|
3/4
|
86%
|
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) |
"
The movie looks meticulously crafted, of course, and is consistently, drily amusing."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
35%
|
Lockout (2012) |
"
First-time writer-directors James Mather and Stephen St. Leger have put some thought into all of this - always a bonus in a no-brakes thriller, especially one of Besson's."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
92%
|
Arthur Christmas (2011) |
"
Take it as you will: a special Christmastime treat, or a gift-wrapped cross-promotional fruitcake (um, thanks?) from Aardman's Hollywood partners."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
47%
|
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules (2011) |
"
Credit Bowers and company, finally, for making some good calls about where to follow the leads furnished to them by the book and the first movie, and where to get creative."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 24, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
49%
|
No Strings Attached (2011) |
"
It doesn't hurt that Portman and Kutcher really are sexy together."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jan 20, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
The Desert Of Forbidden Art (2011) |
"
One anecdote about Savitsky flouting an official demand to remove an offending painting ends with this deftly scoffing voice-over from his stand-in, Ben Kingsley: "Anti-Soviet? Of course. Degenerate? No way.""
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 30, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
Wolke Neun (Cloud 9) (2008) |
"
Sometimes, apparently, the old saw about the heart wanting what it wants can apply to seniors precisely the same way it does to the young and foolish."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jul 29, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
98%
|
How to Train Your Dragon (2010) |
"
By Odin, they make it work."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 25, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
63%
|
Sixty Six (2006) |
"
[Director] Weiland pours so much heart into his autobiographically 'true-ish' story that accessibility is a nonissue."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
|
Life Without Principle (Dyut Meng Gam) (2012) |
"
[To] wants to get us thinking about morality, and our survival instinct, and what's really important in life - conversation starters with value the world over."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
69%
|
My Reincarnation (2011) |
"
The story and settings hold interest throughout, but at times the very lack of emotional connection that Yeshi laments in his father seems to hinder the film."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
3%
|
Jack and Jill (2011) |
"
The whole drag routine just isn't all that funny, and the character eases from intolerably abrasive to tolerably dumb only when it is time to shoehorn in the usual nominal life lessons."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
36%
|
The Thing (2011) |
"
Dutch director Matthijs van Heijningen and company deliver lean suspense, and they update the Carpenter crew's gnarly alien-shapeshifter effects skillfully enough to remind us why the concept captures geek imaginations."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
Life in a Day (2011) |
"
Give Macdonald and crew credit for picking out good, clear, telling contrasts, and not sweating potential heavy-handedness."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
91%
|
Winnie the Pooh (2011) |
"
Sweetly, agreeably traditional."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jul 14, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
71%
|
African Cats (2011) |
"
Under the direction of BBC wildlife documentary alums Keith Scholey and Alastair Fothergill, "Cats'' looks majestic throughout, even if its Big Stories are sometimes forced at the expense of fleeting, fascinating little details."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 21, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
37%
|
Mars Needs Moms (2011) |
"
"Mars'' needs Mom more than the filmmakers seem to realize."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 10, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
90%
|
Ahead of Time (2010) |
"
There are points where shots of Gruber's old newspaper clips actually supply clearer information than the narrative (for quick-reading viewers, at any rate)."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 18, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
60%
|
Cherry (2010) |
"
The movie stirs up a thoroughly relatable swirl of youthful tentativeness, raging hormones, and the thrill and angst that come with new independence - all the things running through a good kid's head at 17."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Oct 14, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
61%
|
Bunny and the Bull (2011) |
"
Hogg and Farnaby have some very funny interplay, but the dynamics of the characters' friendship are thoroughly familiar."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 30, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) |
"
The effect finally is to neglect, rather than nurture, a story with potential."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 23, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
55%
|
The Perfect Game (2010) |
"
The climactic drama of the championship game owes largely to the fact that, despite their unprecedented success as a foreign team in the tournament, young Angel Macias and his teammates somehow didn't go down in history, at least not stateside."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 15, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
43%
|
Death Race (2008) |
"
Thanks to its character interplay, the movie doesn't drag despite taking a good 40 minutes to really rev its engines. And the racing that ensues is as loud, fast, hyper-edited, and pulverizingly destructive as the gladiatorially minded would hope."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Aug 22, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
25%
|
Showtime (2002) |
"
[P]artnering Murphy with Robert De Niro for the TV-cops comedy Showtime would seem to be surefire casting. The catch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 15, 2002
|
|
2/4
|
66%
|
God Bless America (2012) |
"
It's about a terminally ill man who decides that if he is going to die, he is going to grab a gun and take a whole bunch of obnoxious people with him."
