Fresh 4/5
| N/A | It Came From Kuchar (2009) | "
Fun, frisky, ceaselessly enjoyable documentary froth." Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| N/A | An Englishman in New York (2009) | "
Falls somewhere between unbearable and fascinating." Posted Oct 17, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 84%
| The September Issue (2009) | "
One is forced to admire Wintour's decisiveness, her unwavering faith in her own instincts, as well as her ability to keep a multitude of creatives in check." Posted Sep 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
A giddy mash-up of social, sophomoric and shocking humor." Posted Jul 12, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) | "
A blasé horror cocktail that has one or two good scares but mostly is a way to lay waste to time you never really wanted back anyway." Posted Apr 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Life of Reilly (2007) | "
The schmaltzy surface-nature of the show, however, is redeemed by Reilly's performance... and by a final story..." Posted Mar 10, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
An engrossing, full embrace of the superhero form. Original, psychologically and intellectually rich and, more frequently than not, profoundly disturbing." Posted Mar 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Coraline (2009) | "
The animation is just plain jaw-dropping, and the implementation of 3D gives the film an added boost of visual splendor. You feel like you're living it." Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 94%
| Milk (2008) | "
Van Sant's innate stylistic detachment keeps Milk from attaining its full potential as a rousing, rich drama. It's 2 percent when it should be whole." Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| Tropic Thunder (2008) | "
There are some people it will offend. To them I say, go bask in some Happy Days reruns. To the rest of you: Go see it and delight in laughing until your sides split." Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 68%
| Pineapple Express (2008) | "
The guns-blazing, body-count-mounting final act is a wasted opportunity -- and not in a good wasted way." Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 77%
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | "
[Speilberg] is no longer a young director, and nowhere is that more apparent than in his approach to this Indy." Posted Jun 12, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 37%
| Speed Racer (2008) | "
Provides all the hallucinogenic benefits of an LSD trip without any of the nasty side-effects" Posted May 16, 2008 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 50%
| Penelope (2008) | "
Penelope isn't really suitable for anyone. It's a boar." Posted Mar 6, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 77%
| Cloverfield (2008) | "
When all is said and done, and Cloverfield plays out, we're left with...'a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.'" Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Eastern Promises (2007) | "
After the movie ends, and you recall its various touchpoints, Cronenberg's work suddenly acquires unexpected retrospective depth." Posted Sep 27, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 87%
| Superbad (2007) | "
If Beaches was the ultimate chick flick, Superbad is one for all dudes, young and old." Posted Aug 23, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 45%
| Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) | "
POTC: At World's End strives for epic-ness, but it's not an epic. It's fluff. And fluff should never, ever exceed more than 1 hour and 47 minutes, including end credits." Posted Jul 26, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| The Simpsons Movie (2007) | "
The vocal work is so finely honed by the cast of regulars, that the acting conveys a timing and skill rarely encountered in even the best live-action comedies." Posted Jul 26, 2007 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 62%
| Spider-Man 3 (2007) | "
Spider-Man 3 fails to enliven. It doesn't have the satisfying, jolting rush that makes you leave exclaiming, 'Wow! I can't wait to see that again!'" Posted May 3, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 87%
| The Lookout (2007) | "
[Gordon-Levitt's] performance is flawless in a film that is mildly flawed, a film whose twists and turns really don't amount to more than slight bends in the road." Posted Apr 5, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Notes on a Scandal (2006) | "
The movie's driving force is Dench, whose extraordinary performance only underscores her post as one of the world's finest living actresses." Posted Feb 23, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 95%
| Pan's Labyrinth (2006) | "
Del Toro has an unmistakable aesthetic -- his movies bear the stamp of an auteur." Posted Feb 23, 2007 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 15%
| Hannibal Rising (2007) | "
Gone is the nuance, the mystery, the fright factor, in its place a near-campy Dr. Phibes-like obsession with revenge." Posted Feb 23, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 34%
| Breaking and Entering (2007) | "
Dramatically, it's pale and wan, an almost defiant bore. It sits there, like a month-old stew hiding in the back of the fridge: thick, gummy, indigestible." Posted Feb 23, 2007 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 78%
| Dreamgirls (2006) | "
