Rotten C
| Rotten 46%
| Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) | "
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs needs injections of cartoon merriment and orneriness to cure the blandness afflicting the plot and characters." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jul 3, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 26%
| Friday the 13th (2009) | "
The first Friday the 13th is not a masterwork by any stretch of the imagination, but it has one crucial thing the 2009 edition lacks completely: the element of surprise." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jul 2, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 96%
| Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) | "
It raises big, intriguing questions that rarely, if ever, come up in the hubbub about steroid use in professional athletics, particularly Major League Baseball." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 32%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
Terminator Salvation boasts impressive setpieces that provide eye-popping visual scale, but the story so badly lacks scope that the film feels small and, ultimately, inconsequential." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jun 30, 2009 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian can be too cluttered and hyperactive to appreciate its broad pleasures." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jun 29, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 98%
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) | "
An affectionate portrait rather than a sad, derisive takedown, Anvil! The Story of Anvil finds inspiration in the passion and tenacity these aging metalheads display." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jun 28, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 50%
| Easy Virtue (2009) | "
Biel's performance lacks the zing needed to jolt this comedy of manners." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jun 27, 2009 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 17%
| Year One (2009) | "
This uninspired Torah-lampooning sketch comedy is as arid and empty as the landscapes which the protagonists wander across." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jun 25, 2009 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 20%
| Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) | "
...an ungainly and incomprehensible assault on the senses." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jun 24, 2009 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 13%
| Dragonball: Evolution (2009) | "
Except for the presence of Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, this shoddy live-action film is no different or bigger than the sort of junk kids plop down to watch on TV after school." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Apr 10, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 93%
| Must Read After My Death (2009) | "
The obvious but effective tactic of contrasting words and visuals scrapes off the veneer of domestic bliss that people put on for the world and which gets pasted in scrapbooks and hung on walls." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 21, 2009 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 61%
| Marley & Me (2008) | "
The deft touch with which it addresses spouses' and parents' professional and personal trade-offs proves this to be a more substantial and poignant picture than expected." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 7, 2009 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 19%
| The Clone Wars (2008) | "
The Clone Wars elicits some pangs of nostalgia with its grand battles, alien landscapes, and beloved characters but yields little more than fuzzy thoughts of what used to be." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Aug 16, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 80%
| Google Me (2008) | "
...too much of the film is filled with material better served for the behind-the-scenes section on the electronic press kit." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted May 27, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Fresh 64%
| The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) | "
A slapdash but amiable crossbreed of The Karate Kid and The Wizard of Oz, The Forbidden Kingdom functions as a martial arts cinema primer for American youth." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Apr 20, 2008 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 40%
| Zombie Strippers (2008) | "
Unsurprisingly Zombie Strippers is poorly acted, written, directed, edited, and lit, but it is so tedious to watch that this might be the first movie that would be improved if Uwe Boll were calling the shots." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 86%
| Shine a Light (2008) | "
Shine a Light doesn't break any new ground for Scorsese or the Stones, but it's an enjoyable showcase for the prodigious skills the director and band have." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Apr 16, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Rotten 46%
| The Ruins (2008) | "
The lack of explanations in The Ruins may prove unsatisfying to some, but the unknown is often more terrifying than the tangible. Such are the wages of fear." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Apr 4, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 26%
| Drillbit Taylor (2008) | "
Produced by Judd Apatow and co-written by Seth Rogen, Drillbit Taylor has a been there, done that quality reminiscent of Superbad if it were much tamer and less funnier." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Apr 1, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 48%
| Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) | "
The jokes land softly, but Run Fatboy Run moves at a sitcom-like clip that keeps it watchable even when it isn't especially funny." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Mar 31, 2008 |
Fresh B+
| Fresh 68%
| Snow Angels (2008) | "
Snow Angels can painfully burrow into one's heart, but such is the cost of empathy, or any human connection for that matter." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Mar 27, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 9%
| 10,000 B.C. (2008) | "
With a dreadfully dull story and performances as petrified as 12,000-year-old wooden artifacts, 10,000 BC shambles along as if on a march to its own extinction." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Mar 17, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 78%
| The Bank Job (2008) | "
Executed with machine-like precision, The Bank Job is a ripping good caper with plenty of interesting twists." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Mar 12, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 12%
| College Road Trip (2008) | "
College Road Trip plays like an instructional video shown at orientation to ease sheltering parents afraid to let their children leave the nest." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Mar 6, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 77%
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) | "
Shot in widescreen, all the better to appreciate the swanky art deco sets, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day can feel static...but the wonderful lead actresses provide the momentum that the composition and editing fail to provide." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Mar 6, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 54%
