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Zombieland (89%)
A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie-slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee sets out on a mission to find the last Twinkie on Earth, the duo meets up with Wichita (Emma Stone) and...[More]
What's Fresh In Theaters?
What else has the Critics talking? |
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| 86% | The White Ribbon | 85 |
| 75% | The Young Victoria | 129 |
| 82% | Avatar | 252 |
| 90% | Up in the Air | 232 |
What's Fresh On DVD?
What else has the Critics talking? |
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| 80% | Taxidermia | 44 |
| 91% | Ponyo | 114 |
| 84% | The September Issue | 99 |
| 78% | $9.99 | 50 |
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Taxidermia
Critics' Consensus: Surreal and visually striking, Taxidermia is, at times, graphic and difficult to watch, but creatively touches on disturbing subjects with imagination and wit.
Synopsis: A strange young man takes his family's long tradition of bizarre behavior to new heights (or depths) in this wildly perverse and explicit horror comedy from director Gyorgy Palfi. Kalman Balatony (Ger...[More]
Rated: Not Rated Runtime: N/A Release Date: March 23, 2010
Directed by: György Pálfi Starring: Csaba Czene, Gergo Trocsanyi [More...]
Capitalism: A Love Story
Critics' Consensus: Love him or hate him, Capitalism captures Michael Moore in his muckraking element -- with all the Moore-centric showmanship that entails.
Synopsis: Plenty of excitement--and controversy--is sure to surround this film from decorated documentarian Michael Moore. After previously taking on America’s gun culture (BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE), the Bush admi...[More]
Rated: Runtime: N/A Release Date: March 09, 2010
Directed by: Michael Moore
Ponyo
Critics' Consensus: While not Miyazaki's best film, Ponyo is a visually stunning fairy tale that's a sweetly poetic treat for children of all ages.
Synopsis: Fans of Hayao Miyzaki's stunning animation can rejoice since the Japanese master still hasn't made good on his promises to retire. In this film, the story of "The Little Mermaid" is brought to modern-...[More]
Rated: G Runtime: N/A Release Date: March 02, 2010
Directed by: Hayao Miyazaki Starring: Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus [More...]
$9.99
Critics' Consensus: Its storyline isn't as wondrous as its visuals, but $9.99 has a sophistication and handmade charm that sets it apart from the animated pack.
Synopsis: Israeli writer Etgar Keret, one of the minds behind WRISTCUTTERS: A LOVE STORY and JELLYFISH, brings more of his brand of magical realism to the screen with this stop-motion film based on his writing....[More]
Rated: R Runtime: 1 hr 18 mins Release Date: February 23, 2010
Directed by: Tatia Rosenthal Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia [More...]
The September Issue
Critics' Consensus: This doc about the making of Vogue's biggest issue and its frosty editor-in-chief is fascinating eye candy and light-on-its-feet fun.
Synopsis: Vogue has been the most powerful and best-respected fashion magazine in the world for decades, and each year the journal devotes a fall issue to the designs and designers that the editors feel will be...[More]
Rated: Not Rated Runtime: N/A Release Date: February 23, 2010
Directed by: R.J. Cutler Starring: Anna Wintour [More...]
Crude
Critics' Consensus: Dynamic, tightly arranged, and deliberately provocative, Joe Berlinger's Crude is a sobering, enraging wake-up call.
Synopsis: Director Joe Berlinger continues in the tradition of his justice-driven films BROTHER’S KEEPER and PARADISE LOST with this documentary. CRUDE travels to South America, where it investigates the mammot...[More]
Rated: Not Rated Runtime: N/A Release Date: February 23, 2010
Directed by: Joe Berlinger
Good Hair
Critics' Consensus: Funny, informative, and occasionally sad, Good Hair is a provocative look at the complex relationship between African Americans and their hair.
Synopsis: In the movie SCHOOL DAZE, Spike Lee staged a dance number in which two bands of African-American college students debated the merits of "Straight and Nappy" hair in song, and now comedian Chris Rock a...[More]
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: N/A Release Date: February 16, 2010
Directed by: Jeff Stilson
Bronson
Critics' Consensus: Undeniably gripping, Bronson forces the viewer to make some hard decisions about where the line between art and exploitation lies.
Synopsis: This drama tells the real-life story of the infamous British prisoner Charles Bronson (not to be confused with the American actor of the same name). Though Bronson was initially sentenced to seven yea...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: February 09, 2010
Directed by: Nicholas Winding Refn Starring: Tom Hardy, Hugh Ross [More...]
