|
B-
|
52%
|
Leatherheads (2008) |
"
To call something a screwball comedy instead of just a comedy is to add an extra level of farcical expectations all too easy to not meet."
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FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 4, 2008
|
|
A-
|
51%
|
CJ7 (2008) |
"
If most Americans weren't so adverse to spending time with any film which has subtitles, Stephen Chow's "CJ7" just might have had a chance to become a perennial family favorite."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 6, 2008
|
|
C
|
67%
|
The Darjeeling Limited (2007) |
"
The new 20th Century-Fox Home Video release of "The Darjeeling Limited" offers quite a conundrum for fans of Wes Anderson..."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 26, 2008
|
|
B+
|
82%
|
In Bruges (2008) |
"
Doesn't need to be too hip or too cool to be damn good."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 22, 2008
|
|
B+
|
100%
|
Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) |
"
We may not learn much about who Val Lewton was. We may never truly know what made him tick. And we might find ourselves too engrossed in what we see and hear to even care."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 16, 2008
|
|
A+
|
90%
|
Zodiac (2007) |
"
Watching the movie on a widescreen HDTV monitor in HD-DVD is an ocular orgy."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 9, 2008
|
|
F
|
14%
|
Blonde Ambition (2007) |
"
Just how bad is the latest Jessica Simpson film? It doesn't just belong on a Worst of 2007 list or even a Worst of the Decade list, but high amongst The Worst Movies Ever Made."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 27, 2007
|
|
A
|
86%
|
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) |
"
If there were a cinematic version of a harmonic convergence, it would look something like "Sweeney Todd.""
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 21, 2007
|
|
C-
|
47%
|
Man in the Chair (2007) |
"
A film that probably never wouldn't have seen the light of a projector if it wasn't for some kind of "Let's get Actor X that long-deserved Oscar" grab."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 12, 2007
|
|
A+
|
60%
|
Look (2007) |
"
Once or twice a year, if we are lucky, a movie comes out of seemingly nowhere and grabs ahold of us, with thoughts and ideas that stick in our heads long after the credits have rolled out and the lights in the auditorium has illuminated again."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 10, 2007
|
|
C
|
90%
|
Saturday Night Fever (1977) |
"
The omission of John Travolta in any of the commentaries or documentaries is a major shadow that the new disc cannot get out from."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 13, 2007
|
|
A
|
43%
|
What We Do Is Secret (2007) |
"
Hits quick, hits hard and never lets go."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 17, 2007
|
|
B-
|
53%
|
Across the Universe (2007) |
"
A resplendent feast for the eyes. Just don't expect anything resembling a coherent storyline."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 13, 2007
|
|
A-
|
24%
|
Fierce People (2005) |
"
Too bad this wasn't made twenty-five years ago, when it still had a chance of being accepted by the masses because it was quirky."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 7, 2007
|
|
B-
|
62%
|
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006) |
"
When it comes to Lloyd Kaufman.. you either fanatically love what he does or you think the world could do without his low-brow brand of horror comedy."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 23, 2007
|
|
A-
|
46%
|
Cashback (2007) |
"
The first thing one will probably respond to, after the brief rampant nudity, is the exquisite cinematography by Angus Hudson."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 28, 2007
|
|
B
|
90%
|
Punk's Not Dead (2007) |
"
Punk might not be dead, but it sure has seen better days."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
B+
|
74%
|
Sunshine (2007) |
"
"Sunshine" is 90% a great film, a believable and intriguing meditation on life, the human spirit and how far some people are willing to go for the betterment of all mankind."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 27, 2007
|
|
B-
|
79%
|
A Mighty Heart (2007) |
"
Every day, we are reminded how much of a great beauty Angelina Jolie is. But it's not every day we are reminded how much of a great actress Jolie is."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 22, 2007
|
|
B-
|
43%
|
Choose Connor (2008) |
"
Has flashes of incredible maturity and complexity [but the filmmaker] still has some things to learn about the basic tenets of storytelling before he can become a quality filmmaker."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 18, 2007
|
|
B-
|
53%
|
Eagle vs. Shark (2007) |
"
Has eccentricity in spades, and a winning performance in lead actress Loren Horsley, yet doesn't quite add up to the sum of its parts."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 15, 2007
|
|
C+
|
——
|
All This and World War II (1976) |
"
Nostalgia often incurs when an item is kept from public consumption, and it is likely all wistful feelings for this film would disappear if it ever becomes available for mass consumption."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 30, 2007
|
|
D+
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"
It's schizophrenic pacing and apathy towards its audience's acceptance means the film never needs to be seen more than once, if that."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 2, 2007
|
|
D
|
48%
|
Wind Chill (2007) |
"
