|
A-
|
92%
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No (2013) |
"
Despite the light-heartedness, there's a hard, tense edge to the film."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted May 10, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
65%
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The Campaign (2012) |
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
95%
|
Marley (2012) |
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Hunky Dory (2013) |
"
Despite the good dialogue the script is lacking depth."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Mar 3, 2012
|
|
A
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
An exercise in sadness so deep and aching that it's like plunging ever downward into a midnight-black lake and never touching the bottom. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 20, 2012
|
|
B
|
100%
|
Urbanized (2011) |
"
The film ticks off a fascinating blend of dos and don'ts for a century that will see even greater numbers of people packing into urban centers."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
C+
|
34%
|
Joyful Noise (2012) |
"
Graff smears an over-the-top theatricality on "Joyful Noise." It's so corny that it turns out to be, well, halfway silly fun."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
77%
|
War Horse (2011) |
"
War Horse is not so much a story of universal suffering told through the eyes of a horse but a Boys' Own ripping yarn. It is a good yarn well paced and well made."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
82%
|
Goon (2012) |
"
There is the impression that some of the characters should have been portrayed in a more three dimensional way."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jan 9, 2012
|
|
A-
|
93%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
The dread in this slow simmer of a film comes not from a clearly definable sense of danger, but more from a sense of simply not knowing. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
1.5/5
|
41%
|
Straw Dogs (2011) |
—
Eye for Film
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
24%
|
The Three Musketeers (2011) |
"
It has more to do with trying to remake Pirates Of The Caribbean in France than with filming Dumas' novel."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
A-
|
84%
|
The Tree of Life (2011) |
"
Terrence Malick's philosophical wallop of a movie is at once luminous, thrilling, obtuse, melodramatic, visually sumptuous, visceral, flawed and spiritual. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jun 29, 2011
|
|
C
|
67%
|
The Company Men (2011) |
"
Belongs more in the category of missed opportunity than the successful caustic social commentary it so desperately wants to be. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Feb 11, 2011
|
|
B
|
64%
|
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011) |
"
While I don't quite buy the conceit of Bieber as the Second Coming of pop idols, I did walk away convinced of him having the "it" factor on stage. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Feb 11, 2011
|
|
C-
|
24%
|
The Dilemma (2011) |
"
This cinematic collision between Vince Vaughn's celebrated funny-surly persona and Ron Howard's earnest pedigree is a bore -- and a serious miscalculation. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 28, 2011
|
|
C-
|
24%
|
The Dilemma (2011) |
"
As cumbersome and drawn out as a slowly deflating tire, this cinematic collision between Vaughn's celebrated funny-surly persona and Howard's earnest pedigree is a bore -- and a serious miscalculation. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 28, 2011
|
|
B+
|
88%
|
Blue Valentine (2010) |
"
Riveting and raw, it's a little like sitting at a dinner table while a pair of your married friends who were never really a good fit for each other fight in the kitchen. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 28, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
24%
|
The Dilemma (2011) |
"
Conversations about relationships and business are couched in the language of American sport: game seven; playoffs; red zones; end zones; sports stars; ice hockey. Is this the only way men can talk to each other?"
