Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
This is a strong movie that should please both hardcore horror fans and casual viewers equally, something that's very difficult to do." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Sep 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
... if my complaints are 'I'd like to spend more time with many of the characters' and 'there's too much good stuff,' there are worse problems for a filmmaker to have." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
... a solid, smart adult entry into the summer sweepstakes this year, and a nice moment for Mann, even if it doesn't particularly break new ground." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 28, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
This is our cultural conversation right now, and Bruno minces in, ready to demolish preconceptions in every direction." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 28, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
A new mission worth taking, a spirited, energetic new beginning to a series long assumed dead." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Apr 27, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
[The] brand-new self-described "spook-a-blast" is a nasty little bit of cyanide fun, a new Sam Raimi horror film, and it is an indecent amount of fun." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
I'm not sure this is a film that will be easy to sell to the general public, but anyone who is willing to test themselves will find that it's a dynamic and memorable experience." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
[I]f you're in the mood for some straight-faced absurdism this weekend, "I Love You, Man" delivers." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
"Duplicity" may not be an award-winner at year's end, but for adults looking to see something that treats them with genuine respect this weekend, there are few films in wide release that better fit the bill." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Mar 20, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
It appears that he has dramatically upped the stakes from "Borat," and I truly expect that this will be THE social conversation of July. If you do not see "Bruno," you will be on the outside of that conversation, and it's one that will encompass thoughts" — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
If you think full frontal male nudity, "Old Boy"-style asskickings, date rape, and elderly incontinence are hilarious, you are in for a treat." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 36%
| While She Was Out (2008) | "
[Kim] Basinger does truly exceptional work in this intimate thriller that marks a promising debut for [Susan] Montford as a writer/director." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Dec 16, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 25%
| Nobel Son (2008) | "
Nobel Son gives a unpredictable well told thrill ride that in less than two hours gives the audience more than their money's worth." — Ain't It Cool News Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) | "
It’s a brutal emotional experience." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Nov 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) | "
This time, the freaks carry the film, and you get the distinct feeling that's the way it was always meant to be." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jul 7, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Cloverfield (2008) | "
... there's a lot of visual imagination in the way certain moments are staged, and I think there are few films that better capture the panic and the chaos of a crisis in a big city." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Look (2007) | "
This is a great example of what you can do with not a lot of money as long as you’re willing to think outside the box." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Dec 17, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 45%
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) | "
Do I think PIRATES 3 is a perfect film? Nope. Do I think it delivers on the promises that the first two films have been making? For the most part, absolutely." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted May 24, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| Grindhouse (2007) | "
These are filmmakers who have followed their muse, for better or for worse, and what they've come up with here rewards every bit of faith I've ever put in them as a viewer." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Apr 6, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Sidekick (2008) | "
Sidekick isn't a comedy so much as it is a twist on the genre. It's a solid little film, and I'll be curious to see what these filmmakers do next." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Aug 10, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 30%
| Silent Hill (2006) | "
It wants to get under your skin and unnerve you, and when that fails, it's willing to grab you, shake you, and even yank your skin clean off if that's what it takes to affect you." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Apr 21, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| V For Vendetta (2005) | "
We have here something that we rarely see in SF films these days... a movie about ideas over action, character over special effects, and emotion over action." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Feb 7, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) | "
This film... remembers to entertain as it illuminates, and it keeps its anger focused in a way that's never preachy." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jan 21, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| The New World (2005) | "
... a fever dream of the Pocahontas legend, a troubling, haunting poem of innocence tainted." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Dec 31, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Munich (2005) | "
MUNICH takes a clear-eyed look at a terrible moment in cultural history and the ramifications of that moment, and it's brave enough to say that there are no simple answers, no absolutes, when you are dealing with violence and hatred." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Dec 23, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Match Point (2005) | "
... one of the best adult films of the year, a sleek moral quagmire that will no doubt be compared to crap like FATAL ATTRACTION, but which outclasses it in all regards." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Dec 19, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 51%
