Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Hard Candy (2005) | "
Candy sets up the tense situation, builds it up patiently, masterfully, then has no idea where to go with it. At least Page's career has an obvious direction -- up." — Seattle Weekly Posted Apr 26, 2006 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 65%
| Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) | "
In the annals of no-sex-please Brit nudie revues, this Oscar hopeful falls between the The Full Monty's Rabelaisian stew and Calendar Girls' charming but thin broth." — Seattle Weekly Posted Dec 15, 2005 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 83%
| Keane (2004) | "
A psycho-underworld tour de force like Irreversible or The Machinist, impressive as far as it goes (not far), single-minded but without enough on its mind, a gimmick flick." — Seattle Weekly Posted Dec 15, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 75%
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005) | "
The kids are disastrous, except for Henley. Her irresistible crooked grin is a triumph over British dentistry. She makes Dakota Fanning look like a calculating android." — Seattle Weekly Posted Dec 9, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| N/A | Chronicling Narnia (2005) | "
A pale echo of the Tolkien trilogy, worse than Cuaron's third Harry Potter film, better than Chris Columbus' first two, and about on a par with Mike Newell's new one." — Seattle Weekly Posted Dec 5, 2005 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 85%
| Pride and Prejudice (2005) | "
The 1940 version had its flaws, too--who wants to **** Mrs. Miniver? Knightley is a Lizzie for our profane time.
" — Seattle Weekly Posted Nov 28, 2005 |
Fresh 7.5/10
| Rotten 48%
| Rent (2005) | "
Rent works best as a centaur creation: half-movie, half-play, plunging into theater world in all its mindless, cheesy, sentimental splendor." — Seattle Weekly Posted Nov 28, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 90%
| Tony Takitani (2005) | "
Impressively reduces Murakami's hard-boiled word world to a floating-picture world. But like Lish's edits of Ray Carver, it mutes a story that was nearly mute to begin with." — Seattle Weekly Posted Oct 17, 2005 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 27%
| Elizabethtown (2005) | "
Much of it is not half bad. Some moments achieve the transcendence they ache to find. But it's like a concept album with no concept, Singles with fewer hit singles.
" — Seattle Weekly Posted Oct 13, 2005 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 95%
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) | "
Nick Park is Tim Burton's opposite: his storytelling is smooth, his visual technique jerky. Go for the guy who can tell a story, as Burton has failed to do for 11 years now." — Seattle Weekly Posted Oct 4, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| Rotten 59%
| Oliver Twist (2005) | "
Fails to topple Lean's untoppable version; still one of the best movies of 2005. Startlingly unemotional, but for the stormy torments behind Fagin's overhanging eyebrows." — Seattle Weekly Posted Sep 26, 2005 |
Rotten 4/10
| Fresh 83%
| Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) | "
It doesn't stink, but it's a mere technical advance that pales next to Nightmare. The maggot's a Jiminy Cricket manque. And it's just not very animated." — Seattle Weekly Posted Sep 21, 2005 |
Rotten 2/10
| Fresh 63%
| Proof (2005) | "
Catherine is an infinitely less convincing version of Arcadia's girl genius; the proof is just a MacGuffin; it runs out of plot and has not one idea in its head." — Seattle Weekly Posted Sep 21, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/10
| Rotten 32%
| Pretty Persuasion (2005) | "
Wood's not an interesting psycho—just numb, mumbling, and dull. Pretty unpersuasive." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 31, 2005 |
Fresh 8.6/10
| Fresh 85%
| The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) | "
Even Keener transcends her famous ball-busting screen persona and registers real warmth." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 31, 2005 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 82%
| Hustle & Flow (2005) | "
Djay is the Fezziwig of pimps. His hit tune, as catchy as "That Thing You Do," also wears out its welcome. But his quest for le mot juste and mo' bling is charming." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 10, 2005 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 68%
| The Edukators (2005) | "
The surprise ending is gimmicky, but the character study is consistently enthralling. The Edukators is educational—not intellectually, but emotionally." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 10, 2005 |
Rotten 1/10
| Rotten 13%
| Stealth (2005) | "
For at least the first hour, Stealth is a SAEBCPSOS (Shockingly and Excruciatingly Boring Columbia Pictures Sack of S---)." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 10, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 84%
| The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005) | "
Compared to Keitel, he's a fluttery lightweight, whether banging the ivories or his victims. His nature isn't divided. He's no hoodlum--not even Belmondo impersonating Bogart." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 10, 2005 |
Rotten 3.5/10
| Rotten 58%
| The Talent Given Us (2004) | "
The big problem with this verité film is that nothing in it is verified. Verily, a lot of it is just B.S." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 10, 2005 |
Fresh 9.5/10
| Fresh 86%
| Junebug (2005) | "
If the Academy has any brains, heart, and balls, at least one Oscar will go to the quietly brilliant Junebug." — Seattle Weekly Posted Aug 10, 2005 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 77%
| The Holy Girl (2005) | "
Alche's crooked grin is as gleeful as the nose-wriggling enchantress in Bewitched. The elliptically implicit ending reminds me of Purple Noon minus the murder." — Seattle Weekly Posted Jun 22, 2005 |
Fresh 8.5/10
| Fresh 85%
| Batman Begins (2005) | "
Tim Burton's Batman could probably lick Nolan's Batman Begins. But in a fight between Nolan's Batman and Burton's, I know who'd kick whose cape-draped ***.