Dreamgirls belongs to Hudson. When she sings, the movie transcends its celluloid confines, becoming an experience that is spiritual, impassioned, profound." Posted Jan 4, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 62%
| Blood Diamond (2006) | "
The action sequences, filmed with a jerky hand-held camera to impart a sense of realism, are impressive, incorporating a palpable danger that sends shudders." Posted Dec 22, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 32%
| The Good German (2006) | "
If it weren't for a singular, gripping performance by Cate Blanchett, The Good German might as well have been titled The Incredibly Boring German." Posted Dec 22, 2006 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Casino Royale (2006) | "
Casino Royale revives, rejuvenates and refreshes the series.... Watching it, you realize what it must have been like for 1962 audiences to experience Dr. No." Posted Dec 7, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 53%
| Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) | "
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny proves one thing: Rock and roll never dies. It just gains weight." Posted Dec 7, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 50%
| For Your Consideration (2006) | "
If there were any justice in the world of movies, the film's distributor would gather up all copies of For Your Consideration before it hits theaters and burn them." Posted Nov 16, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Queen (1968) | "
Helen Mirren gives perhaps her most remarkable performance in an already remarkable career." Posted Nov 2, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| The Prestige (2006) | "
The PrestigeH is infused with faux intellectualism -- it pretends to be more cerebral than it really is, when all it really wants to do is be the new Sixth Sense." Posted Nov 2, 2006 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) | "
Borat [blends] the mockumentary form with...an extreme, fearless level of performance art, creating a glorious and profound new kind of comedy experience." Posted Nov 2, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 68%
| Snakes on a Plane (2006) | "
The movie isn't just mediocre -- it's profoundly mediocre." Posted Aug 24, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 24%
| Lady in the Water (2006) | "
There's no twist in Lady in the Water, but that's not to say it doesn't possess an abundance of cleverness." Posted Aug 18, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 38%
| Scoop (2006) | "
It fails to evoke one laugh over the course of 90 minutes, revealing Woody Allen's sense of humor to be not merely ailing, but dead -- completely, utterly, forever dead." Posted Aug 18, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 84%
| The Descent (2006) | "
Writer-director Neil Marshall has...a gift for psychological subtext that infuses the narrative with a nasty, poisonous moral venom." Posted Aug 18, 2006 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 70%
| World Trade Center (2006) | "
World Trade Center is likely the one summer release you least want to see.... But the fact is, [it's] the one film you don't want to miss." Posted Aug 18, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| A Scanner Darkly (2006) | "
A Scanner Darkly finds Linklater in experimental mode, which is a far, far better place for him to be than in a little league dugout." Posted Jul 21, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 62%
| Clerks II (2006) | "
Funny, flip, frequently shocking, sometimes appalling, and always engaging." Posted Jul 21, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 53%
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) | "
It's every bit as terrific as the inaugural film, occasionally surpassing it with mind-boggling, spectacularly choreographed action set pieces." Posted Jul 21, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 53%
| Strangers With Candy (2006) | "
A half-hour sketch with an hour of padding." Posted Jul 21, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| The Devil Wears Prada (2006) | "
The movie, which features a stunning performance from Meryl Streep, never amounts to much more than a heap of lovely little scraps.
" Posted Jul 21, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 39%
| Nacho Libre (2006) | "
What could have been a piñata full of laughs, giggles and fun is instead hollow and empty. It's not even worth shaking a stick at." Posted Jul 2, 2006 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 76%
| Superman Returns (2006) | "
A magnificent, dramatically rewarding homecoming." Posted Jul 2, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 33%
| The Break-Up (2006) | "
Vaughn, who has fooled Hollywood into thinking he's a real actor, has two basic styles: motor-riff quickly through dialogue or stand still and imitate a brick.
" Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 69%
| Mission: Impossible III (2006) | "
Five seconds after leaving the big kickoff to this summer's movie season, I had a tough time recalling what I'd just watched." Posted Jun 1, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 33%
| Poseidon (2006) | "
The best acting in Poseidon hails from the dead bodies.... [who] lie there, convincingly inert." Posted Jun 1, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 56%
| X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) | "
Incoming director Brett Ratner is interested in one thing and one thing only: action. And he's very good at it." Posted Jun 1, 2006 |
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