Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 96%
| The Cove (2009) | "
Adding to the film's strength is its central figure, who is akin to a modern-day vigilante superhero... All O'Barry is missing is a mask and costume." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 49%
| Taking Woodstock (2009) | "
An interesting idea, but it doesn't really have much to capitalize on outside of the authentic period reproduction." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 77%
| The Hangover (2009) | "
Quite entertaining as an entry in this tried-and-true genre of "guys going on a inadvertent wacky adventure," and I like how this one is set up as a kind of mystery." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 83%
| Avatar (2009) | "
Although it looks seamless and wonderful, I'm starting to wonder how worthy it really is to use high-end computer animation to top the next movie in approximating real life." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 92%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
[Precious] is a unique character, not self-pitying and sad, but rather stubborn and forward-looking in angry, almost narrow fortitude ... [it's] easy to get behind her." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 89%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
[Its] themes aren't necessarily original, but Up in the Air knows how to package them well, adultly, soberly, with its dependable script and performances." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 90%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
Valiantly brings all wars to their ultimate endpoint: death and its effects on the fallen's loved ones." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 88%
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) | "
Shows how most of us turn to film for both fantasy escape and an avenue to make the abstract past tangible, enough to even possibly, and powerfully, replace actual history." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 22, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 89%
| Crazy Heart (2009) | "
Not to say the movie doesn't work; if it didn't hit me like a ton of bricks, at least it did make a favorable impression, and I believe I have Bridges's affability and watchability to thank for that." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Dec 15, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 75%
| Capitalism: A Love Story (2009) | "
Moore makes the stories of injustice he's gathered the real meat of his film; and as he tells them, he shows a continued disillusionment at the depths the powerful are willing to go to against one's fellow man just for the sake of more wealth." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 15, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 97%
| The Hurt Locker (2009) | "
[Bigelow] may have finally given the Iraq War its definitive identifying film." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 15, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 93%
| Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) | "
I'm starting to wish every auteur would go and make his or her own stop-motion animated flick; what a fantastic experiment that could be." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 13, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 66%
| Public Enemies (2009) | "
Feels like experimental filmmaking and never seems to transcend that to something more profound or awe-inspiring." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 13, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
Pretty light stuff, and the movie's only goal seems to be to convey that fluffiness, as both lives are milked for generally positive comic and romantic moments." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 13, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 76%
| Invictus (2009) | "
[Flows] with a simplicity that is almost childlike in its optimism." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Rotten 45%
| Shorts (2009) | "
Yes, it's definitely made for the much younger set, but it also has quite a few zany little off guard touches, resulting in genuine laughs for anyone who can appreciate the humor." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 87%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
As great a movie as the brothers have ever made." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 90%
| District 9 (2009) | "
Since the metaphor itself is pretty clear, Blomkamp goes for the visceral quality of the images and situations." — Window to the Movies Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
If this movie were to be believed, I would conclude that the last people I'd ever want to hang out with are comedians." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 77%
| The Informant! (2009) | "
I was laughing readily at the very oddity of this presentation and the comedy in general, and it also helps quite a bit that Damon does a fantastic job playing this strange character." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Nov 29, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 72%
| The Blind Side (2009) | "
Incessantly positive because it's about good deeds and its ripple effects." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 28, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 96%
| Food, Inc. (2009) | "
It's a harsh feeling, but Food, Inc. does its job in just getting out the information that most of us probably want to ignore and shouldn't." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 28, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
A heartfelt expression of the blacks, whites, and greys of childhood emotions as Jonze understands it, and he does deserve credit for presenting them with an ugly realism." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 28, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 98%
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) | "
You'll learn nothing new here about chasing the dream, but this non-fiction story may convince you to make room in your heart to appreciate the combination of earnestness and doggedness that some people maintain." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Fresh 86%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
At last, here's a movie that takes the wimpy, tortured, hopelessly-in-love boys from the other movies and tells them to grow up." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
