|
1/5
|
44%
|
Blues Brothers 2000 (1997) |
"
Buy the soundtrack and rent the one with Belushi."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
1/5
|
54%
|
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) |
"
Michelle Yeoh is a the lone bright star as the Chinese operative who occasionally, and rewardingly, resorts to Jackie Chan styled chop socky combat."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
1/5
|
30%
|
The Saint (1997) |
"
What could have been a cool concept movie buckles under an uninspired script and some treacherous miscasting."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
1/5
|
4%
|
The Mod Squad (1999) |
"
Add another one to the scrap heap of trendy, nostalgic, 60's and 70's TV shows reduced to cinematic rubble by the inspiration starved minds in Hollywood."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
|
|
1/5
|
11%
|
A Night at the Roxbury (1998) |
"
Its forced slapstick egregiously mugs the audience for laughs."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
|
|
1/5
|
6%
|
Universal Soldier - The Return (1999) |
"
Hopefully this is the last we have seen of the Unisol series, but unfortunately the dearth of creativity in Hollywood, will allow it to live for another abysmal dumbing."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
|
|
1/4
|
11%
|
Killers (2010) |
"
It's as if you'd tuned into an episode of Punk'd with Kutcher parading around in full Bond parody -- not good."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jun 9, 2010
|
|
1/4
|
15%
|
Year One (2009) |
"
Not everything Judd Apatow touches is gold."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jan 5, 2010
|
|
1/4
|
22%
|
Sorority Row (2009) |
"
It's Scream minus the wit and verve, with poor Carrie Fisher lost as the cantankerous house mother."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Sep 17, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
2%
|
Kickin' It Old Skool (2007) |
"
The reunion of the multi-ethnic Funky Fresh Boys triggers a fusillade of un-PC misfires as the not-so-fab four try to alleviate their personal woes by entering an American Idol-esque dance-troupe contest."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 23, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
0%
|
One Missed Call (2008) |
"
The unintentional camp makes for some eye-rolling interest early on, and French director Eric Valette does manage a few hair-raising moments, but by then, the movie has missed by a mile."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 23, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
7%
|
Date Movie (2006) |
"
Everything's reduced to an inane fart or ejaculation joke."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 23, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
5%
|
Because I Said So (2007) |
"
The ensuing cycle of miscommunication is endless and trying."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 23, 2009
|
|
|
6%
|
Who's Your Caddy? (2007) |
"
Nearly every element of the plot rips off the mangy 1980 comedy Caddyshack, right down to Ted Knight's controlling country-club patron and Rodney Dangerfield's nouveau riche upstart."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 23, 2009
|
|
|
4%
|
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) |
"
The Entertainer conjures up some charm, and DeRay Davis provides pyrotechnics as a janitor/wanna-be rapper, but like the teddy-clad bubble-bath square-off between Liu and Sheridan, it's just not enough."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 23, 2009
|
|
1/4
|
5%
|
The Fog (2005) |
"
The acting is stilted and the direction clunky - not that the original was any masterpiece."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Oct 29, 2005
|
|
1/4
|
1%
|
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"
In this chintzy video-game blow-up, Christian Slater battles zombies and transmogrified beasties, revealing the horror of a once-promising career turned miserable."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Feb 5, 2005
|
|
|
6%
|
Testosterone (Testosteroni) (2004) |
"
Unfortunately, Testosterone isn't as provocative as its premise or its title."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Dec 11, 2004
|
|
|
0%
|
National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2004) |
"
This is a lowbrow, low-budget homage to the Farrelly brothers -- and a pretty poor one at that."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Sep 25, 2004
|
|
|
0%
|
Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 (2004) |
"
Is there really a market of children out there that will find this funny or entertaining?"
