Splat 2.5/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
Splat 0/4 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"Director Uwe Boll (is) a latter-day Ed Wood who fancies himself a cross between action-sytlish John Woo and B-movie horror-ific John Carpenter." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
Click here to see the review. |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"A reasonably entertaining update of a reliable action-drama formula." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Asylum (2005) |
"A mid-20th-century bodice-ripper about sexual obsession and questionable sanity, Asylum doesn't live up to its admirable pedigree." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"A heist flick in which the audience is left out of the best part -- the logistics of the heist. Whose dumb idea was that?" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) |
"Clearly nobody involved with Agent Cody Banks 2 cared if it was any good at all. They just cared about cranking it out before the first movie's shelf life expired." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Agronomist (2004) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
The Alamo (2004) |
"It's a movie more concerned with details like Jim Bowie's terminal case of consumption than it is with the historical context of its story and its legendary characters." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"It's anybody's guess what Oliver Stone was thinking by making a film about Alexander the Great that skips over nearly every historical event that earned him that moniker." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"The women Alfie dallies with are not doormats — which is another very welcome departure from the 1966 film." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Along Came Polly (2004) |
"It's a pity that Woody Allen couldn't have gotten his hands on Polly to lift it above its baser instincts and give it some insightful sophistication and wily wit." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
"Good dumb fun can be lowbrow without being lazy, but bite-sized episodes of creative lunacy are not enough to qualify Anchorman as the kind of dumb worth paying to see." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1/4 |
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"Just remember this picture is made with hell-bent gusto by the guy who put nipples on Batman's superhero costume. So consider yourself warned." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004) |
"Verne might have a hard time recognizing his source material, but it's easy to forgive the many liberties taken in this funny, fleet-footed summer-matinee romp." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/4 |
The Aviator (2004) |
"A film of grand scope and masterfully intimate nuance, portraying a wild young mustang of a man who lived a fast life on an epic scale." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Against the Ropes (2003) |
"If Against the Ropes were a comedy, it would be called Pugilistally Blonde." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
"While its plot doesn't stand up to even a modest amount of logical scrutiny, the flick has a comical, junior-James Bond spirit that's hard to resist." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 0/4 |
Alex and Emma (2003) |
"After wishing I could claw my eyes out through How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and now Alex and Emma...if I never see another Kate Hudson movie it will be too soon." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
"(The director's cut) doesn't hold up as well as I'd anticipated, (but) the chest-bursting scene is still a seat-gripper." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All the Real Girls (2003) |
"...now that I sit down to review the picture a couple weeks later, I barely remember it. Whatever positive impression it left sure didn't last." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Amen (2003) |
"Relentlessly heavy-handed but quite compelling nonetheless." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
American Splendor (2003) |
"Inventive and blessed with uncommonly human-yet-cartoony performances, this film is one of a kind." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1.5/4 |
American Wedding (2003) |
"As with the first two American Pie flicks, this is the kind of movie you see again 10 years later and wonder why you liked it back when you were young and dumb." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"It's nothing short of a comedy catastrophe and a criminal waste of talent." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Anything Else (2003) |
"Biggs may have the comically compulsive anxiety thing down pat, but he just doesn't have the screen presence to make it compelling — especially when breaking the fourth wall to talk to the audience." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Abandon (2002) |
"Once all the pieces are in place, the director's choices make a certain kind of sense -- but not enough so to make the movie seem any better in retrospect." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
About a Boy (2002) |
"So refreshingly incisive is Grant that for the first time he'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the Hugh factor." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
About Schmidt (2002) |
"About Schmidt is slice-of-life filmmaking at its sharpest and truest." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 0.5/4 |
Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
"A sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer." |
Rob Blackwelder |
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Adaptation (2002) |
"CREATIVE LISCENCEES: Writer Charlie Kaufman, director Spike Jonze talk of taking liberties with fact and fiction in 'Adaptation'" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/4 |
Adaptation (2002) |
"The unique niche of self-critical, behind-the-scenes navel-gazing Kaufman has carved from Orleans' story and his own infinite insecurity is a work of outstanding originality." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
After the Life (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
All About the Benjamins (2002) |
"...in no way original, or even all that memorable, but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy, it doesn't disappoint." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1/4 |
All the Queen's Men (2002) |
"Wouldn't it be funny if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II? Um, no. But here's a movie about it anyway." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
An Amazing Couple (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1/4 |
Analyze That (2002) |
"Worst of all (it) actually tries to jerk some tears with...maudlin soft-focus flashbacks of a happy childhood for De Niro’s mafioso. Oh, puh-leaze!" |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Antwone Fisher (2002) |
"Fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way...that feels very human and very true to life." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Ararat (2002) |
"The impact of the Armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2/4 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) |
"The cameo-packed, M:I-2-spoofing title sequence is the funniest 5 minutes to date in this spy comedy franchise...Then Mike Myers shows up and ruins everything." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Auto Focus (2002) |
"Unless Bob Crane is someone of particular interest to you, this film's impressive performances and adept direction aren't likely to leave a lasting impression." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Until the Gatorade cooler of sappy sentimentality is dumped over the audience's collective head, A.I. is an admirable cinematic feat." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 2/4 |
About Adam (2001) |
"Self-destructs despite being quite entertaining and consistently amusing." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
"A discombobulated, transparently fictionalized French Revolutionary melodrama." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ali (2001) |
"Smith inhabits Ali -- his power, grace, ego, humor and body language, inside and outside the ring -- as well as any actor could." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 2.5/4 |
All Over the Guy (2001) |
"Spirited and reliably funny...but it just feels so workaday, like a sitcom in its fifth season, that nothing much about it stands out." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Along Came a Spider (2001) |
"The kind of movie with so many suspension of disbelief high hurdles that any police officer, federal agent or audience member with a stitch of common sense would likely snicker all the way through." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/4 |
Amelie (2001) |
"This delight of whimsical wonderment is a feat of light-hearted genius." |
Rob Blackwelder |
Tomato 4/4 |
Amelie (2001) |
"(The director's) commentary track is fascinating from beginning to end, especially for Jeunet fans." |
Rob Blackwelder |
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