|
4/4
|
95%
|
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007) |
"
...a true horror story."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jan 25, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Blade Runner (1982) |
"
The opportunity to see one of the milestone visual achievements in a big hall with a giant screen is not to be missed. And even if you saw Blade Runner in a theater in 1982, this will be an entirely new experience."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 5, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Hairspray (2007) |
"
Adam Shankman's Hairspray is a great big sloppy kiss of entertainment for audiences weary of explosions, CGI effects and sequels, sequels, sequels."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Ratatouille (2007) |
"
The Pixar magic continues with Brad Bird's Ratatouille, a gorgeous, wonderfully inventive computer-animated comedy."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jun 29, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
63%
|
Reign Over Me (2007) |
"
Cheadle is good, as always, but Sandler's portrayal of a guy on the perennial brink of a psychotic breakdown is amazing."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"
I've seen this film three times and cannot claim to know whether its fantasy characters and events are meant to exist solely in the imagination of the 12-year-old girl at the center of the story, or if she is the only human aware of them."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jan 6, 2007
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) |
"
Letters isn't about numbers or the battle or even the morality of war. It's about the sanctity of life and how we value our own."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 20, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
78%
|
Dreamgirls (2006) |
"
When she sings 'And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going' -- one of the most heartfelt cries of pain ever written for a musical -- Hudson inscribes her name on an Oscar."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 6, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
75%
|
Happy Feet (2006) |
"
If you fell in love with the wingless heroes of last year's documentary hit March of the Penguins, prepare to surrender completely to George Miller's computer-animated musical/adventure Happy Feet."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 17, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"
Put on two pairs of underwear and try to stay dry through one of the most uproariously -- or, in the case of the nude wrestling scene between Borat and his morbidly obese producer, disgustingly -- funny movies in a very long time."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 3, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
The Departed (2006) |
"
After a pair of flawed Oscar-hunting epics, Martin Scorsese has returned to the gritty, violent mob drama that has always been his strong suit, and the result -- The Departed -- is his best film since 1990's Goodfellas."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 6, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
76%
|
Superman Returns (2006) |
"
The movie has an undercurrent of personal drama that leaves you with a lump in your throat and an urgent need to see Superman return again."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jun 27, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
84%
|
King Kong (2005) |
"
The $200 million-plus spectacle is funny when it wants to be, exhilarating when it needs to be and a sentimental triumph at the end."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) |
"
The biggest little movie of the year -- and one of the best ever about the news media."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Sep 23, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
Sideways is the best comedy of 2004. In fact, it's so far the best movie of the year."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 22, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) |
"
A masterpiece? Probably. Ingenious? Absolutely! Unforgettable? I'll see you at the 10th-year anniversary."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Mar 19, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) |
"
[Director Peter Jackson] can lay claim to one of the greatest achievements in film history."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 15, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
81%
|
21 Grams (2003) |
"
Using the structure of Amores Perros, Inarritu takes his complex tale of hope and redemption and breaks it into a mosaic of emotional tiles that add up to more than the whole."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 21, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
Chicago (2002) |
"
Scintillating, jazz-hot adaptation."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Apr 22, 2003
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Chop Shop (2008) |
"
Iranian-American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani showed great compassion for New York's underclass with his first feature, Man Push Cart, and his storytelling skill has only sharpened with this riveting followup."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Feb 29, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
97%
|
Persepolis (2007) |
"
The black-and-white animation won't dazzle your eyes, but everything else about Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's adaptation of Satrapi's graphic comic book series Persepolis will hold you in its thrall."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 26, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"
Blood does not release its grip on the audience until its last, bizarrely crazy minutes."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 26, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
70%
|
I Am Legend (2007) |
"
The Manhattan movie of the year, Francis Lawrence's I Am Legend, offers a stunning glimpse into how the city -- as we know it today -- might look in 2012 if it were abandoned in 2009."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 14, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
42%
|
The Golden Compass (2007) |
"
Represents the year's biggest gamble -- and it delivers the year's biggest and most ambitious fantasy."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 7, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
86%
|
Starting Out in the Evening (2007) |
"
Unusual and absolutely riveting."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 26, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
