Tomato 3.5/5 |
Adam (2009) |
"An undeniably pleasant film about an unusual subject that just happens to be topped off by a really good performance from the massively underrated Hugh Dancy." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Afghan Star (2009) |
"This documentary about the Afghani version of American Idol is good and worth a look, but I was never swept up by it emotionally." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 3/5 |
Amelia (2009) |
"In one fell swoop, Mira Nair and company have set the genre back 64 years. That's probably some kind of accomplishment." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
An Education (2009) |
"A good deal of this works because of Mulligan, who deserves every accolade and Audrey Hepburn comparison she's received for her performance." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"As amusing melodrama, it's enjoyable flapdoodle." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"In the end, we get the delight of a portrait of some guys who never packed it in, and the endorsement of the indomitability of the human spirit." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Appaloosa (2008) |
"If it feels a bit like an old Howard Hawks western (no slacker with the subtext himself) -- that's not a bad thing." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Australia (2008) |
"Whether or not Baz Luhrmann's Australia is a great film, it is one hell of a movie." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
The Abandoned (2007) |
"At its best, it's an effective shocker with an atmosphere that seeps into your very bones. The problem is it's not always at its best, and when it isn't, it really isn't." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 5/5 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Julie Taymor's Across the Universe is an imperfect film, but it's still five-full-stars' worth of imperfect film." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
After The Wedding (2007) |
"A shrewdly constructed narrative and strong lead performances make up for much -- including Bier's irritating penchant for shoving her handheld camera in her cast's faces." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Alice Neel (2007) |
"A surprisingly dense, multilayered documentary on the painter Alice Neel." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 1/5 |
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) |
"Mean-spirited, gloomy and ineptly made by the Brothers Strause, who here find themselves promoted from special-effects experts to filmmakers (in name at least)." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 1/5 |
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"My personal belief is that no chipmunk in its right mind could be made to sing 'ting-tang-walla-walla-bing-bang' at gunpoint." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"One of the nobler 'based on true events' efforts I've seen in some time, one of the most entertaining and a fine example of the work of a master-craftsman filmmaker." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"I think it's something inherently lacking in American Gangster that keeps me from admiring it as much as those behind the film would like me to." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2/5 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
"Occasional amusement aside, this is a tedious 86-minutes worth of utterly random movie." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 1/5 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"The real question is whether or not Ice Cube's career is done yet." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Arthur and the Invisibles (2007) |
"Whatever its flaws, Arthur and the Invisibles has a handmade, personal feel that finally affords it a cockeyed endearing quality." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
"It all adds up to a rewarding work of unusual density." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Atonement (2007) |
"I was interested, but detached. I felt like I was watching a pathological study of the effects of an unpleasant young girl's lie as it destroys three lives." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 3/5 |
August Rush (2007) |
"An honorable failure -- maybe even a noble one. Certainly, it's an ambitious one. But it is a failure." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 1/5 |
Awake (2007) |
"The most vapid stars of our age, Hayden Christensen and Jessica Alba, achieve total vapidosity in this jaw-dropping exercise in preposterosity from newcomer Joby Harold." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4.5/5 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"At the heart of Sarah Polley's impressive directorial debut is that luminous iconic figure of the 1960s, Julie Christie." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2/5 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"About on par with watching Cheech and Chong follow up a screening of their Up in Smoke with a PSA on the evils of marijuana.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2/5 |
Accepted (2006) |
"If -- for whatever incomprehensible reason -- you're searching for a movie with maximum ennui value, this is that movie." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"There's just too much charm, too much heart, too much obvious sincerity and too much genuine quality to allow the film to be blown off." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"The kind of admirable failure that's worth seeing for what it tries to do -- and for what it sometimes accomplishes." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"This is a heady mix, but it sounds funnier than it plays, because it needed a Billy Wilder level of cynicism, and Weitz doesn't have anything like that." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2.5/5 |
An American Haunting (2006) |
"Writer-director Courtney Solomon can't decide what kind of movie he's making." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2/5 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"It's not a lot more than the movie that came out between last week's Monster House and next week's Barnyard.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2/5 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"About as visionary as a 1940s Republic Pictures serial with the glossy sheen of an Indiana Jones picture lacquered over it." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Aquamarine (2006) |
"I kept getting the sense of an Afternoon Special that had blundered into a theater by accident on its way to a TV set." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Bitter, flawed, a bit sophomoric, but compelling in a way that better balanced cinematic efforts rarely are.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"While the movie is far from perfect, overall it's a worthy attempt.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 1.5/5 |
Aeon Flux (2005) |
"The tag line is, 'The Future Is Flux.' Personally, I think they left the 'ed' off that last word, and it's not only the future that's in this state, but the movie itself.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Splat .5/5 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"The title is reasonably fitting, since I very nearly was alone in the dark when I saw it.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 1/5 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"Rarely has rampant mayhem seemed this dull." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 1/5 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"Expends four full reels questioning the wisdom of procreation, only to turn around and conclude it's the greatest thing in life in the fifth." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"There's an unevenness to the film, and, frankly, I rarely found it funny, but I never found it less than fascinating and invariably entertaining.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"A nicely nasty little suspenser works better than it should." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Abouna (2004) |
"Gorgeously photographed, thematically complex and nothing if not ambitious, but strangely lacking in emotional punch.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2.5/5 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"Simplistic history and pompous, jingoistic propaganda; worst of all, it lacks much in the way of excitement.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Even when I didn't like Alexander, I was aware that this is a serious work by a forceful and important filmmaker with a distinctive tone of voice.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 4/5 |
Alfie (2004) |
"Shyer's Alfie captures the 1960s "British invasion" filmmaking style of Richard Lester, Michael Winner, etc., better than Lewis Gilbert did in the 1966 original.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 3.5/5 |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"It isn't some kind of ghastly betrayal of anything. It's just a rather silly exercise in schlock sci-fi horror that doesn't pretend to be anything else." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2/5 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"If it weren't for the ferret, this movie would be a total dog." |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 3/5 |
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
"It took four screenwriters to cobble this together. That's reasonable. With the death of Ed Wood, it's not possible for any one person to come up with anything this screwy.
" |
Ken Hanke |
Splat 2.5/5 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"At best fitfully amusing for all but hardcore Ferrell fans." |
Ken Hanke |
Tomato 5/5 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"It's one of those movies where I spent a lot of my first viewing thinking, 'Yes, this is what movies are really all about.'" |
Ken Hanke |
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