ROTTEN TOMATOES: Aaron Hillis

AARON HILLIS

Agrees with the Tomatometer 78% of the time.

Publications: GreenCine, L.A. Weekly, Premiere Magazine, Time Out New York, Village Voice

Total Reviews: 396
Total QuickRatings: 22

DVD REVIEWS ONLY

Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date (default)

Rotten 4/10	Fresh 94%	Last Year at Marienbad (1961)	" An incontestably iconic and beautiful curiosity that simply hasn't held up as the masterpiece it's gushed to be." — GreenCine Posted Nov 17, 2009
Fresh 6/10	Rotten 29%	Lookin' to Get Out (1982)	" As duplicitous as its rogue's gallery of lowlifes, the film situates the raw, loose stylings of '70s Hollywood ... in a glitzy, corny '80s vehicle." — GreenCine Posted Nov 17, 2009
Fresh 7/10	Fresh 63%	Hardware (1990)	" Its psychedelic unease, heavy-metal textures, nihilistic humor, DIY artistry and ... frights are still gloriously entertaining after two decades of special-effects advancements." — GreenCine Posted Nov 17, 2009
Rotten 1.5/4	Rotten 15%	Hannibal Rising (2007)	" Hannibal Rising resembles an elegant historical epic, if you overlook its implausible plot, abominable dialogue, and smug bloodletting." — Premiere Magazine Posted May 29, 2007
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 62%	Clerks II (2006)	" There's little point in trying to convince Smith acolytes that quantity doesn't mean quality, but the advertised six hours of extras aren't half as fun as those on the Clerks 10th anniversary edition." — Premiere Magazine Posted Mar 31, 2007
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 88%	The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2006)	" Like many documentaries about artists battling demons, it doesn't offer enough framework to suggest why anyone should care, but the fragile beauty and borderline exploitation of Johnston's character are made tangible..." — Premiere Magazine Posted Dec 29, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 36%	Art School Confidential (2006)	" Emulating the class butt-kisser, the featurettes are self-promotional. The deleted scenes are forgettable and the bloopers unfunny, which leaves the trailers: There's 16 of them, and they're unexpectedly choice." — Premiere Magazine Posted Nov 21, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 86%	L'Enfant (2006)	" Foreign films often get shafted when it comes to DVD extras, so don't be alarmed by the single half-hour interview, basically a contest between the Dardennes and a radio host over who can sound more pretentious." — Premiere Magazine Posted Oct 4, 2006
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 58%	Night Watch (2005)	" Former music-video director Timur Bekmambetov cleverly toys with moral ambiguities and demoniac CGI effects like a death-metal puppeteer, though he takes it too seriously for such a shallow entertainment." — Premiere Magazine Posted Oct 4, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 97%	Dazed and Confused (1993)	" The backbone to it all is the ritual torch-passing that allowed incoming seniors to abuse poor freshmen, an alarmingly frank touch that avoids the one-sided sentimentality of an American Graffiti-style pastiche." — Premiere Magazine Posted Sep 10, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 83%	King Kong (2005)	" *As if we couldn't guess from those exhaustive Lord of the Rings packages, the nearly three hours' worth of extras here are an enlightening watch and light on the usual filler." — Premiere Magazine* Posted May 25, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 84%	3 Extremes (2005)	" *The big revelation is a second DVD dedicated to Chan's amazing feature-length expansion of "Dumplings." Meatier and headier... [it's] superior to 3 Extremes* itself.*" — Premiere Magazine* Posted Apr 4, 2006
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 52%	Secuestro Express (2005)	" More than it deserves, the DVD has two director commentaries (one subtitled with the actors), deleted scenes, a couple of featurettes, and a hip-hop video of the thug trio in their real-life role as rappers." — Premiere Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2006
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 81%	Serenity (2005)	" The Whedon worship gets gushy in some of the extras, but the deleted and extended scenes are more noteworthy than usual, as are three featurettes on the Firefly universe and how the film got made; plus, the outtakes are damn funny." — Premiere Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2006
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 83%	Titanic (1997)	" Remastered in HD and 6.1 DTS ES audio, this three-disc set is so sardine-squeezed with desirable extras that the film itself is split over two DVDs." — Premiere Magazine Posted Dec 18, 2005
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 59%	Last Days (2005)	" *Occasionally sublime in its vivid long-take hypnotics and sonic soundscapes, the slow burn of Last Days* can still feel like a punishing art-wank...*" — Premiere Magazine* Posted Nov 2, 2005
