Fresh
| Fresh 62%
| Love The Beast (2009) | "
Bana's easygoing manner and a lingering sense of nostalgia build a mellow mood overall, while shrewd editing by Conor O'Neill and a rocking Aussie soundtrack pump up the volume on the race sequences." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 3, 2009 |
Fresh
| Rotten 54%
| Australia (2008) | "
The most expensive Australian film ever made is rousing and passionate." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Nov 18, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 63%
| Newcastle (2009) | "
Cinematographer Richard Michalak's gorgeous water-based action shots guarantee the young target audience will want to head straight out for surf lessons, but there's even less dramatic heft here than in the superior Blue Crush." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Jul 2, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 90%
| The Black Balloon (2008) | "
Young love triumphs in a terrific Australian indie that deals with autism in an authentic, unsentimental way." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 6, 2008 |
Rotten
| Rotten 49%
| 30 Days of Night (2007) | "
A terrific horror premise goes begging in the garbled Halloween offering 30 Days of Night." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 24, 2007 |
Fresh
| Rotten 55%
| Gone (2006) | "
First-time director Ringan Ledwidge conjures up an effectively creepy mood to accompany three young backpackers on an ill-fated road trip across the Aussie desert." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 13, 2007 |
Fresh
| Fresh 69%
| Opal Dream (2006) | "
This is another tale about dreamers, transplanted to the Australian opal-mining hub of Coober Pedy, where the frenzied quest for the rainbow-colored gemstones creates a modern-day gold rush atmosphere." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Nov 7, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 75%
| The Book of Revelation (2006) | "
The premise is provocative but the film lingers too long on the scenes of imprisonment, turning them into a kind of soft-porn performance art and leaving the emotional aftershocks less satisfyingly explored." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 16, 2006 |
Fresh
| N/A | The Silence (2006) | "
Eloquent direction lifts this beyond a genre whodunit." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 13, 2006 |
Fresh
| Rotten 46%
| Macbeth (2007) | "
This is Shakespeare as action film -- furiously paced and unapologetically cinematic. If the baroque sets and costumes often overwhelm the acting, it's unlikely the hipsters will mind." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 13, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 66%
| Jindabyne (2007) | "
A coiled and enigmatic psychodrama that cements Australian director Ray Lawrence's standing as a fine, if not prolific, filmmaker." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Jul 20, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 74%
| Fearless (2006) | "
Witty choreography juices the pedestrian plot." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Jun 15, 2006 |
Rotten
| N/A | Caterpillar Wish (2006) | "
While intelligent performances from the luminous Porter (Better Than Sex) and newcomer Thaine make their unconventional mother-daughter relationship feel thoroughly organic, the script finally collapses under the weight of a narrative pile-up." — Hollywood Reporter Posted Jun 8, 2006 |
Fresh
| Fresh 98%
| Ten Canoes (2007) | "
An enchanting fable rich in authenticity and shot through with unexpected humor." — Hollywood Reporter Posted May 20, 2006 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Rotten 56%
| The Polar Express (2004) | "
Devoid of 21st-century irony, this visually stunning, action-packed yuletide treat is sweet and, yes, magical in a way that will enchant kids and give older viewers a twinge of nostalgia." — New York Post Posted Nov 10, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Brother to Brother (2004) | "
An intelligent and entertaining exploration of racial and sexual politics that brings alive the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, and draws parallels with African-American identity crises of today." — New York Post Posted Nov 5, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 49%
| Alfie (2004) | "
Law tries hard to make his Alfie likable, but he's working against the orchestrations of the narrative and merely comes off as feeble, a one-dimensional Eurotrash jerk with outmoded ideas about women and troubles that don't amount to a hill of beans." — New York Post Posted Nov 5, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Rotten 14%
| It's All About Love (2004) | "
There's something inherently frustrating about the illogical plot and the breezy vagueness of its message, which seems to be linking the global freezing of a near-future world with the coldness in people's hearts." — New York Post Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 39%
| Birth (2004) | "
It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma that ultimately reveals... not much." — New York Post Posted Oct 29, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 12%
| Stella Street (2003) | "
A sporadically amusing curiosity that falls short of effectively satirizing the public's fixation with the minutiae of celebrity lives." — New York Post Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Fresh 3.5/4
| Fresh 75%
| The Machinist (2004) | "
Anderson gives The Machinist a sickly noirish look that contributes to the creeping horror -- but it's the emaciated Bale's spectral presence that leaves the imprint." — New York Post Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 56%
| Undertow (2004) | "
