Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| Life is Hot in Cracktown (2009) | "
While Giovinazzo's crude approach undercuts his occasional stab at gravitas, Cracktown's cast keeps things in the ballpark of relatable humanity." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 67%
| New York (2009) | "
Kabir Khan's New York -- part Bollywood potboiler, part overwrought examination of the war on terror -- is a slice of the Big Apple that you should skip." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 12%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
Defiantly square and focus-group engineered to appeal to those harboring a soft spot for "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," the Nia Vardalos vehicle My Life in Ruins doesn't do Greece or its star many favors." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 8%
| What Goes Up (2009) | "
[Director] Glatzer aims to wring laughter out of this desperation but succeeds only in producing a series of contrived characters and situations that make The Breakfast Club look like an unfiltered documentary." — Los Angeles Times Posted May 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 27%
| Dance Flick (2009) | "
This send-up, created in large part by new-generation family members Damon Jr., Craig and Damien Dante Wayans, possesses a more nimble comic footing." — Los Angeles Times Posted May 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 43%
| Kassim the Dream (2009) | "
A nuanced survivor's story that memorably transcends its genre." — Los Angeles Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 8%
| The Skeptic (2009) | "
Old-fashioned in the worst sense, Bardwell's ghost story is heavy on Freud, light on fear." — Los Angeles Times Posted May 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| N/A | Break (2009) | "
Break contains all the elements you'd expect from a hard-boiled Quentin Tarantino knockoff: the complicated hit men, the fetishes, the blood baths, not to mention the presence of Michael Madsen and David Carradine." — Los Angeles Times Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 17%
| Spinning into Butter (2009) | "
The foils have no compunction about hurling ugly truths at each other, most of the time much too literally to work on screen." — Los Angeles Times Posted Mar 27, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 4%
| Miss March (2009) | "
The funniest thing about the monumentally stupid anti-comedy Miss March is that somehow the producers convinced Playboy to sign off on the thing." — Chicago Tribune Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| Under the Sea 3D (2009) | "
As intimate and enjoyable as anything Imax has done in 3-D." — Los Angeles Times Posted Feb 13, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 22%
| Push (2009) | "
By the time the credits roll, your most fervent wish is to run into a 'wiper' (one who can erase memories)." — Los Angeles Times Posted Feb 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 31%
| The Uninvited (2009) | "
The movie's source material invited a much more thoughtful interpretation." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jan 29, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 32%
| Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) | "
The third film in Screen Gems' grimly competent, vampires-versus-wolves franchise." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jan 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 34%
| Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) | "
[The film] oo often settles for easy, lazy jokes, most of which revolve around either food or running into stuff." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 35%
| Not Easily Broken (2009) | "
Not Easily Broken isn't perfect, but it is persuasive in its portrait of a husband and wife who must decide whether their frayed marriage is worth fighting to save." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 12%
| The Unborn (2009) | "
About the only thing here that will haunt your dreams is the film's final scene, which conveniently portends a sequel." — Los Angeles Times Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 90%
| Hunger (2008) | "
Hunger stands as one of the year's finest movies, full of imagery and ideas that will stay with you long after this piece of powerhouse art has ended." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 54%
| Australia (2008) | "
Australia is something of a mess, though it's a spectacularly made mess that's carried along by its ambition and artistry and, most of all, its pure passion to please." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 49%
| Twilight (2008) | "
Hardwicke, with an emphasis on extreme close-ups, captures that swoony intensity, and Pattinson and Stewart have an undeniable intense chemistry. For fans, that'll be enough. Newcomers need not apply." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 21, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 88%
| Bolt (2008) | "
You won't need to keep a pack of tissue at the ready here, but Bolt does have some lump-in-the-throat moments courtesy of a vividly drawn, huggable main character you grow to love." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 21, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) | "
Tries so hard to achieve ironic detachment from its subject matter that it's unlikely to connect with anyone moved by Life Is Beautiful." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 14, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| A Christmas Tale (2008) | "
The characters' explosive emotions - tender and bitter, guilt-wracked and willfully inscrutable - make "A Christmas Tale" an edge-of-your-seat experience in a way most thrillers could only dream about." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 14, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 94%
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | "
