Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 98%
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) | "
You'll learn nothing new here about chasing the dream, but this non-fiction story may convince you to make room in your heart to appreciate the combination of earnestness and doggedness that some people maintain." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 87%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
At last, here's a movie that takes the wimpy, tortured, hopelessly-in-love boys from the other movies and tells them to grow up." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
[Homophobia] deserves confrontation, but when done in the manner of the movie here, it is less enlightening than it is just plain squirmingly funny." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 85%
| Red Cliff (2009) | "
Woo had the chance of a lifetime ... to film one of the greatest Chinese stories, and blew it by tinkering with it so much that not only is it no longer the story many of us know and love, it's also a version that can't even be considered on par." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Rotten 19%
| Monkeybone (2001) | "
Primed to be dark, twisted, and playful -- all exhibited traits of the works of the director, animator Henry Selick -- it is instead juvenile, amateurish, and sloppy." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 36%
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) | "
Light entertainment with little to call memorable ... but at least therein exists some detectable evidence that the filmmakers had a soft spot for G.I. Joe and simply wanted to deliver its essence to the screen." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 38%
| The Nativity Story (2006) | "
Frankly, anyone could have made this movie in the particular way it's presented." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 81%
| Friday Night Lights (2004) | "
What Friday Night Lights offers is the perspective that, for the people and young players caught up in this whirlwind, football simultaneously means everything and ultimately nothing." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 72%
| Stephen King's The Mist (2007) | "
The Mist paints [its] divides starkly -- perhaps a bit too much so -- but combined with its spooks and gore, it makes for effective, smart entertainment." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 72%
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) | "
The characters are all stuck on tracks, which might work on other occassions, but not when your underscoring music is all about refusing to follow conventional tracks." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 28, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
Bullock is totally at home in this territory, and she remains fun to watch, but I do wish she would get stronger, possibly more original comedic material." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 20, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 61%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
A curious snapshot of urban America during a particular pressured time; it doesn't have a generally nice view of people, but a frankness about the film's subject drives it -- when the chips are down, it's all about business." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Oct 13, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
The good acting provides an example of what might make this kind of formula work, but it's quite an uphill battle when one can see the scripted situations acting as comic fallbacks." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
It's funny how much I'll forgive just to watch Jackman play this raging mutant again." — Window to the Movies Posted Sep 21, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Rotten 49%
| Human Nature (2002) | "
[Kaufman and Gondry] dive right into the subject [of sex] to lay bare the pain of it, and to have us laugh at it." — Window to the Movies Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 65%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
It might be saying something that I preferred to see [Giamatti and Wilkinson] in action than the two actual leads of the film." — Window to the Movies Posted Sep 6, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 98%
| The Devil Came On Horseback (2007) | "
This documentary stares truth in the face in more ways than one." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 30, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 85%
| JCVD (2008) | "
For all we know, it's just a big show, a put-on for our entertainment -- but what matters is that it's really quite convincing. You do want to believe this is Van Damme." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 81%
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) | "
Doesn't necessarily reveal the insight behind the composer's unique brand of music so much as display the working mode of a passionate artist." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 49%
| Twilight (2008) | "
For a piece about forbidden lust/love, it's not very tortured." — Window to the Movies Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
General unoriginality contributes to 'The Fast and the Furious' series' own issue as a 'seen one, seen 'em all' series." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
On the whole, it's a fine film, and yet I'm disappointed that it didn't more greatly acknowledge the gravity of the impending conflict." — Window to the Movies Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Rotten 4%
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) | "
Street Fighter fans like me will be blissfully playing Street Fighter IV, with this movie occupying our minds as little more than a disposable curiosity." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 19%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
If you took a still shot of one of them in the middle of an action sequence, you'd need to think for about a second or two to really understand what you're looking at. The visual design of these Transformers appears decidedly uncinematic." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 58%
| The International (2009) | "