All surface and no depth, with an incongruous ending that makes for an unsatisfying ending to an indecisive movie."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 29, 2007
|
|
A-
|
——
|
WKRP in Cincinnati - Season 1 (2007) |
"
Was the music the only thing that made the show good?"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 27, 2007
|
|
B-
|
67%
|
Everything's Gone Green (2007) |
"
The blandness of director Paul Fox's execution leaves much to be desired."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 13, 2007
|
|
C-
|
64%
|
The TV Set (2007) |
"
[Except for Sigourney Weaver] everyone else looks so damn solemn, it's as if neither they nor their director understood this was meant to be a parody."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 6, 2007
|
|
A-
|
83%
|
Grindhouse (2007) |
"
Gloriously grotesque, hilariously horrific and exactly the shot in the arm movies have been needing for far too long."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 29, 2007
|
|
C-
|
58%
|
First Snow (2007) |
"
It's quite admirable of Guy Pearce to try and eschew a Hollywood career, [but] if he keeps making films like First Snow..."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 24, 2007
|
|
A
|
60%
|
300 (2007) |
"
The film is little more than a colorfully stylish, throwaway epic, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with something that simply aims to be populist entertainment."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 10, 2007
|
|
B-
|
89%
|
Starter for 10 (2006) |
"
Familiar enough to be instantly comfortable with and entertaining enough to be over with before you'd like to leave these characters."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 24, 2007
|
|
D-
|
21%
|
The Hitcher (2007) |
"
Zachary Knighton's second-rate impersonation of Matthew Lillard's Shaggy makes one long for C. Thomas Howell's irresolute interpretation of Jim Halsey (truly an amazing feat)."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 19, 2007
|
|
B+
|
76%
|
Rocky Balboa (2006) |
"
By remembering the little things that made the first film so successful in the first place, Sylvester Stallone has made the best "Rocky" film since the original."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 20, 2006
|
|
C
|
51%
|
Fast Food Nation (2006) |
"
Linklater has mostly missed a golden opportunity to not only create an enduring work of art but to shame an industry into changing their ways."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Nov 25, 2006
|
|
A+
|
96%
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
"
Re-imagining "The Nightmare Before Christmas" as a three dimensional film has taken Henry Selick's modern masterwork and turned it into a timeless classic."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 20, 2006
|
|
B-
|
——
|
King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries (2005) |
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 30, 2006
|
|
C
|
32%
|
The Black Dahlia (2006) |
"
Vilmos Zsigmond's lush cinematography alone is almost worth the price of admission, and Jenny Beavan's costumes remind us why the late 1940s were one of the best times for fashion in the modern era."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 18, 2006
|
|
A
|
73%
|
Idiocracy (2006) |
"
The theatrical release of Mike Judge's new comedy Idiocracy is one of the most egregious travesties of modern cinema."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 4, 2006
|
|
C+
|
84%
|
This Film is Not Yet Rated (2006) |
"
Is it possible for a documentarian to hit the bullseye and completely miss his mark on the same shot?"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 1, 2006
|
|
B-
|
48%
|
Idlewild (2006) |
"
Like too many video directors turned filmmakers, Barber has forgotten having more than four minutes to tell a story does not mean take your sweet time getting to the point."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 25, 2006
|
|
B+
|
95%
|
Wordplay (2006) |
"
What is an eight letter word for a totally engrossing and entertaining documentary about crossword puzzles, those who create them and those who obsessively solve them?"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 15, 2006
|
|
A
|
81%
|
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"
With APHC, quite possibly the iconoclastic filmmaker's final work, Altman becomes reflective, melancholy and, most surprising of all, sentimental."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 9, 2006
|
|
A+
|
97%
|
Alien (1979) |
"
A wondrous reminder of how imagination can triumph over budget."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 1, 2006
|
|
D
|
64%
|
Ju-on: The Curse (Curse Grudge) (2000) |
"
A nearly bloodless and scare-free exercise in futility, jumping from scene to scene with very little continuity and even less comprehension of the concept of true fear."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 1, 2006
|
|
A-
|
98%
|
Repo Man (1984) |
"
It is going a bit far to call "Repo Man" a modern classic, but it is amongst the defining films of the decade."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 26, 2006
|
|
D
|
25%
|
The Da Vinci Code (2006) |
"
It is simply one of those movies which may have been made with the best of intentions but tries to appeal to too many people to be remotely interesting."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 18, 2006
|
|
A
|
95%
|
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003) |
"
Arguably the best movie about movies ever made."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 26, 2006
|
|
B-
|
90%
|
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) |
"
