Fresh 81/100
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
Paramount has offered up a nice DVD of this film, with a very funny and informative commentary track by the director and stars." Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Fresh 81/100
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
With discussions of music, relationships, aging and growing up, it acts like a latter-day Lemmon - Matthau comedy, with a sadness underneath that makes it authentic." Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Rotten 57/100
| Fresh 71%
| Commando (1985) | "
Fox loads this DVD with a host of features, including an audio commentary track by the director that may be more fun than the film." Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Rotten 57/100
| Fresh 71%
| Commando (1985) | "
It might have been fun to watch when I was nine, but knowing what I know now, it is a horribly offensive film." Posted Oct 26, 2009 |
Fresh 85/100
| Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) | "
This is not an easy film to watch, as it describes the horrors of war with neither sympathetic nor maudlin touches." Posted Oct 19, 2009 |
Fresh 80/100
| Fresh 97%
| Winged Migration (2003) | "
Sony Pictures Classics adds a commentary track by Perrin to the standard DVD and blu-ray releases." Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Fresh 80/100
| Fresh 97%
| Winged Migration (2003) | "
Filmed with exceptional care and remarkable photographic ingenuity, no other nature documentary is as personal and as close-up as this one to the peculiarities of birds." Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Rotten 62/100
| Rotten 14%
| Untraceable (2008) | "
Untraceable is prototype Internet conspiracy drivel, with a hackneyed plot years too late and a simple premise of good cops and innocents against sickos." Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Fresh 86/100
| Fresh 90%
| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | "
Fox Searchlight loads the standard DVD with impressive features, including audio commentary tracks that are fun and entertaining, alternate endings and a music video." Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh 86/100
| Fresh 90%
| Little Miss Sunshine (2006) | "
While the screenplay is impressive and deserving of its recognition, it is Alan Arkin's performance-of-a-lifetime that separates this from other well-written small movies." Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Rotten 40/100
| Rotten 0%
| Echelon Conspiracy (2009) | "
Paramount's release of this movie on standard DVD and blu-ray is pretty bare bones." Posted Sep 28, 2009 |
Rotten 40/100
| Rotten 0%
| Echelon Conspiracy (2009) | "
In the right hands, this premise might a good movie make %u2013 a fable like Aladdin's lamp updated for the iPhone era. This convoluted and half-baked conspiracy thriller does not." Posted Sep 28, 2009 |
Rotten 69/100
| Rotten 40%
| Getting Straight (1970) | "
The supplements are limited to a trailer for this film and others in the Martini Movies series." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten 69/100
| Rotten 40%
| Getting Straight (1970) | "
Sadly, despite its radical themes and caricatures, there is nary an ounce of subversiveness at this film's heart." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten 65/100
| Rotten 37%
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) | "
There is but one measly extra on the disc: a trailer for Nim's Island." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten 65/100
| Rotten 37%
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) | "
The wonderful fantasy elements Zach Helm was trying to tap into do not translate over to this particular toy store." Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten 48/100
| Rotten 14%
| First Sunday (2008) | "
There is an 'Almighty Version' Enhanced Fact Track, with trivia tidbits that play throughout the movie." Posted Apr 26, 2009 |
Rotten 48/100
| Rotten 14%
| First Sunday (2008) | "
Perhaps moviegoers demand simplicity and cheap laughs more than ever during tough times, but this must be discouraging to aspiring African-American comedians and writers." Posted Apr 26, 2009 |
Rotten 48/100
| Rotten 40%
| Days of Thunder (1990) | "
A sad example of Hollywood at its weakest and a reminder that even today's pabulum, spoon-fed as it is in multiplexes, is rarely as bad as the early roaring 1990s." Posted Apr 20, 2009 |
Rotten 52/100
| Rotten 0%
| Vibes (1988) | "
Extras on the disc include two brief featurettes filled with clips from various 'Martini Movies' titles and the theatrical trailer." Posted Feb 26, 2009 |
Rotten 52/100
| Rotten 0%
| Vibes (1988) | "
For those looking for unintentional laughter in their movies, this one is for you. For those looking for a film to take seriously, beware." Posted Feb 26, 2009 |
Rotten 53/100
