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Critics / Matthew Razak
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    MATTHEW RAZAK

    Agrees with the Tomatometer 67% of the time.

    Publications: Examiner.com

    Critics' Group: Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association

    Total Reviews: 58

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    30%

    The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

    " One can't really complain about delivering what the fans want, can one?"

    Posted Nov 21, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    22%

    The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day (2009)

    " All I can really say is that if liking a movie where two guys swing off of ropes tied to a building into a window with guns blazing and proceed to slide across the floor on their knees while shredding mobsters up with bullets is wrong, then I don't want t"

    Posted Nov 13, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    38%

    2012 (2009)

    " If the world had actually ended two hours into the film we'd all be discussing how awesomely stupid 2012 was in heaven."

    Posted Nov 13, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    55%

    Disney's A Christmas Carol (2009)

    " If you've ever wanted to see what 3D could actually do for a film if it wasn't just used as a gimmick then check out A Christmas Carol."

    Posted Nov 5, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    83%

    Paranormal Activity (2009)

    " This isn't a horror film, it's a a lesson in how to build fear."

    Posted Oct 9, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    12%

    Couples Retreat (2009)

    " For those of us who were weened on the idea that we're all "money, and we don't even know it" Couples Retreat is a little difficult to see, but is it bad? Not entirely. It's not entirely good either."

    Posted Oct 9, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    82%

    Whip It (2009)

    " Whip It is good, it just needs to be whipped into better shape."

    Posted Oct 2, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    89%

    Zombieland (2009)

    " Zombieland is a bloody, gorey, funny, over-the-top, zombie slaughtering piece of perfection."

    Posted Oct 2, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    27%

    Pandorum (2009)

    " For fans of the genre I can't see Pandorum disappointing."

    Posted Sep 25, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    39%

    Surrogates (2009)

    " Surrogates is yet another film that got swallowed by the Hollywood machine and spit out the other side. It's a surrogate of itself."

    Posted Sep 25, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    45%

    Jennifer's Body (2009)

    " Jennifer's Body is horror thrown back at us with it's tongue firmly in its cheek and its conventions open for all to see."

    Posted Sep 18, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    56%

    9 (2009)

    " In an ultimate twist of irony for those who have seen the movie, the film lacks soul."

    Posted Sep 10, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    63%

    Extract (2009)

    " Extract actually has to extract its laughs from the movie (pardon the pun), and that is something great comedy never has to do."

    Posted Sep 4, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    84%

    The September Issue (2009)

    " It isn't simply interesting to see how American Vogue is put together, but actually fun, humorous and insightful. Plus, Wintour is really a b**ch sometimes, and that is always good to watch."

    Posted Sep 4, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    49%

    Taking Woodstock (2009)

    " Taking Woodstock is a fine film, it just isn't what it wants to be or what it should be."

    Posted Aug 28, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    9%

    Post Grad (2009)

    " Post Grad heaps more bad on top of the bad that it has already delivered until all it can do is wallow in its own cliche, wondering why even the teenage girls in the front row of the theater -- the very girls that should be lapping its message up -"

    Posted Aug 21, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    90%

    District 9 (2009)

    " Director Neil Blomkamp, whose future in Hollywood should now be a lock, along with screenwriter Terri Tatchell (not to mention Peter Jackson, the film's producer) have created a world with massive scope."

    Posted Aug 13, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    36%

    G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)

    " I don't think I've seen an untested film franchise be set up for a sequel so hard in my entire life."

    Posted Aug 13, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    15%

    The Ugly Truth (2009)

    " The amount of truth in The Ugly Truth is null and void, and that means you're just left with The Ugly."

    Posted Jul 24, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    83%

    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

    " So yes, Half-Blood Prince is a bloody good time, and the best summer blockbuster film since Star Trek, but make sure you make the time to sit down and read the books if you haven't."

    Posted Jul 17, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    87%

    500 Days of Summer (2009)

    " (500) Days of Summer is that rare movie about boy meets girl that defeats the oldest nemesis of the rom-com genre: predictability"

    Posted Jul 17, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    67%

    Bruno (2009)

    " Some of the scenes do beg the question of if they were staged or not, but after the first ten minutes or so you're laughing too hard to really care."

    Posted Jul 10, 2009

    Rotten

    Fresh
    67%

    Public Enemies (2009)

    " You desperately want to be grabbed and taken along for what should be one of the most exciting "true stories" in history, but instead you're stuck wondering why actors as good as Depp and Bale aren't able to make their characters come to life and a direct"

    Posted Jul 1, 2009

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    Rotten
    19%

    Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

    " The first film was a summer action movie masterpiece, this one can't even make giant, transforming robots stay interesting for its entire running time."

