Rotten 39/100
| Fresh 67%
| The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009) | "
The only person left surprised as the credits roll and Lee rides off into the sunset with the man of her dreams is Lee herself. The rest of us could've left halfway through and told you that's exactly how the film would end." Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Rotten 40/100
| Fresh 70%
| Chelsea on the Rocks (2009) | "
In need of a re-edit like few other films, Chelsea on the Rocks isn't so much bad as it is disappointing." Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Fresh 80/100
| N/A | The Office - Season Five () | "
After 100 episodes, The Office is just as willing to try new things and buck formulas as it was four years ago." Posted Sep 9, 2009 |
Fresh 85/100
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
Sometimes it's enough to just sit back and let a beautiful work of animation wash over you, letting the troubles of the world slide past as the pictures take you out of this world. Ponyo is just that sort of film." Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 73/100
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
Despite the movie's serious implications and overall cynicism, In the Loop feels light and natural, interweaving many subplots and a large cast with deftness reminiscent of Robert Altman." Posted Aug 5, 2009 |
Fresh 73/100
| N/A | The Dana Carvey Show (1996) | "
The show doesn't end up as the classic it seems like it should've been, but comedy nerds won't be too disappointed." Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten 23/100
| Rotten 18%
| Love 'N Dancing (2009) | "
The bottom line is that a few pretty dances aren't enough substance to make for a fulfilling, or even moderately entertaining movie when the rest of the material is so weak." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Fresh 80/100
| Fresh 62%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
What it is, though, is a defiantly independent work that deftly addresses the darker elements of the nation and humanity without quite giving up hope." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 66/100
| Fresh 94%
| Revanche (2009) | "
There are periods of time when Revanche's audience could be forgiven for falling asleep, but at other moments it captures harrowing feelings of guilt, betrayal and anger better than nearly anything else out there." Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 81/100
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Trek fan or not, only a person who hates action movies entirely could hate Star Trek." Posted May 8, 2009 |
Fresh 84/100
| Fresh 95%
| Fados (2009) | "
Fados isn't just a director's look at one genre of music, it's a celebration of the special relationship between music, dance and film." Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 40/100
| Rotten 34%
| The Edge of Love (2009) | "
the film ends with a muddle; several stories have been shown onscreen but none of them have really said anything." Posted Mar 17, 2009 |
Fresh 60/100
| Rotten 59%
| Phoebe In Wonderland (2009) | "
Visuals aside, what drags Phoebe in Wonderland along is Fanning's performance, but the rest of the film never rises up to the level of her simple moments counting steps or explaining that she has to wash her hands a certain number of times." Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Fresh 84/100
| Fresh 83%
| Two Lovers (2009) | "
Two Lovers isn't a particularly grand gesture, but in the tradition of John Cassavetes and Woody Allen, its stakes are personal yet universally human." Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Fresh 68/100
| Rotten 36%
| The Objective (2008) | "
Even with its uber-clichéd last five minutes, The Objective may be one of the smartest horror movies this year." Posted Feb 4, 2009 |
Rotten 42/100
| Rotten 57%
| Taken (2009) | "
The fights are occasionally very cool, but it's far easier to find another decent action movie to watch than it is to sit through one couched in such lazy, bigoted storytelling." Posted Feb 2, 2009 |
Rotten 39/100
| Rotten 48%
| Donkey Punch (2009) | "
With its awful ending, the whole film ends up as embarrassing as telling someone what it is you've just watched." Posted Jan 23, 2009 |
Rotten 41/100
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
Notorious sticks pretty well to the actual events of Biggie's life, at least the famous ones, but it has little to say about the man that's not available on his Wikipedia entry." Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 67/10
| Fresh 61%
| Marley & Me (2008) | "
It dips a little too deeply into unnecessary sentimentality and ends on a gimmicky note, but all of its faults don't detract from a whole that's deeply concerned with its characters." Posted Jan 5, 2009 |
Fresh 91/100
| Fresh 80%
| Gran Torino (2008) | "
With Gran Torino, Eastwood puts out a brilliant work that balances all of these issues beautifully without coming to terms with any of them or giving easy answers." Posted Dec 18, 2008 |
Rotten 47/100
| Rotten 43%
| Yes Man (2008) | "
The saving grace that it's actually watchable and funny at times doesn't make its premise any less ridiculous or its execution less formulaic, it just means it's not a complete waste of time" Posted Dec 16, 2008 |
Fresh 68/100
| Rotten 25%
| Nobel Son (2008) | "
Its 110 minutes are a totally disposable piece of fluff, but perhaps more importantly, also a whole lot of fun." Posted Dec 10, 2008 |
Rotten 14/100
| Rotten 26%
| Punisher: War Zone (2008) | "
one of the few non-direct-to-DVD films being produced these days that is laughably awful." Posted Dec 4, 2008 |
Rotten 34/100
| Fresh 93%
| The Betrayal (2008) | "
"Somewhere within the countless hours of footage shot for the project is a truly stunning movie that sheds light on America's imperialism. Sadly, it's not there on the screen."" Posted Dec 2, 2008 |
Fresh 95/100
| N/A | Freaks and Geeks - The Complete Series (1999) | "
