|
4/4
|
76%
|
Damsels in Distress (2012) |
"
Worth seeing twice (at least), Damsels represents nothing less than a great movie about a goofy world--an articulate swoon of smarts posing as stupidity."
—
RedEye
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
Brilliant, graphic drama represents much more than just Magneto naked. Fassbender delivers the year's best male performance. "
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
77%
|
Melancholia (2011) |
"
Stunningly beautiful, remarkably powerful. Easily one of the year's best movies."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
72%
|
The Future (2011) |
"
July's vision isn't off-center; part of her brilliantly insightful work is arguing that there is no center."
—
RedEye
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
64%
|
Another Earth (2011) |
"
A shattering exploration of what we can stand and what we're ready to discover. No American film has wrecked me as much this year."
—
RedEye
Posted Jul 28, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
Spectacularly bottles the Spielbergian magic-actually, that feels like an understatement; the movie is a full-pound Spielberger."
—
RedEye
Posted Jun 8, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Incendies (2011) |
"
Absolutely shattering. Nawal forces information on her children because while there may be devastation in knowledge, there is no peace of mind in uncertainty."
—
RedEye
Posted Apr 28, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
The Social Network (2010) |
"
Addictively entertaining ... tremendously captures a detached-yet-connected Internet age in which people often remain friends online long after the real relationship has dissolved."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 28, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
The Tillman Story (2010) |
"
An extraordinary real-life story, extraordinarily told ... For better and for worse, The Tillman Story is America."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 2, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
82%
|
Cairo Time (2010) |
"
The sort of subtle and beautifully sad romance Hollywood hardly ever makes. An elegy for the circumstances that get in the way of love."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 18, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Dogtooth (Kynodontas) (2010) |
"
A remarkable depiction of paranoia gone amok ... a devastating metaphor for the way that everyone's preparation for the world has something to do with the way they're raised."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jul 12, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
99%
|
Toy Story 3 (2010) |
"
The most mature, most childlike, best movie of the series. Pure joy in a box. Made me happier than any movie has this year so far."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 17, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Winter's Bone (2010) |
"
Chilling as the woods in the dark, this quiet mystery has kindness and humanity sprinkled across hopelessness so constant you forget to breathe."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 16, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Crazy Heart (2009) |
"
Takes an ordinary situation and makes it extraordinary. Bad Blake isn't a country singer; he's a country song."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 23, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
73%
|
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) |
"
A challenging journey into the mind of a boy who no longer feels loved ... This unbelievable achievement is daring, it's funny, it's unusual, it's brilliant."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Mary and Max (2009) |
"
I don't know how anyone wouldn't love this splendid, beautiful, hilarious and heartbreaking film."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
Star Trek (2009) |
"
Outrageously, unbelievably entertaining, and the most fun anyone has had at a movie in a long, long time."
—
Metromix.com
Posted May 6, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
Wendy and Lucy (2008) |
"
Breathtaking. With the sort of calm that only comes from the suppression of panic, Wendy and Lucy identifies the strength in weakness, and the weakness in strength."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 10, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"
Absolutely extraordinary in its grounded optimism, Happy-Go-Lucky features an Oscar-worthy performance from Sally Hawkins that must not, cannot be ignored."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 23, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"
Holy hyperbole, Batman! The best superhero movie ever is also the best movie of the year so far."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jul 15, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
51%
|
Funny Games (2008) |
"
Tackles issues that mean much more now than they did 11 years ago ... so tense that you may forget to breathe."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Mar 13, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
El Orfanato (The Orphanage) (2007) |
"
No use wearing pants because The Orphanage will scare you right out of them."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 27, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007) |
"
Not a movie that you shake off easily -- maybe ever -- and one that makes you want to go out and gulp down every ounce of life you can squeeze into your glass."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Nov 29, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"
So ferociously acted and executed that it practically takes a bite out of you. You won't believe how great it is."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Nov 8, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
Superbad (2007) |
"
The decade's funniest movie ... nothing short of an instant classic."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Ratatouille (2007) |
"
Even more fun to watch than it is to say."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 28, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Away from Her (2007) |
"
Will make even the coldest hearts believe in love."
