Fresh
| Fresh 87%
| Jellyfish (2008) | "
The directors infuse the film with a short story’s spare dialogue and tight pacing -- the running time is all of 76 minutes -- while subtle visual motifs and judicious moments of magical realism demonstrate cinema at its most elegant." — Los Angeles CityBeat Posted Aug 28, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| U2 3D (2008) | "
When Bono reaches into the camera and out of the screen, there are few cinematic moments more intimate." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Snow Angels (2008) | "
this stellar cast uniformly captures both the flaws and the humor of their characters amid the pathos." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 7, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 57%
| Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008) | "
Although beautifully filmed, Bab’Aziz’s form mirrors the actions of its characters, wandering the desert and dancing among the tales, returning to the present-day story for Ishtar, with her wise, old face, to say, 'What happened next?'." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 11, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 17%
| How to Rob a Bank (2008) | "
For a hip commercial and music-video director, Andrews Jenkins is oddly behind the curve and out of step in his feature directorial debut." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 11, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 22%
| The Eye (2008) | "
A thin premise frays the audience’s patience." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 6, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 21%
| Day Zero (2008) | "
Through portraits of these three men, [director] Cole uses the possibility to explore themes of loyalty and duty, masculinity, class conflicts and a youth culture gone soft and spoiled, at times slipping into political rhetoric." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| 27 Dresses (2008) | "
The dialogue is sharp, with just enough of an edge to avoid sentimentality." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 4%
| In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008) | "
Uwe Boll uses his biggest budget ever to produce a cheap knockoff of LOTR, complete with an Orc-like army of beasts called Krug, elfin woodland beings, and a wizard-esque magus played by John Rhys-Davies, but without a comprehensible plot." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) | "
With much of the action taking place at night and in the rain, it’s already difficult enough to tell what’s going on without the tight frames and quick cuts of the battle scenes.
" — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 28, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| I Am Legend (2007) | "
The stunning set pieces (the production cleared and dressed the streets of New York for every outdoor scene) serve as the backdrop to Smith’s rending performance as a man struggling against guilt, hope, and God." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 14, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| Steep (2007) | "
The sport and its stunts have evolved, captured beautifully and thrillingly here by director Mark Obenhaus and cinematographer Erich Roland." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 12, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 12%
| Strength and Honour (2007) | "
With a lowered chin, squinted eyes and gravelly voice, Madsen emotes in convulsions, his awkwardly expressed scenes of grief and interactions with his adolescent co-star lingering onscreen uncomfortably too long, as if more time would exhume feeling." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 7, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| Confessions of a Superhero (2007) | "
Both touching and amusing, these four embody the spirit of Hollywood, “a place where dreams are made and dreams are broken.”" — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 27%
| Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) | "
The viewer who gives him- or herself over to the pitched emotions, nuanced performances and opulent design will be richly rewarded." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 16, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 52%
| Bee Movie (2007) | "
A welcome diversion from DreamWorks Animation's increasingly trying Shrek series." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 2, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 18%
| Saw IV (2007) | "
If the gore quotient has been upped in this chapter (really, after a certain threshold has been reached, who can tell?), the style has, too." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 29, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Dan in Real Life (2007) | "
This picture about romance found unexpectedly in middle age juxtaposes poignant observations about love and family with genuinely humorous moments." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 25, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Slipstream (2007) | "
If consummate thespian Anthony Hopkins downplays, even dismisses, discussions about the “craft” of acting, then Slipstream, only the second film he’s directed, betrays evidence that it’s a subject to which he’s nevertheless given a lot of thought." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 25, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 14%
| The Seeker (2007) | "
[The film features] episodic set pieces with disorienting action, culminating in a face-off that defies logic in its resolution." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 5, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 94%
| Lake of Fire (2007) | "
Along with Kay’s masterful compositions, effulgent black and white cinematography elevates the material over typical documentary filmmaking." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 5, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| My Kid Could Paint That (2007) | "
As the story shifts from fanaticism to skepticism, Bar-Lev loses sight of his original line of inquiry on the nature of modern art when he doesn’t need to." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 5, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 28%
| Trade (2007) | "
Without making a message movie, the filmmakers have shed light on a serious yet underappreciated sociopolitical issue." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 28, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 27%
| The Game Plan (2007) | "
There's a fine line -- just two letters, in fact -- between precocious and precious. Unfortunately The Game Plan not only crosses it but runs 80 yards down the field, and one can't help but throw a flag on the play." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 28, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 22%
| Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) | "
