Splat 1.5/4 |
Amelia (2009) |
"Never a sense of destiny, never a sense of dread, never a sense of Amelia Earhart" |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"Rises above standard popcorn fare and serves as grist for lots of post-movie chatter" |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"Comedy, drama, unforgettable characters, good music, and an underdog story. Don't miss it!" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Art & Copy (2009) |
"Doug Pray asked them what it was like to change the world on behalf of someone else's product" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Avatar (2009) |
"Titanic budget supports an old story and some military hardware" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Adam Resurrected (2008) |
"The ending throws away the complexity that makes the rest of the movie so interesting" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alexandra (2008) |
"Clever scenario looks at the balance of power betwween age, sex, and nationality" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Art of Travel (2008) |
"Adventurers arrive at new epiphanies while trekking through the jungles of Colombia" |
Anand Ramachandran |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Australia (2008) |
"Luhrmann makes sure every dollar -- American or Australian -- shows up onscreen" |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"Along the lines of Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge! on downers" |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume 2 (2007) |
"Young Indy's war years are finally on DVD" |
Matt Anderson |
Splat 2/4 |
Albert Fish (2007) |
"A docudrama about an elderly cannibalistic child-molesting serial killer" |
John Adams |
Splat 2.5/4 |
American Pit Bull (2007) |
"If you are "dog people" you'll love this DVD" |
John Adams |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Astronaut Farmer (2007) |
"An imperfect but delightful film" |
Rise Keller |
Splat 1.5/4 |
August Rush (2007) |
"Requires the suspension of disbelief, then takes advantage of you." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Away From Her (2007) |
"Maybe the point of this Alzheimer's movie is not to devastate the emotions of an audience" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"A wonderfully trippy movie, more about the drugs and paranoia than the plot" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan (2006) |
"The shock value of seeing a wanted assassin will draw you in to the history lesson." |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"A half-assed remake of An Officer and a Gentleman" |
Ryan Hurtig |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"Apocalypto is a very ambitious movie, but not because of the weapons" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Has the makings of a mediocre, after-school sitcom" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A Stranger of Mine (2005) |
"Three stories eventually intertwine in a complex, funny web; a better film would start much stronger." |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
A Tout de Suite (2005) |
"The stupidity of the characters becomes a distraction and leaves you not caring what happens to them" |
Nick Reed |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"Underwater movie wishes it were an outer-space movie" |
Ryan Hurtig |
Splat 1/4 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"No subtext, no moral, no cultural observation, no substance; if it had calories, they would be empty" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"... wasn't exactly screaming to be remade, but this rendition does offer bigger, better chills even as its denouement departs wildly from the source material." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Anton Corbijn - The Work of Director Anton Corbijn (2005) |
"... his consistent level of quality and imagination guarantee this collection’s spot in any videophile’s DVD rotation." |
Matt Anderson |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"A veritable who's who in American comedy (with a few Brits and Canadians thrown in)" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Ask the Dust (2005) |
"A pulpy, hard-boiled, ironic tale but with a happy ending" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
Absolut (2004) |
"If Eternal Sunshine didn't have Charlie Kaufman and a big budget, it might have looked like Absolut." |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"What was originally intended to be a gritty, R-rated epic devolved into this also-ran" |
Ryan Hurtig |
Splat 1/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Doesn't earn the right to be three hours long" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
"A new generation adopts my generation's horror films" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"More jokes than many comedies, but wasted potential makes it seems like less" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
"Even on video, America's Heart and Soul is gorgeous, but it's still not enough" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2.5/4 |
America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
"A place where nobody watches TV, criminals are rehabilitated, and everyone's life has meaning" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"You'll be more likely to scratch your head in puzzlement than to pull your mouth into a smile" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"... this cinematic Phantom, buoyed by a 105-piece orchestra and 95-voice choir, succeeds with newfound oomph and spectacle." |
Matt Anderson |
Splat 2/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"See it if you're looking for an excuse to sit in an air-conditioned theater for two hours" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"DVD features reveal how much worse this movie could have been" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Aviator (2004) |
"Feels like a whole, complete movie, without oversimplifying Hughes' life" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"Green's style will put him among the big names of a new generation of filmmakers" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"A soup can is just a soup can until you hang it on a wall in an art gallery." |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Andy Goldsworthy - Rivers and Tides: Working With Time (2003) |
"Goldsworthy's art is magical, and the cinematography is outstanding" |
Marty Mapes |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Ryan Hurtig |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Anything Else (2003) |
"Like many recent Woody Allen movies, this one is all about the dialogue and one-liners" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 2/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"Because of Payne's sacrifices to comedy, he doesn't deserve someone as good as Nicholson in the lead" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Accidental Spy (2002) |
"Shows that Jackie Chan is getting older, and that's something I would rather live in denial about" |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Accidental Spy (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Marty Mapes |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Andrea Birgers |