Splat 73/100 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"The '80s-centric atmosphere means that viewers over a certain age will probably connect to the material to a greater extent than their younger counterparts. In fact, the nostalgia factor might be enough for some people to overlook Adventureland's flaws." |
AskMen.com Staff |
Tomato 89/100 |
Drag Me To Hell (2009) |
"Sam Raimi returns to his Evil Dead roots with this white-knuckle horror flick that has the ability to scare the pants off you one moment then cause the giggles the next." |
AskMen.com Staff |
Splat 47/100 |
The Final Destination (2009) |
"The newest incarnation of Final Destination is really just 80 minutes of watching people die in variously ridiculous and implausible ways. It seems as if the filmmakers had more interest in constructing Rube Goldbergesque death traps than character" |
AskMen.com Staff |
Splat 57/100 |
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) |
"G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra contains two hours of cartoon violence, wildly exaggerated high-speed car chases and more than enough laser beams and bomb blasts to keep the kid inside you entertained. If you're going in expecting anything else, you're" |
AskMen.com Staff |
Tomato 73/100 |
The House of the Devil (2009) |
"The House of the Devil is not only set in the early '80s, but director Ti West chose to shoot and structure the film in a way so as to make it feel like it was made in the early '80s. In a way, this throwback style is reminiscent of what Quentin Ta" |
AskMen.com Staff |
Tomato 73/100 |
It Might Get Loud (2009) |
"It Might Get Loud stands as an effective primer into the world of rock 'n' roll that holds plenty of appeal for hardcore fans and neophytes alike." |
AskMen.com Staff |
Splat 60/100 |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"Iliadis knows a little something about mounting dread, as his slick camera work is constantly looking just past the brush for something creepy that may or may not be there. That's about as far as the praise goes for The Last House on the Left." |
AskMen.com Staff |
Splat 24/100 |
Mutant Chronicles (2009) |
"Every guy has watched an action film and wondered when we'd get to the good stuff, but from minute one we're given "the good stuff," but it's just not executed well enough, and the film is too kitschy to really be enjoyed." |
AskMen.com Staff |
Tomato 82/100 |
A Single Man (2009) |
"The clothes, the cars, the furniture -- Los Angeles of the early '60s offers Ford a chance to be gleefully fetishistic about his set pieces, embracing a moment when modern design had reached an undeniable apex. Falconer lives in a glass-and-timber Neutra-" |
AskMen.com Staff |
Splat 63/100 |
Survival of the Dead (2009) |
"Romero's sixth foray into the world of zombies shows that both he and the genre have run out of gas. Romero's films have always been noteworthy for their delicate balance of comedy and horror -- one minute he could make us laugh and the next we would be j" |
AskMen.com Staff |
Tomato 7.5/10 |
Transporter 2 (2005) |
"The original Transporter was a surprise hit in 2002, and this second installment will not disappoint." |
AskMen.com Staff |
Splat 73/100 |
Adventureland (2009) |
"The '80s-centric atmosphere means that viewers over a certain age will probably connect to the material to a greater extent than their younger counterparts. In fact, the nostalgia factor might be enough for some people to overlook Adventureland's flaws." |
David Nusair |
Splat 60/100 |
The Brothers Bloom (2009) |
"The central characters are not as compelling as they should be, and only Rachel Weisz makes a lasting impact. Despite their best efforts, Ruffalo and Brody are unable to transform their characters into figures worth caring about." |
David Nusair |
Splat 48/100 |
Crossing Over (2009) |
"Crossing Over has been surrounded by controversy ever since it wrapped up shooting way back in 2007..." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 87/100 |
The Deer Hunter (1978) |
"The friendship between the three central characters, as well as their shared association with the men from their small hometown, is truthful and realistic in a way that most guys will find impossible to resist." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 69/100 |
Duplicity (2009) |
"Duplicity ultimately comes off as a breath of fresh air amid a movie season rife with bleak horror films, hopelessly juvenile comedies and bloated superhero epics." |
David Nusair |
Splat 56/100 |
Fighting (2009) |
"Fighting would appear to be perfect for a guy's night out, but it ultimately comes off as a dull, hopelessly watered-down drama geared towards undiscerning teenagers." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 77/100 |
The Godfather Part II (1974) |
"Often ranked as the greatest movie sequel ever produced, The Godfather: Part II follows Al Pacino's Michael Corleone as he teams up with gangster Hyman Roth (Lee Strasberg) in an effort to expand his empire into the lucrative world of gambling." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 3/4 |
Gran Torino (2008) |
