Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 71%
| Bruno (2009) | "
The reason Bruno doesn't rise to the level of Cohen's earlier work %u2014 besides the inevitable diminished returns of revisiting now familiar territory %u2014 is that this time around the film is more interested in making fun than in making a poin" — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jul 9, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 89%
| Moon (2009) | "
Moon is, quite simply, an astonishingly good debut, supremely confident and assured." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jul 9, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 97%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
The Hurt Locker is an extraordinarily uncomfortable movie to watch, not because it is poorly made, but because it places its audience directly in the crosshairs of hell." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jul 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
Public Enemies is Heat with fedoras, a gangster epic that is easily the best thing Mann has done in more than a decade, an intensely visceral tour-de-force." — Christianity Today Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 44%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
If My Sister's Keeper feels melodramatic and contrived, it is, at least, sincerely so." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2/10
| Rotten 19%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen suffers from the same malady as its predecessor, an almost pathological aversion to taking itself seriously." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Rotten 46%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
I know it is not as fashionable to say this as it once was, but I love Woody Allen." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 17%
| Year One (2009) | "
Year One is little more than Religulous with fart jokes." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Rotten 46%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
Despite its less than original pedigree, The Proposal is a perfect example of a predictable, formulaic script elevated by fine acting and palpable chemistry." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
It's been a long time since I've genuinely not wanted a film to end. For me, Away We Go is the year's first contender for Best Picture." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Rotten 43%
| Imagine That (2009) | "
Imagine That and its young female star have something in common: they are both adorable." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Rotten 50%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is the ultimate exercise in redundancy, a bullying, almost completely artless film, a superfluous venture in every possible way." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
Vulgar, obscene and offensive, The Hangover is one of the funniest movies I've seen in a very long time and is surely destined to become a comedy classic." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 8, 2009 |
Fresh 5/10
| Rotten 28%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
About once a year, I like a film everyone else despises, a film so admittedly and indefensibly bad that I have no justification whatsoever for having enjoyed it. Last year it was The Love Guru. This year it is Land of the Lost." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 5/10
| Rotten 11%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
Together, Vardalos and Dreyfuss distract us from how manufactured, forced and reliant on national stereotypes and cultural clichés the film is. Barely." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 97%
| Up (2009) | "
Do you think Pixar ever gets tired of the monotony of good press? If they do, they better get over it. Up is a spellbinding gem, powered by pure whimsy and so deeply moving you forget entirely that you're watching animation." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 93%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
Raimi always keeps some part of his tongue firmly planted in his cheek. He wants you to laugh as often as he wants you to scream, and he succeeds in equal measure with both." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 28, 2009 |
Rotten 6/10
| Rotten 58%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
While beautiful, both the film and its female lead are cold and distant." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 28, 2009 |
Rotten 6/10
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
Contrary to popular belief, there is something far worse than a demonstrably bad film and that is a film with boundless but ultimately squandered potential. Terminator: Salvation is such a movie." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 21, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 62%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
Eat your heart out Wes Anderson. This film proves that Brick was not a fluke. The Brothers Bloom is an absolute joy to watch. Before it's over, your mouth will be sore from smiling." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted May 21, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 38%
| Gigantic (2008) | "
Gigantic is the sort of kitchen sink movie many first-time directors make, mistakenly believing that they have to throw every idea they've ever come up with into just one film in case they never get a chance to make another." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 21, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 38%
| Gigantic (2008) | "
Gigantic is the sort of kitchen sink movie many first-time directors make, mistakenly believing that they have to throw every idea they've ever come up with into just one film in case they never get a chance to make another." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted May 21, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Rotten 37%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
