Rotten C+
| Rotten 51%
| For Your Consideration (2006) | "
Where For Your Consideration fails the most is in its rather juvenile interpretation of how the entire awards season functions...there was a great film to be made here." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 25, 2006 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 76%
| Rocky Balboa (2006) | "
[Stallone] is channeling all the animal and primal method instincts of the late Marlon Brando, and it’s exciting to behold the aging actor rediscovering the innate power of his acting prowess." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 25, 2006 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 92%
| The Departed (2006) | "
It's the culmination of a lifelong examination of men and their violent ways...The Departed is, in my estimation, possibly the finest film Scorsese has ever made." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Nov 8, 2006 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 90%
| Capote (2005) | "
Capote is a taut, elegant work of cinematic expression...a major work." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Mar 21, 2006 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 24%
| Pink Panther (2006) | "
Steve Martin...isn't quite up to the task...Shawn Levy...lacks the ability to reign in the broadness of the material, and the film suffers because of it." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Feb 10, 2006 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 71%
| Bubble (2006) | "
...an astonishingly unnerving piece of humanist cinema." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Feb 6, 2006 |
Fresh A-
| Rotten 58%
| Hostel (2006) | "
...Roth has crafted a supremely political film, one that lambasts the jocular xenophobia of the typical American..." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jan 23, 2006 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 63%
| The Land of College Prophets () | "
The Land of College Prophets could easily become the first genuine cult hit of the DV era.
" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jan 18, 2006 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 87%
| Brokeback Mountain (2005) | "
Brokeback Mountain is a grand, romantic, staggeringly great epic...the best film of the year." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 15, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 82%
| Walk the Line (2005) | "
Walk the Line is a powerful piece of work, a modern-day Rebel Without a Cause...a potent bit of filmmaking" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 3, 2005 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 87%
| Broken Flowers (2005) | "
Though bits of this plodding film work pretty well...Broken Flowers is a mixed bag of vignettes." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 3, 2005 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 20%
| Doom (2005) | "
For my money, Doom is the best of the video game adaptations (quite possibly the weakest status label I've ever given a film)." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Oct 27, 2005 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 78%
| Red Eye (2005) | "
Once Red Eye leaves the confines of the plane cabin and attempts to open up into a more standard thriller, it loses steam...and intrigue" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Aug 29, 2005 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 77%
| Tropical Malady (2005) | "
[a]haunting masterpiece...He [Weerasethakul] is one of the most expressive, important contemporary; his abilities as a master formalist are a large reason for this." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 93%
| Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) | "
Perhaps the best movie musical of the past decade" — Columbus CityScene Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 87%
| Chicago (2002) | "
This sturdy update of the classic musical, features solid vocal performances from the leads" — Columbus CityScene Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 97%
| Cabaret (1972) | "
Liza Minnelli is revelatory as cabaret dancer Sally Bowles." — Columbus CityScene Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 98%
| Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) | "
A brilliantly acted, tautly directed incarnation of David Mamet’s explosive office-politic treatise." — Columbus CityScene Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 98%
| A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) | "
Probably the best-realized translation of Tennessee Williams we’ve seen on screen...a gold standard" — Columbus CityScene Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 35%
| Hostage (2005) | "
...the whole thing creeps toward the end under the weight of an overbearing narrative." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 17%
| Cursed (2005) | "
Cursed, somehow, manages to not be scary, not be funny and not be involving, all of which Craven & Co. are so painfully reaching to attain." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jul 19, 2005 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 26%
| Fantastic Four (2005) | "
This new adaptation is sorely lacking in nearly everything that made FF such a blast. It's poorly acted, written and directed." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jul 11, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 75%
| George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) | "
Land of the Dead is probably the best-directed film in Romero's canon. It is a stunningly crafted genre work, a film of potent political import." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jul 11, 2005 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 46%
| Dark Water (2005) | "
Salles' Dark Water abandoned what was an intriguing dramatic narrative and wasted it on what seemed like four climaxes, none of them in service of what came before." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jul 11, 2005 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 17%
| Hellraiser: Deader (2005) | "
Actually, the latest entry in the Hellraiser saga...is a vast improvement over the last hundred or so...A solid, if underwhelming, genre effort." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
DVD REVIEW Posted Jun 17, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Rotten 46%
| The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) | "
Jack and Rose bears a haunting economy of style that appears as near-minimalist...Miller realizes her own screenplay with a stunning lack of self-consciousness." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jun 17, 2005 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 42%
| High Tension (2005) | "
Haute Tension is the epitome of manufactured terror...succeeds greatly in its first two-thirds, but the contrived, implausible climax leaves much to be desired." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jun 17, 2005 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 20%
| Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) | "
It's essentially a retread of the Spy Kids films...I'd love to see [Rodriguez] invest the...passion he displayed in Sin City into one of these children's films." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Jun 17, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Rotten 36%
| Murder Set Pieces (2006) | "
Murder-Set-Pieces is a truly pure cinematic expression of violent sexual rage...perhaps the greatest serial killer film ever made" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 25, 2005 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 79%
| Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) | "
Revenge of the Sith is [Lucas'] great Star Wars swan song. It is, and will likely remain, the best film of the year... a true masterpiece.
" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 20, 2005 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 61%
| Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) | "
This update, muscular and surprising, captures Carpenter's spirit, if not his pared-down, Hawksian formalism." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 17, 2005 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 1%
| Alone in the Dark (2005) | "
It's tepid cinema, truncated, abbreviated...The worst film of the year.
" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 17, 2005 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 66%
| Unleashed (2005) | "
Unleashed...is...a rich cinematic experience...A brutal, yet thoughtful, action picture." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 16, 2005 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 26%
| House of Wax (2005) | "
House of Wax is no mere failed attempt on cashing in on a recognizable name...it's...the complete and utter bastardization of a great genre work" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 12, 2005 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 39%
| Kingdom of Heaven (2005) | "
Ridley Scott has concocted his most sloppy film to date, a cringe-worthy epic of the Crusades that says absolutely nothing about the Crusades." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 6, 2005 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 88%
| F For Fake (1976) | "
This will surely be the DVD release of the year. Criterion has finally brought to DVD a wonderful transfer of Orson Welles' most playfully masterful film..." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 3, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 89%
| Kung Fu Hustle (2005) | "
Equal parts Chuck Jones, Buster Keaton, Bubsy Berkeley and Bruce Lee, Kung Fu Hustle tows every line perfectly." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 3, 2005 |
Rotten D
| Fresh 60%
| Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) | "
mannered, forced and inconsistent...uninspired...a narrative and thematic mess, thrown together, lacking any authorial focus." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted May 3, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 77%
| Sin City (2005) | "
Sin City marks a substantial leap forward in Rodriguez's film craft...[Rodriguez's vision is] fiercely committed." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Apr 7, 2005 |
— | Rotten 29%
| Be Cool (2005) |
Click here to read article — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Apr 4, 2005 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 68%
| Hitch (2005) | "
Perhaps the warmest surprise of the year so far is Andy Tennant's smart, big-hearted romantic comedy" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Mar 18, 2005 |
Rotten D-
| Rotten 29%
| Be Cool (2005) | "
The [Elmore Leonard] streak ends with F. Gary Gray's insufferable Be Cool, a pointless exercise in genre mish-mash" — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
LASERDISC REVIEW Posted Mar 18, 2005 |
Fresh B+
| Rotten 45%
| Constantine (2005) | "
Constantine is...kinky, funny and fresh...a true Gothic action spectacular..." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE Posted Feb 19, 2005 |
Rotten C-
| Fresh 97%
| Sideways (2004) | "
...suffers from Alexander Payne's recurring broad brushstrokes...reductive, anti-intellectual..." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 20, 2004 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 52%
| Spanglish (2004) | "
...a sloppy, near-disaster of a picture, in which confusion and tedium are present in nearly every frame." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 20, 2004 |
Rotten D+
| Fresh 91%
| Kinsey (2004) | "
...has absolutely no cinematic spark or vision for framing the implications of what Dr. Kinsey accomplished." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 20, 2004 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 70%
| Closer (2004) | "
Closer is Mike Nichols' finest film since Carnal Knowledge...a masterpiece." — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Dec 14, 2004 |
— | Fresh 73%
| Dead Man (1996) |
Click here to read article — TheFilmJournal.com (Ohio) Posted Nov 29, 2004 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 77%
| Bad Santa (2003) | "
Bad Santa never compromises its singularly offensive–though refreshing–vision, and that’s something to celebrate." — Columbus CityScene Posted Nov 18, 2004 |
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