Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
A powerful, often hilarious film." — Tucson Weekly Posted Jun 7, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| Croupier (1998) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Apocalypse Now (1979) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 4.75/5
| Fresh 96%
| WALL-E (2008) | "
Perhaps the most wonderfully twisted and bizarre G rated movie I've ever seen. It's sweet, too." — Tucson Weekly Posted Jul 2, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 96%
| Ratatouille (2007) | "
Brad Bird is officially my favorite animation director. Another masterpiece." — Reno News and Review Posted Jul 4, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 96%
| Time Out (2002) | "
It's unnerving to see Recoing's bizzarre reaction to his unemployment. Good film, but very glum." — Las Vegas Mercury Posted Jun 6, 2002 |
Fresh 4.75/5
| Fresh 94%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
I loved the second and fourth Trek films, but this cosmically entertaining movie is the best the franchise has ever produced. Can't wait to see what Abrams does next with his new crew." — Tucson Weekly Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
Anderson brings all of his quirks into the animation world, and it works." — Tucson Weekly Posted Dec 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Iron Man (2008) | "
This is awful! I'm just kidding...it's really good, and Downey, Jr. is perfect for the part." — Reno News and Review Posted May 12, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Memento (2001) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
While it's fun to see Raimi goofing around with horror again, it's nothing to get overly excited about." — Reno News and Review Posted Jun 7, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| The Host (2007) | "
This is not your standard monster movie and, I must admit, it caught me off guard." — Reno News and Review Posted Mar 29, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002) | "
A blessed gift to film geeks and historians. If the '70's were your idea of a good time at the movies, this will make you very happy." — Las Vegas Mercury Posted Sep 4, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Minority Report (2002) | "
This excellent film, following the beautiful and under appreciated AI: Artificial Intelligence, establishes Spielberg as the current master of the genre." — Reno News and Review Posted Jun 27, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Insomnia (2002) | "
Al Pacino looks like absolute death in this movie, the first bona fide masterpiece of 2002." — Las Vegas Mercury Posted Jun 6, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 92%
| High Fidelity (2000) | "
I can’t see how anyone would not like this film." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
Daniel Day Lewis' blistering, devilish performance is the greatest of his accomplished career, and director Paul Thomas Anderson has made a second masterpiece to go alongside Magnolia." — Reno News and Review Posted Feb 25, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| Spider-Man (2002) | "
Putting a comic book geek in charge of your Marvel franchise proves to be a very good thing." — Reno News and Review Posted Jun 7, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Amelie (2001) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 4.75/5
| Fresh 89%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
Clooney had a great year, and his stellar work here is the capper." — Reno News and Review Posted Dec 24, 2009 |
Fresh 2.89/5
| Fresh 89%
| Kung Fu Panda (2008) | "
A panda learns Kung Fu. If that sounds good to you, then have at it." — Reno News and Review Posted Jun 15, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Cast Away (2000) | "
The beginning and ending of the film are a bit underdeveloped, but that’s just quibbling." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Boys Don't Cry (1999) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| Topsy-Turvy (1999) | "
A great study on the struggle to create live theater, containing beautiful musical sequences and fantastic portrayals of the musical’s creators." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) | "
It feels a little rushed, and although it is still a picture worth seeing, it stands as one of the weaker chapters in the Potter series." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 87%
| Superbad (2007) | "
Getting some good, hardcore laughs this summer, thanks to Apatow and friends." — Reno News and Review Posted Aug 18, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Broken Flowers (2005) | "
There's so much going on behind Murray's sad eyes that words aren't necassary. A great performance." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 11, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | "
Tim Burton delivers his best film yet." — Reno News and Review Posted Feb 25, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Junebug (2005) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Sep 22, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 86%
| State and Main (2000) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Batman Begins (2005) | "
There's a great actor around every corner in this film." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Jun 16, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Pieces of April (2003) | "
While director Hedges deserves high praise, the film's true blessing is the combination of Clarkson and Holmes." — Las Vegas CityLife Posted Nov 19, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Lovely & Amazing (2002) | "
Both funny and painful to watch." — Las Vegas Mercury Posted Jul 19, 2002 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| The Emperor's New Groove (2000) | "
The arc of the story may be predictable, but it’s balanced out by some marvelously unpredictable flashes of visual comedy, all very much in the style of Chuck Jones in his prime." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Nurse Betty (2000) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 84%
| 2046 (2005) | "
More stunt than substance." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Sep 8, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
And with this, the film decade comes to a disappointing conclusion." — Reno News and Review Posted Dec 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
I fought to like it...a battle that I lost." — Tucson Weekly Posted Jul 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 83%
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) | "
Soft-spoken, eccentric and just a little sadistic at times, Depp makes for an all-original Wonka, and not a rehash of Wilder’s infamous work." — Sacramento News & Review Posted May 12, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 83%
| Stuart Little 2 (2002) | "
The way Stuart is animated, coupled with the winning voice of Fox, is just so gosh darned cute." — Reno News and Review Posted Jul 19, 2002 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 83%
| The Hurricane (1999) | "
The film, directed by Norman Jewison, feels a bit too simple for such a complex story, but Washington transcends the problems to provide his best acting since Malcolm X." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Into the Wild (2007) | "
Sean Penn's first masterpiece as a director." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Nov 4, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| Thirteen Days (2000) |
Click here to read article — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 81%
| Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007) | "
Four films in the franchise, all of them good. McClane has plenty of life left in him." — Reno News and Review Posted Jun 28, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| X-Men (2000) | "
A superb cast and spotless direction from Bryan Singer make this one a summer must-see, and a film that goes right alongside the first Batman and Superman as genre bests." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Aug 7, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 80%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
Definitely not proof that Jackson was in good health and ready to go for a big show run. Quite the contrary." — Tucson Weekly Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 80%
| Cinderella Man (2005) | "
A serious, warmhearted and rousing diversion." — Sacramento News & Review Posted Jun 2, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) | "
The circle is now complete." — Sacramento News & Review Posted May 19, 2005 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Sunshine State (2002) | "
Edie Falco and Angela Bassett shine...a good, often funny film from
Sayles." — Las Vegas Mercury Posted Jun 6, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 78%
| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002) | "
A magnificent directorial debut...Sam Rockwell is one of the best actors on the planet. Original, bizarre, and consistently entertaining." — Las Vegas Mercury Posted Jan 23, 2003 |
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