Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 89%
| Crazy Heart (2009) | "
(Bridges) just slips into the faded leather boots of a sad, lost soul, a man we all know even though we´ve never met him." — DVDTown.com Posted Dec 19, 2009 |
Rotten 6/10
| Fresh 76%
| Invictus (2009) | "
(Freeman) portrays Mandela more as a legend than as a man, a symbolic figure who is play-acting an already determined history rather than living in the uncertain moment." — DVDTown.com Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| N/A | Who is KK Downey? () | "
KK has a DIY quality that is surprisingly appealing." — DVDTown.com Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 86%
| A Christmas Tale (2008) | "
The film (has) a sensibility that is paradoxically both old-fashioned and very modern." — DVDTown.com Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 91%
| Gomorrah (2009) | "
Check that omerta b.s. at the door. This is all about the bottom line." — DVDTown.com Posted Nov 22, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
A shriller, more mannered actress may have tilted this into camp. Sidibe doesn´t allow that to happen." — DVDTown.com Posted Nov 20, 2009 |
— | N/A | Rembrandt (1936) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
— | N/A | The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Nov 12, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 82%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
The more the film amps up the action, the more tangible the manifestations get, the less scary and involving the movie becomes." — DVDTown.com Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 100%
| Secrecy (2008) | "
It´s a neat balancing act that no doubt required some serious juggling in the editing room." — DVDTown.com Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
While short on fresh ideas, the film works thanks to some strong performances and a script that provides just enough depth to render its characters more than just a collection of eccentricities." — DVDTown.com Posted Oct 3, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| N/A | White Night Wedding (2008) | "
The film´s uneasy shifts in tone disrupt the sense of rhythm needed for the comic elements to work." — DVDTown.com Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 100%
| Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) | "
...a transfixing experience that inspires a kind of solemn awe on an initial viewing, but upon reflection it yields its fair share of humor." — DVDTown.com Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 100%
| Homicide (1991) | "
The doomy mood of the final scenes packs a wallop that's missing from Mamet's more contrived narratives." — DVDTown.com Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 82%
| Pierrot Le Fou (1965) | "
And then there´s the color. As much as anything, "Pierrot" is a film about red and blue, as well as a little bit of yellow and green." — DVDTown.com Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Rotten 31%
| Deadgirl (2008) | "
The filmmakers don't really push the envelope visually as much as they are trying to conceptually." — DVDTown.com Posted Sep 26, 2009 |
— | Fresh 100%
| Repulsion (1965) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 83%
| Après Lui (2007) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 89%
| My Dinner With Andre (1981) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | N/A | Don't Touch The White Woman! (1973) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 96%
| The Cove (2009) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Last Year at Marienbad (1961) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 94%
| Hobson's Choice (1954) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 65%
| The Last Days of Disco (1998) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 91%
| Still Life (2008) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Rotten 29%
| Severed Ways (2009) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 93%
| Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Rotten 29%
| Severed Ways (2009) | "
Severed Ways exudes a specific and unique vibe, and you´re either going to get into it or you´re not...If you´re willing to just stop, look and listen, you might have a good time." — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 19, 2009 |
— | Fresh 84%
| Kagemusha (1980) |
Click here to read article — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 12, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Fresh 96%
| The Cove (2009) | "
It´s a sloppy, shamelessly pandering film that will work well as an activist tool." — DVDTown.com Posted Aug 3, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 83%
| The Hit (1985) | "
Superb acting from Hurt and Stamp is enough to smooth over any rough patches." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 40%
| Dodes 'Ka-Den (1970) | "
Everything else feels so hollow and occasionally phony, that it´s hard not to view the film as one of Kurosawa´s weakest efforts." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Rotten 6/10
| Fresh 86%
| Danton (1983) | "
The film lacks the vitality and excitement of Wajda´s earlier work." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 83%
| Zentropa (1992) | "
The highly stylized film keeps viewers at an emotional distance, but it establishes a consistent mood and a rhythm as steady as the click-clack of a train rolling along the track." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 94%
| The Exterminating Angel (1962) | "
Absurdity is relative; it requires a reality (or something less absurd) to be contrasted with." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 100%
| Simon of the Desert (1965) | "
Atheists make such good religious films (because) they tend to think about God all the time." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 88%
| Woman on the Beach (2006) | "
A study of mannerisms and relationships that pauses for the occasional philosophic sidebar." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| N/A | Rumbo A Las Grandes Ligas - Road To The Big Leagues (2007) | "
While some might debate whether baseball remains the American pastime, it is indisputably the sport of choice in the Dominican Republic which produces more major league players than any country except for the United States." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 29, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 80%
| Yella (2007) | "
Yella is a strange beast: a twisty, slightly surreal mystery wrapped around the tedious art of the business deal." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 89%
| Wise Blood (1979) | "
I don´t have to run away from anything cause I don´t believe in anything!" — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 89%
| A Married Woman (1964) | "
One of Godard´s most formally precise films of the early 60s, remarkable considering the hurried shooting schedule." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
One of the funniest and most quotable films likely to hit cinemas this year." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 28, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Fresh 82%
| In the Realm of the Senses (1976) | "
I can only imagine critics at the initial screening ... marveling at a 20-foot penis taking up the entire screen: "Oh yeah, that totally represents the patriarchy."" — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Fresh 89%
| El Norte (1984) | "
Good intentions aren´t enough to compensate for bad editing, acting and writing." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) | "
Hicks avoids many of the pitfalls of artist portraits by grounding the musician firmly in every day reality." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 91%
| The Last Emperor (1987) | "
That rare breed of film that is both pure Oscar bait and a thoroughly compelling work." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| N/A | Taxi Blues (1990) | "
Hits some joyful notes even while playing a somber tune." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| N/A | La Prise De Pouvoir Par Louis XIV (1966) | "
... history writ small, a layering of subtle (and sometimes grueling) details that accumulate a mysterious gestalt power. The final product is a masterpiece, one of Rossellini´s greatest achievements." — DVDTown.com Posted Jul 25, 2009 |
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