| The Producers (2005) | "
Leave the classics alone, Mel. You made three perfect films in your career, more than most people ever could, and now you've remade one of them badly." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Dec 19, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| King Kong (2005) | "
If you can look past the places where it doesn't hang together, KONG is a tremendous entertainment, as passionate a movie as any little self-financed indie film you want to name this year." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Dec 14, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| Domino (2005) | "
DOMINO is a baffling mess, a movie that means to thrill but which ends up as one of the most depressing, empty exercises of the year." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 27%
| Elizabethtown (2005) | "
ELIZABETHTOWN is joyous and sloppy and frustrating at times but ultimately very satisfying, all of it jumbled up together." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Oct 14, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 95%
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) | "
Nick Park, you beautiful lunatic, congratulations. That Oscar's going to look simply cracking on your mantelpiece next February." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Oct 5, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Serenity (2005) | "
Ultimately, I think SERENITY will appeal most directly to those who are already converted." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Sep 30, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 57%
| The Weather Man (2005) | "
... small-scale, character-driven, and textured in a way that I found quite involving." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Sep 29, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| A History of Violence (2005) | "
This is a monster movie, just as surely as anything he’s ever done, and the monster in this film is our own capacity for violence as well as our innate attraction to it." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Sep 29, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| The Constant Gardener (2005) | "
... this film has more texture and depth and righteous anger and genuine emotion than any Big Hollywood Movie released so far this year." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Aug 31, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Everything is Illuminated (2005) | "
... an unquestionable original, a frothy delight with a dark side, a comedy with a devastating right hook." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Aug 28, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 59%
| Oliver Twist (2005) | "
... a sincere, impeccably crafted retelling of a classic, invigorated by one of our best filmmakers working from a place of obvious passion..." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Aug 25, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) | "
... THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN does it all, and it does it very, very well." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Aug 18, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Red Eye (2005) | "
This is the film that PANIC ROOM wanted to be, and it’s not so obsessed with being slick and overstylized that it loses sight of the basics." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Aug 5, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 34%
| The Chumscrubber (2005) | "
... even if it’s not quite perfect, it’s reaching for greatness, and it wants to be profound, and in some ways, that’s enough." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Aug 5, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| The Brothers Grimm (2005) | "
...the most nakedly commercial and impersonal film that Gilliam’s ever made." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jul 30, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Wedding Crashers (2005) | "
This is a romantic comedy for people who hate romantic comedies, and it will also fully satisfy people already in love with the genre." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jul 14, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Rize (2005) | "
Krumping isn’t a fad for the amazing young people we meet in RIZE; it’s a lifeline. And for LaChapelle, it’s a triumphant first documentary feature." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jul 3, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| March of the Penguins (2005) | "
What makes MARCH OF THE PENGUINS such a fascinating film to watch is the thought that someone was crazy enough to actually go and film it." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jul 3, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| War of the Worlds (2005) | "
It’s a perfect fireworks show for the long July 4th weekend, but as with even the most spectacular fireworks, it was not built to last." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 29, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Spider-Man 2 (2004) | "
This is pure SPIDER-MAN, straight from the tap, and it’s absolutely transporting." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 25, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| The Terminal (2004) | "
There are story threads that play out enjoyably, and other threads end up going nowhere. Enjoy the film from scene to scene, since there are definite pleasures along the way." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 25, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Secretary (2002) | "
Perhaps there is something bold about saying pain can bring healing as long as it’s applied by the right hand, but that seems obvious and normal thanks to... Gyllenhaal." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 25, 2005 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| Payback (1999) | "
This is the seediest studio picture I've seen since TO LIVE OR DIE IN LA. Even the theater floor feels stickier while watching this thing unfold." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 25, 2005 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Hard Rain (1998) | "
Overall, HARD RAIN is the kind of film that most people will see, enjoy, and forget five minutes later... entirely adequate." — Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews Posted Jun 25, 2005 |
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