Acts not as the window for the outsider into the spectacle of heavy metal music, as the filmmakers proclaim it to be, but an unprovoked fan's defense for liking what he likes"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 14, 2006
|
|
C-
|
26%
|
The Zodiac (2006) |
"
Bulkley shows flashes of virtuosity... but for now, we'll just have to look at this film as a stepping stone in what could be a promising career."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 17, 2006
|
|
A-
|
61%
|
Find Me Guilty (2006) |
"
For those of you who complain the ubiquitous "they" don't make films like they used to, here's your chance to give "them" a reason to make more."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 16, 2006
|
|
B+
|
35%
|
Ask the Dust (2006) |
"
A stylistic triumph, one whose story and character shortcomings are overcompensated with lush visuals, a haunting score and a trio of strong performances"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 10, 2006
|
|
A-
|
92%
|
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"
A good time should be had by all."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 2, 2006
|
|
D
|
40%
|
Winter Passing (2006) |
"
Makes too many of the same rookie filmmaker mistakes which keep similar films with smaller budgets and lesser known casts from even getting a minor theatrical release"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Feb 17, 2006
|
|
D-
|
20%
|
American Pie Presents - Band Camp (2005) |
"
Little more than a blatant attempt to cash in on brand name recognition."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 30, 2006
|
|
D
|
32%
|
Imagine Me & You (2006) |
"
Simple and unmemorable, something to watch on a lazy evening when there is nothing else to watch on the telly and quickly forget once it's over."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 27, 2006
|
|
D
|
51%
|
Manderlay (2006) |
"
One should be happy to learn "Manderlay" is better than "Dogville," if only because it is forty-five minutes shorter."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 25, 2006
|
|
D+
|
4%
|
Bloodrayne (2006) |
"
With such diminished expectations, one must wonder if it is a good thing that the film is merely bad instead of a cinematic atrocity."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jan 6, 2006
|
|
C-
|
84%
|
King Kong (2005) |
"
In the end, "Kong" lands with a resounding thud."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 14, 2005
|
|
B
|
35%
|
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) |
"
Feels more like a calculated product than a work of art."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 9, 2005
|
|
A
|
76%
|
Transamerica (2006) |
"
The strongest American debut since Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Dec 2, 2005
|
|
D
|
88%
|
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) |
"
What was a sneaking suspicion after the first three movies has become irrefutable proof [here]: if you are not a fan of, and intimately familiar with, the Harry Potter novels, you're not welcome here"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Nov 18, 2005
|
|
B+
|
91%
|
Professione: reporter (The Passenger) (1975) |
"
Even if one new person is turned on to the works of this brilliant filmmaker, then this film's long, strange trip will have been worth it."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 28, 2005
|
|
A
|
83%
|
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2005) |
"
The best director for Shane Black's unique style of writing just might be Shane Black."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 20, 2005
|
|
A-
|
71%
|
Voces inocentes, (Innocent Voices) (2005) |
"
A powerful reminder of how war should never be an option in the resolution of a conflict, even as a last resort"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 17, 2005
|
|
C-
|
19%
|
Domino (2005) |
"
Scott's exasperating all flash, no substance approach to storytelling is exactly why his latest film... works as little as it does."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
A-
|
28%
|
Elizabethtown (2005) |
"
Wraps us up with a warmth not unlike a favorite sweater or comforter."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
C
|
61%
|
Forty Shades of Blue (2005) |
"
So shallow and abhorrent, one might find themselves trying to think of all the different shades of blue mentioned in the title instead of paying attention to what's going on"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 8, 2005
|
|
A+
|
93%
|
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) |
"
The most engaging, gripping and compelling movie of the year"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Oct 7, 2005
|
|
B-
|
54%
|
MirrorMask (2005) |
"
Inarguably a visual masterpiece, its story has been so stretched past all barriers of comprehension it leaves its viewers bewildered about what they experienced."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 30, 2005
|
|
A+
|
82%
|
Serenity (2005) |
"
Can proudly be placed alongside "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Blade Runner" as one of the best science-fiction movies of modern cinema."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 29, 2005
|
|
C-
|
38%
|
Flightplan (2005) |
"
Good performances and striking looks are meaningless if your story falls apart when the tensions should be ratcheting up to unbearable level"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 23, 2005
|
|
C
|
87%
|
A History of Violence (2005) |
"
Eventually does not hold up due to its own ambivalence towards its subject matter."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 23, 2005
|
|
D
|
4%
|
Dirty Love (2005) |
"
An hour and a half of uninspired dreck."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 22, 2005