Instead of trying for clever twists on [a high-school drama], Freaks focused on human interaction and, above all, character." Posted Nov 9, 2008 |
Rotten 41/100
| Fresh 65%
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) | "
the Hollywood melodrama is grating enough that it may be worth skipping altogether." Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten 46/100
| Rotten 33%
| Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008) | "
for all its mish-mash of genres and ideas, it's mostly just a confusing musical." Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Fresh 76/100
| Fresh 76%
| Role Models (2008) | "
What it is, though, is well acted, well written and extremely polished. Most important of all, it's really funny." Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten 43/100
| Fresh 71%
| Splinter (2008) | "
Fans hoping for a substantial work are left with no real statement or vision, while horror aficionados have already seen this film a dozen times before." Posted Nov 6, 2008 |
Fresh 74/100
| Fresh 73%
| Fear(s) of the Dark (2008) | "
It's probably not the most frightening film of the year, but that's because its monsters hit you in the head rather than the heart." Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh 60/100
| Fresh 91%
| Stranded (2008) | "
Once again, the specifics of Uruguayan Air Flight 571 are told well, but a real understanding of what survivors went through is still out of reach." Posted Oct 23, 2008 |
Rotten 45/100
| Rotten 46%
| Breakfast with Scot (2008) | "
The film's reliance on an otherwise clichéd plotline cuts out a lot of its fangs, giving it an ending that feels good but doesn't really deal with the issues at hand" Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Rotten 38/100
| Fresh 60%
| W. (2008) | "
W.'s issue isn't its political statements; it's that there isn't a satisfactory film there to back them up." Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Rotten 37/100
| Rotten 37%
| How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) | "
Bridges, Pegg and even love-interest-by-numbers Kirsten Dunst do a fine job, but the material they're working with just isn't there." Posted Oct 14, 2008 |
Fresh 59/100
| Rotten 41%
| Blindness (2008) | "
It's the striking contrast between the visuals and the filmmaking that makes Blindness such an odd feature." Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten 26/100
| Rotten 27%
| Slacker Uprising (2008) | "
Slacker Uprising feels more like a commercial for its maker than any sort of artistic endeavor, and because of the election's outcome, its release is more than a little baffling." Posted Oct 2, 2008 |
Rotten 34/100
| Rotten 34%
| Miracle at St. Anna (2008) | "
The combination of Lee's concerns for his characters' depictions with Disney's concerns for mass-market appeal ends up pleasing no one." Posted Sep 29, 2008 |
Fresh 54/100
| Rotten 20%
| Righteous Kill (2008) | "
Ultimately, almost everything in the film has been done better before. But it still hits enough of the right notes, and even when they're phoning things in, De Niro and Pacino are still better than most other actors." Posted Sep 16, 2008 |
Rotten 19/100
| Rotten 10%
| Everybody Wants to Be Italian (2008) | "
The film is a reminder why romantic comedies have died off so much in recent years." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh 52/100
| Rotten 40%
| The Longshots (2008) | "
It's a by-the-numbers Hollywood movie, but a surprisingly competent one." Posted Sep 4, 2008 |
Fresh 74/100
| Rotten 59%
| Sukiyaki Western Django (2008) | "
It's a perfect execution of its genres and offers enough of a gimmick to maintain interest. Unfortunately, Sukiyaki never rises above its roots and, strangely enough, doesn't actually offer up anything new." Posted Sep 2, 2008 |
Fresh 62/100
| Fresh 61%
| Traitor (2008) | "
Cheadle's performance alone can't save the feature from falling into ridiculousness, but he is able to pull things back up. When he does so, the result is, for a few moments, as thoughtful as the rest of the film could have been." Posted Aug 29, 2008 |
Rotten 42/100
| Rotten 39%
| The Rocker (2008) | "
The Rocker ends up doing more to whet appetites for School of Rock 2 than it does to actually entertain." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Rotten 38/100
| Rotten 19%
| The Clone Wars (2008) | "
it's especially sad that a few of the better Star Wars games feature not only significantly deeper stories, but also superior CGI, meaning that both this project's film and video game predecessors have already done better." Posted Aug 21, 2008 |
Rotten 30/100
| Fresh 74%
| A Girl Cut in Two (2008) | "
Chabrol was never as groundbreaking formally as his peers, but usually his films can be counted on for a craftsmen-like level of polish. Here, though, even that falters." Posted Aug 15, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| Hancock (2008) | "
While the film never quite reaches an Alan Moore-level deconstruction of the superhero mythos, it has a fun time offering up all the joy of a big-budget action movie without taking things too seriously." Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| Lost Highway (1997) | "
What Lost Highway lacks in originality--compared to the rest of Lynch's oeuvre--it regains when compared to anyone else's films." Posted Jul 31, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Sicko (2007) | "
For the first time, the targets of Moore's film need not fear the bearded, heavyset man; instead they should be worried about his audience." Posted Jul 31, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 27%
| Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) | "
No, Love in the Time of Cholera is not the masterpiece that its source material is, but by choosing not to top the original it still ends up mostly succeeding as a film." Posted Jul 31, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| Transformers (2007) | "
Come to think of it, I was pretty stupid when I was six years old. So is this film." Posted Jul 31, 2008 |
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