—
Boston Globe
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
82%
|
Goon (2012) |
"
The movie's unlikely sincerity can't completely offset its ugliness for less bloodthirsty viewers, but it helps, and it does smooth over some narrative rough edges."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Wrath of the Titans (2012) |
"
[Perseus] just doesn't feel as motivated here. He's Complacent Rocky, when "Wrath'' needs Eye-of-the-Tiger Rocky. At least the 3-D passes muster."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Mar 29, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
11%
|
Gone (2012) |
"
It's a significant letdown that after all Jill's running, and all the guessing Seyfried makes us do, the climactic confrontation plays like an uninspired afterthought."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Feb 27, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
28%
|
Underworld Awakening (2012) |
"
The most generic entry of the bunch."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jan 21, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
85%
|
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2012) |
"
Soporific exposition culminates in a visually chaotic final act that makes "Tintin'' look downright restrained."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jan 19, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
60%
|
Final Destination 5 (2011) |
"
Stabs at the dramatic don't amount to anything that makes us care, even for Bell, who has been solid on AMC's The Walking Dead and in the chairlift chiller Frozen."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 24, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
32%
|
All Good Things (2010) |
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 24, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
——
|
Cherry. () |
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 24, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
50%
|
Janie Jones (2011) |
"
"Janie Jones'' would feel more assured if Rosenthal had shown more inclination to commit."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
32%
|
Courageous (2011) |
"
It takes a certain touch to pull it off, and here, the serviceable cast just doesn't have it in them."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Oct 3, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
6%
|
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2011) |
"
While he's fine playing bemused and beleaguered, Routh can't muster the edginess that Dylan is also meant to have. Diggs looks fabulous, but has his own problems with the dangerous stuff."
—
Boston Globe
Posted May 2, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
53%
|
The Mechanic (2011) |
"
An intermittently arresting, mostly standard action entry that deals death noisily more than cleverly - a lot like the original."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jan 27, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
90%
|
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) |
"
Too crazy? Good luck telling that to the filmmakers inviting you to spend the holidays with the anti-Claus."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Dec 22, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
31%
|
The Warrior's Way (2010) |
"
While the movie seems designed to be a breakout for Jang, it's Lee whose work actually makes an impression. You guess he'll be back - hopefully, playing it straight next time."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Dec 9, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
76%
|
Nanny McPhee Returns (2010) |
"
We get a gentler, more wink-inclined Nanny McPhee, not to mention kids whose rambunctiousness seems manufactured rather than entertainingly exaggerated."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Aug 19, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
35%
|
Lottery Ticket (2010) |
"
White and writer Abdul Williams are determined to squeeze in some social commentary. And while this, too, is mostly familiar stuff, a couple of bits do resonate."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Aug 19, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
61%
|
Breaking Upwards (2010) |
"
Scenes meant to play as breezy and hip are more often just annoying."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Jul 15, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
90%
|
Hausu (House) (1977) |
"
While there's a dweeby midnight-movie inventiveness about the look of all this, there's also an awful lot to forgive artistically (or to drunkenly roll with, as the case may be)."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 29, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
21%
|
H2: Halloween II (2009) |
"
With his new sequel, Zombie spends less time paying tribute and more time getting inventive, with mixed results."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 1, 2009
|
|
2/4
|
19%
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) |
"
The latest example of how the franchise keeps frustratingly spurning the magical simplicity of the original trilogy."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Aug 15, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
50%
|
A Four Letter Word (2008) |
"
The film also serves up latte-frothy glimpses of an all-drag bridal shower, an erotic spinning class, and - all of 90 seconds into the proceedings -- naked yoga. Don't forget to bring your wipe-down towel."
—
Boston Globe
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
15%
|
The Brothers Solomon (2007) |
"
This new goof might have been funnier still if the premise weren't so derivative, so just been there, done that."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Sep 7, 2007
|
|
1.5/4
|
35%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Hey, if you're Hasbro and Universal, and you've agreed to make a movie based on nothing more than brand recognition of a game, you've got to fill two hours with something."
—
Boston Globe
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
55%
|
Safe (2012) |
"
It's like another "Transporter'' installment trying to be something slightly more - and not quite delivering the goods."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Apr 28, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
38%
|
Johnny English Reborn (2011) |
"
After a fast, funny start, the new sequel, "Johnny English Reborn,'' proves to be more of the same."
—
Boston Globe
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
68%
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