Tomato |
300 (2007) |
"I still wish David Wenham weren't the narrator, but everything else about the movie is a brutal kind of hypnotic that keeps me coming back." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene (2008) |
"...even [Don] Cheadle is no substitute for the man himself." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
American Teen (2008) |
"...a refreshing antidote to the overly beautified "teenagers" and excessively clean buildings that populate Hollywood's phony high school stories." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Big Man Japan (2009) |
"...we follow middle-aged bachelor Dai around Tokyo while he feeds his cat, rides the subway, and periodically transforms into a 50-foot tall tattooed wrestler who battles giant monsters." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Captain Abu Raed (2008) |
"If there's a flaw to the film, it's that the hero has none -- he's such a saint that this sometimes feels like a scripture lesson." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Caterpillar Wish (2006) |
"A well-done movie all-around -- but what teenager today uses film in her camera?" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Choose Connor (2008) |
"The ending is also note-perfect. However...it could have used perhaps a bit more restraint in some areas." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"...as inferior to the first book as the second one is, so is the second film from the first. Which is about right." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Cloverfield (2008) |
"...the swiftness, economy, and momentum of the storytelling is enough to sweep right over the rough parts." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Death Note (2006) |
"It's like Infernal Affairs/The Departed crossed with Devilman, Primal Fear and Drop Dead Fred. If that combination doesn't scream "Watch me!" to you, well, you're wrong." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Death Note: The Last Name (2006) |
"It's like Infernal Affairs/The Departed crossed with Devilman, Primal Fear and Drop Dead Fred. If that combination doesn't scream "Watch me!" to you, well, you're wrong." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
The Edge of Heaven (2008) |
"And you thought you had trouble connecting with your parents!" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
The Elephant King (2008) |
"Seth Grossman's second feature as a director is beautiful to look at, solidly acted, unpredictable and sexy as hell." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) |
"Bloodless, but just make sure your young 'uns are past the stage of copying all the moves they see." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Garage (2008) |
"A wonderfully knowing portrait of the fading small-town lifestyle in the Emerald Isle, Garage doesn't quite make the "must-see" list because of its ending" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
"[George Lucas] and Steven Spielberg have earned back a lot of goodwill with this one. It's the only Spielberg movie in over a decade that actually ends when it's supposed to." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Kabluey (2008) |
"Prendergast is clearly a force to be reckoned with -- his fearless performance as Salman/Kabluey is a thing of beauty, and his sense of story and humor are note-perfect." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Pathology (2008) |
"When a movie opens with the diner scene from When Harry Met Sally as performed by cadavers, and later proceeds to sex scenes involving scalpels and needles, the actual plot becomes inconsequential." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Romance & Cigarettes (2007) |
"...you have not lived till you've seen Walken belt out a Tom Jones tune." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Shoot 'Em Up (2007) |
"...arguably the best-directed movie of the year." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Son of Rambow (2008) |
"Some of the dialogue is overly cinema-savvy for naive kids ("We're losing light!"), but...director Garth Jennings gives the proceedings a charmingly surreal and imaginative tone." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story (2008) |
"Gone are the days when you could rig a movie theater's seats with electric buzzers to simulate a monster attack...but you can relive them via this exuberant tribute" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Street Kings (2008) |
"Ayer keeps upping the ante, to the point where finally you go, "Okay, NOW this [stuff] they're doing is definitely unacceptable."" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
Timecrimes (2008) |
"one of the best movie opening sequences in recent memory...The rest, unfortunately, is a bit more predictable." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Tomato |
The Tracey Fragments (2008) |
"Likely to overwhelm and annoy viewers hoping for Juno Part II, it is nonetheless an audacious and imaginative work that's sure to remain one of the year's best." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) |
"Where does this movie rank in the grand pantheon of Alien and Predator movies? Next to last. It's still better than ALIEN RESURRECTION." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
The Art of Travel (2008) |
"...cloying and a structural mess" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Fugitive Pieces (2008) |
"If you haven't had enough of Holocaust-related tales onscreen, this is a perfectly serviceable one" |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008) |
"Though Boll now has his own fan base who love his awfulness -- the crowd I saw the movie with cheered when his name came up onscreen at the end -- he isn't consistent enough for my liking/disliking." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
King of Ping Pong (2008) |
"If this kid were your classmate in school, you'd avoid him. Doing likewise with the movie won't hurt." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
The Last International Playboy (2009) |
"...it's kind of like Van Wilder with fewer laughs and a really horrible soundtrack." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Mister Foe (2008) |
"Presented as a sort of romantic neo-fairy-tale, the movie rarely acknowledges the inherent creepiness of its premise." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
One Missed Call (2008) |
"One missed opportunity." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Sherman's Way (2009) |
"Not an uncontrived moment goes by." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Steep (2007) |
"I'm not a skier. My balance is bad, and that stuff scares me. So more power to those who are - this flick's for you. And probably not anyone else." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
Superhero Movie! (2008) |
"Note to screenwriters: it's clear you think that jokes ending in the words "Myspace," "YouTube," or "Wikipedia" are automatically funny, but it just ain't so." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
Splat |
The Good Life (2007) |
"As a director, Stephen Berra makes this all quite palatable, but as a writer, he frequently mistakes platitudes for profundity." |
Luke Y. Thompson |
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