Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 56%
| Trucker (2009) | "
Good characters and a strong start run out of gas by the end" Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
Titanic budget supports an old story and some military hardware" Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| N/A | Mortal Transfer (2000) | "
Black comedy offers a rough and tortured view of the male id" Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
Miyazaki refuses to be dismissed" Posted Oct 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Betty Blue (1986) | "
There can be beauty in tragedy, particularly when the key ingredient is the same in both" Posted Oct 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 58%
| Art & Copy (2009) | "
Doug Pray asked them what it was like to change the world on behalf of someone else's product" Posted Oct 18, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 96%
| Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2007) | "
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea is funny and compassionate, but it shows us a future that could befall any American community that suddenly becomes economically unsound, or politically inconvenient." Posted Sep 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| N/A | Absolut (2004) | "
If Eternal Sunshine didn't have Charlie Kaufman and a big budget, it might have looked like Absolut." Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| N/A | A Stranger of Mine (2005) | "
Three stories eventually intertwine in a complex, funny web; a better film would start much stronger." Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| N/A | American Fugitive: The Truth About Hassan (2006) | "
The shock value of seeing a wanted assassin will draw you in to the history lesson." Posted Aug 27, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| N/A | Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (2008) | "
There is no film footage from Johnny Cash recording at Folsom, which is hard on a documentarian" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| N/A | The Moon in the Gutter (1983) | "
Characters with unreadable motives are hard to like, and no amount of atmosphere can help" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| N/A | The Wedding (2004) | "
Polish comedy has impeccable timing and coherent focus" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 81%
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) | "
Glass fans will like 8-11 of Hicks' 12 parts" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 98%
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) | "
Comedy, drama, unforgettable characters, good music, and an underdog story. Don't miss it!" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| N/A | Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (2009) | "
Why does he wear red shoes? Documentary forgets to ask." Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
Boys and girls pair off; expository bookkeeping sets up the final conflict" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| Enlighten Up! (2009) | "
Give director Churchill credit for including her own obstinacy in the movie" Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 47%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
So long as you don't hurt anybody and adapt to a New York state of mind... "whatever works"" Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| N/A | Pirate for the Sea (2008) | "
The underdog is the marine ecosystem and the hard-nosed protagonist is Paul Watson" Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008) | "
A powerful home movie about real-world evil and good" Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| N/A | Rome: Engineering an Empire () | "
Pretty good for TV; a solid overview of Roman architectural history" Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| N/A | The Unseen (2007) | "
Recent films capture the soul and pace of the South; this one seems only to capture the stereotypes" Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | History Channel Presents - Life After People () | "
Interesting idea, but doesn't rise above its made-for-TV roots" Posted May 14, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 78%
| Doubt (2008) | "
Not a cinematic powerhouse, but a good conversation starter" Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Sugar (2009) | "
Dominican natives pursue their diamond dreams in the U.S." Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Let the Right One In (2008) | "
Excellent storytelling and a handful of very good shots add up to one of the year's best" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 86%
| A Christmas Tale (2008) | "
Controlled chaos of a family reunion highlighed by likeable but flawed characters" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 88%
| Timecrimes (2008) | "
A tight little movie where every setup is paid off" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 96%
| Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) | "
If steroids were outlawed, only outlaws would have steroids" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 98%
| Surfwise (2008) | "
New Bohemian lifestyle: good, bad, or neutral?" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 98%
| The Wrestler (2008) | "
It's not the comeback, it's the writing and the characters" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 68%
| Revolutionary Road (2008) | "
Can't tell whether Mendes speaks through his characters or speaks about them" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 35%
| Adam Resurrected (2008) | "
The ending throws away the complexity that makes the rest of the movie so interesting" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 52%
| Shuttle (2009) | "
Immediate frights and long-lasting dread are still not quite enough" Posted Apr 21, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 91%
| I.O.U.S.A. (2008) | "
Practically begs audiences to declaim it essential viewing, rather than quietly convincing us" Posted Feb 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 94%
| Milk (2008) | "
Much like the documentary that went before; Penn's performance makes the remake worthwhile" Posted Feb 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 96%
| Gomorra (2008) | "
The more you know about the story behind the story, the better it is" Posted Feb 22, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 54%
| What Just Happened (2008) | "
Polished, coherent, rich with internal consistency... and sacrilegious for believers in The Movies" Posted Feb 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 84%
| Wendy and Lucy (2008) | "
Dramatic arc is an elegant structure revealing the laws of emotional physics" Posted Feb 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 91%
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | "
The best boxing movie of 2008; with words and wits instead of gloves and fists" Posted Jan 20, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Order of Myths (2008) | "
Separate but equal is alive and well in America; see how it works at Mardi Gras in Mobile" Posted Jan 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 48%
| Shall We Dance? (2004) |
Click here to read article Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| N/A | The Bill Douglas Trilogy: My Childhood / My Ain Folk / My Way Home (1972) | "
A personal memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood" Posted Oct 2, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 69%
| Religulous (2008) | "
Bill Maher shines light on the weird beliefs of people around the country and around the world" Posted Oct 2, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Alexandra (2008) | "
Clever scenario looks at the balance of power betwween age, sex, and nationality" Posted Jul 19, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| N/A | Daft Punk's Electroma (2006) | "
Visually appealing but the pace is 20x too slow" Posted Jul 19, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 100%
| Noise (2008) | "
Even at the movie's climax, Saville wants us to keep looking at the characters" Posted Jul 10, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 61%
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) | "
If I were ten I'd go see this again and again and again" Posted Jul 10, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 81%
| Ghosts of Cite Soleil (2007) | "
Packs an emotional punch, but that only partly makes up for the lack of a good story" Posted Jun 26, 2008 |
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