Johnny Depp, he's a metaphor."" — FilmStew.com Posted Oct 30, 2008 |
N/A | Rotten 54%
| Choke (2008) | "
Actor Interview - Says Sam Rockwell: "It's an Oedipal romp! It's a Freudian rollercoaster!"" — FilmStew.com Posted Oct 1, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 35%
| The Lucky Ones (2008) | "
The drama's one glaring weakness is that its contrivances are far too obvious...Despite that, the unexpectedly light, sometimes humorous story is still enormously affecting." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 17, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | "
Boyle's most ambitious film to date is also his greatest. Simply put, Slumdog Millionaire in one of the best -- if not the best -- films of 2008, as teeming with life as the slums it depicts." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 15, 2008 |
N/A | Rotten 36%
| Adam Resurrected (2008) | "
Actor Interview - Says Jeff Goldblum: "I'm not tooting my own horn, I'm just saying what he said. That's how it happened."" — FilmStew.com Posted Sep 11, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Rotten 59%
| RocknRolla (2008) | "
Guy Ritchie is back from the dead." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 76%
| Appaloosa (2008) | "
It is the romance that sets Appaloosa apart." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 41%
| Blindness (2008) | "
Ignore that wretched Riviera buzz, because Blindness is a haunting work and a wonderful distillation of José Saramago's novel." — FilmStew.com Posted Sep 9, 2008 |
N/A | Rotten 59%
| RocknRolla (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says Guy Ritchie: "We're loading up the arsehole (producer Joel Silver) with as much product as we can."" — FilmStew.com Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 63%
| Hamlet 2 (2008) | "
Actor Interview - Says Steve Coogan: "What made me self-conscious became the thing that made me confident."" — FilmStew.com Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Death Race (2008) | "
The movie Death Race most resembles is not Death Race 2000 or even another action movie but rather a beloved 1994 prison drama." — FilmStew.com Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
N/A | Rotten 37%
| Swing Vote (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says Kevin Costner: "You know, I don't think bad of any of the Presidential candidates, but I don't feel like I fit."" — FilmStew.com Posted Aug 15, 2008 |
N/A | Rotten 47%
| Bottle Shock (2008) | "
Actor Interview - Says Alan Rickman: "I love Randy and Jody's spirit and independence and the fact that you can't put easy labels on their films."" — FilmStew.com Posted Aug 8, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Actor Interview - Says Matthew Goode: "This is really the Citizen Kane of all graphic novels."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 25, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
To a certain cult crowd enthralled by the brief run of The Tick, this Gotham City's Mayor is - and always will be - Batmanuel." — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 23, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| Mamma Mia! (2008) | "
It is not merely that Pierce Brosnan cannot sing; it is that he looks so uncomfortable doing it." — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 21, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 74%
| A Girl Cut in Two (2008) | "
Actress Interview - Says Ludivine Sagnier: "Kubrick, Sirk, Hitchcock... They all liked blondes! I would have loved to have worked with any one of them."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 15, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Encounters At the End of the World (2007) | "
Had Werner Herzog lived 500 years ago, he probably would have become a celebrated conquistador, mapping out brave new worlds." — FilmStew.com Posted Jul 2, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 96%
| WALL-E (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says Andrew Stanton: "We're the biggest movie geeks. We love movies. We know what a great movie feels like when you see it."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jun 27, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 72%
| Wanted (2008) | "
If they still did double bills, Wanted and The Promotion could be paired under the heading "Work Is Hell."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jun 27, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| All In This Tea (2008) | "
It makes one long to sit down with a nice cup of tea. Theaters showing this excellent documentary might want to keep that in mind and stock up." — Reel.com Posted Jun 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| Get Smart (2008) | "
The smartest thing about the movie is the way Alan Arkin and Terence Stamp inject a little bit of that 1960's spirit." — FilmStew.com Posted Jun 20, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 65%
| Be Kind Rewind (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says writer-director Michel Gondry: "I have a tendency to like low-key technology better."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jun 17, 2008 |
N/A | Rotten 53%
| The Walker (2007) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says Paul Schrader: "I knew people would connect the two films, which is why I put a dressing montage at the beginning."" — FilmStew.com Posted Jun 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) | "
Opt for the much better (and much shorter) version made in 1959 starring Hope Lange, Diane Baker, Suzy Parker and Joan Crawford." — FilmStew.com Posted May 30, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 74%
| Son of Rambow (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interviews - Says Garth Jennings: "We were trying to capture how great it is to be sort of free in a way."" — FilmStew.com Posted May 16, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 81%
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interview - Says Scott Hicks: "[It was] a pathetic camera. He didn't think anyone making a real movie would use such a camera."" — FilmStew.com Posted Apr 29, 2008 |
N/A | Rotten 54%
| Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) | "
Actor Interview - John Cho says he knows whether a film project is worth pursing by page five of the script." — FilmStew.com Posted Apr 25, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 90%
| The Visitor (2008) | "
Filmmaker Interview: Says Thom McCarthy: "I felt such a weird kinship to the Lebanese and the city of Beirut, I thought, 'Wow! I could come live here.'"" — FilmStew.com Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
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