|
|
B
|
84%
|
The Future of Food (2005) |
"
Makes a potent enough case to alarm anyone who eats."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 14, 2005
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Diner (1982) |
"
Even with all its accolades, it's still an underappreciated gem"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 13, 2005
|
|
D
|
83%
|
Keane (2005) |
"
Just another in a long line of films that tries and fails to examine the issue, taking the easy road by remaining detached from its own proceedings."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 13, 2005
|
|
B-
|
88%
|
Touch The Sound (2004) |
"
A nice introduction to an artist mostly unknown to the general public... but one that needs to focus more on its strengths and less on outside influences."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Sep 9, 2005
|
|
B+
|
33%
|
The Baxter (2005) |
"
Refreshingly free of the ironic uncouth toilet humor usually found in most modern rom-coms."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 26, 2005
|
|
A+
|
88%
|
Broken Flowers (2005) |
"
Can there be such a thing as too much a good thing?"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Aug 4, 2005
|
|
D-
|
25%
|
9 songs (2005) |
"
When the sex is as boring as the story and the characters which inhabit it... all we can do is rejoice the entire endeavor is over fairly quickly."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 21, 2005
|
|
D
|
45%
|
Dark Water (2005) |
"
Would have been... more entertaining as an absurdist comedy about the troubles one woman will go through in order to not live in Queens, the Bronx or (God forbid) Jersey."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 7, 2005
|
|
F
|
26%
|
Fantastic Four (2005) |
"
Potential audiences would be better entertained by reading all the reviews to see how many synonyms can be used for the word "bad." And it would be much cheaper, too."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 7, 2005
|
|
A
|
85%
|
De Battre mon Coeur s'est Arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) (2005) |
"
Affirms the best cinema has to offer: exciting acting, beautiful music and cinematography, great writing and a lack of condescending to the audience"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jul 3, 2005
|
|
C-
|
53%
|
Yes (2005) |
"
If I really were a more clever man, I'd spend more time in the sun getting tan, And less time watching films that were a mess, Then I'd be saved from writing about Yes"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 23, 2005
|
|
C-
|
85%
|
Batman Begins (2005) |
"
Never boring enough to dislike... never interesting enough to be engaging"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 14, 2005
|
|
B-
|
55%
|
Lords of Dogtown (2005) |
"
Being a little skate punk pre-teen... I found the film to be a fascinating window to my own past, despite the film's obvious flaws. I doubt others will be as forgiving."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Jun 2, 2005
|
|
A
|
91%
|
A League of Ordinary Gentlemen (2005) |
"
I know what you're thinking... a documentary about bowling? To which I answer: Hell yeah, and a darn good one, too!"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 26, 2005
|
|
A-
|
88%
|
Tell Them Who You Are (2005) |
"
Absorbing and insightful."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 25, 2005
|
|
C-
|
30%
|
Dominion - Prequel to the Exorcist (2005) |
"
An interesting failure"
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 20, 2005
|
|
B-
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2013) |
"
A good film, but just not the classic it could have been."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 7, 2005
|
|
A-
|
22%
|
Jiminy Glick in La La Wood (2005) |
"
It is almost guaranteed one's enjoyment of "Lalawood" will depend on how much arcane knowledge of Hollywood and cinema one has."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted May 4, 2005
|
|
D+
|
42%
|
Chakushin Ari (One Missed Call) (2003) |
"
One missed opportunity to bring something new to a tired genre."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 21, 2005
|
|
A+
|
87%
|
Save The Green Planet (2004) |
"
A frighteningly funny and maniacally messed-up trip through one man's psychotic fantasy."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 19, 2005
|
|
A
|
77%
|
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) |
"
A triumph that deserves to be seen."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 14, 2005
|
|
D
|
90%
|
THX 1138 (1971) |
"
For a film that warns about the dangers of consumerism, one can only wonder how many more times will Mr. Lucas force this lesser work of his upon an uncaring public before he lets the film slip back into obscurity."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 14, 2005
|
|
F
|
43%
|
Palindromes (2004) |
"
As intelligent as tacks in Jell-O, and likely as painful to swallow."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 13, 2005
|
|
D
|
14%
|
State Property 2 (2005) |
"
Those interested in annoying things like plot or plausibility are best off steering clear of this inane celebration of all things thug."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 13, 2005
|
|
C
|
60%
|
Winter Solstice (2005) |
"
Winter Solstice isn't a bad movie, not by a long shot. But then, it's not a very interesting one either, not by a long shot."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Apr 7, 2005
|
|
A-
|
78%
|
Sin City (2005) |
"
The purest and most exquisite conversion of material from one medium to another ever achieved."
—
FilmJerk.com
Posted Mar 31, 2005
|
73%
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