Rotten B-
| Fresh 77%
| The Informant! (2009) | "
Teeters precariously between being a great movie and an awful one." — Fresno Bee Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
The effect is big, boisterous, scary, touching -- and definitely not kiddie. Harry's grown up. Thank goodness his movies have, too." — Fresno Bee Posted Jul 15, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 45%
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) |
Click here to read article — Eye for Film Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 92%
| Tokyo Sonata (2009) | "
The film in many ways is the bleakest indictment of contemporary Japanese culture I've seen. Yet it also functions as dark comedy, fierce character study and uplifting tale of redemption." — Fresno Bee Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
When White and Bullock are on screen together, they click in a way that makes this predictable film shine." — Fresno Bee Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 18%
| Dance Flick (2009) | "
Limps along like it has a bunion the size of a cantaloupe." — Fresno Bee Posted May 27, 2009 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Makes a better book than a movie" — Fresno Bee Posted May 18, 2009 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
Even for those who relish no-holds-barred humor, there's a point when the most outrageous, caustic comedy can slide from cutting and absurd to just plain mean." — Fresno Bee Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Paul Walker, with his two-day bristle of beard and touch-too-tan complexion, has the incipient, leathery look of a man who will look about two decades older when he turns 45." — Fresno Bee Posted Apr 6, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 77%
| Cross of Iron (1977) |
Click here to read article — Eye for Film Posted Mar 16, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 57%
| Taken (2009) | "
A crackle-smart immersion in righteous retribution." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 30, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 70%
| Last Chance Harvey (2008) | "
The chemistry between Hoffman and Thompson is wry, warm and just prickly enough to keep the whole endeavor from sinking in on itself in a soppy souffle of sentimentality." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) | "
Earnest yet stubbornly static." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Rotten B-
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
A mostly laudatory account of a young musician's life and career that is calculated to put Wallace in a positive light." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 86%
| A Christmas Tale (2008) | "
Consider it a post-holiday gift to yourself." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 91%
| Frost/Nixon (2008) | "
There's a taut, tight, punchy equilibrium to the film." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 80%
| Gran Torino (2008) | "
Swirls with a textured and tangled complexity that results in a series of intimate, emotional and jaw-dropping moments in cinema." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 71%
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) | "
Benjamin Button is strong because it connects with the human desire to transcend the inevitable constraints of time." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 29, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 78%
| Doubt (2008) | "
This Doubt is big, glossy and dramatic. And pretty fulfilling, I guess." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 29, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 93%
| Slumdog Millionaire (2008) | "
It's the kind of movie that tugs so politely but insistently at your heart strings that in the end it seems the most natural thing in the world to succumb to its joyous charms." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 94%
| Milk (2008) | "
Marches forward with insistency and purpose. This immensely heart-felt biographical movie ranks as one of the year's best films." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 24, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 25%
| Four Christmases (2008) | "
There are worse holiday-related ways to spend your time than Four Christmases, I suppose. Making a three-hour drive to grandmother's house in pea-soup fog, for one." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 3, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 34%
| Pride and Glory (2008) | "
A well-crafted and sharply plotted version of the genre." — Fresno Bee Posted Oct 31, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 61%
| Changeling (2008) | "
As relentless as a steam iron searing a crease into a dress shirt." — Fresno Bee Posted Oct 31, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 41%
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008) | "
Even after a slow start, this silly kiddie flick has a little more pep than you might expect. It's no doggie classic, but neither does it deserve a pooper scooper." — Fresno Bee Posted Oct 6, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 77%
| Burn After Reading (2008) | "
While it doesn't rank up there in the first tier of Coen classics -- and that's a pretty difficult club to break into these days -- the film is a fairly diverting 90-minute romp." — Fresno Bee Posted Sep 15, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 43%
| Death Race (2008) | "
It's just sly enough to transform a predictable experience into something close to gripping." — Fresno Bee Posted Aug 22, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 82%
