|
4/5
|
94%
|
It Came from Kuchar (2010) |
"
Fun, frisky, ceaselessly enjoyable documentary froth."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Oct 17, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
71%
|
An Englishman in New York (2009) |
"
Falls somewhere between unbearable and fascinating."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Oct 17, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
84%
|
The September Issue (2009) |
"
One is forced to admire Wintour's decisiveness, her unwavering faith in her own instincts, as well as her ability to keep a multitude of creatives in check."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Sep 10, 2009
|
|
4.5/5
|
67%
|
Brüno (Bruno) (2009) |
"
A giddy mash-up of social, sophomoric and shocking humor."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 12, 2009
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) |
"
A blasé horror cocktail that has one or two good scares but mostly is a way to lay waste to time you never really wanted back anyway."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Apr 5, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
The Life of Reilly (2007) |
"
The schmaltzy surface-nature of the show, however, is redeemed by Reilly's performance... and by a final story..."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Mar 10, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
64%
|
Watchmen (2009) |
"
An engrossing, full embrace of the superhero form. Original, psychologically and intellectually rich and, more frequently than not, profoundly disturbing."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Mar 5, 2009
|
|
3.5/5
|
90%
|
Coraline (2009) |
"
The animation is just plain jaw-dropping, and the implementation of 3D gives the film an added boost of visual splendor. You feel like you're living it."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Feb 5, 2009
|
|
3/5
|
94%
|
Milk (2008) |
"
Van Sant's innate stylistic detachment keeps Milk from attaining its full potential as a rousing, rich drama. It's 2 percent when it should be whole."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Nov 26, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Tropic Thunder (2008) |
"
There are some people it will offend. To them I say, go bask in some Happy Days reruns. To the rest of you: Go see it and delight in laughing until your sides split."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 14, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
68%
|
Pineapple Express (2008) |
"
The guns-blazing, body-count-mounting final act is a wasted opportunity -- and not in a good wasted way."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 14, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
77%
|
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) |
"
[Speilberg] is no longer a young director, and nowhere is that more apparent than in his approach to this Indy."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jun 12, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Speed Racer (2008) |
"
Provides all the hallucinogenic benefits of an LSD trip without any of the nasty side-effects"
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
52%
|
Penelope (2006) |
"
Penelope isn't really suitable for anyone. It's a boar."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Mar 6, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
77%
|
Cloverfield (2008) |
"
When all is said and done, and Cloverfield plays out, we're left with...'a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.'"
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jan 24, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
89%
|
Eastern Promises (2007) |
"
After the movie ends, and you recall its various touchpoints, Cronenberg's work suddenly acquires unexpected retrospective depth."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Sep 27, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Superbad (2007) |
"
If Beaches was the ultimate chick flick, Superbad is one for all dudes, young and old."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 23, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
45%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) |
"
POTC: At World's End strives for epic-ness, but it's not an epic. It's fluff. And fluff should never, ever exceed more than 1 hour and 47 minutes, including end credits."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 26, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
"
The vocal work is so finely honed by the cast of regulars, that the acting conveys a timing and skill rarely encountered in even the best live-action comedies."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 26, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"
Spider-Man 3 fails to enliven. It doesn't have the satisfying, jolting rush that makes you leave exclaiming, 'Wow! I can't wait to see that again!'"
