|
7.5/10
|
60%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
Action purists should be entertained enough by the slick spectacles Ritchie chains together, set against as handsome a historical London as you're bound to get from the movies."
—
Movieline
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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|
7/10
|
93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
If the hoodied Cruise evokes a touch of Eminem-level moodiness in the posters, it's with good reason: Stopping a maniacal supervillain may be on the docket yet again, but this time around Ethan Hunt has gone emo."
—
Movieline
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
5/10
|
67%
|
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) |
"
Paranormal Activity 3 undercuts the unsettling groundwork laid by the first two films and takes the series in a disappointing, less-satisfying direction. "
—
Movieline
Posted Sep 30, 2011
|
|
4/10
|
31%
|
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) |
"
By the time my seatmate was filling up her second Human Centipede II barf bag, we had to call an ambulance to the theater. Thank goodness for practical swag? "
—
Movieline
Posted Sep 24, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
83%
|
Warrior (2011) |
"
Yes, this is a mixed martial arts movie. It's also one of the most heart-wrenching and deeply felt films of the year."
—
Movieline
Posted Sep 8, 2011
|
|
5.5/10
|
60%
|
Glee: The 3D Concert Movie (2011) |
"
The potential to bring Harry Shum Jr.'s sweet dance moves into the third dimension is wasted, and unlike Jon M. Chu's dynamically-lensed Justin Bieber: Never Say Never concert doc, Glee 3D feels disappointingly flat."
—
Movieline
Posted Aug 11, 2011
|
|
|
67%
|
Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) |
"
It may sound silly, but watch Hauer go from shuffling, hesitant outsider on the fringe to vigilante hero raining down justice in the streets with his 12-gauge and you see one of the year's best, most heartbreaking and unhinged performances thus far."
—
Movieline
Posted May 5, 2011
|
|
|
90%
|
Bridesmaids (2011) |
"
Bridesmaids proves that modern comedies about women don't have to be insipid, boring or downright loathsome. Who knew?"
—
Movieline
Posted Mar 25, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
10%
|
Season of the Witch (2011) |
"
It's The Seventh Seal meets Get Him to the Greek meets Lord of the Rings as if filtered through Uwe Boll's hack-tastic brain."
—
Movies.com
Posted Jan 7, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
Somewhere (2010) |
"
An intimate foray inside the emotional life of an adult who realizes they've been focusing for far too long on the wrong priorities in life."
—
Movies.com
Posted Jan 2, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
Blue Valentine (2010) |
"
At once sad and celebratory for anyone who's ever fallen in and then out of love. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Jan 2, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) |
"
A darkly comic throwback to the kiddie horror pics of the '80s, cheeky and just a bit grotesque."
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
91%
|
The Fighter (2010) |
"
Ward's story may unfold in the manner of many sports biopics but The Fighter's more about the complex familial ties that bind than it is about the sweet science itself."
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
32%
|
How Do You Know (2010) |
"
Kudos to Brooks for crafting Lisa as the kind of smart, level-headed, capable, red-blooded, confident female protagonist we almost never get to see in the movies."
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
14%
|
Yogi Bear (2010) |
"
Yogi Bear is aggressively average, but it isn't the kind of children's movie you need to fear. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
10%
|
Little Fockers (2010) |
"
...and then Ben Stiller sticks a needle into Academy Award winner Robert De Niro's drug-induced boner. No cineaste should have to watch the mighty fall so low."
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
1/5
|
21%
|
Gulliver's Travels (2010) |
"
Crass and careless, irresponsible and inappropriate, Gulliver's Travels also features the worst on-screen death of the year. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 23, 2010
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
True Grit (2010) |
"
Seemingly simple and straightforward upon first glance, the handsome period Western blossoms considerably into a profound nostalgic experience."
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 22, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
50%
|
Tron Legacy (2010) |
"
All digital dazzle and little substance."
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 16, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
Portman gives a meticulously controlled performance that culminates in the most haunting and grandiose cinematic coup de grace of the year. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Dec 3, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
90%
|
Tangled (2010) |
"
For all the girl power messaging in Tangled's marketing campaign, this updated Rapunzel is a fairly terrible role model for little girls. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 24, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
42%
|
Faster (2010) |
"
Empty, fleeting stuff that resonates only long enough for the next car chase/fight scene/shoot-out to come along."
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 24, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
36%
|
Burlesque (2010) |
"
Burlesque razzle-dazzles its way through a litany of familiar showbiz clichés and comes out, for the most part, with sequins and false eyelashes intact."
