Tomato |
La France (2007) |
"It has the odd but potent effect of revealing an ethereal aspect of the war experience that in its bleakness stirs the mind with far more elusive questions than answers. A tantalizing, visually lyrical elixir for those enamored of mystifying brain teasers" |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato 2/4 |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"A relentlessly-depressing, warts-and-all biopic which depicts the untimely demise of a diva due to the toll taken on her body and soul by a combination of unfortunate disasters." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"While resonating with the unique breadth and depth of the soulful disarming voice of this nearly mythic chanteuse, the male scrutiny of her more earthbound social and psychological struggles as a woman diminishes the potential to truly illuminate her life" |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
La Vie En Rose (2007) |
"Resonates with the unique breadth and depth of the soulful disarming voice of this nearly mythic chanteuse." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat 0/4 |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"Get a load of how ridiculous the plot is: Samuel L. Jackson plays a short-tempered bigot with a very specific prejudice, namely, mixed couples where the man is white and the woman is black. Otherwise, he has plenty of friends of every ethnicity." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"A molasses-paced flick which rings false from beginning to end, from its patently absurd premise clear through to its unintentionally funny resolution." |
Kam Williams |
Splat |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"Interracial mating as the cinematic incendiary device of choice, and it's not white racists that are made to seethe about cross-racial romance, but oddly enough, black folks. Reality check, please." |
Prairie Miller |
- |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"Sam Jackson Talks Lakeview Terrace: Taking The Tough Questions" |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
Lakeview Terrace (2008) |
"Worst case scenario moviemaking, with interracial mating as the cinematic incendiary device of choice, along with Jackson's honed terror tactics that can make you shrivel with the slightest disapproving snarl." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
Land of the Lost (2009) |
"Boasts a lewd monkey man fond of fondling human private parts without permission, apparently not a felony in prehistoric times, boob sign language chuckles, Tyrannosaurus tongue baths, and moments of humor that seem to arrive centuries apart." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
Land of the Lost (2009) |
"Boasts a lewd monkey man fond of fondling human private parts without permission, apparently not a felony in prehistoric times, boob sign language chuckles, Tyrannosaurus tongue baths, and moments of humor that seem to arrive centuries apart." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"A kind of Invasion Of The Silicone Body Snatchers, this weirdly affecting tall tale is about a loony guy and his entire delusional small town falling in PG love with a certainly not politically correct but irrefutably anatomically correct, well, sex doll." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"A kind of Invasion Of The Silicone Body Snatchers, this weirdly affecting tall tale is about a loony guy and his entire delusional small town falling in PG love with a certainly not politically correct but irrefutably anatomically correct, well, sex doll." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato 3/4 |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) |
"Worth it just to watch Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson effortlessly weave movie magic via vintage screen performances." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Last Chance Harvey (2008) |
"Hoffman and Thompson team to weave movie magic via a vintage romantic roundelay." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"Bucolic class warfare, while toying sadistically with the wrongheaded notion that victims likewise harbor inner homicidal maniacs waiting to be set free. But undeniably super-scary, just when you thought that genre had been done to death, no pun." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Last House on the Left (2009) |
"Bucolic class warfare, while toying sadistically with the wrongheaded notion that victims likewise harbor inner homicidal maniacs waiting to be set free. But undeniably super-scary, just when you thought that genre had been done to death, no pun." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Last King of Scotland (2006) |
"Recommended for the opportunity to witness Whitaker at his very best, despite the fact the gifted actor was restricted by a screenplay which failed to imbue his character with a complex range of emotions or motivations." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Last Mimzy (2007) |
"A timely cautionary tale, even if its heartwarming message gets a little garbled along the way." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Last Mistress (2008) |
"Self -indulgent sexaholism as a pre-feminist mantra and mandate." |
Kam Williams |
Splat |
The Last Mistress (2008) |
"With small talk fueling this French Provincial porn more than the dull sex, you may be reading this movie and its subtitles, more than watching it. And while it's not clear why she's The Last Mistress, this babe could be The First Stalker." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
The Last Mistress (2008) |
"With small talk fueling this French Provincial porn more than the dull sex, you may be reading this movie and its subtitles, more than watching it. And while it's not clear why she's The Last Mistress, this babe could be The First Stalker." |
Prairie Miller |
- |
The Last Sin Eater (2007) |
"Set in the 1850s, this Christian-oriented tale of redemption comes courtesy of Fox Faith, a newly-created division of 20th Century Fox." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
The Last Stand |
"To the extent that you can ignore the jokes in The Last Stand, you'll likely appreciate the rest of Parr's otherwise well-crafted, multi-layered mystery." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato |
The Last Winter (2007) |