—
Metromix.com
Posted May 10, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Children of Men (2006) |
"
A breathtaking and original embodiment of the purity of a child, and the absolute necessity of knowing that life goes on."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 21, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
The Departed (2006) |
"
Takes a really good movie and makes it great."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 5, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
76%
|
The Puffy Chair (2005) |
"
An aching, understated treasure that vividly captures two people who just aren't clicking anymore. The movie is so small you could fit it in your pocket, and so real it hurts."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 21, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Half Nelson (2006) |
"
Every movement [Gosling] makes comes from the same reservoir of dwindling faith and rising shame, so steady that you can practically see the cracks in Dan starting to spread."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 14, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
79%
|
Brick (2006) |
"
A brilliant way of converting the cryptic communication and allegiances of high school into a potboiling mystery. You'll leave the theater giddy with excitement. "
—
Metromix.com
Posted May 4, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Lemmy (2011) |
"
A bitchingly awesome doc that suggests its fantastic title isn't even true."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Feb 8, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
A dangerously sexy, chillingly gorgeous thriller about the sacrifices born of obsession. A full-body performance from Portman. "
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 2, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
81%
|
Four Lions (2010) |
"
Brilliant, risky, controversial stuff anchored by great characters whose ignorance only reminds that you sure don't have to be a genius to blow yourself up."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Nov 10, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
90%
|
Lebanon (Levanon) (2010) |
"
Boom. Rumble. Wow. As the men's humanity and will are tested, the terror in their eyes and in the thunderous noise comes through loud and clear."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 26, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
86%
|
Inception (2010) |
"
Whether [DiCaprio] confronts lost love or the dream world crumbles in a glorious symphony of exploding fruit and buildings, Inception is beautiful, high-class chaos."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
91%
|
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010) |
"
A wonderful microcosm of the peaks and valleys of life in showbiz, and a truly surprising film that may turn some viewers' hatred of Rivers into respect, if not fondness."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 16, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
53%
|
Mystery Team (2009) |
"
Spectacularly funny and refreshingly free of irony ... Way funnier than The Hangover, more clever than Sherlock Holmes."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Feb 2, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
A devastating debut helmed with immense power and control ... Foster, a rising talent whose career brings to mind Edward Norton, is tremendous."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
94%
|
An Education (2009) |
"
A wonderful meditation on understanding life's many choices and hierarchies and deciding to abide or rebel...Mulligan's a lock for a Best Actress Oscar nod and just might win."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 8, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
89%
|
A Serious Man (2009) |
"
Dark, dry and masterfully restrained, A Serious Man is plotted with the peculiarities of life and built around a man whose demeanor is like a politely throbbing vein."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Oct 2, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
63%
|
Extract (2009) |
"
The year's funniest movie by about 100 laughs."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
95%
|
The Cove (2009) |
"
Heart-pounding and fascinating ... fearless documentary filmmaking packed with horrifying moments."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Aug 6, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
96%
|
Tulpan (2009) |
"
Achieves a documentary-level realism that is nothing short of amazing."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Jun 11, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
Up (2009) |
"
Yet another Pixar film that's approximately 3 billion times better than almost all other animated movies."
—
Metromix.com
Posted May 27, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
46%
|
Management (2009) |
"
An impractically blissful and offbeat romantic comedy ... takes you by surprise, underplaying jokes and maximizing laughs in a way that's simultaneously familiar and fresh."
—
Metromix.com
Posted May 14, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Earth (Disneynature's Earth) (Planet Earth) (2009) |
"
Full of great, gorgeous footage. Beautiful enough to forgive Disney for Hannah Montana: The Movie."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Apr 20, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) |
"
What a sad, funny, inspiring story. Even those who hate metal may appreciate the form when seeing these guys' commitment to each other and to the music."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Apr 9, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
The Wrestler (2008) |
"
A strong shot at becoming a sports movie classic. Feels so rich and lived-in that its standard set-ups turn into universal truths that bleed and heal."
—
Metromix.com
Posted Dec 23, 2008
|
63%
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