Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 41%
| New York, I Love You (2009) | "
Collectively they sum of the parts is not better than any given part, but axioms are a bore, and these parts hold their own just fine -- mostly." Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 48%
| Astro Boy (2009) | "
If all of this sounds a bit heavy, even dark and scary, indeed some of it is. But it's also very funny, action packed and pithy." Posted Oct 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 33%
| Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (2009) | "
Strikes one as the amateurish ramblings of an old nihilistic filmmaker engaged in a detailed self-reflection—which it is—but closer inspection reveals not only a coherent narrative but some very clever filmmaking involving elements." Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| I Sell the Dead (2009) | "
For fans of the gory, and those who like vampires in any context (absolutely any context), I Sell the Dead may be a bloody delight...For everyone else, it’s just funny." Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
Intense, graphically novelistic (though it’s an original story) and just funny enough to keep you thoroughly entertained, even while the subtext is of a very serious nature." Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 15%
| I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | "
Though one understands the desire to return to one’s roots, root rot is always a consideration." Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| Life is Hot in Cracktown (2009) | "
One part Crash and one part Menace II Society." Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 81%
| Sex Positive (2009) | "
A well-documented look back at this history and these people that most audiences will see when it once it reaches PBS...which it will." Posted Feb 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 55%
| My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009) | "
It's a gimmick, but so are horror films and people pay for those, so one supposes some will pay for them in 3D." Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 51%
| Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | "
About family and forgiveness and coming together as can only happen during the holiday season. And it’s Latino/a to boot!" Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Fresh 66%
| What Doesn't Kill You (2008) | "
The film is about coming out the other side and using your newfound strength to change." Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Nothing But the Truth (2008) | "
Though Nothing But The Truth is fundamentally an independent undertaking, it boasts a star cast including Kate Beckinsale, Angela Basset, Matt Dillon and Alan Alda among others who provide the kind of performances for which the majors pay big bucks." Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Were the World Mine (2008) | "
So sincere, so earnest in it’s desire that everything work out for the best for everyone, that one cannot help but give in to its earnestness and decide to like it, if not love it, despite its few failings." Posted Dec 1, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 13%
| I Can't Think Straight (2008) | "
This is a tasteful, romantic lesbian flick, and neither romance nor taste is a substitute for hot naked lesbians getting it on." Posted Nov 21, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| N/A | B.O.H.I.C.A (2008) | "
BOHICA slips into both didacticism and stage acting on a few occasions, but it never really grates." Posted Nov 13, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 45%
| Antarctica (2008) | "
It's smart and funny and stylish in a not too obvious way. In other words, it's a good movie, just because it's a good movie." Posted Nov 13, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 64%
| Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2008) | "
An old-school horror movie with nary a digital effect, Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer is about exactly what its title implies -- a dude named Jack, who slays monsters." Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 48%
| Before the Rains (2008) | "
Here is a movie that the late Ismail Merchant would have been happy to have under the Merchant-Ivory banner. James Ivory is very much alive and working, and one assumes he approves as well." Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 35%
| Tru Loved (2008) | "
Every word of dialogue is both written and delivered with the most precious deliberateness and instructive tone." Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 0%
| Talento de Barrio (2008) | "
Violence in cinema has become so prevalent that all of its shock value is lost (at least on this critic), but the underlying story here is pithy still." Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 46%
| Breakfast with Scot (2008) | "
A sharp little Canadian drama that draws one in rather wryly." Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 60%
| W. (2008) | "
What's most interesting about W. is that the bits cut from whole cloth are those that offer the film's titular "protagonist" the benefit of the doubt." Posted Oct 8, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 52%
| Allah Made Me Funny (2008) | "
The title of this well-intentioned movie ought to have been, Allah Made Me "Occasionally" Funny: Live in Concert." Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 28%
| The World Unseen (2008) | "
One supposes that a muted drama about the trials of forbidden love set against the backdrop of one of the darker moments in human history isn't to be joyous, but a moment or two of levity wouldn't have killed anybody." Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 44%
| The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela (2008) | "
It's funny, wry, edgy and occasionally insightful -- but it's not a documentary." Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 0%
