Fresh 4.5/5
| N/A | Star Trek - The Complete First Season (1966) | "
The best incarnation of Trek is still the original series, and it was never better than the first season." — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 23, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 25%
| Bedtime Stories (2008) | "
Sandler's innocence about what goes on in the real world is sort of charming, and so is his willingness to make mainstream comedies that are slightly offbeat" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 28, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| N/A | Star Trek: The Original Series - Three Season Pack (1966) | "
both of its time and ahead of it" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 23, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 3%
| The Haunting of Molly Hartley (2008) | "
Why do filmmakers bother? Are they crazy? Are we crazy? And if not, why do we keep paying $8 to see the same movie again?" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Office: The Complete First Series (2001) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 2, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) | "
So we need a better movie about this subject. As usual." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jun 14, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 16%
| Eragon (2006) | "
just too derivative to take seriously" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 17, 2006 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 100%
| Pride and Prejudice (Mini-Series) (1996) | "
deserves the accolades it received for its faithful translation of Austen's book to the screen" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 6, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 74%
| Happy Feet (2006) | "
Animal Logic ices Pixar in the animation department" — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 19, 2006 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) | "
It's the kind of weirdly clever, yet innocent and kid-friendly, product that forces me to use this tired cliché -- they just don't make 'em like this any more" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 20, 2006 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 74%
| Idiocracy (2006) | "
Many people -- at least, a few people -- have noted the dumbing-down of America, but no one until Judge has blamed it on genetics" — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 6, 2006 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | The West Wing - The Complete First Season (1999) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted May 12, 2006 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Fort Apache (1948) | "
demonstrates that westerns weren't always one-sided and jingoistic." — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 12, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Kind Hearts and Coronets (1950) | "
dry, mannered, and very ironic" — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 19, 2006 |
Rotten 1/5
| Fresh 60%
| The Last of England (1987) | "
I would say it's one of the worst films ever made, but that would make it sound more interesting than it actually is." — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 31, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 91%
| Ride the High Country (1962) | "
Ride the High Country vigorously and colorfully brings alive the Old West of cinematic myth." — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 20, 2005 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 92%
| John Lennon - Imagine (1988) | "
doesn't fail to honor Lennon's memory (which would be unforgivable) but its emphasis is misplaced" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 20, 2005 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 10%
| Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005) | "
when I walked out of the theater after seeing this film, I had the same feeling you get after vomiting -- queasy, shaky, empty" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 13, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| A Face in the Crowd (1957) | "
Next time you feel like you're getting fooled again by a demagogue, rent this movie and get centered" — Filmcritic.com Posted May 13, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 97%
| American Graffiti (1973) | "
A successful tribute to an era of optimism and competitiveness which was bitchin’ -- and now seems very far in the past." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 4, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 57%
| Tout Va Bien (1972) | "
succumbs to the worst conventions of seventies filmmaking" — Filmcritic.com Posted Apr 6, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 71%
| Charly (1968) | "
another example of a memorable book which ends up diluted by the lesser talents of screenwriters" — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 11, 2005 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 8%
| Man of the House (2005) | "
it could have been worse. That's all I'm sayin'." — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 2, 2005 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Stripes (1981) | "
Murray's insouciant performance carries the movie and has inspired countless imitators, from the young Tom Hanks to Jim Carrey and Will Ferrell." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jan 15, 2005 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Random Harvest (1942) | "
the abundance of talent rescues the material" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 31, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| I Remember Mama (1948) | "
the characters are portrayed warmly and with unusual realism" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 31, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 97%
| Gone With the Wind (1939) | "
One of the classic films that defined American cinema, Gone With the Wind is a rare example of a collaboration involving hundreds of talents and egos that turned out great." — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 31, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 81%
| Dial M for Murder (1954) | "
Critics seem to prefer the more theatrical, psychological melodramas to the brainy whodunits. But pay no attention – this film is definitely a classic" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 22, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Wizard of Oz (1939) | "
The film is probably as entertaining now as it was in 1939." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 3, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 67%
| Come Back, Little Sheba (1952) | "
among the best of several booze-obsessed Hollywood melodramas of the 1950s" — Filmcritic.com Posted Jun 26, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Shakespeare Wallah (1965) | "
more intimate and nuanced work than the team’s subsequent high-profile period films, like The Remains of the Day." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 4, 2004 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 95%
| The Gods Must Be Crazy (1984) | "
an offbeat movie that is also brilliant" — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 8, 2004 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 94%
| My Fair Lady (1964) | "
transcends its conventions" — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 4, 2004 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Darling (1965) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Jan 27, 2004 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 96%
| Intolerance (1916) | "
Surprisingly, as a visual spectacle this very old film stands up well." — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 6, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| On Golden Pond (1981) | "
A manipulative, Oscar-ready mainstream drama. But surprisingly, it’s not a bad movie." — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 23, 2003 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 56%
| Oleanna (1994) | "
the film tried a little too hard to make the audience squirm -- but it also forced me to think." — Filmcritic.com Posted Sep 17, 2003 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 74%
| Sleepless in Seattle (1993) | "
Contrived" — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 21, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Solas (2000) | "
Though not much fun to watch, Solas is an effective and believable portrayal of individuals struggling against the endemic poverty of Spain." — Filmcritic.com Posted Aug 20, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Live from Baghdad (2002) | "
Nothing fascinates the media as much as itself." — Filmcritic.com Posted Jul 3, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| My Life as a Dog (1987) | "
By the end of the movie, you care enough about the characters to want a sequel, even though life probably goes on predictably for them in Smaland." — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 16, 2003 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) | "
A true 1950s drive-in classic." — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 16, 2003 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| The Duellists (1978) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 29, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 97%
| The Last Waltz (1978) | "
The result is one of the best concert films in rock music history." — Filmcritic.com Posted May 7, 2002 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 96%
| Groundhog Day (1993) | "
Brilliant, quirky, good-natured, and smart are just some of the adjectives that we film critics don't get to use often enough, but all of them apply to Groundhog Day." — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 14, 2002 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 97%
| Dazed and Confused (1993) | "
This film started a number of careers, and it's definitely a classic and a high moment in the career of director Richard Linklater." — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 90%
| Network (1976) | "
Penetrating and subversive." — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 100%
| North by Northwest (1959) | "
Though atypical of Hitchcock, this classic contains all the style, wit, and subdued sexuality, trademarks of cinema's best years." — Filmcritic.com Posted Nov 2, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 97%
| Notorious (1946) | "
This is one of Hitchcock's best films." — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 23, 2001 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 87%
| Fiddler on the Roof (1971) |
Click here to read article — Filmcritic.com Posted Oct 9, 2001 |
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