[Plays] itself as a mystery/thriller with something profound to say at the end, when we've pretty much heard a lot of this already." — Window to the Movies Posted Jun 16, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
How powerful are the folks at the Pixar Animation Studios? Their latest offering, Up, can possibly make you cry within the first 15 minutes." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted May 31, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
Raimi going back to his roots, showing that he hasn't forgotten how to exercise his wickedly mischievous side to put on a hell of a show." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 61%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
The movie proceeds to show how everything, little by little, falls out of place -- not the most thrilling of events to cover, but interesting all the same." — Window to the Movies Posted May 28, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 37%
| Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) | "
It's a shame The Next Generation crew went out on this flat note." — Window to the Movies Posted May 20, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
It neither adds to nor subtracts from the mythology. And with Judgment Day upon us, there's no more tension, nothing compelling left to explore." — Window to the Movies Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Comes across as a less contemplative, more motion-driven version of its predecessor, The Da Vinci Code." — Window to the Movies Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
Works enough within its own rules, its own container, but blunts its own real-world impact along the way." — Window to the Movies Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 32%
| The Uninvited (2009) | "
Suffers from a meekness -- its scares never dig deep and are more sensational than disturbing, and its storyline has been modified to something more conventional." — Window to the Movies Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
In order to become a new Star Trek, facets of its old personality must inevitably be sacrificed, while modern flavor -- faster pace and a little sass -- is infused." — Window to the Movies Posted May 7, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 43%
| Yes Man (2008) | "
I found myself having a few pleasant chuckles but still frustrated at the movie for not bothering with telling a story that hasn't already been told a million times before." — Window to the Movies Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 70%
| Religulous (2008) | "
Wants to be a wakeup call in a room where the people are willing to sleep just a little too deeply." — Window to the Movies Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 77%
| Chocolate (2009) | "
Anyone knows we all come here just to see the girl kick serious behind. At least she does just that, and after a while Chocolate mainly and plainly feels like the exhibition that it is." — Window to the Movies Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 88%
| Bolt (2008) | "
What Bolt lacks in originality it makes up for in execution." — Window to the Movies Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
Starts out in what feels like the real world only to gradually become something that isn't, on the surface, real, but only resonates more strongly in the emotional department as it goes. It's a fantastic accomplishment." — Window to the Movies Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 54%
| Australia (2008) | "
It's a bit overloaded, though I love Luhrmann's obvious enthusiasm." — Window to the Movies Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 21%
| The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | "
Has a simplistic environmental concern, presented with sensationalist sensibilities and, perhaps worse, given an even more simplistic resolution." — Window to the Movies Posted Mar 31, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 51%
| Body of Lies (2008) | "
A certain rawness and despairing urgency is never quite achieved for the message the film wants to deliver, and so it remains a well-intentioned, well-produced, yet generally unmemorable entertainment." — Window to the Movies Posted Mar 31, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 88%
| Russian Ark (2002) | "
[Characterizes] history as a large rush of information so huge, alive, and easy to get lost in that it would feel a shame if there existed nothing to give us a conduit to it." — Window to the Movies Posted Mar 31, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
A movie fascinating to watch while asking us to contemplate moral relativity, the futility of life ... and other heady concepts you might fully expect to find in not just another comic book movie." — Window to the Movies Posted Mar 5, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Rotten 34%
| Miracle at St. Anna (2008) | "
The agenda is obvious, but the rage feels justified, and meanwhile Lee gives us a few virtuoso touches." — Window to the Movies Posted Feb 18, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 88%
| Frozen River (2008) | "
Realistically depicts the relationship between the allure of criminal activity and times of desperation." — Window to the Movies Posted Feb 18, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 47%
| Lakeview Terrace (2008) | "
It's ironic when the tactics it uses to ratchet up the suspense actually reduces the very real tension that gets communicated in its first half." — Window to the Movies Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 60%
| W. (2008) | "
Rather simplistic and reductive, but something tells me Oliver Stone didn't mind it turning out that way." — Window to the Movies Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 65%
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) | "
Doesn't represent much movement from where Smith had placed himself with Clerks II, which means what you felt about the previous should be about the same as what you'd feel about the latest." — Window to the Movies Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 61%
| The Duchess (2008) | "
Everything you'd expect it to be: a well-acted British period piece with lavish attention to period detail, about discontented characters in a royal family. And that's about it." — Window to the Movies Posted Feb 9, 2009 |
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