| Surfer, Dude (2008) | "
The movie is about a surfer dude (sans comma), who is an analog dude trying to fit into a digital world, which is like trying to get a square peg into a Calabi-Yau Manifold, which is to say it probably won't work, and neither does this movie." Posted Sep 15, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| August Evening (2007) | "
A mature move for a debuting filmmaker." Posted Sep 15, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| The Flyboys (2008) | "
One of the best action movies you and your kids could see this summer. At least look for it on video." Posted Aug 29, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 20%
| Another Gay Sequel (2008) | "
Crass and vulgar and insanely gay, Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild could not be more aptly named." Posted Aug 29, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| Momma's Man (2008) | "
It's a lovely movie." Posted Aug 29, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| N/A | Gods and Gays: Bridging the Gap (2008) | "
Insubstantially explores one major issue: Why an individual or group might seek the recognition or acceptance of organizations (mainly, but not only, Christian faiths) that not only do not want them, or by doctrine/creed specifically reject them." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 62%
| Cthulhu (2008) | "
As the creepy gives way to the criminal, and ultimately to the genuinely supernatural, Cthulhu maintains its grounding in the sort of real-world interests that holds one's attention without shocking demonstrations like dismemberment or decapitation." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 97%
| Trouble the Water (2008) | "
Trouble the Water is most worthy of all praise, accolade and recognition...If such celebration translated into box office receipts, this extraordinary little movie would be The Dark Knight of documentaries." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 40%
| The Longshots (2008) | "
Pithy in its real-life origins, even if trite in its formulaic construction." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Fresh 70%
| The Midnight Meat Train (2008) | "
This sharp and brutal little yarn about a photographer who stumbles across a serial killer is a fan film if every there was one -- and only fans will be able to stomach it." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Henry Poole Is Here (2008) | "
Divine intervention notwithstanding, the box office here would ordinarily be meek, but in trying times movies about "something to believe in" tend do better than the ordinary bleak-and-hopeless fare that typically drives domestic box office." Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 47%
| Bottle Shock (2008) | "
Bottle Shock isn' bad in any particular way; the acting is fine, the scenery is lovely...But who cares, right -- right." Posted Aug 11, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 44%
| Take (2008) | "
Take suffers from story overload, which is distracting." Posted Jul 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 14%
| Holding Trevor (2007) | "
This stuff is too easy to find on daytime TV." Posted Jul 7, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007) | "
It’s an extraordinary film that gay audiences will find particularly salient, no doubt, yet audiences with an affinity for the writings of Isherwood or nostalgia for the golden age of Hollywood may find it intriguing as well." Posted Jul 7, 2008 |
Rotten 1/5
| N/A | The Chosen One (2008) | "
Despite all evidence to the contrary, The Chosen One is not interesting." Posted Jul 7, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 84%
| Kabluey (2008) | "
The filmmakers here not only disguise what they would like to say about the long-waged war, they obscure the message, leaving one with not much more than a few brief glimpses of the war’s effects amidst a number of quirky distractions." Posted Jul 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 57%
| Kicking It (2008) | "
What we actually have here are a host of human stories about the homeless, put through the prism of soccer, as a path for the expression of one’s humanity—one’s worth." Posted Jun 27, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 76%
| Bustin' Down the Door (2008) | "
Includes of some of the most extraordinary surf footage seen since Bruce Brown’s early Endless Summer films." Posted Jun 27, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| Without the King (2008) | "
Powerful and enlightening." Posted Jun 20, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Indestructible (2008) | "
The result is something that is, though not necessarily unique in the annals of documentary history, as engaging as any such story can be, particularly when isolated and presented as sincerely as it is here." Posted May 30, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 31%
| The Children of Huang Shi (2008) | "
A gripping melodrama with great historical import that also manages to foreshadow the contemporary zeitgeist of our present day." Posted May 23, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Rotten 33%
| Kiss the Bride (2008) | "
Fans of the genre, Ms. Spelling (who are likely the same people) and perhaps TV’s Will & Grace (who are likely the same people) will be inclined to walk this bride down the aisle." Posted Apr 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 53%
| A Four Letter Word (2008) | "
It’s always a treat when a movie seems to be exactly the movie that the filmmakers intended to make, and their audience wants to see. It’s also a treat when it’s a good movie, too." Posted Apr 11, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Visitor (2008) | "
Actor/director Tom McCarthy’s follow up to his award-winning debut, The Station Agent, avoids any notion of a sophomore curse by being an even more polished effort than his debut." Posted Apr 11, 2008 |
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