"
[Lumet] proves that at 83 he's still the master of the game."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 3, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
64%
|
Things We Lost in the Fire (2007) |
"
Berry gives a riveting performance, but as a deeply decent man trapped in a hell of his own making, Del Toro gives the kind of career performance Berry gave in Monster's Ball."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 27, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
Michael Clayton (2007) |
"
Every performance in this film is spot-on."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 5, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
66%
|
Shoot 'Em Up (2007) |
"
This is likely the fastest-moving intentionally funny action movie ever made."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Sep 7, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"
... gritty, hugely entertaining."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Sep 7, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
Stardust (2007) |
"
A kitchen-sink fantasy, in both mood and content. It is exciting, funny, adventurous, magical and very romantic. The special effects are great, but the characters are even better."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Aug 10, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
No End in Sight (2007) |
"
The most compelling and least partisan of all the Iraq documentaries."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Sicko (2007) |
"
Sicko, which takes on America's profoundly profitable and catastrophically inefficient health care system, is Moore's most assured, least antagonistic and potentially most important film."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jun 20, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Let's Get Lost (1989) |
"
The portrait we get is of a flawed genius, a charismatic figure whose gifts for manipulation and self-gratification were as great as his musical talent."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jun 8, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
Knocked Up (2007) |
"
Apatow's dialogue is so good, the undercurrent of his story so inherently sweet, and the performances so engaging, that you surrender immediately."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Jun 1, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
45%
|
Brooklyn Rules (2007) |
"
Though the three friends at the center of the story don't always look or sound smart, the movie does both."
—
New York Daily News
Posted May 18, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway (2007) |
"
What stands out, not surprisingly, is the work and passion that goes into the shows. But seeing all this from the inside creates an extraordinary level of empathy for those involved."
—
New York Daily News
Posted May 11, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
71%
|
28 Weeks Later... (2007) |
"
28 Weeks Later has a stronger story line [than the original], equally fine performances, greater tension, enough gore to satisfy the most hard-core zombie fan, and a narrative pace that flings us from the opening scenes to the very last image."
—
New York Daily News
Posted May 11, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"
I'll take a wild guess and say that Spidey fans come for the action and, on that count, they will not be disappointed."
—
New York Daily News
Posted May 1, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Grindhouse (2007) |
"
Go, I say, and enjoy."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Apr 9, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) (2006) |
"
A riveting drama about playwright Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), his actress girlfriend Christa-Maria (Martina Gedeck) and the Stasi agent who has wired their apartment and is spying on them in East Berlin."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Feb 9, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"
This being Oscar season, we must point out that Dench and Blanchett are two of your finalists."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 26, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
Venus (2006) |
"
Peter O'Toole, looking frail beyond his 74 years, gives what may be his farewell performance as a leading movie actor in Roger Michell's Venus. It's one for the books -- and maybe the Oscars, too."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Dec 22, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
50%
|
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"
... Christopher Guest's aim in For Your Consideration is hilariously accurate."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 17, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
Casino Royale (2006) |
"
Fans of anyone other than Sean Connery who has played James Bond may want to look away, because admirers of Ian Fleming's 007 novels are almost bound to agree that Daniel Craig is the best Bond since Sean."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 16, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Volver (2006) |
"
For a black comedy whose tangled sequence of events is completely improbable, Pedro Almodóvar's Volver feels absolutely authentic. So, think of everything as metaphor and enjoy one of the year's most delectably twisted treats."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Nov 3, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
69%
|
Babel (2006) |
"
...A powerful movie that should win all the year's ensemble acting awards."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 27, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
69%
|
Cocaine Cowboys (2006) |
"
If The Godfather movies were based on real gangsters and some of them were still around to talk about the good old days, they might be as fascinating as the characters in Billy Corben's documentary about the cocaine import business in 1970s Miami."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 27, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
73%
|
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"
In his no-nonsense style, the 76-year-old filmmaker is merely telling the story he was given."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 20, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
100%
|
Deliver Us From Evil (2006) |
"
O'Grady appears in the film, his face showing no sign of shame even as he acknowledges and describes the awful things he did."
—
New York Daily News
Posted Oct 13, 2006
|
67%
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