Tomato 3/4
Baby Mama (2008)
"The picture is about a surrogate mother, and in a sense Fey is asked to be the movie's surrogate."
Josh Larsen
Splat 1.5/4
Babylon A.D. (2008)
"I can't decide what is most confusing - the nonsensical plot, the participation of Michelle Yeoh, or the fact that Vin Diesel's voice has somehow dropped another register."
Tomato 4/4
Back to the Future (1985)
"Thompson's funny, carnal performance forces us all to face an ugly truth: once, our moms might have been prowling teens too."
Baghead (2008)
"...you're not quite sure what to make of Baghead, though in a good way."
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
"Couldn't the Pangs have spent some of that studio money on more lights?"
The Bank Job (2008)
"No one is going mistake Jason Statham for Daniel Day-Lewis, but the action specialist still deserves better material than he's usually given."
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
"Eisenstein proved himself to be the first of what would become a familiar filmmaking type: the entertainer/sadist."
Splat 2/4
Before the Rains (2008)
"There is something especially insulting about a very adult movie told in very childish terms."
Billy: The Early Years (2008)
"...a biography picture of the patronizing saint variety."
Body of Lies (2008)
"Isn't it time someone did a serious cost-benefit analysis on the filmmaking partnership of Russell Crowe and director Ridley Scott?"
The Box (2009)
"...a case of half-hearted ambition, if there is such a thing. Kelly fails, but the problem is he doesn't fail big enough."
Brideshead Revisited (2008)
"It's like three movies - about a single book - in one"
The Brothers Bloom (2009)
"Now I know what it's like for those buzz killers who complain about Wes Anderson films."
Tomato 3.5/4
Bruno (2009)
"Cohen holds up another mirror to American society, and if anything we've only gotten uglier since Borat. Or maybe we're just uglier when it comes to homosexuality."
Burn After Reading (2008)
"And you thought No Country for Old Men was nihilistic."
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