Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 0%
| Transylmania (2009) | "
It’s destined to spend a short and painful life in theaters and then join the ranks of the DVD and late-night-cable undead." Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| Until the Light Takes Us (2009) | "
Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell’s absorbing, low-key documentary “Until the Light Takes Us” recounts how a few Norwegian musicians hijacked an obscure offshoot of heavy metal and made it world famous." Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Red Cliff (2009) | "
Mr. Woo, who can make romantic poetry out of a battle among 20 men in the confines of a teahouse, seems defeated, or at least defused, by this increase in scale." Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 42%
| Ten9Eight: Shoot for the Moon (2009) | "
It’s the type of film you might expect to see at a fund-raising dinner or a convention banquet, not in a commercial theater. That said, it’s a very well-made piece of boosterism." Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 57%
| The Hand of Fatima (2009) | The Hand of Fatima tries to understand the ’60s-bred hunger for ecstasy, pursued through music and drugs. Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 22%
| The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009) | "
Indulges in extreme movie love." Posted Nov 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 13%
| Labor Day (2009) | "
Rather than capturing the profound excitement so many people felt during the 2008 campaign, it just seems to be patting itself on the back." Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 47%
| Ong Bak 2 (2009) | Bears virtually no connection to the original. Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 45%
| Saw VI (2009) | The latest installment of the movie franchise is as customer-service-oriented as ever. Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 62%
| Food Beware: The French Organic Revolution (2009) | Takes a pragmatic, health-based approach, buttressed by frightening statistics about cancer rates among children, that’s a refreshing change from the moral and high-cultural preening that sometimes enter this debate in America. Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 29%
| Free Style (2009) | "
Free Style is about motocross and stars Corbin Bleu of the Disney Channel repertory company, two facts that might lead you to expect a certain kind of film." Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 81%
| Araya (1959) | Araya comes preapproved, but not everyone will be convinced. Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 54%
| Intimate Enemies (2009) | "
A movie you’ve seen before, when it was set on the Apache reservation or in the Vietnamese jungle." Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 50%
| An American Journey (2009) | "
An American Journey is a movie about the making of a book, which puts it in a fairly narrow category." Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| N/A | Evangalion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2009) | "
Just another giant robot movie." Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009) | This detailed, clearly told and persuasive film is about Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the secret history of the Vietnam War, known as the Pentagon Papers, to newspapers. Posted Sep 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 9%
| Not Forgotten (2009) | "
Contains a plot full of twists that can be seen coming from some distance." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 33%
| The Painter Sam Francis (2009) | "
A well-meaning mishmash that wouldn’t pass muster as an episode of American Masters." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 20%
| Give Me Your Hand (2009) | "
The Carrils are so inexpressive and the script so sketchy that we never have much of a stake in figuring it out." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2009) | "
The debut feature of the one-named Indonesian director Edwin, has a spacey vibe." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 21%
| Halloween II (2009) | "
Halloween II is full of in jokes and references but nearly devoid of wit." Posted Sep 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 33%
| Confessionsofa Ex-Doofus-ItchyFooted Mutha (2009) | "
It’s disappointing, though, to see that his work, while it’s become more polished, has remained essentially self-indulgent and superficial despite the big themes of racism and identity that it takes on." Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 58%
| Art & Copy (2009) | "
The world may be going Mad Men, but Doug Pray's documentary Art & Copy presents a very different picture of the advertising industry." Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Grace (2009) | "
Keeps you on the edge of your seat, or perhaps the edge of fleeing the theater." Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 29%
| Aliens in the Attic (2009) | "
Basically a tweener cable movie on steroids, with a bigger budget and a larger cast of B-list character actors." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
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