— | N/A | Last of the First (2004) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 22, 2005 |
Rotten B-
| Fresh 80%
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) | "
there's a highly complex character in Anakin screaming to get out, and neither writer/director Lucas nor actor Christensen has the chops to set him free.
" Posted May 22, 2005 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 66%
| Unleashed (2005) | "
...inside this particular piece of hard celluloid candy is a soft, sweet, gooey center." Posted May 16, 2005 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 39%
| Kingdom of Heaven (2005) | "
It's clear that Ridley Scott set out here to make as uncontroversial a film about the Crusades as it's possible to do.
" Posted May 8, 2005 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 75%
| Crash (2005) | "
CRASH is about the racism we all carry within us, a fact of which Haggis feels he must remind us in almost every scene, lest we forget without his wise counsel.
" Posted May 7, 2005 |
— | Fresh 91%
| After Innocence (2005) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 30, 2005 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 66%
| Bride and Prejudice (2005) | "
I have respect for what the director's trying to do here, but it doesn't jell the way it should." Posted Feb 28, 2005 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 91%
| Million Dollar Baby (2004) | "
...celluloid hooey...A Coupla Benjamins Baby is more like it." Posted Feb 6, 2005 |
N/A | N/A | 2004 Year-in-Review (2004) |
Click here to read article Posted Jan 26, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 83%
| In Good Company (2004) | "
After the end-of-year orgy of Important Dramas and Epic Bombast, this deft, lovely little film is a breath of fresh air.
" Posted Jan 16, 2005 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 88%
| The Aviator (2004) | "
Scorsese seems haunted by the Academy's repeated snubs...this most visceral of filmmakers is entirely too cautious...this very good film falls just short of being a great one." Posted Jan 16, 2005 |
— | Fresh 92%
| Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
Click here to read article Posted Jan 15, 2005 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 69%
| Closer (2004) | "
I never thought I'd live to see the day when I would say this, but Julia Roberts is actually showing signs of becoming an interesting actress." Posted Dec 19, 2004 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 82%
| Ray (2004) | "
...it is probably the right time to release a film of which [Ray] approved, one that if not exactly honoring his life, pays testament to the complex, flawed artist he was." Posted Nov 28, 2004 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 49%
| Alfie (2004) | "
The problem with casting someone like Jude Law in this role is that it's not difficult to imagine women falling head over heels for [him]before he even turns on the charm." Posted Nov 8, 2004 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 56%
| Undertow (2004) | "
Greene is exactly the kind of quiet, mood-based filmmaker that a film like this needs to keep it from descending into grand guignol." Posted Oct 4, 2004 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 48%
| Silver City (2004) | "
...surrounding what could have been a good, pointed piece of satire is a convoluted plot that requires the characters to explain it relentlessly." Posted Oct 2, 2004 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 49%
| A Home at the End of the World (2004) | "
...isn't it every woman's ultimate fantasy -- to live in an adorable house in Woodstock, New York, with a charming, witty, cute gay guy AND Colin Farrell...?" Posted Aug 31, 2004 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 63%
| Bush's Brain (2004) | "
a film that I believe needed to be made" Posted Aug 29, 2004 |
— | Fresh 89%
| One True Thing (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Aug 7, 2004 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 96%
| Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (2004) | "
exhilarating because of the sheer energy and deeply-felt optimism that Howard Zinn, even after watching history repeat itself for eight decades, still brings to the table." Posted Jul 25, 2004 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 31%
| King Arthur (2004) | "
...demystifies the Arthurian legend more than any film since Monty Python and the Holy Grail, because this king does in fact have s**t all over him.
" Posted Jul 8, 2004 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 84%
| Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) | "
...not only packs a punch in the stomach of an emotional wallop but at times achieves true artistry." Posted Jun 29, 2004 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 89%
| Word Wars (2004) | "
This particular Fab Four...may just constitute the most entertaining ensemble cast we've seen yet this year.
" Posted Jun 21, 2004 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 26%
| The Stepford Wives (2004) | "
When life in the United States is as scary as it is during Bush II: The Sequel, how else to remake a feminist nightmare than to play it as camp?
" Posted Jun 12, 2004 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 89%
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) | "
...bestows so many wonderful gifts on its audience it's hard to know where to begin." Posted Jun 6, 2004 |
— | Fresh 93%
| Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 1, 2004 |
— | Fresh 90%
| A Simple Plan (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 1, 2004 |
— | Rotten 50%
| Summer of Sam (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 1, 2004 |
— | Fresh 85%
| The Sixth Sense (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Jun 1, 2004 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 78%
| The Mother (2004) | "
"...a beautifully made, beautifully constructed, beautifully acted film."" Posted Jun 1, 2004 |
— | Fresh 89%
| Shrek (2001) |
Click here to read article Posted May 25, 2004 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 89%
| Shrek 2 (2004) | "
Manages to capture more of the zany, anarchic, snarky world of the heyday of Warner Brothers than Looney Tunes: Back in Action could ever hope to...." Posted May 24, 2004 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 55%
| Troy (2004) | "
...bears about as much resemblance to the Iliad as a #2 combo at McDonalds bears to an actual meal...and it's geared towards the same audience.
" Posted May 22, 2004 |
— | Fresh 79%
| Iris (2001) |
Click here to read article Posted May 22, 2004 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 100%
| Blind Flight (2003) | "
a meticulously constructed film that finds the poetry in even the most squalid prison settings." Posted May 14, 2004 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 93%
| Super Size Me (2004) | "
[Spurlock] is a funny, engaging, affable, sometimes goofy screen presence...always entertaining, and never turns off the audience with polemics.
" Posted Apr 26, 2004 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 85%
| The Louisiana Story (1948) | "
...worth a look as a relic from a time when industry meant progress instead of corruption, and as a profound influence on today's documentarians" Posted Apr 11, 2004 |
— | Rotten 45%
| Mickey Blue Eyes (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Rotten 54%
| The Mummy (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Fresh 82%
| Wonder Boys (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Fresh 68%
| You've Got Mail (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Rotten 49%
| Meet Joe Black (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Fresh 62%
| Man on the Moon (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Fresh 73%
| A Walk On the Moon (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Fresh 63%
| Mystery Men (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Rotten 35%
| Where the Heart Is (2000) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Fresh 68%
| A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Fresh 97%
| The Winslow Boy (1999) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 3, 2004 |
— | Rotten 53%
| Pecker (1998) |
Click here to read article Posted Mar 16, 2004 |
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