Tomato |
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) |
"K-19: The Widowmaker may not be a keeper but Bigelow's films do lend themselves to repeat viewings." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) |
"First Sergei, then Lena, now Kathryn. Who knew?" |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 0/4 |
K-Pax (2001) |
"Tailor-made for the K-Mart sect, K-PAX is a weepy regression fantasy for the psychologically half-conscious." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Kabei: Our Mother (2009) |
"Yamada's masterpiece of balanced sensibilities is grounded in the sensitive performances of its cast." |
Andrew Schenker |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Kabei: Our Mother (2009) |
"Yamada and crew almost go so far as to suggest that the Japanese had their A-bombs coming to them, if it weren't for the achingly sympathetic family at the film's core." |
Henry Stewart |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Kabluey (2008) |
"There's real wit to Prendergast's aesthetic." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kaena: The Prophecy (2004) |
"However startling Delaporte’s images are, not only do they lack emotion, but a theoretical and philosophical foundation as well." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Kaena: The Prophecy (2004) |
"Like Kaena’s breasts, a video and audio presentation that will keep both eyes and ears popping." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kagemusha (1980) |
"Kagemusha, much like the similarly overblown but handsomely mounted Lawrence of Arabia, is an epic with a cipher in its point position." |
Eric Henderson |
Tomato |
Kagemusha (1980) |
"Kurosawa's autumnal return to form is a tad too calculated to stand shoulder with Rashomon (or Ran), but Criterion's Blu-ray at least presents its pageantry in the best possible light." |
Eric Henderson |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kagero-za (1980) |
"Kageroza's alternate title, Heat-Haze Theatre, perfectly illustrates the ineffable sensuality and perverse randomness of Seijun Suzuki's late-period arabesque." |
Fernando F. Croce |
Splat |
Kagero-za (1980) |
"Seijun Suzuki is an acquired taste, though a movie with a kabuki play performed by children may not be the best place to acquire it." |
Fernando F. Croce |
Splat 2/4 |
Kamikaze Girls (2005) |
"In spite of its individual pleasures, the film has very little in its head." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Kamp Katrina (2007) |
"The film is ungainly and lacks for focus, not unlike its subjects, but it has a heart as big as the Mississippi and believes in the future of New Orleans and its people." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kandahar (2001) |
"Kandahar is Mohsen Makhmalbaf's wondrously absurd, always evocative (though sometimes heavy-handed ode) to the perpetually disguised Afghani woman." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Kandahar (2001) |
"Those interested in learning about the delightful home of Osama bin Laden would be well served checking out Kandahar." |
Nick Schager |
Splat 1/4 |
Kangaroo Jack (2003) |
"Despite the film's offbeat premise, Kangaroo Jack's every twist and turn has been plotted with sad desperation." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat |
Kansas City Confidential (1952) |
"Phil Karlson's rote heist-revenge flick aims to be stone cold, but can't seem to get any frost to grow around its warm, mushy heart." |
Eric Henderson |
Tomato |
Kansas City Confidential (1952) |
"A rare opportunity to see B-picture rawness in an A-level presentation." |
Sean Howe |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Kansas City Confidential (1952) |
"Falls into that rarefied early-'50s cycle of noir, which benefited from B directors who had learned how to quickly dispense with the genre conventions and deliver brutal action and lurid innuendos." |
Sean Howe |
Splat 2/4 |
Kassim the Dream (2009) |
"While it may be short on insight, Davidson's movie has one distinct advantage: Kassim himself." |
Andrew Schenker |
Tomato |
Kate and Leopold (2001) |
"Wrap it up and give it to that woman in your life still hung up on Meg Ryan faking orgasms." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kate and Leopold (2001) |
""You're sucking the life out of American cinema," says a market research exec to Meg Ryan's titular Kate." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Katyn (2007) |
"As definitive withdrawal from Iraq inches ever nearer into our finger-crossed view, elliptical confrontation of military trauma is once again becoming fashionable in American cinema houses." |
Joseph Jon Lanthier |
Splat 2.5/4 |
Keane (2004) |
"[Keane] is unfortunately akin to a rat-in-the-maze science experiment." |
Keith Uhlich |
Tomato 3/4 |
The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam (2005) |
"Comes to us wrapped in hand-woven shawls of struggle and perseverance." |