What plot there is in Resident Evil: Extinction -- the denouement of which is disappointingly incomplete -- serves solely to set up the gunslinging action, given a Wild West flair by its setting in Las Vegas and the surrounding desert." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 24, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 13%
| Mr. Woodcock (2007) | "
In the film’s attempt to straddle feel-good and feel-bad, ultimately one feels nothing." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 63%
| King of California (2007) | "
Moviegoers will delight in excavating the strata of motifs in King of California." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| 3:10 to Yuma (2007) | "
The effort to complicate their interaction even further, however, risks implausibility in the final moments -- an unfortunate consequence of the very fine work that has gone before." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Live-In Maid (2004) | "
Gaggero not only draws out such nuances from the two women but illustrates the complexities of their friendship with carefully constructed cinematography." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 8, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| The 11th Hour (2007) | "
Differentiates itself from others in the genre...by focusing on the big picture." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 6, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 26%
| Halloween (2007) | "
Adeptly packaged in all facets of production, Halloween is nicely cast with a combination of Zombie regulars, familiar faces and compelling newcomers and satisfyingly constructed with camerawork that heightens the suspense on the page." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 4, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 78%
| You're Gonna Miss Me - A Film About Roky Erickson (2007) | "
Today Roky is actually on tour again, with a number of 2007 musical festival appearances including Coachella -- a development at least worthy of an afterword." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 30, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 82%
| The Sugar Curtain (2007) | "
Unfortunately, the material is largely inaccessible to the uninformed viewer, or even those who don't know the filmmaker personally." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 30, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 17%
| The Last Legion (2007) | "
This unoriginal picture also suffers from uninspired dialogue uttered by actors who are better than this and a jokey tone that would work if we hadn’t already heard all the same lines in director Lefler’s tv work in Hercules and Xena." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 20, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | "
A smart thriller for smart audiences." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 3, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 39%
| The Ten (2007) | "
Too often, The Ten is simply not funny enough, stretched thin by ideas played out too long." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 3, 2007 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 8%
| I Know Who Killed Me (2007) | "
Shoddily scripted and excessively stylized, I Know Who Killed Me pushes the bounds of what audiences will accept both narratively and aesthetically -- and oversteps them in every instance." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 28, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (2007) | "
If you think you’ve seen it all, you haven’t. And what’s best is that McClane/Willis enjoys it as much as we do. Yippee ki yay." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 27, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 96%
| Ratatouille (2007) | "
Ratatouille’s narrative shortcuts only serve to make room for the fun, of which there are generous servings." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 26, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 24%
| El Cantante (2007) | "
The structure of the film only [confuses]." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 15, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| Moliere (2007) | "
The film begins on a serious note, requiring an adjustment on the part of the audience toward its more prevalent comic tone. Once that transition is made, the experience of Moliere is an enjoyable one." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 15, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 75%
| Sunshine (2007) | "
Sunshine achieves a level of plausibility that, while still taking some poetic license, allows the viewer to appreciate not only the filmmakers’ craft but their ideas." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 15, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 54%
| Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) | "
A lovely romantic comedy [of] a poignant humor that will have you in stitches, even when you think perhaps you shouldn't be." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 15, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 58%
| Bug (2007) | "
The result, then, is that little here is psychologically engaging for the viewer. Instead, to witness vulnerable Agnes being pulled into a vortex of delusion and paranoia is akin to watching a car wreck." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 7, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| Day Watch (2007) | "
However innovative and arresting the filmmaking, interest in this chapter begins to wane at the 105-minute mark." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 25, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 43%
| The Wendell Baker Story (2007) | "
Luke’s script is both funny and poignant, but he and Andrew do the writing a disservice by failing to set up the onscreen delivery and stubbornly clinging to tacked-on scenarios that do nothing to further the plot." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 18, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 69%
| L'Iceberg (2005) | "
Poignantly shot as a series of static landscapes into and out of and through which the characters move. At its most stunning, the technique finds contrary actions and moods coexisting in different parts of the frame." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 4, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 11%
| Perfect Stranger (2007) | "
A B movie with a bland title, histrionic acting and a ridiculous twist ending." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 21, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 71%
| Fracture (2007) | "
A thrilling bout, but one that relies on your not figuring out the twist." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 20, 2007 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 11%
| Pathfinder (2007) | "
In the movie’s attempts to create drama amid the action, as in a downhill sled chase, all energy is sapped, and the audience ends up feeling nothing." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 13, 2007 |
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