| Rotten 40%
| Wedding Daze (2006) | "
Lacks the most basic charm and one-liners of films like The Wedding Singer, Love Actually and Bridget Jones' Diary." Posted Feb 21, 2009 |
Fresh 71/100
| Fresh 63%
| Coming to America (1988) | "
Coming to America was re-released on DVD as part of Paramount's "I love the '80s" collection." Posted Feb 21, 2009 |
Fresh 71/100
| Fresh 63%
| Coming to America (1988) | "
Not only a great comedic effort but Eddie Murphy's best romantic film as well." Posted Feb 21, 2009 |
Fresh 95/100
| Fresh 98%
| Sunset Boulevard (1950) | "
The 'centennial collection' DVD's second disc includes a large number of featurettes." Posted Nov 10, 2008 |
Rotten 54/100
| Fresh 67%
| The Nines (2007) | "
There are two full-length audio commentaries on the disc." Posted Jan 14, 2008 |
Rotten 69/100
| Fresh 82%
| Atonement (2007) | "
Those who have read Ian McEwan's brilliant novel will feel a slight twinge of being cheated out of the epic they might have expected." Posted Dec 5, 2007 |
Rotten 54/100
| Fresh 67%
| The Nines (2007) | "
I have no clue whether this is the most religious film of the year, or the most blasphemous film of the year." Posted Dec 5, 2007 |
Fresh 85/100
| Fresh 90%
| Michael Clayton (2007) | "
The film's denouement is without question one of the best exercises in sustained and controlled excitement I've seen in a movie in a long while." Posted Oct 5, 2007 |
Fresh 80/100
| Fresh 100%
| Goodbye, Columbus (1969) | "
Perhaps the most successful of the three Philip Roth adaptations on the big screen." Posted Sep 10, 2007 |
Fresh 80/100
| Fresh 100%
| Goodbye, Columbus (1969) | "
The Paramount DVD features a nice looking 1.85:1 aspect ratio anamorphic widescreen transfer and mono sound. No other extras are included on the disc." Posted Sep 10, 2007 |
Fresh 82/100
| Fresh 72%
| Mister Foe (2008) | "
Rarely have I seen a film end so satisfactorily and without feeling cheated by a conclusion ready made for first dates." Posted Sep 8, 2007 |
Fresh 71/100
| Rotten 35%
| Wonderland (2003) | "
The DVD's special features are interesting (for those who aren't too squeamish)." Posted May 8, 2007 |
Fresh 71/100
| Rotten 35%
| Wonderland (2003) | "
Unpleasant to view but ultimately satisfying." Posted May 8, 2007 |
Rotten 70/100
| Fresh 69%
| Closer (2004) | "
Extras are not this disc's strong suit, as the main special feature here is a music video." Posted May 8, 2007 |
Fresh 71/100
| Fresh 79%
| Crossroads (1986) | "
The Columbia DVD features a good-looking 1.85:1 aspect ratio anamorphic widescreen transfer." Posted May 2, 2007 |
Fresh 71/100
| Fresh 79%
| Crossroads (1986) | "
Any music fan will do well spend an hour and a half watching this one." Posted May 2, 2007 |
Rotten 65/100
| Rotten 35%
| Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) | "
While there is a single disc version of this movie on DVD, the first and best release is a two-disc set." Posted Apr 26, 2007 |
Rotten 65/100
| Rotten 35%
| Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) | "
Director Rob Marshall has a sophomore flop on his hands." Posted Apr 26, 2007 |
Fresh 71/100
| Fresh 61%
| Shopgirl (2005) | "
The extras on the disc include a thorough and serious full-length audio commentary by director Anand Tucker." Posted Apr 25, 2007 |
Rotten 52/100
| Rotten 24%
| Lady in the Water (2006) | "
The disc's extras are less impressive than they first appear." Posted Apr 25, 2007 |
Rotten 52/100
| Rotten 24%
| Lady in the Water (2006) | "
The film is a mess, a ramshackle affair. Its silliness cannot sustain itself." Posted Apr 25, 2007 |
Fresh 78/100
| Rotten 24%
| The Da Vinci Code (2006) | "
The DVD version comes in a two-disc set with a load of special features on the second disc." Posted Apr 19, 2007 |
Rotten 55/100
| Rotten 23%
| Freedomland (2005) | "
As often happens with movies that flopped at the box office, this DVD lacks special features." Posted Apr 19, 2007 |
Rotten 55/100
| Rotten 23%
| Freedomland (2005) | "
Clunky, disjointed and with a couple of subplots that linger and then vanish." Posted Apr 19, 2007 |
Fresh 78/100
| Rotten 24%
| The Da Vinci Code (2006) | "
A great film to look at and Salvatore Totino's cinematography is pitch-perfect." Posted Apr 19, 2007 |
Fresh 75/100
| N/A | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1979) |
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Rotten 65/100
| Rotten 43%
| Casanova (2005) | "
Might have been called American Pie 4: Vacation in Venice." Posted Dec 29, 2005 |
Fresh 77/100
| Fresh 83%
| King Kong (2005) | "
The popcorn movie of the millennium, setting a new standard for special effects wizardry." Posted Dec 13, 2005 |
Fresh 75/100
| Fresh 75%
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) | "
The special effects are phenomenal, looking amazingly authentic." Posted Dec 11, 2005 |
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