    Posted Jun 23, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    15%

    Year One (2009)

    " This is Jack Black and Michael Cera doing Jack Black and Michael Cera, the problem is that that was funny about three years ago and now it's just kind of predictable and boring."

    Posted Jun 19, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    43%

    The Proposal (2009)

    " The Proposal gives some hope that the rom-com can still function."

    Posted Jun 19, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    66%

    Away We Go (2009)

    " It's a slice of American life just like Mendes delivered in American Beauty, Revolutionary Road and, to a lesser extent, the heavily underrated Road to Perdition -- except now he's done it with a bunch of comedians and a bit less depr"

    Posted Jun 11, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    92%

    Drag Me To Hell (2009)

    " It's hard to know where to start with what the film does right, since almost everything in the movie is horrortastic."

    Posted May 28, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    32%

    Terminator Salvation (2009)

    " Somehow along the way everyone fooled themselves into thinking that Terminator Salvation was going to be a good movie and not a slapped together, franchise expanding piece of corporate film making. Jokes on us."

    Posted May 21, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    36%

    Angels & Demons (2009)

    " The film is a wonderful piece of cinematic fluff sure to keep your eyes locked on the screen and your head at least partially interested."

    Posted May 15, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    95%

    Star Trek (2009)

    " Don't worry this time around, our pop culture is in good hands."

    Posted May 8, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    27%

    Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

    " Ghosts of Girlfriends Past might be one of the most unoriginal films ever made, but it works anyway."

    Posted May 1, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    36%

    X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

    " Here's a lesson Hollywood needs to learn about comic book movies and fast: just because there are hundreds of heroes doesn't mean that every one of them has to show up on film in the next three years or so."

    Posted May 1, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    41%

    Fighting (2009)

    " Replacing a dance off with bloody knuckles is just bad movie making."

    Posted Apr 24, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    50%

    Observe and Report (2009)

    " It's like there's a really great dark comedy in there desperately trying to get out, but it can't because fart jokes make more money."

    Posted Apr 10, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    28%

    Fast & Furious (2009)

    " The words plod, slow and drag should never even come close to a car chase movie, but that's what comes to mind instantly after watching this clunker."

    Posted Apr 3, 2009

    Rotten

    Fresh
    72%

    Sunshine Cleaning (2009)

    " If the whole thing wasn't so melodramatic every ten seconds the fun and quirkiness would have shown through far more easily."

    Posted Mar 27, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    82%

    I Love You, Man (2009)

    " Really, I Love You, Man is a wonderfully clever romantic comedy, it just happens that the love is platonic and between two guys."

    Posted Mar 20, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    65%

    Duplicity (2009)

    " Duplicity, when it comes down to it, is wonderful simplicity."

    Posted Mar 20, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    41%

    The Last House on the Left (2009)

    " If you want good revenge read some Shakespeare, if you want blood see a slasher, if you want to waste two hours then visit the last house on the left."

    Posted Mar 13, 2009

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    Rotten
    4%

    Miss March (2009)

    " Even whiter than you thought: An interview with Trevor Moore and Zack Cregger"

    Posted Mar 12, 2009

    Fresh

    Fresh
    64%

    Watchmen (2009)

    " Wow."

    Posted Mar 4, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    4%

    Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

    " Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is not the movie Street Fighter fans have been clamoring for, but that is mostly because Street Fighter fans haven't really been clamoring for a movie."

    Posted Feb 28, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    23%

    Fired Up (2009)

    " Check my man card at the door and begin making fun of me because I have to admit to completely enjoying Fired Up!."

    Posted Feb 20, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    23%

    Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

    " It's even more disappointing because from the general plot of the film it is clear that had the film makers gone in a few different directions Shopaholic could have been a colorful dress from Betsey Johnson instead of just another little black noth"

    Posted Feb 13, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    25%

    Friday the 13th (2009)

    " If you really want to see this movie just go home and rent Friday the 13th parts 1-3 and if you want to see the best film in the series rent part 6."

    Posted Feb 13, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    57%

    Taken (2009)

    " The film's premise is obviously a little shaky, but if you're looking for straight out, cold, hard action than there is nothing better for you than Taken."

    Posted Jan 30, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    18%

    New in Town (2009)

    " Would it be a valid review if there was just a picture of a cookie cutter on this page instead of text?"

    Posted Jan 30, 2009

    Fresh

    Rotten
    55%

    My Bloody Valentine 3D (2009)

    " My Bloody Valentine is full of everything that makes B-Grade horror great: blood, blood and blood."

    Posted Jan 16, 2009

    Rotten

    Rotten
    34%

    Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009)

    " Paul Blart delivers laughs, yes, but it's only one great slapstick actor and a little bit of heart away from being just another truly idiotic comedy."

    Posted Jan 16, 2009
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