Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 70%
| Sherlock Holmes (2009) | "
...didn't entirely click for me, yet there is something to be said for the fact that I'm not dreading the inevitable sequel." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 24, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 97%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
Your nerves are shot after the first sequence of The Hurt Locker, which means you watch the rest of the movie while suffering from post-traumatic stress." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 37%
| Nine (2009) | "
...like a big-time variety show, with Daniel Day-Lewis as the oddly selected host." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
A tiny detail among the bonanza of visual wonders in Avatar convinced me the movie had achieved not only technical mastery, but something more..." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| Titanic (1997) | "
Feeling dispassionate about Titanic is a bit like being stranded alone on the North Atlantic." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 89%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
Ryan Bingham, Michael Clayton, Mr. Fox - these are guys who have what could be called the Clooney Conscience." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
...means to tap into nostalgia for the studio's traditionally animated musicals of the 1990s, but it may have picked the wrong year to do so." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 57%
| 9 (2009) | "
...a mesmerizing combination of The Terminator, The Matrix and Pinocchio." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 63%
| The Brothers Bloom (2009) | "
Now I know what it's like for those buzz killers who complain about Wes Anderson films." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 98%
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) | "
I found more real-life poetry about aspiration and failure in a fictional effort such as The Wrestler." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
...an exercise in despair." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
...an animation masterpiece from one of America's finest filmmakers." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
This certainly qualifies as an auteurist work, but I prefer my Sam Raimi diluted." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 86%
| Lorna's Silence (2009) | "
Once again brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne explore the moral predicaments that arise from economic desperation." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Nov 25, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Wizard of Oz (1939) | "
A head trip of a family film." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Nov 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
The world will end not with a whimper, but a bang - and another bang, and another bang, and another..." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| The Box (2009) | "
...a case of half-hearted ambition, if there is such a thing. Kelly fails, but the problem is he doesn't fail big enough." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Nov 6, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| Paranormal Activity (2009) | "
The time counter clicks away in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, and you'll find your eyes clinging to it like a life preserver." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Oct 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) | "
...endlessly delightful, even as it deals in icky bugs and severed limbs." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Oct 21, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
...gets one thing crucially right about the 1963 Maurice Sendak picture book on which it's based: Max, the young hero, is not a nice kid." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Oct 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
Joel and Ethan Coen have never been known for their cheeriness, yet the bleakness of A Serious Man still comes as a shock." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Oct 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
A superior zombie comedy - and the competition in that genre is stiffer than you might think." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Oct 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 44%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
Cody has a distinct authorial voice and specific, pop-culture interests - and absolutely no idea what to do with either quality." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Sep 16, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 6%
| Whiteout (2009) | "
...feels like one of those movies that never progressed much beyond the concept stage - yet ended up getting released anyway." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Sep 10, 2009 |
Fresh 2/4
| Fresh 63%
| Extract (2009) | "
...missing the angry comic energy of Judge's previous efforts." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Sep 3, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 88%
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) | "
Quentin Tarantino has finally made a movie that means something, though I think that's happened entirely by accident..." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
..something like Finding Nemo and The Little Mermaid - if Nemo and Ariel had gotten together to ingest some new variety of aquatic shrooms." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Aug 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
I'm still excited about the potential of District 9. The problem is, I've already seen it." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Aug 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
as interested in dissecting the psychology behind the jokes as telling them." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Aug 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
At its best ... plays like a tween version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - love potions and all." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
Cohen holds up another mirror to American society, and if anything we've only gotten uglier since Borat. Or maybe we're just uglier when it comes to homosexuality." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jul 8, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Public Enemy (1931) | "
Crime may not pay, but The Public Enemy was one of the first pictures to recognize that it sure can be exciting to watch." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jul 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
There is a lot to discuss concerning Public Enemies ... but the elephant in the theater is that the movie looks like crud." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
If you're lucky - and this is rare - you can figure out which robots are fighting and, eventually, who won." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jun 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
Did you ever notice that the best romantic comedies are often the cynical ones?" — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 51%
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) | "
Travolta barks and giggles and screams, as if creating a memorable nemesis was simply a matter of calling more attention to yourself than anyone else." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jun 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) | "
...a quintessential 1970s New York picture, full of prickly characters and urban tension." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jun 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
What a pleasure to see a couple who genuinely love each other in a movie - and what a surprise to see it in a movie directed by Sam Mendes." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jun 4, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 75%
| Army of Darkness (1992) | "
Raimi and his camera never slow down, which is good because many of the gags don't stand up to scrutiny." — LarsenOnFilm Posted May 28, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
Were the filmmakers behind Up scared by their own movie's seriousness?" — LarsenOnFilm Posted May 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Imagine going to a library to research arcane religious history while listening to a medieval church choir too loudly on your iPod..." — LarsenOnFilm Posted May 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 94%
| Star Trek (2009) | "
Fans will be thrilled, though not nearly as much as Paramount Pictures shareholders." — LarsenOnFilm Posted May 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 93%
| Young Frankenstein (1974) | "
Say this for Brooks - he saw women as comedic equals, and they continually proved him right." — LarsenOnFilm Posted May 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
A below-average superhero movie that suggests we don't necessarily need a superhero movie every summer." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 55%
| Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) | "
It's back to boring basics for the Gene Roddenberry franchise." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Star Trek: First Contact (1996) | "
Star Trek finally gets imaginative, exciting and - dare I say it? - kinky." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 97%
| The Class (2008) | "
A tonic to the Hollywood teacher movie." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 14, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 45%
| Star Trek: Generations (1994) | "
I had hoped Generations would rescue Star Trek from its pervasive dullness, but somehow things have gotten even more boring" — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 50%
| Observe and Report (2009) | "
...an occasionally amusing, persistently disturbing comedy that at times plays like a bipolar-disorder episode from the inside out." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 82%
| Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) | "
...mostly combines the interminable interstellar politics of the later Star Wars films with the slowest game of Clue you've ever played." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 8, 2009 |
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