Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 78%
| Humpday (2009) | "
The farce that follows is both ridiculous and surprisingly real, mining a very rich seam of comedy while also making some very sharp points about male friendships and the often very blurred line between straight and gay." — Uncut Magazine [UK] Posted Dec 18, 2009 |
N/A | N/A | Splice () | "
Sundance 2010: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies" — Rotten Tomatoes Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 56%
| Bunny & The Bull (2009) | "
Slight, silly and somewhat familiar it may be, but this off-the-wall comedy has enough freewheeling charm and likeable personality to cover its cracks." — Radio Times Posted Nov 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| The White Ribbon (2009) | "
A hard film to love, but a hypnotic meditation on all the elements — gossip, religion, bullying — that can turn a parish and country bad." — Empire Magazine Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 49%
| Taking Woodstock (2009) | "
Ang Lee's latest dissection of the American dream is one of his most complex and even most deceptively subversive films." — Uncut Magazine [UK] Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
This clever, surreal comedy is closer to the more whimsical work of a young Woody Allen." — Radio Times Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 53%
| The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) | "
George Clooney dazzles and Jeff Bridges shines in a scattershot but often hilarious military farce." — Empire Magazine Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 84%
| The September Issue (2009) | "
A splendid study of the forces and passions behind the world’s biggest fashion magazine." — Empire Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
A patchy, hit-and-miss comedy with a few outrageous highs and a lot of just-okay padding, Brüno suggests that Sacha Baron Cohen's in-your-face fool routine sadly isn't working any more." — Empire Magazine Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
Drag Me To Hell is never less than trashy, adrenalised fun." — Uncut Magazine [UK] Posted May 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| N/A | I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) | "
Funny, sometimes tender and ultimately unsettling black comedy." — Times [UK] Posted May 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Mother (2009) | "
It's elegant, witty, tightly plotted and absolutely gripping." — Empire Magazine Posted May 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 100%
| A Prophet (2009) | "
A Prophet is an astonishingly detailed crime drama that could end up being this year's Gomorra, but although it's arguably more accessible." — Empire Magazine Posted May 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 43%
| Air Doll (2009) | "
Air Doll looks beautiful, and even though it bordered heavily on pretension, I went with it and was happy to give Kore-Eda the benefit of the doubt." — Empire Magazine Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 68%
| Tetro (2009) | "
It's not a catastrophe, but neither is it a classic, and a big problem is Coppola's self-penned script, an Oedipal drama that may as well be subtitled An Oedipal Drama, because subtlety is not its strongest suit." — Empire Magazine Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
Up is a more more classic piece of entertainment, which cleaves to the Pixar template of being beautifully rendered, emotional and laugh-out-loud adult funny, all the while capturing the naïve charm of old-school Disney." — Empire Magazine Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
Anchored by a great Giamatti performance, Cold Souls is built around a terrific idea and has serious fun with it. It also marks Barthes as a filmmaker to watch." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Tyson (2009) | "
Very humane portrait of a potentially extremely unlikeable character." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Tyson (2009) | "
Very humane portrait of a potentially extremely unlikeable character." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 61%
| Changeling (2008) | "
A compelling, adult period thriller, with an Oscar-assured performance from Angelina Jolie." — Empire Magazine Posted Nov 28, 2008 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 46%
| Cassandra's Dream (2008) | "
A clumsy, clichéd morality play that may actually represent the lowest point of Allen’s recently chequered career." — Empire Magazine Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Gomorrah (2009) | "
A sombre, slow, but well-paced study of organised crime in urban Naples that leaves a very grim taste in the mouth." — Empire Magazine Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 77%
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | "
A slick, fun film that has by no means sacrificed the fast action beats of the first three." — Empire Magazine Posted May 19, 2008 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 37%
| Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (2008) | "
A frustratingly soft documentary that would sooner teach the world to sing than get to the bottom of the Bin Laden enigma." — Empire Magazine Posted May 9, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 80%
| In Bruges (2008) | "
With In Bruges, the British gangster movie gets a Croydon facelift. It may not be new, but it’s a wonderfully fresh take on a familiar genre: fucked-up, far-out and very, very funny." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 51%
| Funny Games (2008) | "
A stylish, darkly satirical horror-thriller, raising serious questions about Hollywood’s sanitisation of violence." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 6, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 74%
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) | "