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | "
A well-crafted and prickly platform for Allen to muse on the vagaries and complications of love." — Fresno Bee Posted Aug 15, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 38%
| Henry Poole Is Here (2008) | "
It's like a pushy neighbor who keeps inviting you to church and won't take no for an answer." — Fresno Bee Posted Aug 15, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 53%
| Mamma Mia! (2008) | "
Mamma Mia! wants to be a dancing queen. Try as she might, the highest rank I'd bestow upon her is duchess. And in a few critically wobbly ways, she can't do much better than lady-in-waiting." — Fresno Bee Posted Jul 18, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 40%
| Hancock (2008) | "
even with Smith's considerable charm and his proven track record as Independence Day weekend movie god, Hancock doesn't succeed as a truly satisfying holiday-movie blockbuster." — Fresno Bee Posted Jul 1, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 53%
| Get Smart (2008) | "
Steve Carell is square-jawed-deadpan perfect as the title character." — Fresno Bee Posted Jun 20, 2008 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 14%
| The Love Guru (2008) | "
Myers -- who used to be funny -- sticks his head in a toilet and then tries to give the audience a big, sloppy kiss." — Fresno Bee Posted Jun 20, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 36%
| You Don't Mess With The Zohan (2008) | "
As one character says: "Can we do this another time? I think I have a real chance of keeping my food down tonight."" — Fresno Bee Posted Jun 6, 2008 |
Rotten B-
| Rotten 50%
| Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) | "
The big screen isn't the ideal environment for the show." — Fresno Bee Posted May 30, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 28%
| What Happens in Vegas (2008) | "
Middling and forgettable." — Fresno Bee Posted May 12, 2008 |
Rotten B-
| Fresh 67%
| Honeydripper (2007) | "
Never reaches its full tempo" — Fresno Bee Posted Mar 14, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 51%
| Funny Games (2008) | "
It's a pesky example of the American penchant for taking a fairly contemporary film and getting rid of the nasty subtitles." — Fresno Bee Posted Mar 14, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 78%
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) | "
The wonderful Frances McDormand, who imbues this role with a frazzled charm and endearing insecurity, creates a memorably less-than-super hero." — Fresno Bee Posted Mar 14, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 24%
| Never Back Down (2008) | "
Director Jeff Wadlow finds a sort of nobility in the subject matter than you might not expect for a film that consists in large part of bloodthirsty mobs clamoring for violence." — Miami Herald Posted Mar 14, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 67%
| How She Move (2008) | "
A dance movie that tries to push beyond the formula. In that sense, it's certainly a step up." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Rotten B-
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
I hate the way the film forces us into its epic structure and purposefully fractured narrative as if the audience is a puppy having its little nose shoved in a puddle of its own making." — Fresno Bee Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 93%
| Juno (2007) | "
Bright, brazen and often very funny" — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 26, 2007 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 79%
| The Great Debaters (2007) | "
It's yet one more of those average biographically based films that comes across as glossy, feel-good moviemaking rather than capturing the texture and fabric of a slice of history." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 26, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 75%
| Four Minutes (2007) | "
Through the despair and stormy interactions of the two main characters, we scrape beneath their crusty exterior surfaces and get a glimpse at the hurt and hopefulness within." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 21, 2007 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 82%
| Atonement (2007) | "
It grapples with some of the most bruising aspects of the human condition" — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 21, 2007 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 85%
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | "
The result is a musical that I dare say works even better on screen than on stage." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 21, 2007 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 66%
| The Kite Runner (2007) | "
Both tender and brutal, the sweeping story touches upon such lofty themes as religious fundamentalism, the ravages of war and the overwhelmingly desolate nature of regret." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 21, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 27%
| Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) | "
Yes, the movie is juvenile and occasionally stupid. What do you expect in a story about singing chipmunks?" — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 14, 2007 |
Rotten B-
| Rotten 42%
| The Golden Compass (2007) | "
If you haven't read the books, it can be like wandering into a stuffy church service in a cathedral for the first time." — Fresno Bee Posted Dec 12, 2007 |
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