|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
"
The fictional family that has defined satire on the small screen since 1989 has finally found a 'Home, Sweet Home' on the big screen."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Hairspray (2007) |
"
Whether its individual scenes are accompanied by teen anthems or protest songs, it's impossible to deny that Hairspray's got a good beat, and you can dance to it."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 20, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
19%
|
I Think I Love My Wife (2007) |
"
A sophisticated look at the tedium of an old marriage and the temptation of a new love that marks a maturing of his humor without any attendant dulling of [Rock's] cutting-edge causticity. (Start taking notes, Eddie Murphy.)"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Mar 16, 2007
|
|
|
75%
|
Canvas (2007) |
"
[A] strong first feature."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 3, 2008
|
|
|
69%
|
Last Stop for Paul (2006) |
"
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
|
|
|
77%
|
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
|
|
|
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
|
|
|
45%
|
American Military Intelligence and You! (2008) |
"
Often laugh-out-loud hilarious."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Feb 8, 2008
|
|
|
60%
|
Look (2007) |
"
Some of this isn't easy to watch, but it's all worth a Look."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 14, 2007
|
|
|
65%
|
The Kite Runner (2007) |
"
This Kite soars to rare heights."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 14, 2007
|
|
|
74%
|
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
|
|
|
40%
|
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
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|
|
46%
|
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
|
|
|
89%
|
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
|
|
|
82%
|
Quantum Hoops (2007) |
"
Quantum Hoops -- the debut documentary from Rick Greenwald -- is an absolute slam-dunk."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 2, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
Amal (2008) |
"
However one measures success, though, Amal is unquestionably a rich cinematic experience."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 14, 2008
|
|
3.5/5
|
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
|
|
3.5/5
|
62%
|
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
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Medicine for Melancholy (2008) |
"
A visually stylish chronicle of an at-times amiable ramble through the streets of San Francisco."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 10, 2008
|
|
3.5/5
|
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
|
|
3.5/5
|
88%
|
Young@Heart (2007) |
"
The Young@Heart Chorus has all the characters--and character--that any documentarian could ask for."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 11, 2008
|
|
3.5/5
|
50%
|
Then She Found Me (2007) |
"
Clearly committed to the material, Hunt extracts exquisitely subtle performances from her accomplished cast-especially Firth and Midler-in this self-assured directorial debut."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 20, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
72%
|
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2006) |
"
An emotionally honest performance from writer/director/producer/star Garlin ensures that the audience will be pulling for James."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 7, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
57%
|
Interview (2007) |
"
Remaking a 2003 original by the slain Dutch director Theo van Gogh, Buscemi has produced a charmingly perplexing portrait that's anything but a knockoff."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 30, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
69%
|
Black Sheep (2006) |
"
Hilariously reminiscent of the early career splatterfests of Peter Jackson."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jun 2, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Crazy Love (2007) |
"
Crazy Love is proof that miracles do, indeed, still happen-in this case, that these charismatic characters' emotional honesty with not only each other, but also the filmmakers, almost makes sense of their marriage."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted May 25, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
84%
|
Air Guitar Nation (2006) |
"
Although Air Guitar Nation is a documentary, Lipsitz stumbled across a couple of compelling characters in Jung and Crane, who are anything but n'air-do-wells."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Mar 23, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
57%
|
The Astronaut Farmer (2006) |
"
With The Astronaut Farmer, the Polish Brothers have entered a higher orbit by crafting a bigger-budget family film about a cowboy who is singing to gravity itself when he belts out 'Don't Fence Me In.'"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Feb 23, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
This Filthy World (2006) |
"
Johns Waters walks into This Filthy World through the door of a confessional -- an altogether fitting entrance for the filmmaker the late William S. Burroughs anointed the 'Pope of Trash.'"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 17, 2006
|
|
2.5/4
|
78%
|
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"
While certainly not just 'some pig,' it isn't exactly 'terrific' or 'radiant,' either."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 15, 2006
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Ben X (2007) |
"
Undeniably a high-level achievement."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 24, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
Synecdoche, New York (2008) |
"
Undeniably brilliant at times, Synecdoche, New York is also incredibly dense."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 24, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Spirit of the Marathon (2007) |
"
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
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Prince of Broadway (2010) |
"
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
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
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
|
|
3/5
|
40%
|
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
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
A Jihad for Love (2008) |
"
Properly promoted, the honest humanity of this festival fave has the potential to attract crossover crowds."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted May 23, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
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
|
|
3/5
|
8%
|
Backseat (2005) |
"
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
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
The Hammer (2007) |
"
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
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
Ira and Abby (2006) |
"
A deeply funny follow-up to Kissing Jessica Stein from that film's co-writer and co-star Westfeldt."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 14, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
20%
|
The Invasion (2007) |
"
This take on The Body Snatchers is surprisingly stylish."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 17, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
Stardust (2007) |
"
Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman's well-structured screenplay unfolds like a Princess Bride for the 21st century -- balancing derring-do with sly satire."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Aug 10, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
61%
|
Arctic Tale (2007) |
"
Arctic Tale puts, if not a human face on the effects of climate change, then the next best thing: an anthropomorphized animal one."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
64%
|
Broken English (2007) |
"
If Broken English has anything, it's a bold sense of direction."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Jun 22, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2004) |
"
Even if the Salton Sea itself stinks, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer's documentary about the improbable body of water where, the witty Waters deadpans, 'utopia and the apocalypse unite to dance a dirty tango' certainly does not."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 20, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Grindhouse (2007) |
"
It's nowhere near as much fun for fans to watch as it was for these fan boys to make."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 9, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
First Snow (2007) |
"
A thoughtful, but tense, meditation on whether the knowledge of your impending demise would be a curse or a gift."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Apr 7, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Blades of Glory (2007) |
"
Blades is most gloriously goofy in those moments when Ferrell follows his own advice and leaps above the compulsory comedy."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Mar 30, 2007
|
|
2.5/5
|
53%
|
Viva (2007) |
"
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
|
68%
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98%
