Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
You care about the CG characters. It tugs the heart. It makes you shout. And it is an overwhelming feast of visual artistry unlike anything you have ever seen before." — Movie City News Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| Nine (2009) | "
Most certainly not a failure of effort. But mistakes were made. Big mistakes." — Movie City News Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Invictus (2009) | "
A painless, pleasant time at the cinema... that you will likely forget within hours." — Movie City News Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
A beautiful piece about how we love and the horrors of life that get in the way." — Movie City News Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 85%
| World's Greatest Dad (2009) | "
Bobcat Goldthwaite talks to David Poland about his new movie and Robin Williams, clothed and nude." — Movie City News Posted Aug 5, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
The Julie character is just not as interesting as Julia Child, but the movie entertains and will be loved by the over-50 set. Streep will be deservedly Oscar nominated." — Movie City News Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 75%
| Cold Souls (2009) | "
30 minutes with star Paul Giamatti" — Movie City News Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 92%
| Yoo-hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009) | "
30 minutes with director Aviva Kempner" — Movie City News Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 82%
| Thirst (2009) | "
30 Minutes with director Chan-wook Park" — Movie City News Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 65%
| Adam (2009) | "
30 minutes with co-stars Rose Byrne and Peter Gallagher and writer/director Max Meyer" — Movie City News Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2009) | "
It's a party for your eyes and memory banks" — Movie City News Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
Often funny, but doesn't have the courage of its convictions about its subject matter." — Movie City News Posted Jul 31, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 79%
| Humpday (2009) | "
The four stars (including the director) of Humpday talk about the film at Sundance." — Movie City News Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
N/A | Fresh 79%
| Humpday (2009) | "
Writer/Director/Co-Star Lynn Shelton & co-Star Mark Duplass talk about the 6 months since Sundance and the state of indie." — Movie City News Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
Not a profound picture... not a step forward... not an important movie... but it's fine... it's pleasurable." — Movie City News Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
It's an adult drama that tells a great historic story... a story about eras changing... a very strong dramatic movie on a very big scale." — Movie City News Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
If you like Jim Jarmusch and you like some of David O. Russell and you like Alexander Payne, you are going to like this movie." — Movie City News Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
They've managed to make a movie that is so incredibly bad that it manages to mark career lows for pretty much everybody involved." — Movie City News Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
It's a funny, funny, funny movie. It'd just not revolutionary anymore." — Movie City News Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| The End of the Line (2009) | "
Does a very good job of laying out the argument that humans are the unrelenting reason for marine species being wiped off the face of the planet." — Movie City News Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
It was a waste of effort before they even started shooting." — Movie City News Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
Raimi's got skills. He has humor. He makes great use of Alison Lohman." — Movie City News Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
If Wall-E was Pixar's Jim Cameron movie, Up is their Jean Cocteau film." — Movie City News Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 25%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
I had a good, dumb time." — Movie City News Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
A fast-moving, constant joking, how funny is a guy pulling out his own tooth kind of movie." — Movie City News Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 51%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
Easily, the best non-animated studio movie of the summer so far, starting with a nearly perfect script by Brian Helgeland." — Movie City News Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
It's a B movie with 1000 effects shots, pure and simple." — Movie City News Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten 7.5/10
| Fresh 94%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Amazing sound, a ton of fury, signifying nothing... So densely orchestrated that the film never gives the audience a moment to breath it all in." — Movie City News Posted May 6, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
I wish I could say, 'Go for the spectacle,' but frankly, you are better off watching The Dark Knight again in Blu-ray. Much better off." — Movie City News Posted Mar 5, 2009 |
— | Fresh 79%
| Waking Life (2001) |
Click here to read article — Hot Button Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Rachel Getting Married (2008) | "
It is a classic dramatic construct. Rachel Getting Married is a classic deconstruction. It is a minor masterpiece." — Movie City News Posted Sep 16, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Che (2008) | "
It is art, in the very best way. And Soderbergh's achievement as an artist is undeniable." — Movie City News Posted Sep 16, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Tropic Thunder (2008) | "
It is easy to laugh your 20 laughs and walk out of Tropic Thunder with a shrug of the shoulders." — Hot Button Posted Jul 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 13%
| The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008) | "
The movie feels like the direct-to-dvd version of The Mummy, complete with cheesy, already-done CG effects, and best of all, not a single actual mummy in the entire movie." — Movie City News Posted Jul 29, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 53%
| Mamma Mia! (2008) | "
An AIP beach movie; Gidget Goes Grecian or How To Stuff A Wild Souvlaki or Marital Beach Party. It's meant to be rollicking, cheesy, brain-dead good fun." — Movie City News Posted Jul 9, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
This is not a Batman movie -- this is a 2008 version of The Untouchables with The Batman as Elliot Ness, The Joker as Al Capone, and much better toys." — Hot Button Posted Jul 9, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 96%
| WALL-E (2008) | "
Is there anyone whose parents didn't tell them that too much TV and junk food and laziness would make them into a miserable, brain damaged blob?" — Movie City News Posted Jul 3, 2008 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 66%
| The Incredible Hulk (2008) | "
But if you love crap it's what you might well want as you wait for the better movies of this summer to come." — Movie City News Posted Jul 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 18%
| The Happening (2008) | "
It is the first film of his career that feels incompetent and utterly gratuitous at times." — Movie City News Posted Jul 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 72%
| Wanted (2008) | "
Wanted is like the last of big budget porn, throwing around endless style along with massive fake boobs and enough smoke to choke a Scott." — Movie City News Posted Jul 3, 2008 |
Fresh 7.5/10
| Fresh 87%
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) | "
There are some remarkably beautiful things in Hellboy II... but suffers, in my opinion, from too much of everything." — Movie City News Posted Jul 3, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 40%
| Hancock (2008) | "
This summer has been defined, over and over, by boys maturing into men... Hancock is by far the most thoughtful exploration of this issue." — Movie City News Posted Jul 3, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) | "
Some will be disappointed that it wasn't more adventurous. Some will love it because it is familiar. Some will wonder why all their friends are watching this crap." — Hot Button Posted May 19, 2008 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 77%
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | "
Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is, in spite of claims otherwise made, a CG version of an Indiana Jones movie... for better or for worse." — Hot Button Posted May 19, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 93%
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | "
2 of 2 - The Production Team has Lunch With David" — Movie City News Posted Dec 3, 2007 |
N/A | Fresh 93%
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | "
1 of 2 - The Actors Lunch With David" — Movie City News Posted Dec 3, 2007 |
N/A | Fresh 74%
| La Vie En Rose (2007) | "
Marion Cotillard have Lunch With David" — Movie City News Posted Dec 3, 2007 |
N/A | Fresh 94%
| No Country for Old Men (2007) | "
Javier Bardem & Josh Brolin have Lunch With David" — Movie City News Posted Dec 3, 2007 |
N/A | Fresh 92%
| Enchanted (2007) | "
Amy Adams has Lunch With David" — Movie City News Posted Dec 3, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 85%
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | "
The story is so very strong. The music is so magnificent. And with undeniable performances by Depp, Rickman, and Baron Cohen, the film really works." — Movie City News Posted Dec 3, 2007 |
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