Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Ben X (2008) | "
Undeniably a high-level achievement." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 67%
| Synecdoche, New York (2008) | "
Undeniably brilliant at times, Synecdoche, New York is also incredibly dense." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 53%
| Viva (2008) | "
Trimming a quarter of the running time would have better enabled the vibrant vita of Biller’s vision to amuse audiences." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Turn the River (2008) | "
Hopefully, more moviegoers will catch a performance as promising as this Turn in another rack." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| N/A | Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe (2008) | "
Ultimately, Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe is a movie about big ideas that is simply too constrained by its theatrical staging necessitated by an apparently small budget." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 17, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Rotten 40%
| Callback: The Unmaking of Bloodstain (2008) | "
A nice comedic calling card for a trio of relative unknowns who seem smart enough to make their own luck." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 30, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| N/A | Jake's Corner (2008) | "
On a technical level, Jake’s Corner looks less like a theatrical release than an extended pilot for a Northern Exposure-style small-town sitcom." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 0%
| The House of Adam (2008) | "
That fishy smell? It’s a sign that this merchandise is well past its sell-by date." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| Spirit of the Marathon (2008) | "
Like the majority of its subjects, this inspiring doc may not be able to hang with the big girls and boys at the front of the box office pack, but it looks to have the legs to last in the right theatres -- perhaps especially so during the Olympics." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Amal (2008) | "
However one measures success, though, Amal is unquestionably a rich cinematic experience." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 14, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| Man On Wire (2008) | "
Properly promoted -- this festival fave will have crossover crowds on the edges of their seats, as well." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 25, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 32%
| The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) | "
The true mystery of The X-Files, then, is not only whether the connection between Mulder and Scully, but also the one between the charismatic characters and their fans, would be able to withstand the resultant strain." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 25, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 64%
| Poultrygeist - Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) | "
Kaufman manages to surprise with the extremes he takes his customary combination of low budget and high camp to in Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 18, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 88%
| Medicine for Melancholy (2009) | "
A visually stylish chronicle of an at-times amiable ramble through the streets of San Francisco." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 10, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | Prince of Broadway (2008) | "
Baker proves himself a worthy heir to the Italian neorealists of the 40s and 50s capturing capably the desperation, and potential defeat, inherent in poverty. Arthouse audiences will be properly appreciative." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 10, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 77%
| Baghead (2008) | "
Although it displays some mumblecore characteristics, such as a performance from Hannah Takes the Stairs star Greta Gerwig, Baghead distances itself from the movement by being … well, watchable." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 9, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 61%
| Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) | "
Audiences' connection to this gimmicky mistranslation of a sci-fi classic is likely to be spotty." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 2, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 43%
| The Go-Getter (2008) | "
Given proper promotion, however, one can see Merce--and The Go-Getter--getting chased down by appreciative arthouse audiences." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 6, 2008 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 8%
| Postal (2008) | "
Boll's self-inflicted dose of Schadenfreude is the only sure shot in this miserable misfire of a satire, which aims for "campy," but hits "crappy" instead." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 30, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 74%
| A Jihad for Love (2007) | "
Properly promoted, the honest humanity of this festival fave has the potential to attract crossover crowds." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 23, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 79%
| How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2008) | "
With the Garcia Girls, Riedel will take the right audiences someplace this summer." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 16, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 40%
| Zombie Strippers (2008) | "
Call it unintentional-intentional-unintentional humor: Lee presumably believes that he’s satirizing the unintentional laughs inherent in no-budget genre fare, but does so in such a shoddy manner that the audience is laughing at him instead of with him." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 69%
| The First Saturday in May (2008) | "
Audiences watching the scene in which Matz coaxes his young son into petting the powerful horse will be every bit as touched emotionally as the horse on screen is physically." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Rotten 0/4
| N/A | Water (2008) | "
Unfortunately, this is not a satire like Dr. Strangelove -- it’s a documentary in which talking heads spout pseudoscientific claptrap that comes across as all wet." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 0%
| Remember the Daze (2008) | "
Mostly, though, Remember the Daze is a set of largely plotless scenes showing teens trying to score either sex or drugs, with no particularly profound point to any of it." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 11, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 88%
