Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 64%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
It's movie dynamite." Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
Transformers: The Revenge of The Fallen is beyond bad, it carves out its own category of godawfulness." Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 95%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
Here's the Iraq War movie for those who don't like Iraq War movies." Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 51%
| Cheri (2009) | "
With Pfeiffer, 50, radiating uncommon beauty, grace and feeling, Frears uncovers a fragile story's grieving heart." Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 44%
| My Sister's Keeper (2009) | "
The infuriating cop–out ending reduces the premise to mush." Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 45%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
Whatever Works feels like something out of time and, worse, out of step." Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 66%
| Dead Snow (2009) | "
If you tamp down your expectations there is a storm of scary fun to be had in this Scandinavian splatterfest." Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 46%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
A romantic comedy so numbing it feels like Novocaine." Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 88%
| Moon (2009) | "
Director Duncan Jones (son of David Bowie), working from a script by Nathan Parker, pulls off sci-fi miracles on a $5 million shoestring. Moon is a potent provocation that relies on ideas instead of computer tricks to stir up excitement." Posted Jun 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 97%
| Food, Inc. (2009) | "
Don't take another bite till you see Robert Kenner's Food, Inc., an essential, indelible documentary that is scarier than anything in the last five Saw horror shows." Posted Jun 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 50%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
This movie hits you like 600 volts from a sparking third rail. Damn straight it's electrifying." Posted Jun 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 78%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
The Hangover ain't art, but Phillips has shaped the hardcore hilarity into the summer party movie of all our twisted dreams." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 28%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
Will Ferrell and Danny McBride can find the dumb fun in anything. Too bad that Land of the Lost is so much less than anything." Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Up (2009) | "
Up is a breathtaking ride into the realm of pure imagination. Up shames the pap that now passes for family entertainment (yes, Night at the Museum 2, I'm talking to you)." Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 93%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
There's no truth in the title. Drag Me to Hell is horror-movie heaven." Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 58%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
What makes The Girlfriend Experience a fresh provocation is not the new ways available to build a fantasy but the near-impossibility of negotiating one you can actually believe in." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
T4 is a mixed bag, but it's not f------- amateur." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
Adults who see this movie unaccompanied by a child should sign up pronto for therapy with Gabriel Byrne on In Treatment." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 50%
| Easy Virtue (2009) | "
The elegant barbed wit of Noel Coward bubbling up in a time of Wolverine grunts. I must be dreaming." Posted May 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 47%
| Management (2009) | "
Playwright Stephen Belber, in his directing debut, comes close to the sweet spot. He's not there yet. But he'll be worth watching next time." Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 93%
| Summer Hours (2009) | "
Lots of films are called haunting, Summer Hours truly is." Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 37%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Without pretensions to profundity, the movie can be enjoyed for the hell-raising hooey it is." Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 70%
| Rudo and Cursi (2009) | "
Luna and García Bernal display the kind of chemistry that makes you overlook the clichés in the script by first-time director Carlos Cuarón. Sometimes good-natured fun is enough." Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Outrage (2009) | "
This film is a muckraking provocation whose time has come." Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Summer officially hits warp speed." Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 33%
| The Limits of Control (2009) | "
With The Limits of Control, Jim Jarmsuch gets tangled up in his own deadpan." Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 37%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
A transparent attempt to squeeze a faltering franchise for its last drop of box-office juice." Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 28%
| Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) | "
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past never comes as close as spitting distance to a laugh." Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 18%
| Obsessed (2009) | "
I'd call this stenchcloud 'Fatal Attraction meets The Temp,' but that would insult those movies." Posted Apr 27, 2009 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 15%
| The Informers (2009) | "
Do some blow. Curse humanity. Convert to nilhilism. Reread American Psycho. But don't for the love of God and cinema see The Informers." Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 86%
| Tyson (2009) | "
You won't know what hit you after watching Tyson. This power punch to the gut is one of the best movies of any kind this year." Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
In the end, The Soloist isn't about BIG MOMENTS, it's about the grace notes, the kind that stay with you." Posted Apr 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 100%
| Grey Gardens (1976) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Every Little Step (2009) | "
Tracing A Chorus Line from its creation in 1974 by Michael Bennett and his dancers to its 2006 Broadway revival, Every Little Step is a thrilling combination of documentary and musical dazzler." Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 100%
| Grey Gardens (2008) | "
The script hits a few bumps, but Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore are magnificent as the bizarro Beales." Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 67%
| Is Anybody There? (2009) | "
Blending humor and heartbreak in a performance that makes a small movie a richly satisfying one, Caine truly is magic." Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 56%
| 17 Again (2009) | "
If you can't figure out what happens, you've never seen a movie. And if you haven't, please, God, don't start with this one." Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 85%
| State of Play (2009) | "
State of Play keeps the twists coming." Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 65%
| Last House on the Left (1972) |
Click here to read article Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 98%
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) | "
Sacha Gervasi's powerhouse doc brings humor and fervent focus to Toronto musicians, supporting their families with day jobs, who won't give up the dream." Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 51%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
Observe and Report revels in creeping you out and making you laugh -- hard." Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 55%
| Lymelife (2009) | "
Director and co-writer Derick Martini throws all this drama on a high burner. Even when the drama gets overcooked, Lymelife sends off sparks." Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 93%
| Sugar (2009) | "
Boden and Fleck are exceptional talents who refuse to sweeten Sugar for mass consumption. The result is raw and riveting." Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 88%
| Adventureland (2009) | "
Adventureland throws a lot at us, but not enough of it sticks." Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Director Justin Lin still hasn't learned film geography. Even the kinetic tunnel races, meant to nitrocharge the movie, fall flat from spatial incoherence. You barely know what's happening, and to whom." Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
An animated funhouse that delivers on its title and ups its scary-comic impact if you see it in 3-D." Posted Mar 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 90%
| Hunger (2008) | "
Shockingly immediate and philosophically reflective, Hunger is an indelibly moving tribute to what makes us human." Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 66%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
Gilroy and his stars make it elegant fun to be fooled, but they sure as hell make you work for it." Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
In a down market for giggles (Miss March? Please!), Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are howlingly funny. They have skills." Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 42%
| The Last House on the Left (2009) | "
Audiences with a brain cell left have only one choice: Look for the first exit on the right." Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
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