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted May 3, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
The Lookout (2007) |
"
[Gordon-Levitt's] performance is flawless in a film that is mildly flawed, a film whose twists and turns really don't amount to more than slight bends in the road."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Apr 5, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"
The movie's driving force is Dench, whose extraordinary performance only underscores her post as one of the world's finest living actresses."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Feb 23, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"
Del Toro has an unmistakable aesthetic -- his movies bear the stamp of an auteur."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Feb 23, 2007
|
|
1/5
|
15%
|
Hannibal Rising (2007) |
"
Gone is the nuance, the mystery, the fright factor, in its place a near-campy Dr. Phibes-like obsession with revenge."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Feb 23, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Breaking and Entering (2007) |
"
Dramatically, it's pale and wan, an almost defiant bore. It sits there, like a month-old stew hiding in the back of the fridge: thick, gummy, indigestible."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Feb 23, 2007
|
|
4.5/5
|
78%
|
Dreamgirls (2006) |
"
Dreamgirls belongs to Hudson. When she sings, the movie transcends its celluloid confines, becoming an experience that is spiritual, impassioned, profound."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jan 4, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
62%
|
Blood Diamond (2006) |
"
The action sequences, filmed with a jerky hand-held camera to impart a sense of realism, are impressive, incorporating a palpable danger that sends shudders."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Dec 22, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
32%
|
The Good German (2007) |
"
If it weren't for a singular, gripping performance by Cate Blanchett, The Good German might as well have been titled The Incredibly Boring German."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Dec 22, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Casino Royale (2006) |
"
Casino Royale revives, rejuvenates and refreshes the series.... Watching it, you realize what it must have been like for 1962 audiences to experience Dr. No."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Dec 7, 2006
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006) |
"
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny proves one thing: Rock and roll never dies. It just gains weight."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Dec 7, 2006
|
|
1/5
|
50%
|
For Your Consideration (2006) |
"
If there were any justice in the world of movies, the film's distributor would gather up all copies of For Your Consideration before it hits theaters and burn them."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Nov 16, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Queen (1968) |
"
Helen Mirren gives perhaps her most remarkable performance in an already remarkable career."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
2.5/5
|
76%
|
The Prestige (2006) |
"
The PrestigeH is infused with faux intellectualism -- it pretends to be more cerebral than it really is, when all it really wants to do is be the new Sixth Sense."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"
Borat [blends] the mockumentary form with...an extreme, fearless level of performance art, creating a glorious and profound new kind of comedy experience."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
68%
|
Snakes on a Plane (2006) |
"
The movie isn't just mediocre -- it's profoundly mediocre."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 24, 2006
|
|
3.5/5
|
24%
|
Lady in the Water (2006) |
"
There's no twist in Lady in the Water, but that's not to say it doesn't possess an abundance of cleverness."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
1/5
|
39%
|
Scoop (2006) |
"
It fails to evoke one laugh over the course of 90 minutes, revealing Woody Allen's sense of humor to be not merely ailing, but dead -- completely, utterly, forever dead."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
3.5/5
|
84%
|
The Descent (2006) |
"
Writer-director Neil Marshall has...a gift for psychological subtext that infuses the narrative with a nasty, poisonous moral venom."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
Das Boot (The Boat) (1981) |
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
66%
|
Night of the Living Dead (2000) |
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
72%
|
Shallow Grave (1995) |
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
5/5
|
69%
|
World Trade Center (2006) |
"
World Trade Center is likely the one summer release you least want to see.... But the fact is, [it's] the one film you don't want to miss."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"
A Scanner Darkly finds Linklater in experimental mode, which is a far, far better place for him to be than in a little league dugout."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 21, 2006
|
|
3.5/5
|
63%
|
Clerks II (2006) |
"
Funny, flip, frequently shocking, sometimes appalling, and always engaging."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 21, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
54%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) |
"
It's every bit as terrific as the inaugural film, occasionally surpassing it with mind-boggling, spectacularly choreographed action set pieces."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 21, 2006
|
|
2.5/5
|
52%
|
Strangers with Candy (2005) |
"
A half-hour sketch with an hour of padding."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 21, 2006
|
|
2.5/5
|
76%
|
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) |
"
The movie, which features a stunning performance from Meryl Streep, never amounts to much more than a heap of lovely little scraps. "
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 21, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
40%
|
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"
What could have been a pińata full of laughs, giggles and fun is instead hollow and empty. It's not even worth shaking a stick at."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 2, 2006
|
|
4.5/5
|
76%
|
Superman Returns (2006) |
"
A magnificent, dramatically rewarding homecoming."
—
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)
Posted Jul 2, 2006
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