|
A
|
87%
|
The Blair Witch Project (1999) |
"
[A] creepy tale of witchcraft, murders and ghost sightings."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
D
|
0%
|
One Missed Call (2008) |
"
One big miss of a horror movie."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
B-
|
79%
|
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains (2007) |
"
Moviegoers might initially find the inside peek into a media book tour fascinating. But the tedium of trekking from hotel to car to interview and back to a waiting limo can wear down one's resolve."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 24, 2007
|
|
C
|
56%
|
Randy and the Mob (2007) |
"
It's a film brimming with individual scenes featuring nice visual touches about the South and comforting down-home dialogue spiced with a healthy twinge of sarcasm. Too bad the movie never completely gels."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 21, 2007
|
|
C+
|
90%
|
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
"
The Simpsons Movie isn't anything special and certainly not the creative spark necessary to jump-start what for years has been a sagging show."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 26, 2007
|
|
B-
|
79%
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"
The movie is at times brilliant with a powerhouse performance by Imelda Staunton."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 9, 2007
|
|
B
|
57%
|
Transformers (2007) |
"
Great special effects + Shia LaBeouf - flimsy story = lotsa fun."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 2, 2007
|
|
B-
|
81%
|
Live Free or Die Hard (2007) |
"
It's loud, yippee-ki-yay explosive, mostly watchable and, unfortunately, almost entirely forgettable after its final bang."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 26, 2007
|
|
C-
|
23%
|
Evan Almighty (2007) |
"
When the film ultimately does deliver on the threat of a flood, there's not much to think other than that the special effects are adequate and that Carell's movie is one big washout."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 21, 2007
|
|
B-
|
37%
|
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"
Silver Surfer is watchable. But make no mistake. It's for younger filmgoers."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 14, 2007
|
|
C+
|
70%
|
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"
Ultimately, if you give yourself up to its manufactured charm, it all becomes comfortingly familiar."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 7, 2007
|
|
A-
|
91%
|
Knocked Up (2007) |
"
More than just laugh-out-loud funny. It's the relationship comedy of the summer and likely the best boy-meets-girl movie of the year."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 31, 2007
|
|
B
|
60%
|
300 (2007) |
"
Call 300 the New Age sword-and-sandal epic -- a Hercules movie for the computer age."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 8, 2007
|
|
C+
|
90%
|
Zodiac (2007) |
"
Staying true to its real-life scenario, the film gets mired in the inevitable red tape of police investigations, [and it] switches focus enough times to make you think it's three movies instead of one."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 1, 2007
|
|
C+
|
26%
|
Daddy's Little Girls (2007) |
"
Tyler Perry likes preaching to the choir."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Feb 14, 2007
|
|
B+
|
65%
|
Off the Black (2006) |
"
A modest drama fueled by Nick Nolte's gutsy lead performance as a disheveled 57-year-old junkyard proprietor who's been as flattened by life as the rusty old cars he crushes."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Feb 1, 2007
|
|
A-
|
96%
|
Pan's Labyrinth (2006) |
"
Pan's Labyrinth is del Toro's home run. He's delivered a film full of power, beauty, horror and, ultimately, sadness."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jan 18, 2007
|
|
C+
|
38%
|
The Nativity Story (2006) |
"
The proceedings come across as quite a bit less than the greatest story every told."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 30, 2006
|
|
B-
|
17%
|
Turistas (Paradise Lost) (2006) |
"
Give Turistas, the edgy, unnerving, graphically violent South American vacation movie full of sex-hungry young adults and horror, credit for knowing full well not only what kind of entertainment it is, but for delivering the goods."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 30, 2006
|
|
B-
|
83%
|
Come Early Morning (2006) |
"
A mostly watchable, somewhat satisfying drama."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 9, 2006
|
|
B+
|
80%
|
Little Children (2006) |
"
Complicated, involving and just plain smart, Children is the kind of movie that worms its way back into your head days after you've seen it."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 19, 2006
|
|
B
|
73%
|
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"
Flags is classic Eastwood, filmed with weighty purpose and, often, skilled precision."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 19, 2006
|
|
B+
|
76%
|
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) |
"
Populated with actors who know their characters so intimately they seem to spring to life from the screen."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 12, 2006
|
|
C+
|
20%
|
Employee of the Month (2006) |
"
Before Employee of the Month shoots itself in the foot with an immensely lame finale, the film does cash in with a few comedic bright spots."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 5, 2006
|
|
D
|
37%
|
The Guardian (2006) |
"
This is a silly movie made of taped-together Hollywood hokum, the kind where you just know the pitch was something like, 'It's Top Gun meets An Officer and a Gentleman in The Perfect Storm.'"
