Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 23%
| Fired Up (2009) | "
Trashy values place this generic comedy decidedly in the Bush era." — Time Out Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| Soul Power (2009) | "
James Brown so totally owns the festival documentary Soul Power, grunting and squealing under the credits and vulcanizing the stage in a climactic performance." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| Humpday (2009) | "
Lynn Shelton, the movie’s writer and director (and an onscreen libertine), has more in mind than simply making bros squirm." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 70%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Those who go in with their jaws clenched are bound to find offense. Better to focus on the stuff that works outrageously." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 43%
| The Girl From Monaco (2009) | "
This is only Louise Bourgoin’s first film, but as Audrey, a weather reporter and force of nature herself, she’s landed a role of unusual charm and complexity." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 96%
| The Beaches of Agnes (2009) | "
Another adorably whimsical yet casually profound documentary from France’s Agnès Varda." — Time Out New York Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 17%
| Year One (2009) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 81%
| Quiet Chaos (2009) | "
Unfortunately, Quiet Chaos can’t help but become heated, and a ridiculous climax sabotages much of the emotional weight." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 46%
| Whatever Works (2009) | "
Leave those old scripts alone, Woody." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 66%
| Dead Snow (2009) | "
Maybe it’s silly to criticize a zombie movie for having that not-so-fresh feeling. Then again, you expect more from Nazi flesh-eaters who want their gold back." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 17, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 28%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
Lost is putting it mildly." — Time Out Sydney Posted Jun 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 28%
| Land of the Lost (2009) | "
A seriously mistaken enterprise, this Cat in the Hat–worthy stinker grafts the DNA of a Gerald Ford–era children’s TV show (barely remembered by thirtysomethings) to the restless-leg freneticism of today’s CGI-heavy blockbustering." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 74%
| Betty Blue (1986) | "
If Betty Blue feasts on the bodies of its leads, it’s this director’s cut that fully establishes the movie’s artistic bona fides." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 50%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
Film must truly be a director’s medium. How else can such a deep pool of talent -- cool-as-a-cucumber Denzel Washington, James Gandolfini as a shifty NYC mayor, screenwriter Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential) produce such a pounding headache of a remake?" — Time Out New York Posted Jun 10, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 12%
| My Life in Ruins (2009) | "
Settling for My Life in Ruins requires a serious lowering of the bar: like digging a groove for it." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 92%
| Séraphine (2008) | "
Like Amadeus, Séraphine wants to get its hands dirty with the work itself. The movie understands creative types and their whims, even if it tips toward a long-telegraphed retribution." — Time Out New York Posted Jun 3, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 82%
| Pontypool (2009) | "
The kind of heady independent horror that scares critics more than fans, starts with the cocksureness of Talk Radio and heads for the seismic territory of something like Tracy Letts’s psychomeltdown Bug." — Time Out New York Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 93%
| Pressure Cooker (2009) | "
At times, you wish the directors were more challenging of their premises; these graduating seniors are learning the value of precision, yes, but also, subtly, how to serve. Is that escape enough?" — Time Out New York Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Fresh 73%
| Departures (2009) | "
Departures is a crier at funerals; it works, a little shamelessly, and leaves Ozu-like restraint far behind." — Time Out New York Posted May 28, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 58%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
You shudder to think how monotonous it would feel straightened out: Meatpacking District restaurant, tasteful bedroom scene, wonky business interview, rinse, repeat." — Time Out New York Posted May 20, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
Missing is Cameron’s signature action modification, best exploited in Aliens: the strapping female heroine. McG’s testosterone-juiced world feels a little doomed without her." — Time Out New York Posted May 20, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 93%
| Summer Hours (2009) | "
As brightly alive a movie as the season will offer." — Time Out New York Posted May 13, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Fresh 62%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
The Brothers Bloom reveals a limited formal artist who relies on cutesy montages and a Cat Stevens song to glom onto borrowed emotion." — Time Out New York Posted May 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 46%
| Management (2009) | "
Histrionically scored and lost up its own quirkhole, the movie feels like a TV sitcom that doesn’t know how pretentious it wants to be." — Time Out New York Posted May 13, 2009 |
Fresh 6/6
| Fresh 90%
| A Grin Without A Cat (2002) | "