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Sep 4, 2004
|
|
|
5%
|
Yu-Gi-Oh! - The Movie (Yûgiô: Gekijô-ban) (2004) |
"
The artwork by director Hatsuki Tsuji and his team of animators is sharp, but it pales before state-of-the-art CGI."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Aug 14, 2004
|
|
|
86%
|
Garden State (2004) |
"
Braff demonstrates a weird visual flair, but his smug script collapses into contrivance before Andrew touches bottom."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Aug 7, 2004
|
|
|
10%
|
Catwoman (2004) |
"
French visual-FX expert Pitof directs, so the overuse of CGI is understandable, though even that can't conceal the insipid plot or Berry's ham-fisted performance."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Aug 7, 2004
|
|
|
4%
|
Godsend (2003) |
"
Director Nick Hamm exacerbates matters with his proclivity for foreboding images, be it the rising mist in the woods, the caw of a crow, or the dilapidated cabin no one should enter."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted May 8, 2004
|
|
|
4%
|
The Whole Ten Yards (2003) |
"
None of it is funny, and to make matters worse, writer George Gallo and director Howard Deutch have somehow managed to domesticate out of Jill the goofball sensuality that gave the original its quirky edge."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 17, 2004
|
|
|
29%
|
The Punisher (2004) |
"
Another comic book blow-up posturing to be the next big action franchise."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Apr 17, 2004
|
|
|
31%
|
Underworld (2003) |
"
Unfortunately, Beckinsale, a wonderful actress who looks game in her painted-on leather garb, is too soft and demure to convince as the vengeful vixen."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Mar 16, 2004
|
|
|
4%
|
House of the Dead (2003) |
"
This listless big-screen blow-up of the Sega video game reduces horror genre conventions to banal clichés."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Oct 22, 2003
|
|
|
7%
|
Gigli (2003) |
"
Disregard the negative buzz: Gigli is woeful but not disastrous."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Aug 9, 2003
|
|
|
22%
|
Bulletproof Monk (2003) |
"
The odd-couple chemistry between Chow and Scott carries the film until the unimaginative buddy formula wears thin."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jul 2, 2003
|
|
|
8%
|
Gods and Generals (2003) |
"
War may be Hell, but in this three-and-a-half-hour Civil War epic from Ronald Maxwell, the syrupy monologues and righteous Bible thumping provide the punishment."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jul 2, 2003
|
|
|
16%
|
Pokemon Heroes (2003) |
"
The result is impressive but does little to further the experience."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jul 2, 2003
|
|
|
7%
|
Boat Trip (2003) |
"
Boat Trip goes bottoms up early."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jul 2, 2003
|
|
|
65%
|
Kaubôi Bibappu: Tengoku no Tobira (Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door) (2003) |
"
The whole extravaganza could have made for a plucky 70 minutes, but it packs on an additional three-quarters of an hour of saw-toothed melodrama."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jul 2, 2003
|
|
|
8%
|
Extreme Ops (2002) |
"
ufus Sewell and Rupert Graves do add some thespian punch as the intrepid video director and the pampered producer, but it's not nearly enough to keep this one from extremely bombing."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Dec 7, 2002
|
|
|
2%
|
Half Past Dead (2002) |
"
Mindless mayhem."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Nov 23, 2002
|
|
|
0%
|
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) |
"
It's a deluge of bullets and chop-socky madness devoid of style or purpose."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Oct 2, 2002
|
|
|
9%
|
Stealing Harvard (2002) |
"
No one's likely to mistake this film for Harvard material."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Sep 14, 2002
|
|
|
6%
|
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
"
The screenplay from Neil Cuthbert feels lackadaisical in his hands and loses its playfulness early on."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Aug 24, 2002
|
|
|
2%
|
The Master of Disguise (2002) |
"
Not even a master of disguise can make this sloppy slapstick look like anything more than an incoherent cowpie of a comedy."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Aug 3, 2002
|
|
|
4%
|
Meet the Deedles (1998) |
"
The film is peppered with political jokes, bikini-clad babes, and fart gags, as if it couldn't decide what audience it's aiming at."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Mar 24, 2002
|
|
|
12%
|
Holy Man (1998) |
"
Holy Man saddles its star with a leaden, melodramatic script that never allows the high jinks to get rolling at Murphy's hyperkinetic pace."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Mar 24, 2002
|
|
|
79%
|
Shanghai Noon (2000) |
"
Chan is saddled with the languorous, droll wit of Owen Wilson and the result is tedious."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Mar 24, 2002
|
|
|
2%
|
Battlefield Earth (2000) |
"
The miscued camp and underachieving action merely unload it as a bombastic concoction."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Mar 24, 2002
|
|
|
8%
|
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998) |
"
A shameless exercise in self-flagellation."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Mar 24, 2002
|
|
|
4%
|
The Mod Squad (1999) |
"
Add another to the scrap heap of hip '60s and '70s TV shows reduced to cinematic rubble by the inspiration-starved minds in Hollywood."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Mar 24, 2002
|
|
|
9%
|
Virus (1999) |
"
Even Donald Sutherland in the potentially juicy role of a self-serving old sea dog goes down with the ship in this suspenseless big-budget 'thriller.'"
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
|
71%
|
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996) |
"
For those fans who think the animated MTV series about America's most infamous delinquents rules, be prepared for the wet dream of the big screen to be a letdown."
—
Boston Phoenix
Posted Jan 1, 2000
|
|
1.5/5
|
61%
|
The Wood (1999) |
"
It wants to be Boyz in the Hood (Boyz in the Wood) but the obscenity laced dialogue and raw objectification of woman renders it a contrite pretender more along the lines of Booty Call and Trippin."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
|
|
1.5/5
|
9%
|
Virus (1999) |
"
Even Donald Sutherland in the potentially juicy role as a self-serving old sea dog, is wasted in this big budget ill."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2002
|
67%
——
98%
