Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
The film vibrates with the excitement of discovery and awe. Not just for the sight of six-legged rhinos and butterfly-hued dragons, but for the thousands of hours of work that unite here in a creative epiphany." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
The film earns its title's superlative and a hundred more." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 72%
| The Road (2009) | "
John Milton described hell as "darkness visible." That is the grim, mesmerizing world that director John Hillcoat creates here." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
Despite the film's clear social conscience and sympathy for the community it portrays, Precious never panders for compassion." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
This is a poignant war movie, but it's also a buddy movie with a difference, one that's both funny and bleak." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
An Education is a vibrant portrait of England on the cusp of its postwar rebirth." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Oct 29, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
In an era glutted with sanitized, prefabricated, computer-generated kids' stuff, this is an experience of sophisticated cross-generational appeal. It digs deep into childhood's bright, manic exuberance and also its confusion and gloom." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Oct 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
Man plans, God laughs, and so do the Coen brothers." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 83%
| Whip It (2009) | "
Scene for scene and beat for beat, this roller derby crowd-pleaser crackles with joy and jubilation." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| The Beaches of Agnes (2009) | "
When was the last time you saw a world-renowned director converse with a cartoon cat or dress as a potato?" — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Sep 17, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
Socked in with the whiplash action and over-the-top gore is a story that's shockingly funny, clever and emotionally resonant. District 9 is that rarest kind of film, magnificent trash." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 96%
| The Cove (2009) | "
Thrilling, impassioned and suspenseful as a spy caper, The Cove could launch a new sensibility for environmental documentaries." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Aug 7, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 95%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
In the Loop is one of the best political comedies since the invention of the sprocket hole." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
It fits neatly on the shelf with Bonnie and Clyde and The Godfather." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
From the title onward, Up is a stratospheric success. It's guaranteed to lift your spirits, and not with a pushy DreamWorks-style gag reel of celebrity voices and committee-processed one-liners." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 78%
| Three Monkeys (2009) | "
The pace is deliberate, sometimes slow, but the whirlpool pull of this tragic psychological thriller is irresistible." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 90%
| Hunger (2008) | "
This is strong stuff, a tour of hell on Earth presented in scenes of unbearable tension and pulse-spiking violence. Hunger ends as something else, though, in a vision of transcendence and grace." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 98%
| The Wrestler (2008) | "
The Wrestler is strong, confident filmmaking. It shows you everything you need to know, and never whispers in your ear what you're supposed to feel about it." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 68%
| Revolutionary Road (2008) | "
Revolutionary Road is easily the best-acted film of 2008, and one of the most corrosive." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jan 5, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 86%
| A Christmas Tale (2008) | "
In this dark comedy everyone is at the end of someone else's strings." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Dec 12, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Let the Right One In (2008) | "
Let the Right One In is one of the essential horror films of the decade. It's also one of the most enthralling romances and one of the best films about children." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 20, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | "
Don't let the exotic setting put you off; this is a massively cool cross-cultural crowd-pleaser." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 20, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
Nolan hasn't simply made a popcorn movie for brainiacs. He's an increasingly self-assured director of action sequences." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jul 16, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 96%
| WALL-E (2008) | "
Continuing a string of successes that pit Pixar films against only other Pixar films in terms of quality animation, WALL•E makes the count nine masterpieces in a row." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jun 26, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 89%
| Kung Fu Panda (2008) | "
The nicest surprise about Kung Fu Panda is that it's so much better than the goofy-cutesy title would lead you to expect." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jun 6, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 86%
| Shine a Light (2008) | "
Martin Scorsese meets the Rolling Stones in Shine a Light. The synergy is so brilliant, it's nearly blinding." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 3, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 86%
| Billy The Kid (2007) | "
A raw, touching, unfiltered look at the teenage angst that Hollywood usually turns into brain-dead comedy." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Feb 8, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
A work of stunning intelligence and dramatic sweep, a portrait of a young nation struggling to find itself, torn between religious and business values." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jan 4, 2008 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | "
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly tells one extraordinary man's story so well that it reflects vividly on our own." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Dec 21, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 85%
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | "
By all means go, and be prepared for a holiday musical like no other." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Dec 21, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Juno (2007) | "
Juno invites you into a world you won't want to leave." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Dec 13, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 72%
| Stephen King's The Mist (2007) | "
Some scary movies can stand your hair on end. A few can make your skin crawl. The Mist gave me the feeling I was being scalped with an icicle." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 20, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 92%
| Enchanted (2007) | "
Adams is daffy and delicious in a star-making role, and the script, direction and music are spot-on." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 20, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 88%
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) | "
The family dynamics are skillfully rendered, the suspense is bruising and each man's performance is a revelation." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 15, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 94%
| No Country for Old Men (2007) | "
The film is as lean and mean as a barbed-wire necktie, darkly funny and much deeper than the average crime thriller." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 9, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Rotten 51%
| Bee Movie (2007) | "
Absurd enough to delight kids, overstuffed with verbal and visual in-jokes for grownups, it's a 90-minute joyride that barely pauses for breath. This is unquestionably the best movie that ever began as a bad pun." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Nov 1, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 90%
| Michael Clayton (2007) | "
A throwback to trim, intelligent moral thrillers like The Verdict and Absence of Malice." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Oct 13, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 71%
| Lust, Caution (2007) | "
It's 158 minutes long, and worth every languorous second." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Oct 4, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 82%
| Into the Wild (2007) | "
The film, I am convinced, is unforgettable." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Sep 27, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 89%
| Eastern Promises (2007) | "
It's a mouthful of blood with a vodka chaser." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Sep 20, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 87%
| Superbad (2007) | "
Superbad maintains that delicate balance of sweetness, empathy and vulgar comedy. It's so packed with irreverent lowbrow wit that you scarcely notice how it quietly shifts from gross-out jokes to adult themes." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Aug 16, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) | "
Here's hoping Damon is Bourne again." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Aug 2, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Rotten 57%
| Transformers (2007) | "
It's a gearhead's dream come true, with cool robots, hot girls, big explosions and broad jokes." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jul 2, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 96%
| Ratatouille (2007) | "
It's not just the computer animation that is vibrantly three-dimensional. It's also the well-rounded characters... I defy you to name another animated film so overflowing with superfluous beauty." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jun 28, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 74%
| La Vie En Rose (2007) | "
Dahan and Cotillard have created an amazing biopic of an extraordinary voice attached to a fragile and fallible woman." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Jun 14, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 72%
| 28 Weeks Later (2007) | "
The film has the energy of a relentless action thriller, memorable characters and significant ideas." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 10, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 88%
| Red Road (2007) | "
A hypnotically absorbing suspense story in the Patricia Highsmith mold, Red Road draws us in with doom-laden images of high-tech voyeurism before pummeling us with shock twists." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 4, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 69%
| The Valet (2007) | "
Veber, clearly a fan of the golden age comedies of Billy Wilder, Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges, is a worthy successor." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 19, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 92%
| The Host (2007) | "
The Host works on so many levels simultaneously that it's like getting a film series for the price of one. You must, must, must see this movie." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 8, 2007 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 60%
| 300 (2007) | "
It is a wall-to-wall canvas of expressionist ultraviolence." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 8, 2007 |
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