— | Fresh 100%
| The Lady Eve (1941) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 79%
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 71%
| Mondovino (2005) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 71%
| Amazing Grace (2007) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 100%
| The Palm Beach Story (1942) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 65%
| Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 90%
| Operation Filmmaker (2008) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Good Night. And, Good Luck (2005) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 86%
| Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 86%
| Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 84%
| The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 97%
| Killer of Sheep (1977) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 84%
| Old Joy (2006) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 93%
| Christmas in July (1940) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 85%
| A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 92%
| Darwin's Nightmare (2006) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
— | Fresh 92%
| Our Brand Is Crisis (2005) |
Click here to read article — NPR.org Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| The Manchurian Candidate (2004) | "
If Demme's version lacks the wallop of its predecessor, it is more likely to be popular with contemporary audiences, who will enjoy not only its labyrinthine twists but its stars' burnished professionalism." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jul 28, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Oasis (2004) | "
This is a film that gives humanism back its good name." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jun 17, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 63%
| Coffee and Cigarettes (2004) | "
It's worth fidgeting through the mediocre stuff to get to three good pieces." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 12, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| The Saddest Music in the World (2004) | "
Surely the oddest 1930s musical ever made, in or out of the 1930s." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 6, 2004 |
— | Fresh 91%
| Shaun of the Dead (2004) |
Click here to read article — musicOMH.com Posted May 1, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Young Adam (2004) | "
For all the symbolic weight of its title, Young Adam doesn't come close to giving us Existence. But it does give us one limited human being." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 15, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) | "
Vol. 2 is the most sheerly enjoyable movie I've seen in ages, allowing for all the intimacy that was missing from its predecessor." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 15, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Millennium Mambo (2003) | "
A ravishing bauble about la dolce vita in Taiwan." — L.A. Weekly Posted Mar 25, 2004 |
Rotten
| Rotten 55%
| Ladykillers (2004) | "
Bludgeons you with cartoonish gags about stupid football players, irritable-bowel syndrome and (for the second Coen film in a row) somebody accidentally shooting himself in the head." — L.A. Weekly Posted Mar 25, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| James' Journey to Jerusalem (2003) | "
An enjoyable, sneaky-smart fable about the collision between innocence and experience." — L.A. Weekly Posted Mar 25, 2004 |
Rotten
| Fresh 93%
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) | "
As a friend joked, 'If you peel away the movie's postmodern tricks, what you're left with is about as profound as a Hugh Grant movie.'" — L.A. Weekly Posted Mar 18, 2004 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) | "
A fan-boy's paradise." — L.A. Weekly Posted Oct 9, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2003) | "
The most inventive vampire picture of the last 80 years." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jun 26, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| 28 Days Later (2003) | "
While 28 Days Later is itself a stylistic tour de force, Boyle recaptures his earlier storytelling briskness and deft touch with actors." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jun 26, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| The Good Old Naughty Days (2003) | "
Provide a revealing glimpse into an earlier, if not more innocent, erotic universe." — L.A. Weekly Posted Jun 3, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| Together (2003) | "
If you can get past the corn, the story exerts a not-unsatisfying emotional pull thanks to Yun's soulful gravity and a tenderness that Chen hasn't shown quite so openly since his 1984 debut, Yellow Earth." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 29, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 77%
| A Decade Under the Influence (2003) | "
What's missing is anything resembling a point of view ... or the slightest sense of critical discrimination." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 29, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 49%
| Bruce Almighty (2003) | "
It drowns [Carrey's] hilarious physicality in an ocean of sap." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 29, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| The Italian Job (2003) | "
Paramount's new version boasts no such cultural resonance, but it’s far more enjoyable than, say, X2 or The Matrix Reloaded." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 29, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 29%
| Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters (2002) | "
The Hong Kong movie industry is crumbling, and this painfully slack horror picture is another sign of its decay." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 22, 2003 |
Rotten
| Fresh 73%
| The Matrix Reloaded (2003) | "
Feels like a jerry-built sequel." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 14, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Owning Mahowny (2003) | "
[Kwietniowski] tracks his lost hero's descent with a cool, precise visual style that’s humanized by Hoffman's unerring ability to seem at once dull, decent and out of control." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 1, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Winged Migration (2003) | "
The footage ... is astonishing both for the beauty of the birds and for its sheer technical brilliance." — L.A. Weekly Posted May 1, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Japon (2003) | "
Reygadas grapples with the most elemental of issues ... and the result is sly, touching and more than a little loony." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 24, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Identity (2003) | "
Enjoyably swervy." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 24, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Ten (2003) | "
One of the year’s finest movies." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 24, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 47%
| City of Ghosts (2003) | "
Dillon doesn't yet possess the directorial chops to give his story the necessary snap; the action too often feels poky and muffled." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 24, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Better Luck Tomorrow (2003) | "
Though it doesn't fully transcend its small budget (the lighting is dingy), the story feels rooted in something more solid than prefab posturing." — NPR's Fresh Air Posted Apr 10, 2003 |
Fresh
| Fresh 72%
| Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003) | "
Pettigrew assumes that Fellini was a genius, and while this film won't convince any skeptics, the maestro's fans can sink into it like a hot bath." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 10, 2003 |
Rotten
| Rotten 43%
| Anger Management (2003) | "
Like so many Sandler vehicles, the movie isn’t actually funny, but keeps feeling as if it should be." — L.A. Weekly Posted Apr 10, 2003 |
— | Fresh 77%
| The Good Thief (2003) |
Click here to read article — NPR's Fresh Air Posted Apr 5, 2003 |
— | Fresh 89%
| The Quiet American (2002) |
Click here to read article — NPR's Fresh Air Posted Mar 8, 2003 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Irreversible (2003) | "
The opening 50 minutes are brutal, but if you can take the punishment, you’ll probably be wowed by Noé’s skills as a filmmaker." — L.A. Weekly Posted Mar 6, 2003 |
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