Just to take in Grin’s first few moments, a mash-up of Battleship Potemkin and police whacking May ’68 protesters, is to see a mind sifting through chaos and making beautiful, critical sense of it." — Time Out New York Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 76%
| Outrage (2009) | "
Outrage isn’t after punitive embarrassment, but the gloves definitely come off." — Time Out New York Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 95%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
The naturalistic asides slung among our heroes are more than compensatory, establishing both a believable, well-oiled discipline and a collegial camaraderie." — Time Out New York Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 92%
| Revanche (2009) | "
This modern-day morality tale feels remarkably tethered to the present, introducing plot twists in a crisp, matter-of-fact manner." — Time Out New York Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
A schlocky, dispiriting affair that kicks off the summer season in exhausted fashion, relies less on its overqualified cast (or even the outsider mythos of the comics) and more on fake-feeling computerized stunts." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Fresh 85%
| Three Monkeys (2009) | "
Calling Three Monkeys a genre detour is putting it charitably; it’s a downbeat dead end that reduces its talented maker to a mere shadow-play stylist." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Rotten
| Rotten 23%
| Fired Up (2009) | "
U-G-L-Y." — Time Out Sydney Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 41%
| Fighting (2009) | "
Once you start tugging on a corner of the plot, the whole thing unravels." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Rotten 15%
| The Informers (2009) | "
The Informers is the new gold dream: a gorgeous lie of squandered wealth that might make you choke laughing." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 22, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 55%
| The Soloist (2009) | "
The tears it elicits are earned. But there’s an element of fantastic fate that’s discordant. Foxx is playing a miracle; Downey, a lapsed believer. Both are capable of more." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 22, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 92%
| The Lemon Tree (2008) | "
A touch too neat but fittingly tart." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 15, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 57%
| Sleep Dealer (2009) | "
Gripey dystopian concepts do not a complete movie make." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 85%
| State of Play (2009) | "
The movie is one of those extra-large tubs of lefty political popcorn: empty calories but delicious nonetheless, especially if you sneak in your own ice-cold can of paranoia." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 15, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Rotten 51%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
The most telling line of dialogue comes from another cop: 'I thought this would be kind of funny, but it’s kind of sad.' True enough, and sad can be made to work -- sometimes." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Rotten 3/6
| Fresh 70%
| The Escapist (2009) | "
The script flaunts one thwart too many, including a head-slapping gotcha that barely makes sense. The film lacks an exit strategy." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 38%
| Gigantic (2008) | "
When John Goodman is a film’s sharpest point of sobriety, you’re talking about a wispy affair." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Frankly, you’ve played better video games." — Time Out New York Posted Apr 1, 2009 |
Fresh 5/6
| Fresh 68%
| Guest of Cindy Sherman (2009) |
Click here to read article — Time Out New York Posted Mar 26, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 94%
| Goodbye Solo (2009) | "
What [director] Bahrani does with his odd couple confirms him as an especially clear-eyed talent." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/6
| Rotten 43%
| Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | "
These blond space children (Ludwig and Bridge to Terabithia’s Robb) are persuasively otherworldly -- and the movie makes room for sympathetic cameos from Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann of the first go-round." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 89%
| Sin Nombre (2009) | "
The nihilistic anxieties are raw and real." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 82%
| I Love You, Man (2009) | "
Pushing the male-male rom-com into its bro-oque phase, I Love You, Man has the perfect Apatovian title, even if it doesn’t have that producer-director’s actual involvement." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/6
| Rotten 4%
| Miss March (2009) | "
The resultant stinker imposes a scary silence on audiences. In the wake of last year’s raunchy yet sweet Sex Drive, sophomoric-humor stakes are much higher." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 16, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| N/A | Megane (2008) | "
Just because a predictable narrative comes laden with pretty pictures and Zen quirk, that doesn’t make its platitudinous ideology any less grating." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2/6
| Rotten 20%
| Severed Ways (2009) | "
Largely lacking in dialogue (if not unintentional hilarity), this intensely personal project is proof positive that Bill and Ted grew up to become filmmakers." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/6
| Fresh 92%
| Tokyo Sonata (2009) | "
The movie slides into a kind of bizarre hyperreality that makes its desperation slightly hallucinatory but, paradoxically, more moving." — Time Out New York Posted Mar 11, 2009 |
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