"Clint Eastwood's steady directorial hand proves instrumental in smoothing over the few overtly ineffective elements within Nick Schenk's admittedly far-from-subtle screenplay." |
David Nusair |
Tomato 87/100 |
The Road (2009) |
"Based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, The Road primarily transpires within a bleak, post-apocalyptic United States that's been decimated by an unnamed catastrophe -- with the bulk of the narrative following a father (Viggo Mortense" |
David Nusair |
Splat 49/100 |
The Soloist (2009) |
"The movie's final attempts at tugging at the viewer's heartstrings ultimately fall flat, and it's consequently impossible to label The Soloist as anything other than a well-intentioned misfire." |
David Nusair |
Splat 59/100 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) |
"Director Tony Scott has built a career out of crafting films that have been unabashedly geared toward the testosterone set. It's hard not to admire the R-rated gusto with which Scott has infused this film. It's actually refreshing, in this sanitized, hope" |
David Nusair |
Splat 58/100 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) |
"The Autobots and Decepticons return in this gleefully over-the-top sequel to 2007's successful Transformers, with many of the original's actors reprising their roles -- including Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, and Tyrese Gibson. The clutter" |
David Nusair |
Tomato 69/100 |
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) |
"You might say Moore has been making this movie his entire career. He attempts to expose corrupt bottom line-minded corporations that are in league with Capitol Hill as the cause of America's ills. He's been doing just that since the days of Roger & Me<" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 93/100 |
The Conversation (1974) |
"Coppola shows off his arty aspirations by doing for audio technology what Antonioni did for photography. But The Conversation is a different animal entirely, steering clear of the existential dilemmas in Antonioni's film and creating a character pi" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 97/100 |
District 9 (2009) |
"Far from your average monster debauchery or invasion extravaganza, District 9 operates as an allegory for apartheid, xenophobia, corporate malfeasance, gentrification, and the dog-eat-dog nature of living in poverty under hostile and oppressive conditions" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 92/100 |
Double Indemnity (1944) |
"Writer/director Billy Wilder cements all the hallmarks of a style that comes into its own with this wicked and suspenseful portrait of capitalist greed and post-war anxiety." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 64/100 |
Everybody's Fine (2009) |
"To dismiss Everybody's Fine as clichéd holiday schmaltz is to stereotype without appreciating the finer details. Clearly working within an established genre without the gall to overstep his boundaries, Jones elevates the material by showing conside" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 86/100 |
Fight Club (1999) |
"The last great male-centric movie of the last millennium just arrived on a spectacular new Blu-ray disc for its 10th anniversary, providing the opportunity to relish every aspect of David Fincher's ultimate dissection of Gen-X masculinity. Fight Club |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 94/100 |
Full Metal Jacket (1987) |
"Visually poetic, darkly humorous, uncompromisingly brutal, and subversive in every way, Full Metal Jacket is easily one of the best war movies without being remotely similar to your standard issue war flick." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 90/100 |
Heat (1995) |
"The director's signature sleek and romantic aesthetic is reason enough to take a seat for this operatic three-hour marathon." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 92/100 |
The Hurt Locker (2009) |
"Departing from archetypes set by WWII and Vietnam movies, Bigelow's tough-as-nails film develops its own signature. It's not a message movie, but a tactile experience. It feels gritty, real and current." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 6/10 |
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) |
"As impressive and as wild as Gilliam's acid-laced visuals can be -- and yes, they are often stunning and hilarious -- it's not enough to keep us engaged in a movie with a plot that spins circles around our heads and characters who are really nothing more" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 76/100 |
The Informant! (2009) |
"The Informant! is a provocative character study on a brainy, but utterly complicated and persistently distracted, executive who probably gets confused by which sock should go on the right foot. Soderbergh gets a rise out of his scenery, recreating" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 86/100 |
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"Tarantino engages with the power of language, not only spoken but cinematic language in particular. He relishes the way movies speak to an audience, the manipulative power of cinematic dialect to tell facts differently, and how film language can replace m" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Splat 57/100 |
Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"Jennifer's Body is about as scary as Mean Girls, which makes a lot of sense since Diablo Cody's comedy about evil high school girls is really just a gory and potty-mouthed version of the Lindsay Lohan movie. Megan Fox is game for Cody-speak," |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 65/100 |
Julie & Julia (2009) |
"The film features a typical bio on the one side -- the making of the legend that is Julia Child -- and a coming-of-age rom-com on the other, with the good but underused Amy Adams pouting her way through New York City and a cookbook; the only shared ingred" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Splat 41/100 |
The Limits of Control (2009) |
"[The shots in The Limits of Control are] beautiful to look at, but it all goes nowhere in a movie that's all simulacra -- all form and theory with no substance, like a shiny disco ball that reflects everything but is still empty inside." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Splat 3/10 |
Nine (2009) |
"Lost are Fellini's autobiographical nuances, the deep philosophical and psychoanalytical ramblings, the artistic construction of identity, and the very film specific deconstruction at play. They even scrap the circus! It just makes you wonder what the poi" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 89/100 |
Once Upon a Time in the West (1969) |
"Sergio Leone loaded up for another Spaghetti Western and shot out his magnum opus with this follow-up to the Dollars trilogy. Charles Bronson stars as an ominous stranger known only as Harmonica -- on the account of that instrument being the only other th" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 91/100 |
Out of Sight (1998) |
"Soderbergh finds the perfect equilibrium between mainstream entertainment and arty panache, lacing this heist movie/romantic comedy with character-motivated time shifting, prominent freeze-frames, a funky soundtrack and an all-around hip vibe." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 74/100 |
Public Enemies (2009) |
"Sure, Public Enemies can still boast Mann's crisp HD aesthetics and stylistic cool but the showdown between Dillinger and Purvis lack ... well ... Heat." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 78/100 |
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) |
"Some might confuse Zenovich's indictment on the judge as a cop-out in judging Polanski. But the facts remain. There's no further insight into the heinous crime. Nor is there a new judgment to be passed on the man who committed it. Anyone looking for new r" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 75/100 |
A Serious Man (2009) |
"Likely to polarize its audience like any open-to-interpretation biblical tale, A Serious Man can be looked at as a film about the meaninglessness of life or as a meaningless film. Either way, there's no denying that only the Coens can make this bla" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 98/100 |
Star Trek (2009) |
"The other summer tent poles have to stretch mighty high to reach the benchmark set by this soaring and explosive blockbuster. The action never tires in the amped-up Star Trek." |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Splat 52/100 |
Surrogates (2009) |
"Imagine that your Facebook page, complete with that airbrushed profile photo, can go out into "real" society and leave you at home twiddling your fingers, living vicariously through it. That's the general concept of Surrogates, where humans stay sh" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 96/100 |
Taxi Driver (1976) |
"Writer Paul Schrader and director Martin Scorsese made names for themselves with this exquisitely crafted window into the contemporary male psyche. Taxi Driver seems aimless, taking as many u-turns and detours as a cabby does in the night. But it's" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 94/100 |
Three Kings (1999) |
"It's amazing how much action can be crammed into a movie about a war where most soldiers didn't actually see any action. Three Kings has its fair share of shootouts, none that are merely squeezed in for guilty pleasures. Every shot fired is motivated by c" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 90/100 |
Up in the Air (2009) |
"Though it's far from perfect, Up in the Air is without a doubt Jason Reitman's most mature film to date. In other words, it's his least flawed. A filmmaker who is certainly in tune with his generation, Reitman gives prominent roles to Blackberry an" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
Tomato 66/100 |
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
"Where the Wild Things Are is far more admirable than it is enjoyable. There's not much of a story to this flight of fancy (more on this later), but Jonze's adaptation is crafted with a striking visual design and a powerful central child performance. In fa" |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
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