Keith Uhlich |
Splat 1/4 |
Keeping Mum (2006) |
"In the competition for cinema's worst genre, the Quirky British Comedy About Eccentric Countryfolk Learning Valuable Lessons In Outrageous Circumstances truly has no rival." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 3/4 |
Kekexeli: Mountain Patrol (2006) |
"Ranks alongside Werner Herzog's Lessons of Darkness as one of the most succinct and distressing expressions of landscape in crisis." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat |
Kekexeli: Mountain Patrol (2006) |
"One of the best films of the year is also one of the best looking. This DVD edition honors the film's vibrant aesthetic even if it is sadly without extras." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3/4 |
Ken Park (2002) |
"Less a film than a moment in time--at least that’s what Ken Park’s dreamy bookends would have you believe." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat |
Kennedy - The Presidential Years (1983) |
"A barebones release for a well done, if often forgotten, miniseries." |
Len Sousa |
Tomato 3/4 |
Keuk Jang Jeon (2005) |
"Hong's film is simply told but resonates with profound meaning." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
The Keys to the House (2004) |
"Feels as if its being telegraphed from a cosmic fugue state, and means to get (and stay) beneath the skin." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 2/4 |
Kickin' It Old Skool (2007) |
"Like Norbit, Kickin' It Old Skool is a film unable to provide its charmingly stupid characters with the movie they truly deserve." |
Rob Humanick |
Tomato |
Kicking & Screaming (1995) |
"The best of Chris Eigman's mid-1990s efforts, an outcome due more to Baumbach's poised direction than to the actor's typically irritating gloomy-sarcastic shtick." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 2.5/4 |
Kicking & Screaming (1995) |
"Charts the aimlessness and ennui of four insufferable, maturation-adverse college grads with relaxed realism." |
Nick Schager |
Splat 2/4 |
Kicking and Screaming (2005) |
"Thank God for coffee, which provides the only caffeinated jolt to the otherwise deflated Kicking and Screaming." |
Nick Schager |
Splat 2/4 |
Kicking It (2008) |
"As in the recent Planet B-Boy, the impoverished conditions of the film's subjects matter significantly less than the rush of competition, but at least Planet B-Boy was a thrill to watch." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
The Kid & I (2005) |
"The type of well-intentioned home movie-ish endeavor that should only be viewed by its cast's friends and family." |
Nick Schager |
Tomato 3.5/4 |
Kidnapped (1974) |
"Quite cynically, Bava evokes a human society where no one is to be trusted." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
The Kids in the Hall - Complete Season 1 (1989) |
"You’ve gotta love the type of show that can name their sketches “Power of My ****,” “Fat Hitch-hiker,” and “Stinky Pink.”" |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
The Kids in the Hall - Tour of Duty (2002) |
"Tour of Duty is the perfect souvenir item for any Kids in the Hall fan too cool for the T-shirt...or anyone itching to see Dave Foley in Goth Liza Minnelli drag." |
Eric Henderson |
Tomato 4/4 |
Kill Baby Kill (1966) |
"This conflict between modern medicine and superstition lends Kill, Baby…Kill! a moral volatility that’s noticeably absent from other films in Bava’s canon." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) |
"Kill Bill: Volume 1 is essentially a pop culture wanker’s failed multimedia experiment, a vacuous junk heap of dorky gags and riffs, violent anime and offensive slapstick." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) |
"Kill Bill: Volume 1 is a film that inspires audio-visual overloaded. Pity that it gets a video transfer here that nearly inspires blindness." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato |
Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) |
"Visually, this is probably the definitive Kill Bill: Vol. 1. Those without top-notch entertainment systems, however, may be better off sticking with the version they already own." |
Matt Noller |
Tomato |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) |
"The deleted scene included on this Kill Bill: Volume 2 DVD is sure to whet everyone’s whistle until the inevitable two-film box set arrives." |
Ed Gonzalez |
Tomato 4/4 |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) |
"Aside from the films’ contrary ambiences—which we might term excess vs. focus—this principle of twos reveals itself in Tarantino’s casting." |
Keith Uhlich |
Tomato |
Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) |
"The film that brings Tarantino's magnum opus full circle emotionally and thematically gets its definitive release--visually, at least." |
Matt Noller |
Splat 1.5/4 |
Kill Me Later (2001) |
"A spiritless Gen X whine." |
Ed Gonzalez |
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