Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 17%
| Year One (2009) | "
The actors make a surprisingly effective comic team, with Black's manic energy trampolining off Cera's deflated passivity." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 28%
| Fast & Furious (2009) | "
Fast & Furious succeeds because the action is supercharged in a style that recalls Mel Gibson's apocalyptic classic, The Road Warrior. The characters are more than cartoonish, and the plot grips the road." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Apr 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| Race to Witch Mountain (2009) | "
The film doesn't really have a plot. It's more of a premise, cartoonishly executed." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 26%
| Punisher: War Zone (2008) | "
The acting is better than the script deserves and Lexi Alexander's cut-to-the-hearse direction lends the film considerable kick. But there is a steel spike at the end of Punisher's boot that will gouge your eyes out." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 38%
| Transporter 3 (2008) | "
An action franchise in motion tends to stay in motion, long after logic or box office should bring it to a screeching halt." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 45%
| Soul Men (2008) | "
So why is this film worth seeing? Because it's an ideal showcase for Mac's peerless comic chops." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 7, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 18%
| Max Payne (2008) | "
Max Payne is a junkyard dog of a film that is true to its video-game roots even as it transcends them." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 23, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 61%
| The Express (2008) | "
The Express eventually reaches its triumph-of-the-human-spirit climax, but it yanks too hard on the heart strings during the long journey there." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 9, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 97%
| Trouble the Water (2008) | "
Trouble the Water is choppy, overly long and at times almost indecipherable, but it's indelible." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 2, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 16%
| Hounddog (2008) | "
A slow procession of degradation and suffering, Hounddog is like a tall glass of bitter iced tea." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 25, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 67%
| Greetings from the Shore (2008) | "
This is a two-hankie weeper that doesn't really earn its tears. But it's a sweet little movie nonetheless." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 11, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 9%
| Bangkok Dangerous (2008) | "
Bankgok Ridiculous is more like it." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 8, 2008 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 43%
| Death Race (2008) | "
Death Race is a cinematic dreadnought: imposing on the surface, hollow at its core." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Aug 21, 2008 |
Fresh 2/4
| Rotten 53%
| Get Smart (2008) | "
All that's missing is the spirit and the anarchic humor of the sitcom created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry. The result is an overdressed, carefully stitched scarecrow of a comedy." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 19, 2008 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 48%
| Doomsday (2008) | "
Most fantasy-action films blow their budgets in the first half-hour, and limp home with their makeup smeared. Doomsday is unusually patient, smartly saving most of its fireworks for the later innings." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 18, 2008 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 12%
| College Road Trip (2008) | "
The whole project is a cloying, artificial mess. The slapstick comedy doesn't bite, and the formulaic sentimentality doesn't grip. This is strictly phi beta crappa." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 7, 2008 |
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Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 4%
| Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) | "
There are better action scenes in marionette shows." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 4, 2007 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 57%
| Deja Vu (2006) | "
Déjà Vu is well worth seeing for its visual brio, particularly the boom-crash opera of the ferry explosion, and a chase scene in which Washington is dodging downtown traffic on two temporal planes simultaneously." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 22, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 6%
| Deck the Halls (2006) | "
... a mirthless comedy with Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick as warring neighbors, can be described as whatever is the opposite of a Christmas classic." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 21, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 8%
| Let's Go to Prison (2006) | "
This really isn't a comedy. It's more of a woolly spoof, stretched out to criminal lengths." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 20, 2006 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 21%
| Employee of the Month (2006) | "
Employee of the Month is a comedy as vacuous and tacky as the discount big-lot stores it imagines it is spoofing." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 5, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 61%
| Jackass: Number Two (2006) | "
You have to marvel at the way these guys keep coming up with ingenious ways to hurt themselves." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 22, 2006 |
Rotten 0.5/4
| Rotten 27%
| Beer League (2006) | "
Sitting through this film is like spending the night in that sleazy bar you swore you'd never go in, not even to use the bathroom." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 19, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 3%
| The Covenant (2006) | "
The Covenant has excellent special effects (spiders and specters, oh my!), but it is strikingly lacking in suspense." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 10, 2006 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 2%
| Crossover (2006) | "