| Young@Heart (2008) | "
The Young@Heart Chorus has all the characters--and character--that any documentarian could ask for." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 11, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 8%
| Backseat (2008) | "
To be sure, slapstick misadventures ensue, but there’s a sweetness and vulnerability beneath the surface of the boys’ sometimes-blue bantering." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 4, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 77%
| Canvas (2007) | "
[A] strong first feature." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 3, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 35%
| 21 (2008) | "
Similar to the caper he’s shooting, Legally Blonde director Robert Luketic’s plan doesn’t exactly go off without a hitch." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 28, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Hammer (2008) | "
While this rock’em sock’em rom com about a middle-aged man’s unlikely return to the world of amateur boxing doesn’t quite score a knockout, it lands a respectable number of body blows -- and belly laughs." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 21, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 67%
| Last Stop For Paul (2008) | "
Whatever comic misadventures he set out to commit to film on his shoestring budget, [director] Mandt proves again and again in Last Stop for Paul that he was ready when the time came." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 10, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 78%
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) | "
David Magee and Simon Beaufoy weave appropriate period-piece banter into their classically structured script." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 7, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 65%
| Be Kind Rewind (2008) | "
This cute comedy is a magnetic movie that will likely attract the arthouse audiences." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 22, 2008 |
Fresh
| Rotten 42%
| Military Intelligence and You! (2008) | "
Often laugh-out-loud hilarious." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 8, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 71%
| Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008) | "
Not a prime example of the musical documentary genre." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 6, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 48%
| Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) | "
It's as if [director David] Schwimmer managed to shoot himself in his foot with the starter's pistol." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 18, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 60%
| Look (2007) | "
Some of this isn’t easy to watch, but it’s all worth a Look." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 14, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| The Kite Runner (2007) | "
This Kite soars to rare heights." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 14, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 73%
| The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007) | "
While it might not be the best present ever, it’s also one that its recipients are unlikely to return." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 12, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 42%
| The Bucket List (2007) | "
That director Rob Reiner is often successful in eliminating the too-sweet taste of sentimentality is largely due to a pair of powerhouse performances from Freeman and Nicholson." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 12, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 50%
| Man in the Chair (2007) | "
This genuinely moving picture, with its edgy hand-cranked camerawork, represents a remarkable reinvention for a former B-movie maven whose most notable achievement before this was directing an 18-year-old Angelina Jolie in Cyborg 2." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 7, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 17%
| The Amateurs (2007) | "
Potential laughs are largely lost due to the one-note nature of the characters." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 7, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 42%
| The Golden Compass (2007) | "
The action sequences are the only outstanding aspect of this less-than-golden adaptation, which is ultimately undermined by its strictly tinny storytelling." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 3, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 88%
| Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten (2007) | "
Joe Strummer may have sung 'I'm So Bored with the U.S.A.,' but American audiences will be anything but bored with music video innovator Julien Temple's coruscating celebration of the iconic Clash singer/songwriter." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 2, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| Quantum Hoops (2007) | "
Quantum Hoops -- the debut documentary from Rick Greenwald -- is an absolute slam-dunk." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 2, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 25%
| Black Irish (2007) | "
The problem with Black Irish is that, like those photos shifted to cover the holes, not everything is hanging in quite the right place here." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 25, 2007 |
Rotten
| Rotten 31%
| Music Within (2007) | "
Unfortunately, the cast and crew of Music Within don’t get much of their own music out here -- at best, they hum a few bars of an off-key tune." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 25, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 72%
| The Price of Sugar (2007) | "
[A] no-frills doc, which isn't done any favors by Newman's monotone narration." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 28, 2007 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 33%
| Freshman Orientation (2007) | "
Theatres showing it will likely have as many conspicuously empty seats as the classrooms and barrooms in this picture, which was apparently shot on such a shoestring that they couldn’t even get enough extras to fill a set." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 15, 2007 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 26%
| Fierce People (2007) | "
Griffin Dunne and Dirk Wittenborn think they’re pretty clever." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 15, 2007 |
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