John C Reilly just about holds together a funny but patchy comedy that puts a ten-megaton bomb under the cliched rock biopic – and never detonates it." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 96%
| 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) | "
Tense, kinetic, intelligent and real." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 11, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 71%
| Lust, Caution (2007) | "
A beautifully rendered, long, drawn-out but ultimately very satisfying story of betrayal and revenge in an uneasy setting of wartime paranoia." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 4, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 75%
| Paranoid Park (2008) | "
Van Sant’s low-key, experimental high-school drama is an affecting rites-of-passage tale, told with bold style and quiet integrity." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 26, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 36%
| Southland Tales (2007) | "
A bold and sometimes garbled take on modern American politics, this nevertheless marks an effective and surprisingly funny comeback for a film that many deemed to be DOA." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 7, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 87%
| Control (2007) | "
A film about creative and emotional burn-out that says more about the fragility of the soul than any montage of ticket sales and ‘sold out’ signs could ever muster." — Empire Magazine Posted Oct 5, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 64%
| Death Proof (2007) | "
Seriously entertaining American filmmaking and definitely not the half-serious pastiche it could easily have been. No seatbelt, no airbag, no nuthin’ — just Tarantino driving wildly under the influence." — Empire Magazine Posted Sep 21, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 77%
| A Mighty Heart (2007) | "
A solid, uncomfortable account of a wife’s ordeal, with a strong turn from Jolie, but strangely lacking an emotional focus." — Empire Magazine Posted Sep 21, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| Mister Foe (2008) | "
An intriguing rites-of-passage story with a delirious, skewed perspective and an almost palpable sexual pulse." — Empire Magazine Posted Aug 31, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 65%
| Black Snake Moan (2007) | "
Sam Jackson delivers the electric blues in a not-so-blue movie that promises more Deep South sin than it actually delivers." — Empire Magazine Posted May 18, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 51%
| Fast Food Nation (2006) | "
A gross and engrossing attempt to humanise a hot-button subject, using a star-sprinkled cast to reveal some unpalatable truths." — Empire Magazine Posted May 4, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 71%
| Inland Empire (2006) | "
A dazzling and exquisitely original riddle as told by an enigma, featuring a superb, multi-layered performance by Laura Dern." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 7, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 75%
| A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) | "
Ambitious coming-of-age drama, this may hit a false note here or there but the performances are magnetic." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 27, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 62%
| Blood Diamond (2006) | "
Great performances, provocative ideas and gripping action scenes fall prey to Hollywood logic and pat storytelling in the final hour." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 62%
| Blood Diamond (2006) | "
Great performances, provocative ideas and gripping action scenes fall prey to Hollywood logic and pat storytelling in the final hour." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 25, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Children of Men (2006) | "
A visually stunning Swiftian satire, Children Of Men may appear clumsy, but its message is simple, heartfelt and ultimately rather moving." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 3, 2007 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Intolerable Cruelty (2003) | "
The Coens’ first mainstream romantic comedy is a superb hijacking of an ailing art form -- short, sharp and frequently laugh-out-loud hilarious." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 20%
| Knockaround Guys (2002) | "
Borrowing heavily from leftfield genre spin-offs like True Romance, it's no wonder this misfire was on the shelves for so long." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 54%
| Veronica Guerin (2003) | "
A moving but gritty story of willpower and sacrifice that stops pleasingly short of a Hollywood varnish-job." — Empire Magazine Posted Dec 30, 2006 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 76%
| The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) | "
What promises to be a provocative account of the late Beatle’s involvement with the American underground delivers precious little in this Yoko-approved documentary." — Empire Magazine Posted Nov 29, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 92%
| Children of Men (2006) | "
A visually stunning Swiftian satire, Children Of Men may appear clumsy, but its message is simple, heartfelt and ultimately rather moving." — Empire Magazine Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007) | "
A bold attempt to convey a complex situation that captures the anger and tensions of early-20th century Ireland, but falls strangely short on human drama." — Empire Magazine Posted Jun 24, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 62%
| Clerks II (2006) | "
A tender, scabrous and very, very funny comedy that picks up 12 years after the original." — Empire Magazine Posted Jun 19, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 12%
| The Benchwarmers (2006) | "
Even Jon Lovitz with a Batmobile, a dwarf attack in a playroom, and David Spade’s best wig ever can’t save this mawkish misfire." — Empire Magazine Posted Jun 2, 2006 |
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