Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| Leap Year (2010) | "
This is the kind of movie in which an uppity, upper-crust woman requires rough-hewn working-class masculinity to take her down a peg or three." Posted Jan 7, 2010 |
Rotten
| Fresh 62%
| Daybreakers (2010) | "
The script doesn't wring many surprises or much character involvement from the premise, and the brothers' helming, while slick, is short on scares, action setpieces and humor." Posted Jan 5, 2010 |
Fresh
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
A big-reveal thriller with surprises that really do surprise -- and are worth waiting for through an audaciously long buildup." Posted Dec 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
Moon actually gets a little dull in the later reels, just when it should be peaking in mystery and tension." Posted Dec 16, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Larger Than Life in 3D: Dave Matthews Band (2009) | "
This pedestrian concert docu -- toplining one of the music industry's least theatrically inclined, most prosaically life-sized success stories -- has no need for 3D, or vice versa." Posted Dec 15, 2009 |
— | N/A | Call Me Malcolm (2005) |
Click here to read article Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 0%
| Transylmania (2009) | "
Energetic but uninspired mix of teen comedy and supernatural silliness." Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Crude (2009) | "
An engrossing case for justice." Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 6%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
Too bad this shrilly tuned comedy doesn't demand more than clock-punching effort from everyone involved." Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
— | N/A | What the Eye Doesn't See (2003) |
Click here to read article Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
— | N/A | Off and Running (2009) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Sorry, Thanks (2009) | "
Sorry, Thanks stays true to mumblecore form in charting some aimless hours between San Franciscan twentysomethings who probably aren't right for each other." Posted Oct 21, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Reach for Me (2008) | "
Places a solid cast of smallscreen names in service of well-intentioned but formulaically second-rate material. Next stop, cable." Posted Oct 21, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | Zombie Girl: The Movie (2008) | "
While subject Emily Hagins' precocious pluck is admirable and endearing, what lends the docu its dramatic edge is the way in which her mother goes from supportive to meddlesome over the course of the no-budget horror pic's production." Posted Oct 21, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Eating Out: All You Can Eat (2009) | "
Somewhat departs from the series' gay spin on the raunchy teen sex comedy in favor of semi-sincere romantic comedy -- after a crass and abysmal first stretch, that is." Posted Oct 14, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 60%
| Solomon Kane (2010) | "
This muscular yet monotonous Kane just isn't much fun." Posted Oct 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 12%
| Couples Retreat (2009) | "
Those involved got to spend weeks at a Bora Bora luxury resort; all we get is this not lousy but unmemorable tropical-vacation comedy." Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
Harrelson's unexpected line readings and reactions sometimes elevate Zombieland to a level of inspired nonsense worthy of Shaun of the Dead." Posted Sep 28, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Loved Ones (2009) | "
Transcends mere torture porn -- though there's plenty for the squeamish to squirm over here -- in its deftly controlled mix of empathy, grotesquerie and sardonic humor." Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Rotten
| N/A | Leaves of Grass (2009) | "
One Edward Norton performance is often enough reason to see a movie, so it comes as no surprise that the prospect of two -- he plays twins -- is very much the main attraction, and reward, of Leaves of Grass." Posted Sep 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 59%
| Creation (2009) | "
Not much "happens," though the pic does its best to maintain energy in both physical presentation and mixed-chronology structure." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh
| N/A | You Might As Well Live (2009) | "
While it's seldom uproarious, there's steady amusement in the luckless protag's rise from universally proclaimed "biggest douchebag" to ... well, anything would be an improvement." Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
— | N/A | Cock & Bull Story (2003) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 7%
| All the Queen's Men (2002) | "
Not bad enough to qualify as a memorable dud, multinational production nonetheless misses mark on every level." Posted Sep 9, 2009 |
— | Fresh 90%
| Our Song (2001) |
Click here to read article Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Still Walking (2009) | "
Its modest surface belies the depths of a lovely seriocomedy that concisely lays bare all kinds of uncomfortable dynamics in seemingly casual, low-key fashion." Posted Aug 25, 2009 |
— | N/A | Totally Sexy Loser (2003) |
Click here to read article Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 28%
| Play the Game (2009) | "
The comedy's broad perfs, predictable story beats and pro but characterless packaging have a smallscreen feel." Posted Aug 20, 2009 |
— | Fresh 84%
| Notorious C.H.O. The Movie (2002) |
Click here to read article Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| I Sell the Dead (2009) | "
Droll perfs, diverting f/x and handsome B-pic atmospherics ensure a good time for horror fans with a memory past last weekend's slasher remake." Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Paper Heart (2009) | "
These people are touchingly, often humorously frank about their most profound interpersonal connections, offering a range of definitions of love -- although the pic stacks the deck by keeping Yi the only real skeptic on hand." Posted Aug 5, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 8%
| Carlos Castaneda: Enigma of A Sorcerer (2004) | "
Though interviews here are primarily with former camp followers and pic was made by one, overall perspective is just critical enough to satisfy both New Age types and curious skeptics." Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
— | N/A | Bye Bye Africa (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
— | N/A | Rise Above: The Tribe 8 Documentary (2006) |
Click here to read article Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
— | Rotten 50%
| Beat (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Jul 9, 2009 |
— | N/A | Rock Opera (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
— | Fresh 60%
| The Technical Writer (2003) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
— | N/A | The Broken Giant (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Manito (2003) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
— | Fresh 63%
| New Guy (2005) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 24, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 38%
| The Art of Being Straight (2009) | "
A low-key comedy high on charm and credible twentysomething observation." Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
— | N/A | Quiet as a Mouse (2004) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
— | N/A | Rave () |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
— | N/A | Tri Muskarca Melite Zganjer (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted May 29, 2009 |
— | Fresh 100%
| A Huey P. Newton Story (2003) |
Click here to read article Posted May 21, 2009 |
— | Rotten 52%
| Waking the Dead (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted May 15, 2009 |
— | N/A | The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation (1989) | "
The pic's real delight is its sheer resourcefulness, as stunts and FX are re-created on a shoestring in one of the most elaborate amateur features ever made." Posted May 13, 2009 |
— | N/A | The Ice Rink (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted May 13, 2009 |
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