Fresh B-
| Rotten 55%
| Yonkers Joe (2008) | "
It's far from a natural, but somehow, some way, it makes its point." Posted Mar 3, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 17%
| New in Town (2009) | "
As a movie critic, I see movies so you don't have to. Thus, it's my sacred duty to warn you off New in Town -- assuming I have enough brain cells left to write this review." Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
In pondering the Big Picture, Benjamin Button often falls under the spell of its own epic sweep, inviting us to join its makers in marveling at the marvelousness of it all." Posted Dec 26, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 93%
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | "
Potentially treacly material, yet in the hands of director Danny Boyle, Slumdog soars on the strength of its beguiling characters and exotic setting." Posted Dec 22, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 51%
| Nothing Like the Holidays (2008) | "
You know that time-honored holiday dish that turns up on the table every year? The one that reappears annually because it just wouldn't be a holiday celebration without it -- even though everybody's sick of it by now?Consider this the cinematic equivalent" Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 64%
| Quantum of Solace (2008) | "
We get bullets flying, stuff blowing up real good and the kind of slice-and-dice editing that renders all that action all but impossible to follow. What we don't get, alas, is much character development or emotional depth." Posted Nov 14, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 61%
| Changeling (2008) | "
It's a mystery! Wait, it's a corrupt-cop thriller! No, it's a miscarriage-of-justice melodrama! Oh, it's a courtroom drama! Changeling wrestles with more questions of identity than its heroine ever does." Posted Oct 31, 2008 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Star Wars (1977) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 60%
| W. (2008) | "
By his own admission, George W. Bush has his faults, so it seems almost fitting that W. should have them, too." Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 47%
| Lakeview Terrace (2008) | "
... degenerates from a potentially thoughtful exploration of hot-button issues to just another over-the-top thriller." Posted Sep 22, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 13%
| The Women (2008) | "
(Director Diane) English has completely missed the original movie's most distinctive element: its wicked wit. As a result, she's transformed The Women from a catty blast into a declawed exercise in smug self-entitlement." Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 77%
| Baghead (2008) | "
Baghead's got exactly one joke to exploit -- it's a relationship movie masquerading as a horror movie -- and proceeds to beat it to death." Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 63%
| Hamlet 2 (2008) | "
As Hamlet himself would (and did say), though this be madness, yet there is method in it. Along with lots of laughs." Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 93%
| Encounters At the End of the World (2007) | "
... unlike some sound-the-alarm documentaries with a more overt political agenda, Encounters at the End of the World takes after its creator, who allows his extraordinary subjects -- human and otherwise -- to speak for themselves. And, perhaps, for" Posted Aug 8, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
A movie perfectly pitched to the nasty desperation of the times." Posted Jul 18, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 61%
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) | "
In your face. In more ways than one. That's the twist -- and the appeal -- of Journey to the Center of the Earth." Posted Jul 11, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 72%
| Wanted (2008) | "
Not content to concentrate on mere mayhem, it aims for something more, and winds up achieving less, trying to pass off a heaping helping of the old ultra-violence as something visionary and profound." Posted Jun 27, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 53%
| Get Smart (2008) | "
Missed it by that much. Not that anybody will pay much attention to the many ways in which the new big-screen Get Smart plays dumb -- and fails to capture the delirious slapstick lunacy of its small-screen inspiration." Posted Jun 20, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 49%
| Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) | "
... feels like watching an entire season of shoe love, true love and everything in between -- all crammed into one loooooooooong sitting." Posted May 30, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 77%
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | "
... it's downright refreshing to witness a movie so fully alive to its own antic sense of humor, without any self-conscious, wise-guy irony to get in the way of the fun." Posted May 23, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 3%
| Deal (2008) | "
There are plenty of movies that prove entertaining despite their familiarity; this isn't one of them." Posted Apr 25, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 64%
| The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) | "
... a martial-arts variation on a middling musical with knockout dance numbers. It'll be tons of fun on DVD, when we can fast-forward to the good stuff and skip the plodding plot." Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 35%
| 21 (2008) | "
Like a gambler who won't cash in while he's ahead, 21 just keeps playing, hoping another winning hand will turn up even though its luck's run out." Posted Mar 28, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 51%
| Funny Games (2008) | "
Haneke's rigorously intellectual, curiously controlled approach all but guarantees that we observe these Funny Games from a distance, with a sense of detachment, rather than sharing the victims' wrenching anguish." Posted Mar 14, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 39%
| Bonneville (2006) | "