[Homophobia] deserves confrontation, but when done in the manner of the movie here, it is less enlightening than it is just plain squirmingly funny." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 24, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 89%
| Red Cliff (2009) | "
Woo had the chance of a lifetime ... to film one of the greatest Chinese stories, and blew it by tinkering with it so much that not only is it no longer the story many of us know and love, it's also a version that can't even be considered on par." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Nov 19, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Rotten 19%
| Monkeybone (2001) | "
Primed to be dark, twisted, and playful -- all exhibited traits of the works of the director, animator Henry Selick -- it is instead juvenile, amateurish, and sloppy." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 16, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 36%
| G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) | "
Light entertainment with little to call memorable ... but at least therein exists some detectable evidence that the filmmakers had a soft spot for G.I. Joe and simply wanted to deliver its essence to the screen." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 38%
| The Nativity Story (2006) | "
Frankly, anyone could have made this movie in the particular way it's presented." — Window to the Movies Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 81%
| Friday Night Lights (2004) | "
What Friday Night Lights offers is the perspective that, for the people and young players caught up in this whirlwind, football simultaneously means everything and ultimately nothing." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 72%
| Stephen King's The Mist (2007) | "
The Mist paints [its] divides starkly -- perhaps a bit too much so -- but combined with its spooks and gore, it makes for effective, smart entertainment." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 72%
| Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008) | "
The characters are all stuck on tracks, which might work on other occassions, but not when your underscoring music is all about refusing to follow conventional tracks." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 28, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
Bullock is totally at home in this territory, and she remains fun to watch, but I do wish she would get stronger, possibly more original comedic material." — Window to the Movies Posted Oct 20, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 63%
| The Girlfriend Experience (2009) | "
A curious snapshot of urban America during a particular pressured time; it doesn't have a generally nice view of people, but a frankness about the film's subject drives it -- when the chips are down, it's all about business." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Oct 13, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Fresh 66%
| Away We Go (2009) | "
The good acting provides an example of what might make this kind of formula work, but it's quite an uphill battle when one can see the scripted situations acting as comic fallbacks." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Oct 4, 2009 |
Fresh 6/10
| Rotten 36%
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) | "
It's funny how much I'll forgive just to watch Jackman play this raging mutant again." — Window to the Movies Posted Sep 21, 2009 |
Fresh 9/10
| Rotten 49%
| Human Nature (2002) | "
[Kaufman and Gondry] dive right into the subject [of sex] to lay bare the pain of it, and to have us laugh at it." — Window to the Movies Posted Sep 8, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Fresh 65%
| Duplicity (2009) | "
It might be saying something that I preferred to see [Giamatti and Wilkinson] in action than the two actual leads of the film." — Window to the Movies Posted Sep 6, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 98%
| The Devil Came On Horseback (2007) | "
This documentary stares truth in the face in more ways than one." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 30, 2009 |
Fresh 8/10
| Fresh 85%
| JCVD (2008) | "
For all we know, it's just a big show, a put-on for our entertainment -- but what matters is that it's really quite convincing. You do want to believe this is Van Damme." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 81%
| Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008) | "
Doesn't necessarily reveal the insight behind the composer's unique brand of music so much as display the working mode of a passionate artist." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 50%
| Twilight (2008) | "
For a piece about forbidden lust/love, it's not very tortured." — Window to the Movies Posted Aug 22, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
General unoriginality contributes to 'The Fast and the Furious' series' own issue as a 'seen one, seen 'em all' series." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 83%
| Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) | "
On the whole, it's a fine film, and yet I'm disappointed that it didn't more greatly acknowledge the gravity of the impending conflict." — Window to the Movies Posted Jul 14, 2009 |
Rotten 3/10
| Rotten 4%
| Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) | "
Street Fighter fans like me will be blissfully playing Street Fighter IV, with this movie occupying our minds as little more than a disposable curiosity." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten 4/10
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
If you took a still shot of one of them in the middle of an action sequence, you'd need to think for about a second or two to really understand what you're looking at. The visual design of these Transformers appears decidedly uncinematic." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted Jun 23, 2009 |
Rotten 5/10
| Rotten 59%
| The International (2009) | "
[Plays] itself as a mystery/thriller with something profound to say at the end, when we've pretty much heard a lot of this already." — Window to the Movies Posted Jun 16, 2009 |
Fresh 10/10
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
How powerful are the folks at the Pixar Animation Studios? Their latest offering, Up, can possibly make you cry within the first 15 minutes." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted May 31, 2009 |
Fresh 7/10
| Fresh 92%
| Drag Me To Hell (2009) | "
Raimi going back to his roots, showing that he hasn't forgotten how to exercise his wickedly mischievous side to put on a hell of a show." — ReelTalk Movie Reviews Posted May 28, 2009 |
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