Tomato A- |
F For Fake (1976) |
"Hardcore film lovers owe it to themselves to track down F for Fake; its charms and merits are quite real." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Fafner - Vol. 1: Arcadian Project (2005) |
"An interesting storyline... and some hopefully soon-to-be fleshed out characters. And hey, when you mix that with giant robots, you’ve got a hit." |
Troy Roberts |
Tomato B |
Family Guy - Volume 3 (2005) |
"Willfully ridiculous and still successfully funny at the same time." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005) |
"Viewers will likely spark to this, but only slightly more so than they would a couple of great episodes of the series." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
The Family Stone (2005) |
"The movie's stock base: pat revelations and cheap manipulations." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Fantastic Four (1994) |
"If you can survive those unlucky 13 episodes... the fourteenth episode, first of the second season, is a breath of fresh air." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat C |
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"A colorful, young-skewing flick... but one as hopelessly bland as it is behind the times." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
Fantasy Island - The First Season (1978) |
"Most [episodes] play out as a kitschy ... parade of (at the time) name actors." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Farscape - The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) |
"A fitting end to a gloriously innovative series..." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat D- |
Fascination (2005) |
"Lurid, lazy and altogether awful..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Faster (2004) |
"A top-notch piece of vicarious-thrills entertainment..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Fat Albert (2004) |
"There's some fun to be had in watching cartoon characters created in the ’70s adjusting to the real life world of 2004." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B |
Fateless (2006) |
"Fateless locates compassion in the worst sort of circumstances, and thus stokes the fire of hope in humanity, which is never a bad thing." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Father of the Bride (1991) |
"Some parts were sweet without being sugary even in 1991, and they're still as sweet today." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B |
Fear X (2003) |
"Fear X, like an impressionistic painting, is evocative in original ways." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Felicity - Season 4 (2002) |
"The fourth season is both a return to the basics and a freak of nature..." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato A- |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) |
"Remains a near-peerless portrait of the emboldening nature of burgeoning adolescent self-confidence." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Fever Pitch (2005) |
"It carries with it the full courage of its heart-on-its-sleeve convictions, and that’s easy to respond to." |
Brent Simon |
Splat D |
Fifteen & Pregnant (1998) |
"The enormous, misshapen pillow on the cover is among the most laughable pregnancy fakings I’ve ever seen, but [there is]... no such laughter inside, alas." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Fighting Elegy (1966) |
"A film marked by a remarkably true connection to the adolescent feeling and energy of its young protagonist." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
The Final Cut (2004) |
"The final outcome... [is] confusing, not to mention downright dissatisfying." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B- |
Final Destination 3 (2006) |
"Robustly embodies the cathartic pleasures of shared scared silliness." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"The director is enabled greatly by a superb cast, including a superlative turn by the guileless Depp." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Finding Neverland (2004) |
"This is an Oscar-worthy movie, no matter what some boxing fans might say." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B- |
Fire and Ice (1983) |
"A worn if decently stitched together amalgamation of fantasy cliché... the movie's occasional visual punch is undeniable." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Firewall (2006) |
"The film is precise, square and in many regards beat-perfect - in other words, the perfect movie to skip in theaters and enjoy somewhere down the road as a rainy-weekend rental or background-noise friend while paying some bills." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
The First Amendment Project |
"A useful tool, especially for those who wonder if 'free speech' truly is free." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B |
Fishbone - Critical Times: The Hen House Sessions (2004) |
"An interesting behind-the-scenes look at a band of significant influence if not chart sales." |
James Stanton |
Tomato B |
The Flash (1990) |
"A logical, if TV-level, outgrowth of [Tim Burton's] Batman. A shame, then, that it didn't last." |
Scott Collura |
Tomato B |
Flight of the Phoenix (2004) |
"Fortunately, Moore manages to find many such interesting cinematic diversions to spice things up." |
Scott Collura |
Splat C+ |
Flightplan (2005) |
"Foster's character in Flightplan is incredibly one-note, and it really wears on you after a bit." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Flightplan (2005) |
"The last time Foster gave this great a performance, she was nominated for an Oscar." |
Tony Whitt |
Tomato B+ |
The Fly (1986) |
"Acting, psychological perspicacity and general creepiness all merge to wonderful effect in this deftly 'hijacked' studio movie." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
The Fly II (1989) |
"Whenever anything is billed as 'the new generation of terror,' you can rest assured that’s generally not a good sign." |
Brent Simon |
Splat D |
The Fog (1980) |
"Before I begin to trash The Fog -- and rest assured, I will -- let me first say this: I love scary movies." |
Adam DiLeo |
Tomato B+ |
The Fog (1980) |
"The Fog is a fine scary ghost story ... but it’s no Halloween. And looking back 25 years later, it definitely shouldn’t be." |
Brian Thomas |
Splat D |
The Fog (2003) |
"Borrows liberally from several major American thrillers and horror movies made in the last 20 years -- except, ironically, The Fog." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat C+ |
Footballers Wives - The Complete First Season |
"A whole heckuva lot of drama and tension [are] crammed into only eight hour-long episodes." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
The Forgotten Films of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (2005) |
"A fine representative sampling..." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato A- |
Forgotten Silver (1997) |
"It may not be an epic on the same scale as the Rings trilogy, but it's every bit as entertaining..." |
Tony Whitt |
Splat C |
Four Brothers (2005) |
"Singleton's direction leaves much to be desired." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C- |
Four Brothers (2005) |
"Wait for it on television and you won’t hate yourself quite as much in the morning." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A- |
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) |
"An absolute pleasure..." |
Brent Simon |
Splat C |
Foxx Boxx (2004) |
"The through-line that emerges is one of a performer finding his way..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Frank Sinatra Show - with Bing Crosby and Dean Martin (1958) |
"The pure joy of performance comes through and the rapport between the stars ... is obvious." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B |
Frank Sinatra Show with Ella Fitzgerald (1959) |
"This DVD is re-mastered from the archive tape of that program, and features the original show in its entirety, including promotional segments..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B- |
Frankenstein vs. The Creature From Blood Cove |
"Really delivers in the monster department..." |
Brian Thomas |
Tomato B |
Freedomland (2005) |
"As with Spike Lee’s New York-set Clockers ... Freedomland is suffused with a similar, musky mix of race, class, crime and local political considerations." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato B+ |
Friday Night Lights (2004) |
"A fetishistic but nonetheless entertaining and full-of-heart depiction of the gladiatorial drama of high school football..." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato A |
Fullmetal Alchemist - Vol. 2: Scarred Man of the East (2004) |
"The second volume has expanded upon what was seen in the first volume without losing any steam, and it looks like things can only get better from here." |
Troy Roberts |
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