"An eco-supernatural dreamscape companion piece to Al Gore's cautionary doc, An Incovenient Truth, and a thinking man's figurative and literal sub-Arctic chiller with a turbulent character-driven indie soul." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Lazarus Project (2008) |
"Combines chilling psychological horror with other scary notions like medical experimentation, death row, criminal redemption as an extinct idea, and religious tyranny." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Lazarus Project (2008) |
"Generates nonstop gripping mental terror and nerve shredding false leads that never let up." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato 2/4 |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"A pleasant period piece harking back to days of yore, but one so superficial that it's likely to be forgotten by the time you file up the aisle." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 2/4 |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"A pleasant period piece harking back to days of yore, but one so superficial that it's likely to be forgotten by the time you file up the aisle." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"An odd screen combo of insanely silly retro-screwball humor, the bumbling antics of a football team of attention deficit disorder, looney tunes Keystone jocks, and a smart-aleck, acid tongue reporter babe upstaging all those sweaty gents around her." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Leatherheads (2008) |
"An odd screen combo of insanely silly retro-screwball humor, the bumbling antics of a football team of attention deficit disorder, looney tunes Keystone jocks, and a smart-aleck, acid tongue reporter babe upstaging all those sweaty gents around her." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Lemon Tree (2008) |
"If only every Arab-Israeli conflict could be resolved with Biblical wisdom worthy of Solomon rather than with bombs and bullets." |
Kam Williams |
Splat |
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"A limited how-to on efficiently cracking necks after biting and draining them. But whether this frosty Nordic couch potato vampire gore is your cup of bodily fluid, will depend on your preference for bloodsucker cinema as a dish best served cold." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
Let the Right One In (2008) |
"A limited how-to on efficiently cracking necks after biting and draining them. But whether this frosty Nordic couch potato vampire gore is your cup of bodily fluid, will depend on your preference for bloodsucker cinema as a dish best served cold." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato 2/4 |
Let's Go to Prison (2006) |
"Though sloppily edited like a bad B-movie, this poor man's version of Trading Places will undoubtedly resonate for anyone with a taste for gruesome gallows humor, and a desire to see a spoiled, rich kid get a taste of how the other half lives." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 3/4 |
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) |
"A Japanese war flick comprised of contrasting character portraits of soldiers torn between dying with honor and the very human instinct of self-preservation." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
License To Wed (2007) |
"Looks like Robin Williams has replaced Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the kiss of death on the set of any comedy." |
Kam Williams |
Splat 0/4 |
License To Wed (2007) |
"Looks like Robin Williams has replaced Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the kiss of death on the set of any comedy." |
Kam Williams |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (2004) |
"Comprehensive bio-pic of the Beat Generation poet best remembered for 'Howl' the epic poem which opens with the immortal line, 'I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness.' Cool, Daddy-O!" |
Kam Williams |
Splat |
The Life Before Her Eyes (2008) |
"An anti-abortion movement propaganda screed masquerading as a teen angst drama. All that's missing are the religious right pamphlet tables in the theater lobbies. There's apparently a new kind of female road movie out there, called the guilt trip." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
The Life I Lived (2007) |
"A psychological crime thriller about remorseful gangster angst, The Life I Lived is shades of The Godfather, with a little Woody Allen thrown in. Not to mention eating disorders, alcoholism and domestic abuse." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Life Support (2007) |
"Queen Latifah is raw and real, in a tough love movie about women struggling against AIDS." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
The Limits of Control (2009) |
"This subversion of the classic film noir, rather than conjuring air so thick you could cut it with a knife, is instead so thin that the lack of substance may simply send you into a drowy state. The Limits of Control, or rather the limits of patience." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
The Limits of Control (2009) |
"This subversion of the classic film noir, rather than conjuring air so thick you could cut it with a knife, is instead so thin that the lack of substance may simply send you into a drowy state. The Limits of Control, or rather the limits of patience." |
Prairie Miller |
- |
Linewatch (2008) |
"Sharon Leal on Soul Men" |
Kam Williams |
Splat 1/4 |
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"Pontificating aplenty in Robert Redford's preachy anti-war polemic." |
Kam Williams |
Splat .5/4 |
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"A simplistic, if well-intentioned, overindulgence in obviousms." |
Kam Williams |
- |
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"Michael Pena on beer, baseball, and Lions For Lambs." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Lions for Lambs (2007) |
"Tom Cruise does a creepy politician with an evil eye on the White House. Look out, Giuliani!" |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
Little Ashes (2009) |
"A strictly genius guy thing billed as historical fantasy, as this trio of high IQ party animal sexaholics, among them a defanged low testosterone Pattinson as Dali, frolic at a college resembling an antique Animal House." |
Prairie Miller |
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