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 28, 2006
|
|
A-
|
90%
|
Half Nelson (2006) |
"
For a solid 107 minutes, Gosling shapes his character into a flesh-and-blood tone poem."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 21, 2006
|
|
C+
|
73%
|
Jet Li's Fearless (Huo Yuan Jia) (Legend of a Fighter) (2006) |
"
As purported, if Jet Li's final Chinese martial arts movie is indeed Jet Li's Fearless, the talented fist-and-foot pounder would have made more impact if he had ended things sooner."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 21, 2006
|
|
B
|
63%
|
Jackass: Number Two (2006) |
"
Be forewarned, when you're not laughing out loud you could well be trying hard not to lose your lunch."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 21, 2006
|
|
B-
|
69%
|
Hollywoodland (2006) |
"
We could say, Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. But that just conjures up memories of the kind of mystery movie Hollywoodland only wishes it could be."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 7, 2006
|
|
B-
|
17%
|
Jailbait (2004) |
"
Disturbing and affecting."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 31, 2006
|
|
B+
|
87%
|
The Motel (2005) |
"
There is honesty and integrity in the filmmaking and the performances, which make The Motel among the best character studies of the year."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 31, 2006
|
|
B-
|
73%
|
The Great New Wonderful (2006) |
"
Not all the little stories and vignettes work (some seem almost pointless), but most of the performances, especially a haughty luncheon under a veil of politeness with Gyllenhaal and Falco, are spot on, involving and revealing."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 31, 2006
|
|
B-
|
68%
|
Snakes on a Plane (2006) |
"
Call me. I'll see it again with you this weekend."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 18, 2006
|
|
C-
|
19%
|
Step Up (2006) |
"
Step Up is so predictable, so remarkably so, you might wonder how such a movie got made."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 10, 2006
|
|
B+
|
74%
|
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005) |
"
... as brutal as it is beautiful."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 6, 2006
|
|
C
|
47%
|
Miami Vice (2006) |
"
Miami Vice is a dark, grainy and heavy drama and so super-serious and smoky thick it could be called Miasma Vice."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 27, 2006
|
|
C+
|
12%
|
Little Man (2006) |
"
Some verbal jokes simply don't work, and Darryl's persistent I-wanna-be-a-daddy musings are more insipid than inspiring. But some of the physical comedy scores."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 13, 2006
|
|
A-
|
86%
|
The Heart of the Game (2005) |
"
Most certainly, it will make you root for the Roughriders on and off the court."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 6, 2006
|
|
B-
|
95%
|
Wordplay (2006) |
"
Dramatic, especially for those moviegoers who tax their brains working crosswords."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 22, 2006
|
|
C+
|
27%
|
The Omen (2006) |
"
The last Damien is young actor Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick. He lowers his head, hardens his face and glares. Big woo. The movie's dogs do a better job of looking sinister."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 6, 2006
|
|
B-
|
81%
|
District B13 (Banlieue 13) (2006) |
"
B13 is watchable and, sometimes, quite invigorating. But only when it's getting its adrenaline rush from its stampeding macho duo."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 1, 2006
|
|
D+
|
51%
|
Down in the Valley (2005) |
"
Jacobson's story goes haywire."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 25, 2006
|
|
B-
|
70%
|
Mission: Impossible III (2006) |
"
It's like Abrams understands the public perception of Cruise's kooky celebrity. So why not embrace it."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 4, 2006
|
|
A-
|
91%
|
United 93 (2006) |
"
It easily ranks as the best movie so far this year."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 27, 2006
|
|
C
|
36%
|
Preaching to the Choir (2005) |
"
One just wishes that with the word 'choir' in the title, there would be a lot more top-drawer gospel singing."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 20, 2006
|
|
B
|
60%
|
Lonesome Jim (2006) |
"
A slight, but amusing and occasionally touching, dark comedy about depression and dysfunction that percolates with indie film hipness."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 20, 2006
|
|
C-
|
62%
|
ATL (2006) |
"
ATL is not interesting. Nor compelling. Nor lively. Nor always comprehensible."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 30, 2006
|
|
C-
|
26%
|
The Zodiac (2006) |
"
Boring when it should be gripping."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 16, 2006
|
|
C
|
50%
|
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) |
"
The story is more focused on a kind of meat-market smorgasbord mixed with political the-government-did-this-to-us overtones. It doesn't really work."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 9, 2006
|
75%
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62%
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