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jan 24, 2011
|
|
D
|
10%
|
Little Fockers (2010) |
"
The third installment in the series has the stale, slightly sour ambiance you'd expect when walking into a summer house that's been shut up for the winter. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Dec 28, 2010
|
|
B+
|
86%
|
Like Dandelion Dust (2010) |
"
Like Dandelion Dust is the type of sobering family drama that could have turned out sappy and cliched. It didn't. "
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Sep 24, 2010
|
|
C
|
66%
|
The American (2010) |
"
If watching Clooney rub his brow a lot -- and sit around in gorgeously silhouetted moments while glaring at the harsh, rugged, friendless Italian rustic scenery -- sounds appealing, then you're probably on the same wavelength as director Anton Corbijn. "
—
Eye for Film
Posted Sep 1, 2010
|
|
B+
|
93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
Buoyant and engaging."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jul 30, 2010
|
|
C-
|
43%
|
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) |
"
Unless you're a hard-core Carell fan, this is one Dinner reservation I'd consider canceling. "
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jul 30, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
[Rec] 2 (2010) |
"
In the end it doesn't fill its sibling's shoes but does compare well to other films out there."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jul 6, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
79%
|
I Killed My Mother (2013) |
"
The film is annoyingly atelene."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jul 6, 2010
|
|
4.5/5
|
86%
|
Akira (2001) |
"
Like Snow White before it, Akira was a step change in what animation could show."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jul 6, 2010
|
|
C-
|
9%
|
Grown Ups (2010) |
"
In this blend of sentimental comedy mixed with toilet humor, Sandler assembled members of his comic generation in what turns out to be an anemic tribute to middle age."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jun 25, 2010
|
|
B
|
15%
|
Sex and the City 2 (2010) |
"
The main goal is to transport its target audience to the decidedly less mundane world of Carrie and Friends, and in that sense, the movie is more than successful."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted May 28, 2010
|
|
C-
|
56%
|
It's Complicated (2009) |
"
If a Pottery Barn catalog had a midlife crisis, it would look and feel something like It's Complicated."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
C
|
66%
|
Youth in Revolt (2010) |
"
The whole thing just seems as if it's trying too hard."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
D+
|
28%
|
Dear John (2010) |
"
It might come in a pretty envelope, but what you find inside is nothing to write home about."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
B+
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
A wrenching and superbly acted character study."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
B+
|
68%
|
Shutter Island (2010) |
"
Shutter Island might not be one of Scorsese's great movies, but you can tell he certainly had a lot of fun putting it together."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Edge of Darkness (2010) |
"
Edge of Darkness is entertaining."
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jan 29, 2010
|
|
B-
|
78%
|
The Informant! (2009) |
"
Teeters precariously between being a great movie and an awful one."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Sep 24, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
The Age of Stupid (2009) |
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jul 17, 2009
|
|
B+
|
84%
|
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) |
"
The effect is big, boisterous, scary, touching -- and definitely not kiddie. Harry's grown up. Thank goodness his movies have, too."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jul 15, 2009
|
|
2.5/5
|
45%
|
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age 3) (2009) |
—
Eye for Film
Posted Jul 3, 2009
|
|
A-
|
94%
|
Tokyo Sonata (Tokyo Sonata) (2009) |
"
The film in many ways is the bleakest indictment of contemporary Japanese culture I've seen. Yet it also functions as dark comedy, fierce character study and uplifting tale of redemption."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jun 19, 2009
|
|
B
|
43%
|
The Proposal (2009) |
"
When White and Bullock are on screen together, they click in a way that makes this predictable film shine."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jun 19, 2009
|
|
D
|
18%
|
Dance Flick (2009) |
"
Limps along like it has a bunion the size of a cantaloupe."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted May 27, 2009
|
|
C-
|
37%
|
Angels & Demons (2009) |
"
Makes a better book than a movie"
—
Fresno Bee
Posted May 18, 2009
|
|
D-
|
51%
|
Observe and Report (2009) |
"
Even for those who relish no-holds-barred humor, there's a point when the most outrageous, caustic comedy can slide from cutting and absurd to just plain mean."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Apr 10, 2009
|
|
D
|
27%
|
Fast & Furious (2009) |
"
Paul Walker, with his two-day bristle of beard and touch-too-tan complexion, has the incipient, leathery look of a man who will look about two decades older when he turns 45."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Apr 6, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
80%
|
Cross of Iron (1977) |
—
Eye for Film
Posted Mar 16, 2009
|
|
B+
|
58%
|
Taken (2009) |
"
A crackle-smart immersion in righteous retribution."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 30, 2009
|
|
B
|
70%
|
Last Chance Harvey (2009) |
"
The chemistry between Hoffman and Thompson is wry, warm and just prickly enough to keep the whole endeavor from sinking in on itself in a soppy souffle of sentimentality."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 16, 2009
|
|
C
|
57%
|
Defiance (2009) |
"
Earnest yet stubbornly static."
—
Fresno Bee
Posted Jan 16, 2009
|
73%
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