" — Seattle Weekly Posted Jun 16, 2005 |
Rotten 3/10
| Rotten 31%
| The Longest Yard (2005) | "
Sandler is trying to outrun his clownish boy-man past, but since everything about Yard is transparently fake, it loses him career yardage." — Seattle Weekly Posted May 25, 2005 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 61%
| Ladies in Lavender (2005) | "
A rigorous test of cineaste sitzfleisch: to savor the Dames' deep acting, you have to endure a story that goes nowhere. You must suffer for this art." — Seattle Weekly Posted May 25, 2005 |
Fresh 7.5/10
| Fresh 81%
| Kontroll (2005) | "
A frivolous fable and a fabulous frivol, a lighthearted romp and a dark night of the existential soul—Slacker meets Metropolis." — Seattle Weekly Posted May 25, 2005 |
Fresh 8.5/10
| Fresh 75%
| Crash (2005) | "
Though it lacks Magnolia's messy greatness, you won't hear more fiendishly articulate dialogue on-screen any time soon." — Seattle Weekly Posted May 4, 2005 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 39%
| Kingdom of Heaven (2005) | "
As a war hero, Orlando Bloom reminds me of the nickname Truman Capote's father gave him: Little Miss Mouse Fart." — Seattle Weekly Posted May 4, 2005 |
Rotten 7/10
| Fresh 62%
| Winter Solstice (2005) | "
Anthony LaPaglia does understated wonders...He could beat David Duchovny in an underacting contest. Few movies score so many true moments. And few add up to less.
" — Seattle Weekly Posted Apr 28, 2005 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 81%
| Voices in Wartime (2005) | "
One of the most original war movies ever made. Men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there." — Seattle Weekly Posted Apr 15, 2005 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 85%
| Lost Embrace (2005) | "
Sweet but not too, a tangy, teasing valentine to dear hearts and gentle people who start to feel like family. Burman is like Woody Allen with a human face." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 29, 2005 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 46%
| The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) | "
Rebecca Miller is no tragedian like her dad. She’s a lyrical poet with an elliptical turn of mind...despite moments of beauty and mystery, ultimately it’s a muddle." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 29, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 85%
| Gunner Palace (2005) | "
A litmus test for an America scarcely less bitterly divided than Iraq. The risibly dishonest government radio broadcasts play like the satirical radio bits in M*A*S*H." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 10, 2005 |
Rotten 2/10
| Rotten 16%
| Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) | "
Helen's chaste swain wants intimacy, not sex. C'mon—even Baptists are interested in sex. They just don't do it standing up, because someone might think they were dancing." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 10, 2005 |
N/A | Rotten 52%
| Yes (2005) | "
TELLURIDE'S MOST buzzed picture was Yes, a stunning epic whose volcanic eruptions cast lurid light on the collision of male and female, Muslim and American. In rhyme!" — Seattle Weekly
PREVIEW Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Rotten .5/10
| Rotten 15%
| Head in the Clouds (2004) | "
Tyrone Power would have more chemistry courting Deanna Durbin in a deep coma. Theron destroys all her Monster acting cred. Cruz squeaks like a hamster huffing helium.
" — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 56%
| Undertow (2004) | "
Bad in the worst way, yet it trails clouds of glory and authentic stink from a Georgia pigsty. Pretty, a legitimate auteurist statement. And a flop." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 80%
| Videodrome (1983) | "
Underbaked, but you can't argue with its otherworldly aura. One disappointment: we don't get to see the belly-slit sex organs Baker designed for the never-used orgy finale." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 82%
| Finding Neverland (2004) | "
Interestingly and movingly hints at the sad future fate of his Lost Boys, but it's too timid to follow up on those dark portents.
" — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
N/A | Rotten 56%
| Happy Endings (2005) | "
The director arranged to have a physical obstacle—a countertop, a couch—between Tom Arnold and his gay son in every scene until they reconcile." — Seattle Weekly
PREVIEW Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 75%
| The Matador (2005) | "
"We came all the way from New Zealand and waited for three hours in the cold," kvetched one couple at Sundance, "and we still couldn't get into The Matador."" — Seattle Weekly
ESSAY Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 50%
| The Passion of the Christ (2004) | "
Might be mistaken for an instructional video on meat-tenderizing techniques for cannibal chefs. Mel's a muscular Christian without a philosophical bone in his head." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Ed Wood (1994) | "
My favorite deleted scene: Bill Murray as Wood's transsexual wanna-be crony serenading a mariachi band in a meat locker with "Que Sera Sera" in an eccentric sexual swoon." — Seattle Weekly
DVD REVIEW Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 76%
| Being Julia (2004) | "
Thank God for Being Julia, an Oscar-worthy comeback role that may just save one of our most gifted actresses from a life of way too much leisure." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| N/A | The Rolling Stones - Rock and Roll Circus (1968) | "
Spiffily restored and bursting at the seams with extra features. One-third of the performers were on heroin, including John Lennon." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Kinsey (2004) | "
Throws lots of stylish light on sex. But he leaves too much of Kinsey's soul in the closet." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 75%
| The Machinist (2004) | "
Mark Twain said that Wagner's music isn't as bad as it sounds. The Machinist isn't as good as it looks. But Bale's fever-dream performance is otherworldly great." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 78%
| Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) | "
Are the DVD extras worth the doubloons? Arrgh, heartily, matey! They're a very three-disc treasure chest worth a keelhauling to own." — Seattle Weekly
DVD REVIEW Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Hotel Rwanda (2004) | "
Don Cheadle's eyes have an openness and depth like Martin Sheen's in Apocalypse Now: they're the lens through which we can watch this incredible war." — Seattle Weekly Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
N/A | Fresh 78%
| Brick (2006) | "
Though it begins like Bugsy Malone meets River's Edge, the complicated plot grows on you. When did you last see a movie that got better as it went on?
" — Seattle Weekly
PREVIEW Posted Mar 9, 2005 |
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