Tomato A- |
After the Storm (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009, and the best documentary." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Splat F |
Another Gay Sequel (2008) |
"One of only three movies in my life I've walked out of before they ended; the worst film of 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B- |
The Art of Being Straight (2009) |
"The director's inexperience shows at times...but his writing and acting are fine. Indeed, everyone in the cast is quite good." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Chris & Don: A Love Story (2007) |
"A great, revealing documentary; one of the best films released in 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Splat C- |
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"Excessively violent but oddly dull...a Crusades allegory for teeny-boppers" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Coraline (2009) |
"One of the ten best home video releases (and one of the best films period) of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B |
The Country Teacher (2009) |
"Sometimes predictable, but it takes a number of surprising turns." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
- |
Departures (2009) |
"The best film of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
- |
Eating Out: All You Can Eat (2009) |
"Eating Out with Mink Stole" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Splat C- |
Filth and Wisdom (2008) |
"Madonna's direction isn't half-bad...too bad she chose a poor script teeming with uninteresting characters" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Four Minutes (2007) |
"Potent tale...one of the ten best films released in 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A+ |
Gone With the Wind (1939) |
"One of the ten best home video (re-)releases of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"An unusually cheery movie from veteran British writer-director Mike Leigh; one of the ten best films of 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B+ |
Humpday (2009) |
"More sophisticated than a brief plot synopsis indicates, and it is one of the most observant and intelligent movies ever about male relationships." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B+ |
Humpday (2009) |
"One of the ten best home video releases of 2009, and one of the year's best films period." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Splat D |
It's Complicated (2009) |
"We love La Meryl, but this is the worst movie of 2009." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
- |
Julie & Julia (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
The Last Station (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
- |
Little Ashes (2009) |
"Hello, Dali: An Interview with Javier Beltran" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
- |
Little Ashes (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato C+ |
Make the Yuletide Gay (2009) |
"Sometimes strained but thoroughly enjoyable...(The film) has fun overturning some coming-out story conventions." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A |
Milk (2008) |
"The best film of 2008; engrossing no matter what one's sexual orientation." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
- |
Milk (2008) |
"One of the ten best home video releases of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) |
"A valentine to a by-gone era; one of the ten best films of 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Splat C |
Mulligans (2008) |
"Despite its makers' best efforts to be provocative, the film ends up a bit routine." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Ready? OK! (2008) |
"Charming and criminally unreleased theatrically; one of the ten best films of 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B |
Redwoods (2009) |
"Sexy and touching...(The film) becomes predictable and a little trite at the end, but its climax is undeniably moving." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
A Serious Man (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B |
Sex Positive (2009) |
"Definitely worth seeing...many of us literally owe our lives to (the film's subjects)." |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Splat D |
Shank (2009) |
"I don't recommend this London-set tale of sexually conflicted, teenage sociopaths" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A |
A Single Man (2009) |
"Not only one of the best films of 2009, but one of the best gay-themed films ever...The most authentically detailed period film since 2002's "Far from Heaven"" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
- |
Skin (2009) |
"One of the ten best films of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A+ |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) |
"One of the ten best home video (re-)releases of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Speed Racer (2008) |
"Fellow critics mercilessly denounced this dazzling, visually inventive adaptation; one of the ten best films of 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B |
The Strange One (1957) |
"One of the ten best, if one of the more obscure, home video releases of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Splat D |
Synecdoche, New York (2008) |
"A pretentious, witless disaster that largely wastes a great cast; one of the worst films of 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato B+ |
Up (2009) |
"One of the best home video releases of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
WALL-E (2008) |
"Disney-Pixar's greatest film yet; one of the ten best movies of 2008" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A+ |
The Wizard of Oz (1939) |
"One of the ten best home video (re-)releases of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
Tomato A- |
Yentl (1983) |
"One of the best home video releases of 2009" |
Fr. Chris Carpenter |
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