A lot of Crossover's manifest failings could be forgiven if the on-court action was thrilling. But Space Jam had better basketball scenes. For that matter, so did Dr. J's The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 1, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 69%
| Snakes on a Plane (2006) | "
At the end, the crowd applauded to signify their ironic appreciation for the imperishable pleasures of trash culture. Unfortunately, with Snakes on a Plane, there isn't much of a joke to be in on." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Aug 18, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 20%
| Shadowboxer (2006) | "
A strident and shocking jumble." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 20, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 67%
| A Scanner Darkly (2006) | "
A very talky and curiously uninvolving film." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 13, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 13%
| Little Man (2006) | "
At least in spurts, Little Man provides some big laughs." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 13, 2006 |
Rotten
| Rotten 34%
| The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006) | "
OK, they squeezed one more lap out of this franchise. It's been a fun ride, but it's time to shut things down. If you get my drift." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 16, 2006 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 92%
| Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) | "
No one enjoys the free festivities more than Chappelle, who wanders through the film like a kid on Christmas morning. A very funny kid." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Mar 3, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 45%
| Final Destination 3 (2006) | "
All we can say is: Death be not proud. If you have to work this hard to take down these dim-witted kids, you don't deserve to be a cosmic force." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Feb 9, 2006 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 15%
| Underworld: Evolution (2006) | "
A monster chiller sequel that is visually spectacular but rather overburdened with story." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 6%
| Big Momma's House 2 (2006) | "
BMH2 is a harmless, genial outing, a comedy that is amusing without ever rising to the level of funny." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 26, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 56%
| Glory Road (2006) | "
Viewed as a re-creation of a watershed moment, Glory Road is sturdy, efficient, perhaps even worthy. Taken as cinema, however, it falls far short of inspiring." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jan 12, 2006 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 29%
| Fun with Dick and Jane (2005) | "
Remarkably redundant." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 21, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 20%
| Doom (2005) | "
[A] dark, violent, nerve-wracking, trigger-giddy waste of time." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 6, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 10%
| Aeon Flux (2005) | "
We know it's the future because everyone has the most ridiculous hairdos." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Dec 5, 2005 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 43%
| Just Friends (2005) | "
Thanks to director Roger Kumble's breathless pacing, Just Friends manages to outrun most of its flaws." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Nov 23, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 36%
| Saw II (2005) | "
This is entertainment?" — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Oct 27, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 88%
| Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D (2005) | "
One of the astronauts describes his excitement during the lunar mission as 'like a kid playing in a sandbox.' Unfortunately, that could also sum up the film's visual content." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 23, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 10%
| Venom (2005) | "
As unconvincing and unrealistic as one of those ridiculous made-for-cable 'horror' films on USA Network, the kind starring Tom Wopat or Timothy Busfield." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Sep 15, 2005 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 13%
| Stealth (2005) | "
If Stealth were a recruitment film for aircraft-carrier duty, one would be tempted to say, 'Mission accomplished.' As a feature film, it's a washout." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 28, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 54%
| The Devil's Rejects (2005) | "
There is no anchor to this madness. The authorities are just as psychotic and sadistic as the villains. Everyone on TV is a polyester buffoon." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 21, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 65%
| Heights (2005) | "
Heights manages to make the lives of all these beautiful people seem quite tedious. Despite their accomplishments, the only thing they seem suited for is hailing cabs." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jul 7, 2005 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 75%
| George A. Romero's Land of the Dead (2005) | "
After a 20-year hiatus, George A. Romero, who practically invented his own creepy cinematic genre with 1968's Dawn of the Living Dead and its sequels, returns with his most ingenious and ambitious zombie film yet." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 23, 2005 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 41%
| Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) | "
This remake is about half of a very likable film. But in movies (as in auto races) it isn't how you start, it's how you finish. And Herbie should have kept something in the tank for the late going." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 22, 2005 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 14%
| Honeymooners (2005) | "
Not only an insult to the original, it should be shown at film schools as proof of how pointless a movie can be." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted Jun 9, 2005 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 66%
| Unleashed (2005) | "
Picture Of Mice and Men remade for the smash-mouth set and you have Unleashed." — Philadelphia Inquirer Posted May 12, 2005 |
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