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 |