Fresh
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
I'm applauding." Huffington Post Posted Aug 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 14%
| The Ugly Truth (2009) | "
Yet another wearying "battle-of-the-sexes" romp that's sure to please dumb people but didn't please me." Huffington Post Posted Aug 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Orphan (2009) | "
A pretty good little B-movie thriller." Huffington Post Posted Aug 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
As with a lot of truly satisfying art, (500) Days asks many more questions than it answers, and does so in such a charmingly sloppy fashion that one's consciousness is left buzzing rather than sedated." Huffington Post Posted Aug 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
Cutesy kitchen antics aside, one senses here -- across class lines, fifty years and an ocean -- huge shifts in the perception of romance, of profession, of identity." Huffington Post Posted Aug 15, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 38%
| The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) | "
Rarely does a movie make me so dearly wish I could come unstuck in time." Huffington Post Posted Aug 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
This ham-fisted Apartheid allegory involving beleaguered insectoid space aliens herded into the eponymous South African ghetto wins several points because it craftily hybridizes much that was cool about '80s sci-fi." Huffington Post Posted Aug 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
One of the coolest post-apocalyptic thrill-rides since the respective career peaks of Charlton Heston and Mel Gibson." ÜberCiné Posted May 20, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
It's been thirty years since I last found myself at the movies, rooting for a black hole." ÜberCiné Posted May 11, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
One exits feeling not amused, but sullied, weary." ÜberCiné Posted Apr 15, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
I love I Love You, Man." ÜberCiné Posted Mar 19, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
Watchmen rules." ÜberCiné Posted Mar 4, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 61%
| Valkyrie (2008) | "
Ultimately it is redeemed by its palpably clammy sense of foreboding, plus its offering of a valuable history lesson." ÜberCiné Posted Jan 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 77%
| Burn After Reading (2008) | "
A bunch of pieces in search of a puzzle." ÜberCiné Posted Jan 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 92%
| Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) | "
A cute but shallow and generally sloppy enterprise." ÜberCiné Posted Jan 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Tropic Thunder (2008) | "
Is this a comedy -- or a cry for help?" ÜberCiné Posted Jan 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 82%
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | "
No amount of pretty scenery can conceal the tedium." ÜberCiné Posted Jan 12, 2009 |
Rotten
| Fresh 98%
| The Wrestler (2008) | "
Ridiculously unpleasant." ÜberCiné Posted Jan 12, 2009 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| The Dark Knight (2008) | "
The Dark Knight is grim, loud, ugly, mean and disjointed (four out of five ain't bad!); thus, as an evening of fanboy fodder it's very hard to beat: Call it The Dork Night." ÜberCiné Posted Jul 17, 2008 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 77%
| Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) | "
A triumphant return to form." ÜberCiné Posted May 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 37%
| Speed Racer (2008) | "
Kudos to production designer the Marquis de Sade, and to script doctor Chim-Chim." ÜberCiné Posted May 9, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 93%
| Iron Man (2008) | "
The perfect fusion of Batman, Bond and Boba Fett." ÜberCiné Posted May 1, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 26%
| Sex and Death 101 (2008) | "
Genre-defying geniusness for smart people." ÜberCiné Posted Apr 2, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 42%
| The Bucket List (2007) | "
Smart, sophisticated and witty. It's a movie for people." ÜberCiné Posted Dec 21, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| I Am Legend (2007) | "
The "Infected" here are no mere vampires or zombies, but outrageously super-powerful albino demons who'd make even the meanest Uruk-hai wet its tunic." ÜberCiné Posted Dec 13, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 54%
| Across the Universe (2007) | "
Some sort of absurd miracle (or miraculous absurdity)." ÜberCiné Posted Sep 13, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 76%
| Stardust (2007) | "
A glorious yarn." ÜberCiné Posted Jul 29, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) | "
Fans of death-obsessed Kid Lit may rejoice." ÜberCiné Posted Jul 11, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 94%
| Away From Her (2007) | "
One of the most confident and unforgettable directorial debuts I have ever seen." ÜberCiné Posted May 3, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Spider-Man 3 (2007) | "
The sequences of romantic struggle and heartache prove unusually touching for a superhero movie." ÜberCiné Posted May 3, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| The Last Mimzy (2007) | "
Encourages viewers of all ages to Dream: Bigger, Sweeter, Smarter." ÜberCiné Posted Mar 23, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 79%
| Glastonbury (2007) | "
Super-scintillating. We're fortunate to have a bright, bold documentary like Glastonbury to remind us how fun, weird and wonderful life can be." ÜberCiné Posted Feb 18, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 89%
| Starter For 10 (2007) | "
The spirit of the music -- above all -- really does hold this movie together." ÜberCiné Posted Feb 18, 2007 |
Rotten
| Fresh 66%
| The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) | "
Sings the blues with all the authority of Barry Manilow." ÜberCiné Posted Dec 11, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 32%
| The Good German (2006) | "
I tousle the hair of The Good German, pat it on the butt, and tell it to eat its vegetables so one day it may grow up into a real Motion Picture." ÜberCiné Posted Dec 8, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 38%
| The Nativity Story (2006) | "
Well conceived. Indeed, there's something about Mary." ÜberCiné Posted Nov 30, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Happy Feet (2006) | "
A wonder, a true classic, one of the greatest motion pictures of all time." ÜberCiné Posted Nov 25, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 94%
| Casino Royale (2006) | "
Junk Bond." ÜberCiné Posted Nov 25, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 54%
| Marie Antoinette (2006) | "
Filler Queen." ÜberCiné Posted Oct 20, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 27%
| Tideland (2006) | "
This year's best film." ÜberCiné Posted Oct 13, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 15%
| The Wicker Man (2006) | "
Idiotic, presumptuous and definitely unnecessary." ÜberCiné Posted Sep 5, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 93%
| No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) | "
A competent but fawning, focusless and utterly overlong tribute to a terribly mediocre entertainer who
'sings' like a bumblebee barfing. Bloated Boomers, feel free to be interred with a copy. Soon." ÜberCiné Posted Aug 29, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 29%
| The Police - Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out () | "
Fanciful, fun, funny, and frenetic -- all the great things about New Wave music brought gloriously into focus for posterity." ÜberCiné Posted Aug 25, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 68%
| Snakes on a Plane (2006) | "
Truly, this is the greatest movie about snakes on a plane ever made so far!
" ÜberCiné Posted Aug 21, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 33%
| Mad Cowgirl (2006) | "
Absurd, dirty, powerful and disturbingly hilarious." ÜberCiné Posted Jul 24, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 53%
| Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) | "
It's mostly a moody thing, awash with dark and gruesome hues, possessed of a lost and aching spirit. Yay that!" ÜberCiné Posted Jul 7, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 76%
| Superman Returns (2006) | "
Alas, a pumped-up forgery." ÜberCiné Posted Jun 27, 2006 |
Rotten
| Fresh 81%
| A Prairie Home Companion (2006) | "
If ever there were a venue in this region in dire need of Prince dropping by, this is it. These Twin Cities folks desperately need to swap NPR for the NPG." ÜberCiné Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 26%
| The Omen (2006) | "
Devil Dog." ÜberCiné Posted Jun 5, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 24%
| The Da Vinci Code (2006) | "
Grand Theft Grail" ÜberCiné Posted May 18, 2006 |