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 24, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
51%
|
The Next Three Days (2010) |
"
The Next Three Days is a popcorn thriller through and through. Unfortunately, it's also painfully boring. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 19, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) |
"
Get ready for a long eight months, Potterites."
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 19, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
16%
|
Skyline (2010) |
"
A mess of a movie that reaches a completely ridiculous and unexpected (but not in a good way) conclusion."
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 12, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
54%
|
Morning Glory (2010) |
"
Blows a noisy raspberry in the face of old media while the mocking warble of a Natasha Bedingfield song plays over the end credits. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 11, 2010
|
|
1/5
|
86%
|
Unstoppable (2010) |
"
Every shred of true story credence becomes lost in a flurry of facepalm-worthy character decisions, headache-inducing edits and stupid, preposterous action."
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 11, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
39%
|
Due Date (2010) |
"
Basically Planes, Trains and Automobiles with Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis, minus the earned sentiment and John Hughes cred."
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 5, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
72%
|
Megamind (2010) |
"
A smart send-up of the Superman myth and the age-old precept of good vs. evil."
—
Movies.com
Posted Nov 5, 2010
|
|
0.5/5
|
10%
|
Saw 3D (2010) |
"
Incomprehensible story, cheesy dialogue, poor execution, cheap production value - Saw 3D hits for the cycle of bad filmmaking."
—
Movies.com
Posted Oct 28, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
46%
|
Hereafter (2010) |
"
Wastes its earnest poignancy with a script reliant on corny storytelling clichés."
—
Movies.com
Posted Oct 21, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
59%
|
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) |
"
Builds gradual tension on repetitious scenes of domestic tranquility before shattering the calm with an escalating series of events."
—
Movies.com
Posted Oct 21, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
Jackass 3-D (2010) |
"
The only truly new element here is the use of 3-D, which occasionally brings various stunts leaping off the screen and into your lap, whether you like it or not."
—
Movies.com
Posted Oct 14, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
94%
|
The Town (2010) |
"
Affleck's overall directorial instincts are sound; breathtaking car chases and ear-rattling shoot-outs are thrillingly executed."
—
Movies.com
Posted Sep 17, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Easy A (2010) |
"
Stone's charisma sells her preternaturally mature character and makes the script's snarky, pop culture-referencing dialogue snap."
—
Movies.com
Posted Sep 17, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Devil (2010) |
"
Taut and slickly directed, Devil is actually one of the more solid genre movies we've seen all year."
—
Movies.com
Posted Sep 17, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
30%
|
The Virginity Hit (2010) |
"
It feels real, even if in the back of your brain you know it's about as authentic as the girl who quit her job via dry-erase board."
—
Movies.com
Posted Sep 10, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
73%
|
The Last Exorcism (2010) |
"
Resorts to a clichéd and over-the-top ending that negates all of the effective ambiguity that made the middle third of the film so nail-bitingly tense. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 27, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
27%
|
Takers (2010) |
"
A slick thriller comprised of equal parts pretty actors, urban crime drama clichés, and cheesy lines... The Italian Heat Job for Dummies."
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 27, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) |
"
Whimsical, heartwarming, and a tad bittersweet."
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 20, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
4%
|
Vampires Suck (2010) |
"
In the long, miserable history of Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg's joint film making career, Vampires Suck is a definite improvement."
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 20, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
34%
|
Lottery Ticket (2010) |
"
A 'hood comedy with heart. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 20, 2010
|
|
1.5/5
|
51%
|
The Switch (2010) |
"
Perverse gender politics are at play here in this insemination fantasy about a man hijacking a woman's uterus in a long play to win her heart. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 20, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
73%
|
Piranha 3-D (2010) |
"
Has plenty of good, old-fashioned blood & guts and the kind of full frontal nudity that's guaranteed to send young boys into puberty. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 19, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
36%
|
Eat Pray Love (2010) |
"
Eat Pray Love only superficially advocates independence and growth while serving up a steaming pile of pseudo-spiritual hyperbole. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) |
"
Wright proves himself an expert technician with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, surely one of the most visually dense pieces of pop cinema ever made. "
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 12, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
40%
|
The Expendables (2010) |
"
When it gets around to the righteous fightin' and killin' bits, The Expendables more than delivers on its promise to be the manliest movie ever made."
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 11, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
78%
|
The Other Guys (2010) |
"
Features the original song 'Pimps Don't Cry,' The first clear Oscar front runner of the year."
—
Movies.com
Posted Aug 4, 2010
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