Rotten C+
| Fresh 77%
| Burn After Reading (2008) | "
Unlikable characters who do stupid things." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 46%
| Sex Drive (2008) | "
A hilarious movie with a particularly stupid romantic subplot attached." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Rotten D+
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
I call B.S." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 67%
| High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008) | "
Mostly harmless." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 65%
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) | "
Enough major jokes that land that I recommend it for anybody who's not turned off by the premise." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 88%
| Bolt (2008) | "
Super-cute, even though there's not much there." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 50%
| Twilight (2008) | "
I'm glad it wasn't that bad." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 37%
| Transporter 3 (2008) | "
As a fan of Statham and the Transporter series, it's a massive disappointment. The story makes no sense, and there aren't even very many fight scenes." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 54%
| Australia (2008) | "
Did I mention it's really long?" Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 68%
| Cadillac Records (2008) | "
Messy, but with great musical performances." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 26%
| Punisher: War Zone (2008) | "
If you can stomach the gore and pick up on the underlying humor, you'll likely have a good time." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 91%
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | "
It's surprising how well the film works as pure entertainment." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 51%
| Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | "
Enormously appealing characters." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 27%
| Seven Pounds (2008) | "
Melodramatic and manipulative, but passionate." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 60%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
Put away the knives aimed at Cruise and just enjoy the solid work he keeps putting out." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 15%
| The Spirit (2008) | "
Is it trying to be a parody of itself?" Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) | "
Of all the Holocaust movies this season, this one's worth seeing." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
Holds your interest, but it's ultimately pointless, and the ending lets him off the hook." Posted Jan 6, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 47%
| Towelhead (2008) | "
Brings up some interesting points, but it's also too eager to shock and too eager to condemn." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 21%
| Righteous Kill (2008) | "
Direct Avnet is just plain terrible, and screenwriter Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man) should be ashamed of himself." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 85%
| Ghost Town (2008) | "
A funny story with winning performances, and if you look closely, you might even find a surprisingly thoughtful message about grief." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 61%
| The Duchess (2008) | "
More absorbing and honest than your typical costume drama. Fiennes's performance of the painfully antisocial Duke is impeccable." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Rotten B-
| Rotten 35%
| Igor (2008) | "
I can't really recommend it, but Igor provides all the clever puns and non-sequiturs and hipness that you'd expect from a mid-range computer-animated movie." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 54%
| Choke (2008) | "
It's a mishmash of a lot of cool scenes that don't really build, but those individual scenes are usually terrific." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 34%
| Miracle at St. Anna (2008) | "
Little imperfections prevent it from being the classic epic it wants to be, but Lee accomplishes quite a lot here." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 28%
| Eagle Eye (2008) | "
A big, happily implausible blockbuster action movie, and on that level it totally succeeds." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 58%
| Flash of Genius (2008) | "
On its simplified terms of one man against the machine, the movie works, thanks almost entirely to Greg Kinnear's performance." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 72%
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) | "
Cera and Dennings both play more or less real people, much smarter and more thoughtful than your average movie teenagers." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 51%
| Body of Lies (2008) | "
DiCaprio plays a hero with terrible judgment, while Crowe hams up a pointless part to the detriment of the movie." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 62%
| The Express (2008) | "
The Express plays it big and safe and conventional, but really, that just means everybody's going to like it." Posted Oct 12, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 40%
| Hancock (2008) | "
Smith and Bateman are great, and the first half of the movie is terrific. The second half...well, you'll either go with it or you won't." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Rotten B-
| Fresh 87%
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) | "
The makeup and costumes are great, but for something so otherwise creative, the story is obvious and predictable." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 82%
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | "
Allen actually lets his characters have conversations with each other." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 39%
| The House Bunny (2008) | "
For something that looked as potentially stupid as it did in the trailers, you'll be laughing a heck of a lot." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 63%
| Hamlet 2 (2008) | "
I laughed enough while I watched it, but as I write this review, I realize how shabby it really is. And Marschz is annoying." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 38%
| Henry Poole Is Here (2008) | "
There's a version of Henry Poole is Here that I would've liked to see, and the painful thing is that it's not that far off from the real thing." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 61%
| Traitor (2008) | "
A film that aims to examine Islam in order to separate the true believers from those who have hijacked it for terrorism. (Sound boring? It's also a taut thriller.)" Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 40%
| The Longshots (2008) | "
It's rare to see a well-made movie that empowers young girls the way this one does. So who am I to complain about the plot being formulaic?" Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 82%
| Tropic Thunder (2008) | "
It's hilarious, and there are a lot of fun cameos and explosions. Did Stiller just steal comedy back from Apatow?" Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 72%
| Mister Foe (2008) | "
A worthy addition to Holden Caulfield's coming-of-age subgenre of off-kilter teenage boys let loose in big cities. Bell and Myles give terrific performances." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 55%
| Step Brothers (2008) | "
When a 23-year-old male Anchorman fan would rather see a romance with Jenkins and Steenburgen than an R-rated comedy with Ferrell, you know something went horrible wrong." Posted Jul 28, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
Squaring off the best-ever Batman and the best-ever Joker would've been enough, but director Nolan sticks them inside an ensemble crime saga that should make Scorsese proud." Posted Jul 16, 2008 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 96%
| Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) | "
The unique point of view -- from a guy who used to take steroids and has two brothers who still do -- is the reason to see this." Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 89%
| Kung Fu Panda (2008) | "
A collision of Black's signature humor with a succession of surprisingly awesome fight scenes." Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 36%
| You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) | "
There are a handful of legitimately funny jokes, even though -- though it frightens me to say so -- I don't get as excited as I got when I was fifteen." Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 66%
| The Incredible Hulk (2008) | "
I'm still not too enthusiastic about the character, but the film is fast-paced, well-acted, and captures that elusive 'comic book feel.'" Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 18%
| The Happening (2008) | "
Usually Shyamalan can hide his limitations as a screenwriter behind his skill as a director. Here, that skill fails him as well, and the whole movie falls apart." Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 14%
| The Love Guru (2008) | "
Myers has a borderline-pathological need to mock Verne Troyer's height. It stops being funny quickly." Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Rotten B-
| Rotten 53%
| Get Smart (2008) | "
Even if you've never watched the TV show in your life, you'll have the nagging feeling that you've seen it all before." Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 72%
| Wanted (2008) | "
It's fun, but it's sillier than The Love Guru." Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
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