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 94%	The Triplets of Belleville (2003)	" Sylvain Chomet�s dignified (but un-Disney-fied) cartoon adventure is a scrumptiously madcap rush of visual eccentricity, playfully dark humor, and narrative reinvention." — Premiere Magazine Posted Mar 9, 2005
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 30%	Underworld (2003)	" ...it [is] entirely unfortunate that the ceremonious dialogue and lead-footed exposition are pretentious and often laughable." — Premiere Magazine Posted Mar 16, 2004
Rotten 2.5/4	Rotten 41%	Freddy vs. Jason (2003)	" *The guts of this thorough two-disc beast act as the missing link between an E! Behind the Scenes* special and a subscription to Fangoria...*" — Premiere Magazine* Posted Mar 16, 2004
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 45%	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)	" Scrapping coherent narrative in favor of wall-to-wall 3-D effects, this overstimulating digital production spotlights Juni and his grandfather..." — Premiere Magazine Posted Mar 9, 2004
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 63%	Cabin Fever (2003)	" *Roth slyly invokes the humor of the Evil Dead* series while teasingly sidestepping splatter-movie conventions to (de)compose an impressive, disgusting debut...*" — Premiere Magazine* Posted Mar 9, 2004
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 61%	Hulk (2003)	" The special edition disc features Lee�s charismatic audio commentary, deleted scenes, and most entertainingly, a group of featurettes that are surprisingly streamlined." — Premiere Magazine Posted Dec 17, 2003
Fresh 2.5/4	Rotten 42%	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)	" Of course it�s gluttonous, frivolous, and disposable�who ever said amusement park rides had to be anything else?" — Premiere Magazine Posted Dec 17, 2003
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 88%	28 Days Later (2003)	" Shot in digital video for realistically shuddersome atmosphere, this one�s near-guaranteed to upset your sleeping habits." — Premiere Magazine Posted Dec 17, 2003
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 92%	The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)	" [Evans'] cavalier journal of guiltily compelling gossip is just self-deprecating enough to be cathartic." — Premiere Magazine Posted Sep 14, 2003
Rotten 2.5/4	Fresh 65%	Solaris (2002)	" ...the movie expects its audience to chug philosophical theories like a row of Jell-O shots..." — Premiere Magazine Posted Aug 23, 2003
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 28%	Scooby-Doo - The Movie (2002)	" 'Beating a dead CGI-crafted dog, the disc boasts a redundancy of forgettable featurettes that could easily have been edited into a single documentary.'" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 38%	Men in Black II (2002)	" 'The cosmically thin premise merely acts as scenery for Mr. Smith to chew and Mr. Jones to deadpan against. Wackiness sporadically ensues.'" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 6%	The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)	" *'The proper term here is 'Battlefield Earth* bad'.'*" — Premiere Magazine* Posted May 11, 2003
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 27%	The Country Bears (2002)	" *'When a studio re-creates The Blues Brothers* in a world full of cohabitating bears and people, which target audience are they aiming for, exactly?'*" — Premiere Magazine* Posted May 11, 2003
Fresh 3/4	Rotten 48%	XXX (2002)	" 'This is definitely James Bond for the Xbox (XXXbox?) generation.'" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Fresh 3.5/4	Fresh 69%	Treasure Planet (2002)	" 'With so much booty to behold, it's surprising this isn't a two-disc set.'" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Rotten 2/4	Rotten 48%	Femme Fatale (2002)	" 'Too picturesque to be ignored, too trashy to be erotic, and taken too seriously to be fun.'" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Fresh 4/4	Fresh 85%	24 Hour Party People (2002)	" 'Sharp, touching, and inspiring enough to put 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' on repeat, this is not a film to be missed.'" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Fresh 4/4	Rotten 53%	Dreams (1990)	" 'Deserving enough of wall space at the Museum of Modern Art.'" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Rotten 2/4	Fresh 71%	The Ring (2002)	" What television do you have to crawl out of to get some bonus features around here?" — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Fresh 3/4	Fresh 97%	Ringu (1998)	" One should be thankful that DreamWorks even released the original film, but . . ." — Premiere Magazine Posted May 11, 2003
Rotten 1/4	Rotten 15%	Swimfan (2002)	" One more trailer, plus one more featurette, equals one more DVD to collect dust." — Premiere Magazine Posted May 7, 2003

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