If you liked the book, you're going to love the movie." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Unless you live in the weeds like me, obsessing over minutia that others never even see, Star Trek is going to be a jaw-dropping experience. The rest of us will just have to get over ourselves." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
So unoriginal and underwhelming as to be totally forgettable, the deeply dissatisfying and unnecessarily silly X-Men Origins: Wolverine is one "in the beginning" that you just wish would mutate into "the end."" — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 28%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
As far as the mightily abused McConaughey romantic comedies go, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is actually one of his better outings." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted May 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 67%
| Is Anybody There? (2009) | "
This thoughtful, well-crafted, modest little film is a pleasing example of generational intersections and the wisdom that flows both directions." — Christianity Today Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
If the symbolism is a bit heavy-handed at times, it is also intensely elevating." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 41%
| Fighting (2009) | "
When it's not throwing punches, Fighting moves at a glacial pace. For a film about fighting there sure is a lot of talking." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 85%
| State of Play (2009) | "
While State of Play doesn't work all the time, it never fails to entertain and engage, retaining palpable substance and relevance." — Christianity Today Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 56%
| 17 Again (2009) | "
If most of the summer fare is popcorn, consider 17 Again the cotton candy desert." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 71%
| American Violet (2009) | "
It is an imperative story worth telling, the importance of which manages to assuage some of the film's less than successful moments." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Rotten 46%
| Hannah Montana The Movie (2009) | "
The most surprising thing about Hannah Montana is not how it breaks out of its clichéd constraints, but how high it flies in spite of them." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/10
| Rotten 51%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
Walking out of Observe and Report, I was torn between categorical loathing and perverse admiration." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
It's dumb, but it's fun, and it doesn't pretend to be otherwise." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 88%
| Adventureland (2009) | "
Adventureland is one of the most consistently funny, consistently well written, consistently well acted and consistently appealing movies I've seen in a very long time." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 89%
| Sin Nombre (2009) | "
It is a movie about the wages of sin that come back to claim their own, indifferent to redemption, especially a redemption bathed in blood." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 35%
| Alien Trespass (2009) | "
Fun at first, the movie quickly wears thin. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but if that's your choice, you better be sure the thing you're imitating is worthy of it." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
For a 3-D movie, Monsters vs. Aliens is appallingly one-dimensional." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Mar 26, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 18%
| The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) | "
Quick, somebody grab a dictionary and show director Peter Cornwell the difference between homage and grand larceny." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Mar 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 66%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
Writer/director Tony Gilroy's Duplicity is a pleasurable puzzle with a vast myriad of possible outcomes." — Christianity Today Posted Mar 23, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 92%
| Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) | "
Sally Hawkins is a comic revelation, an impish, endlessly charming sprite..." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 90%
| Hunger (2008) | "
That a film this masterful is the product of a first-time filmmaker is astonishing. The harrowing, contemplative Hunger is, without question, one of the gutsiest, most self-assured initial films ever made." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Rotten 32%
| Knowing (2009) | "
Entrancing even when it is at its most outlandish, Knowing is a breathtaking metaphysical rumination that, in the final seconds, actually caused me to cry out loud in uninhibited glee." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
...it is scientifically impossible not to like Paul Rudd." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 73%
| Sunshine Cleaning (2009) | "
Sunshine Cleaning is a dark, slightly off-bubble dramedy powered by a sweet, sincere, oddball charm that somehow manages to strike a balance between humor and tragedy..." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 73%
| The Great Buck Howard (2009) | "
A likeable enough actor who has shown far more personality in films far worse than this one, Hanks fails miserably as the one character with whom we are supposed to relate." — BrandonFibbs.com Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 43%
| Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | "
...a film so incompetently directed and poorly written that it insults kids' intelligence, much less the adults who brought them." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Fresh 8.5/10
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Watchmen is astonishing. It is indubitably the most lavish adaptation of a graphic novel ever made and quite possibly one of the finest book-to-screen endeavors ever produced." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Mar 5, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 84%
| Two Lovers (2009) | "
Two Lovers should be a depressing downer of a film, but it's not." — Colorado Springs Gazette Posted Feb 26, 2009 |
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