| Charlie Bartlett (2007) | "
While Charlie Bartlett's spitting in the face of authority may thrill disenchanted teens, its obnoxiousness and phoniness is enough to make me feel like an old man yelling at kids to get off my lawn." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 22, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 46%
| Cassandra's Dream (2008) | "
Cassandra's Dream is not a top-notch Woody Allen film, but this dark drama is a worthy addition to the director's career-long search for meaning in a world where randomness and cruelty often reign." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 19, 2008 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 72%
| Definitely, Maybe (2008) | "
Definitely, Maybe stumbles along the way to its destination just like its protagonist does, but the humor and heart compensate for the lack of sure footing that extends all the way to the uncertainty in the title." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 18, 2008 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 10%
| Fool's Gold (2008) | "
Like its namesake mineral, Fool's Gold looks like one thing (a romantic comedy), turns out to be something else (an action-adventure), and has zero value." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 18, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Rotten 41%
| Dedication (2007) | "
Dedication's problem isn't its idealized conception of love but the thoroughly unconvincing way in which it is realized." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 12, 2008 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 93%
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) | "
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly transcends the uplifting movie-of-the-week story through Schnabel's artful direction and deep empathy." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 5, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 22%
| The Eye (2008) | "
The Eye remake rolls off Hollywood's Asian horror assembly line like expired goods that have been repackaged." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 3, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 0%
| Strange Wilderness (2008) | "
Instantly forgettable and proudly lazy, Strange Wilderness feels like it's being made up on the spot." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 2, 2008 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 15%
| Over Her Dead Body (2008) | "
If it were considered unseemly to speak ill of dead films, then the only thing to recommend about Over Her Dead Body would be the lead actor's palpable indifference." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Feb 2, 2008 |
Rotten C-
| Rotten 14%
| Untraceable (2008) | "
Boring, hypocritical, and didactic, Untraceable is an exercise in tut-tutting the audience for being curious about the very stuff the film traffics in." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 28, 2008 |
Rotten F
| Rotten 2%
| Meet the Spartans (2008) | "
At the risk of praising with faint damning, Meet the Spartans isn't the worst film I've ever seen; however, I'm not suggesting that this feature-length parody of 300 is good in any way." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 27, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 36%
| Rambo (2008) | "
Qualms about Rambo's contextual appropriateness aside, this guns-ablazing movie works on a primal level, but stiff performances and a musty script has it firing its share of blanks too." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Fresh B
| Rotten 40%
| 27 Dresses (2008) | "
Bridesmaid dresses are notorious for being unflattering, single occasion garments. Although formulaic, 27 Dresses wears well on its star." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 23, 2008 |
Fresh A+
| Fresh 91%
| There Will Be Blood (2007) | "
There Will Be Blood is a spectacular achievement that, at this early date, seems worthy to be mentioned alongside cinema's avowed masterpieces." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 21, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 41%
| The Bucket List (2007) | "
Although The Bucket List shouldn't sit well on the stomach, it goes down as easily as meals through an IV." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 12, 2008 |
Fresh A
| Fresh 83%
| Atonement (2007) | "
Atonement is an exquisitely crafted film bursting with the possibilities that cinema has to offer." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 7, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 51%
| Margot at the Wedding (2007) | "
After choking on laughs for a period, the question becomes whether Baumbach has anything to deliver beyond his misanthropic floggings." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 6, 2008 |
Rotten C+
| Rotten 32%
| National Treasure 2 : Book of Secrets (2007) | "
Practically a duplicate of the breezy (and bloated) original, National Treasure: Book of Secrets is not without charm, but it lacks the thrill seeker's joy of discovery." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 6, 2008 |
Rotten C
| Fresh 75%
| Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) | "
For all of the care and creativity put into Walk Hard's original songs, the rest of the film feels less inspired and maybe a little lazy." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 5, 2008 |
Rotten D
| Rotten 0%
| One Missed Call (2008) | "
While it may be clichéd to proclaim the original foreign film to be superior, the fact remains that the Japanese pic contains more scares and intended laughs than this slapdash American remake." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Jan 5, 2008 |
Fresh A-
| Fresh 77%
| I'm Not There (2007) | "
Todd Haynes' masterful portrait of Bob Dylan scrutinizes the musician-poet-actor-artist-husband-father-outlaw and leaves him at once as mysterious as ever and yet somehow knowable." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Dec 17, 2007 |
Fresh B-
| Fresh 93%
| Enchanted (2007) | "
Enchanted bubbles over with good cheer, due in large part to Adams for the wide-eyed optimism and innocence she brings to her irony-free performance." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Dec 16, 2007 |
Rotten D+
| Rotten 36%
| Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) | "
Broken into storybook-like chapters...the film implies that it possesses literary roots; however, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium comes across as a quickie knockoff attempting to capitalize on a more popular title's success." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Dec 16, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 69%
| I Am Legend (2007) | "
As good as the action scenes are, the humanity in [Will] Smith's performance is most responsible for I Am Legend's success." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Dec 15, 2007 |
Fresh B
| Fresh 79%
| American Gangster (2007) | "
As a showcase for Washington and Crowe, American Gangster does not disappoint." — Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema Posted Nov 13, 2007 |
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