... sticks to a soothingly familiar itinerary, providing a welcome showcase for Jessica Lang, Kathy Bates and Joan Allen. As expected, they prove mighty good company along the way %u2014 which is fortunate, because there's nothing much else that qualifies" Posted Feb 29, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 80%
| In Bruges (2008) | "
... has trouble balancing the movie's twisted humor and explosive violence, creating glaring shifts in tone that make watching In Bruges a wild, if only sporadically satisfying, trip." Posted Feb 15, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 24%
| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) | "
... recycles so much material it's a wonder the film stock didn't turn green during filming." Posted Feb 8, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 15%
| Over Her Dead Body (2008) | "
It's not the dead body you have to worry about in Over Her Dead Body. It's the dead brain cells: yours." Posted Feb 5, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 40%
| 27 Dresses (2008) | "
... as frilly and fluttery as the title bridesmaid's attire, as fluffy and sweet as the buttercream icing atop a towering wedding cake. But a nimble cast and insouciant spirit make it more enjoyable than its by-the-numbers plot indicates." Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 17%
| Revolver (2007) | "
... given Ritchie's penchant for flashy, in-your-face twists, we trust all will be revealed in good time. But as "Revolver" rolls on -- and on and on and on -- it becomes painfully apparent that Ritchie's firing blanks." Posted Jan 4, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 86%
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | "
There's thrilling, as in 'producing sudden, strong and deep emotion or excitement.' And there's thrilling %u2014 as in 'moving with rapture; delighting beyond measure.' Star Johnny Depp and director Tim Burton's sixth collaboration is both: a striking, so" Posted Dec 24, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 87%
| Notes on a Scandal (2006) | "
... serves up such a deliciously histrionic feast from the stars that it seems downright churlish to complain about the recipe.
" Posted Jan 26, 2007 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 27%
| Smokin' Aces (2007) | "
Too many crooks spoil the broth -- or, more precisely, the bloodbath -- in a wild-and-crazy crime spree that's a whole lot less than the sum of its parts.
" Posted Jan 26, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 78%
| Dreamgirls (2006) | "
A dream come true? Not quite. But enough sass and brass -- plus a crucial touch of class -- to spark dreams of an at-long-last musical revival.
" Posted Dec 28, 2006 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 56%
| The Good Shepherd (2006) | "
Damon once again demonstrates his flair for creating inscrutably devious characters." Posted Dec 22, 2006 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 76%
| Rocky Balboa (2006) | "
... just another who-needs-it sequel preaching to the choir. It's no knockout, but at least it's better than Rocky V.
" Posted Dec 21, 2006 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 66%
| The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) | "
... there's something so slick, so neat and tidy about the production ... that it clashes with the desperate anguish of the down-and-out main character.
" Posted Dec 15, 2006 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 62%
| Blood Diamond (2006) | "
You can't have it both ways. But writer-director Edward Zwick keeps trying ... to make socially conscious movies, the kind where stuff blows up real good.
" Posted Dec 8, 2006 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 62%
| Blood Diamond (2006) | "
You can't have it both ways. But writer-director Edward Zwick keeps trying ... to make socially conscious movies, the kind where stuff blows up real good.
" Posted Dec 8, 2006 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 64%
| Apocalypto (2006) | "
It's striking, all right, but some of us don't care to be struck -- especially when we keep getting hit right between the eyes.
" Posted Dec 8, 2006 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 38%
| The Nativity Story (2006) | "
If you've ever gazed at Christmas cards featuring artworks of the great masters and wished those images would magically come to life, [this] is your kind of movie." Posted Dec 1, 2006 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 38%
| The Nativity Story (2006) | "
f you've ever gazed at Christmas cards featuring artworks of the great masters and wished those images would magically come to life, [this] is your kind of movie." Posted Dec 1, 2006 |
— | Fresh 83%
| Casino (1995) |
Click here to read article Posted Nov 18, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Shortbus (2006) | "
Despite the movie's matter-of-fact approach to (and depiction of) graphic acts, the point isn't the sex, it's the genuine emotion generated by the actors, who helped develop their roles with Mitchell." Posted Nov 11, 2006 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 73%
| Flags of Our Fathers (2006) | "
It's far from a flag-waver. On that basis -- and many others -- it deserves a spirited salute.
" Posted Nov 3, 2006 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 91%
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) | "
Americans emerge as the target of Borat's most scathing observations. Chances are, however, you'll be too busy busting a gut to complain.
" Posted Nov 3, 2006 |
— | Rotten 43%
| Casanova (2005) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 29, 2006 |
— | Fresh 89%
| Brothers (2005) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 21, 2006 |
— | Rotten 25%
| Man of the Year (1996) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 14, 2006 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 21%
| Man of the Year (2006) | "
It wants laughs but isn't willing to do what it takes -- take off the gloves and land some blows to the body politic -- to earn them.
" Posted Oct 13, 2006 |
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