Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 71%
| 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 19%
| 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 46%
| 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 50%
| 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 77%
| 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 97%
| Up (2009) | "
Were the filmmakers behind Up scared by their own movie's seriousness?" — LarsenOnFilm Posted May 23, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 37%
| 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 95%
| 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 54%
| 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 48%
| 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 51%
| 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 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 21%
| Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) | "
Did it really take William Shatner in the director's chair to finally give us a decent Star Trek movie?" — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 5, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Fresh 84%
| Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) | "
...Kirk has finally reached his full lounge lizard potential (it's as if the comedy has freed him from his remaining inhibitions)." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Last Laugh (1924) | "
...can still pierce a hardened heart - especially these days, when demotions and layoffs have become a daily occurrence and the streets are full of forlorn former doormen." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 72%
| Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) | "
...has a shlocky, sci-fi title that's straight from the 1950s, and the more affection you have for that period, the more you'll appreciate the movie." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 25, 2009 |
Rotten 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) | "
...a somber, mournful installment of the Star Trek franchise. And when the defining trait of your series is dullness, this isn't exactly the best strategy." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 25, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 90%
| Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) | "
If this is the supposed high point for the Star Trek movie series, it's still a low point for sci-fi." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 50%
| Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) | "
If the endless interstellar vistas of 2001: A Space Odyssey tested your patience, Star Trek: The Motion Picture will make you cry like a little star child." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 66%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
...a movie built around dazzling dialogue, which makes it a rare and precious thing." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| Pinocchio (1940) | "
The original Scared Straight!" — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 97%
| To Catch a Thief (1955) | "
...has the feel of being made while on a getaway vacation." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 90%
| I've Loved You So Long (2008) | "
The last-act revelation leaves the audience off the hook in a way that's more common for a soothing Hollywood picture than this sort of challenging French import." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 10, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 64%
| Watchmen (2009) | "
...could have worked as a bracing reminder that superheroes don't exist and that their movies can't save us - if only it had taken the implicit themes of the novel further." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Sunrise (1927) | "
One of those seminal works without which modern movies wouldn't exist..." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 96%
| Back to the Future (1985) | "
Thompson's funny, carnal performance forces us all to face an ugly truth: once, our moms might have been prowling teens too." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Mar 1, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 87%
| The Joy Luck Club (1993) | "
...not only fails to give the novel cinematic stature; it denigrates the delicate beauty of the book itself." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Feb 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 91%
| Gomorrah (2009) | "
...resembles a post-apocalyptic Mob movie done by Robert Altman." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Feb 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 58%
| The International (2009) | "
In terms of tension - pure, cinematic suspense - the picture is a knockout." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Feb 11, 2009 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 26%
| Friday the 13th (2009) | "
Jason Voorhees is resurrected once again, this time as a cranky and violent marijuana farmer." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Feb 11, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 59%
| Friday the 13th - Part 1 (1980) | "
...a woefully bad slasher flick, complete with an inept cast (including Kevin Bacon in uncomfortably tight shorts); laborious pacing; and an interminable catfight climax." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Feb 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 88%
| Coraline (2009) | "
...the first 3-D movie that made me forget I was watching 3-D - and that's a good thing." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 32%
| Fanboys (2009) | "
Funny, I always thought of the National Lampoon crowd and Star Wars nation as separate demographics." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 31%
| The Uninvited (2009) | "
Should a horror film be able to redeem its own idiocy with a switcheroo ending?" — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Explorers (1985) | "
The birth of fanboy culture?" — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 19%
| Monkeybone (2001) | "
...an outrageously funny demonstration of how our interior angst can be put into the service of art." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 56%
| Defiance (2008) | "
As a heroic drama, Defiance has its clichés and narrative hiccups, but as an examination of the cycle of violence it's often harrowing." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 26, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 88%
| Frozen River (2008) | "
Holding Frozen River up to traditional standards of morality doesn't work." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 86%
| Rachel Getting Married (2008) | "
I don't usually fall for it when an actor or actress deglams, yet Anne Hathaway redeems the practice here." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 22, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 79%
| Gran Torino (2008) | "
Awkward as a social drama - as if Eastwood had only lately seen Boyz N the Hood - yet as another one of his meditations on aging, the movie is on to something." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 19, 2009 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 89%
| The Muppet Movie (1979) | "
The Muppets were formally inventive long before Charlie Kaufman came on the scene." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 46%
| Hotel for Dogs (2009) | "
It may not be Hotel Rwanda, but Don Cheadle does bring a nice dose of compassion to Hotel for Dogs." — LarsenOnFilm Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
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