Undertow conforms to many of the tropes of a formula thriller but, aided by an evocative Philip Glass score and Tim Orr's beautifully naturalistic cinematography, it transcends the genre." — New York Post Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 87%
| Lightning in a Bottle (2004) | "
Lightning is a joyous, toe-tapping celebration of a musical style born of sorrow." — New York Post Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 96%
| Postmen in the Mountains (1998) | "
It's a simple tale of father-and-son bonding that director Huo Jianqi injects with a quiet power, and it benefits greatly from the gorgeous lushness of its backdrop." — New York Post Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 97%
| Sideways (2004) | "
It's a joy to watch comedy unfold so naturally, the laughs gently teased out from our growing knowledge of the characters, their imperfections, doubts and, yes, emotional pain." — New York Post Posted Oct 22, 2004 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 78%
| Team America: World Police (2004) | "
Consistently hilarious." — New York Post Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 17%
| Hair Show (2004) | "
The story is so slight, a low-wattage hair dryer could blow it away." — New York Post Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Being Julia (2004) | "
[Bening] pulls out all the stops playing a limelight-loving stage diva in 1930s London, and her vivacious performance should guarantee her a spot on Oscar's list of Best Actress nominees." — New York Post Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Rotten 2.5/4
| Fresh 66%
| Saints And Soldiers () | "
There's little here to make this stand out in an already well-stuffed genre." — New York Post Posted Oct 15, 2004 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 15%
| Hillside Strangler (2004) | "
Another repulsive, fetishistic trawl through the life and crimes of a serial killer." — New York Post Posted Oct 12, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 65%
| Stage Beauty (2004) | "
Claire Danes and Billy Crudup certainly spark a terrific chemistry on screen." — New York Post Posted Oct 8, 2004 |
Rotten .5/4
| Rotten 11%
| Taxi (2004) | "
The most embarrassing SNL vehicle since Pootie Tang." — New York Post Posted Oct 6, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 62%
| I Heart Huckabees (2004) | "
Amid the pandemonium there's a sense of truly rigorous soul-searching." — New York Post Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 51%
| Woman, Thou Art Loosed (2004) | "
Unconvincing performances and overwritten dialogue make Woman fail to resonate." — New York Post Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 41%
| Ladder 49 (2004) | "
Plays as if the filmmakers compiled a list of every smoke-eater cliché imaginable and then resolutely set about crossing them off." — New York Post Posted Oct 1, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 85%
| The Yes Men (2004) | "
Subversively funny." — New York Post Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Rotten 54%
| The Raspberry Reich (2004) | "
The humorless Reich makes for one dull and repetitive skin flick." — New York Post Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 31%
| The Forgotten (2004) | "
Devolves into a best-forgotten clone of an utterly illogical X-Files episode." — New York Post Posted Sep 24, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Rotten 48%
| Silver City (2004) | "
Sayles' unabashedly partisan film moseys along in an unhurried fashion, encompassing myriad story lines yet taking the trouble to fully develop each of its many characters." — New York Post Posted Sep 17, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 15%
| Head in the Clouds (2004) | "
An overlong melodrama- by-numbers, existing mainly to give Theron a backdrop against which to smoke and brood in a series of elegant period outfits." — New York Post Posted Sep 17, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Fresh 83%
| Hijacking Catastrophe (2004) | "
There's really nothing new here ... and lacking the drama and humor of Fahrenheit 9/11, it is even more likely to be preaching to the converted." — New York Post Posted Sep 10, 2004 |
Fresh 3/4
| Fresh 76%
| Reconstruction (2004) | "
Uber-hip technique triumphs over substance in Reconstruction." — New York Post Posted Sep 10, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 54%
| Cellular (2004) | "
Highly improbable, maniacally action-packed." — New York Post Posted Sep 10, 2004 |
Rotten 0/4
| Rotten 5%
| The Cookout (2004) | "
A feeble mess." — New York Post Posted Sep 7, 2004 |
Rotten
| Rotten 19%
| Paparazzi (2004) | "
A cheeseball revenge thriller with an alarmingly twisted moral." — New York Post Posted Sep 6, 2004 |
Rotten 2/4
| Rotten 40%
| Virgin (2003) | "
There are some powerful emotions coursing through Virgin, writer-director Deborah Kampmeier's raw first feature, and a tighter script would have made them even more affecting." — New York Post Posted Sep 3, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 23%
| Wicker Park (2004) | "
One of the silliest, most sieve-like screenplays of the year." — New York Post Posted Sep 3, 2004 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Rotten 49%
| Vanity Fair (2004) | "
Shoehorning all these characters and plot threads into one film is perhaps overly ambitious, but Nair makes Vanity Fair an elegant showcase for an unforgettable heroine." — New York Post Posted Sep 1, 2004 |
Rotten 1.5/4
| Rotten 27%
| Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) | "
The supersize snakes don't even make an appearance until the movie's midway point -- and when they do, appalling special effects render them merely risible." — New York Post Posted Aug 27, 2004 |
Rotten 1/4
| Fresh 73%
| Almost Peaceful (2004) | "
Handsomely shot but almost bewilderingly bland." — New York Post Posted Aug 23, 2004 |
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