Bursting with energy, color and a bracing humanism, Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire is an underdog story that you can feel plenty good about liking." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 13, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 64%
| Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) | "
A decent-enough sequel that will satisfy fans without unduly bothering Oscar animation voters." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 76%
| Role Models (2008) | "
Shock value can only carry you so far." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) | "
Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno pulls off a couple feats that I previously thought were close to impossible: 1) It makes Elizabeth Banks unattractive. 2) It makes Seth Rogen unfunny." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 31, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 90%
| I've Loved You So Long (2008) | "
The heart of the movie is the wary dance of reconnection between the sisters, and, again, the beauty is in the details." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 61%
| Changeling (2008) | "
This doesn't keep it from being watchable and even riveting at times. What is never clear though is how Eastwood and screenwriter J. Michael Stracynski want us to feel about the mother's search for her son." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 34%
| Pride and Glory (2008) | "
Fundamentally modest cop movie eventually crashes under weight of self-importance." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 65%
| Patti Smith - Dream of Life (2008) | "
Heavy on the gabba-gabba, light on the hey!" — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 30%
| Morning Light (2008) | "
A beautifully photographed documentary about a group of freshly scrubbed youngsters coming together for a grueling sailing competition." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 18%
| Max Payne (2008) | "
Director John Moore pays homage to the video game by pushing the slo-mo button during action sequences in a fashion that would make John Woo weep tears of sorrow. He's not the only one." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 54%
| What Just Happened (2008) | "
Even giving the film points for veracity, one is left with the movie's inherent, fatal flaw: Who gives a rip?" — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 29%
| The Little Red Truck (2008) | "
It looks like a great program, but this documentary is too scattered to be all that interesting. Too many kids, too much action, not enough time." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 92%
| Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) | "
Happy-Go-Lucky doesn't condemn the optimistic way Poppy approaches life. It's wondering why there aren't more people like her." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 51%
| Body of Lies (2008) | "
A well-crafted but curiously generic spy thriller that, for its final hour at least, comes off as formulaic as its title." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 86%
| Rachel Getting Married (2008) | "
In Rachel Getting Married, Jonathan Demme takes what could have been another routine trip to dysfunction junction and turns it into a truthful and revelatory celebration of humanity." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 41%
| Blindness (2008) | "
The symbolism of author Jose Saramago's parable eludes Meirelles, and the film eventually breaks down into a series of self-conscious, stylized tics and narrative nonsense." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 70%
| Religulous (2008) | "
Thought is absent in Religulous, as is imagination. The movie is Maher's monument to Maher, as ugly and hateful as anything he decries in the film." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 40%
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) | "
A Lady and the Tramp for the Taco Bell set, Beverly Hills Chihuahua fits nicely into the long line of Disney dog movies designed to delight children and animal lovers." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2008) | "
It’s a mildly poignant generation-gap story." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 30%
| Nights in Rodanthe (2008) | "
Richard Gere and Diane Lane engage themselves fully with the flimsy material, making their one-note characters engaging, sympathetic and always perfectly coiffed, even in the face of gale-force winds." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 27%
| Eagle Eye (2008) | "
Disturbia team shows it can steal from a variety of sources -- not just Hitchcock -- in this laughably convoluted thriller about Big Brother run amok." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 84%
| Ghost Town (2008) | "
Striking just the right balance between sarcastic and sweet, Ghost Town breathes new life into supernatural comedy." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Sep 19, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 0%
| Surfer, Dude (2008) | "
Yes, this is a movie made by stoners for stoners." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Burn After Reading (2008) | "
Burn doesn't rank up with the Coens' best comedies, but, with its bevy of Beltway types acting purely out of self-interest, it has its finger on the pulse of the times more than its slight framework might indicate." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | "
Penelope Cruz kick-starts Woody's latest, turning it into a dizzy, daffy treatise on the place of passion in art and love." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Aug 15, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 100%
| Man On Wire (2008) | "
A definite candidate for documentary of the year." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Aug 8, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 74%
| Elegy (2008) | "
Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz continue to do their best to offset the summer's more infantile impulses in this fine adaptation of Philip Roth's novel." — Los Angeles Daily News Posted Aug 8, 2008 |
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