A Serious Man
Critics' Consensus: Blending dark humor with profoundly personal themes, the Coen brothers deliver what might be their most mature -- if not their best -- film to date.
Synopsis: The Coen Brothers (NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN) get back to their Minnesota roots with this film that blithely walks the line between comedy and drama. Set in 1967, A SERIOUS MAN centers on Larry Gopnik (M...[More]
Rated: Not Rated Runtime: N/A Release Date: February 09, 2010
Directed by: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Starring: Michael Stuhlbarg, Fred Melamed [More...]
Zombieland
Critics' Consensus: Wickedly funny and featuring plenty of gore, Zombieland is proof that the zombie subgenre is far from dead.
Synopsis: A cowardly shut-in named Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) is forced to join up with a seasoned zombie-slayer named Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) in order to survive the zombie apocalypse. As Tallahassee set...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: February 02, 2010
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg [More...]
The House of the Devil
Critics' Consensus: Though its underlying themes are familiar, House of the Devil effectively sheds the loud and gory cliches of contemporary horror to deliver a tense, slowly building throwback to the fright flicks of decades past.
Synopsis: A coed struggling to pay her rent ends up taking the wrong part-time job in writer-director Ti West's old-school, 1980s-set horror flick THE HOUSE OF THE DEVIL. Samantha (Jocelin Donahue) is a sweet-n...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins Release Date: February 02, 2010
Directed by: Ti West Starring: Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig [More...]
Whip It
Critics' Consensus: While made from overly familiar ingredients, Drew Barrymore's directorial debut has enough charm, energy, and good-natured humor to transcend its many cliches.
Synopsis: Drew Barrymore makes her directorial debut with this feisty, female-friendly action-comedy. JUNO's Ellen Page stars as Bliss Cavendar, a young woman who longs to break free of her small-town bonds by ...[More]
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: N/A Release Date: January 26, 2010
Directed by: Drew Barrymore Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden [More...]
Soul Power
Critics' Consensus: Featuring some incredible performances from many 70s soul legends, Soul Power is an exhilarating snap-shot of a bygone era.
Synopsis: Though the eyes of the world were on "The Rumble in the Jungle" in 1974, their ears should have been on Zaire '74, the mammoth music festival that took place in the shadow of the battle between Mohamm...[More]
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins Release Date: January 26, 2010
Directed by: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte Starring: James Brown, B.B. King [More...]
Bright Star
Critics' Consensus: Jane Campion's direction is as refined as her screenplay, and she gets the most out of her cast -- especially Abbie Cornish -- in this understated period drama.
Synopsis: After playing music legend Bob Dylan in I’M NOT THERE, Ben Whishaw plays another master of words: John Keats. Directed by Jane Campion, BRIGHT STAR chronicles Keats’s brief, doomed romance with Fanny ...[More]
Rated: PG Runtime: N/A Release Date: January 26, 2010
Directed by: Jane Campion Starring: Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish [More...]
Outrage
Critics' Consensus: Outrage walks a difficult moral and ethical line -- and not always successfully -- but despite its flaws, it's a fascinating, provocative look at homosexuality in American politics.
Synopsis: With OUTRAGE, provocative documentarian Kirby Dick (THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED) confronts his most controversial topic yet. In his latest piece of cine-journalism, Dick exposes what he deems to be the...[More]
Rated: Not Rated Runtime: 0 hrs 1 mins Release Date: January 19, 2010
Directed by: Kirby Dick
The Hurt Locker
Critics' Consensus: A well-acted, intensely shot, action filled war epic, Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is thus far the best of the recent dramatizations of the Iraq War.
Synopsis: This thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow (POINT BREAK) travels to Baghdad with a U.S. military bomb detonating unit. THE HURT LOCKER stars Jeremy Renner, Guy Pearce, and Ralph Fiennes.
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: January 12, 2010
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow Starring: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie [More...]
Big Fan
Critics' Consensus: Featuring Patton Oswalt's sympathetic portrayal, Big Fan humorously and effectively captures the dark and lonely world of a sports fanatic.
Synopsis: Staten Islander Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt) is a die-hard fan of the red and blue. But it’s not the United States of America that draws his devotion--it’s the New York Jets. Paul and his friend Sal (...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: January 12, 2010
Directed by: Robert Siegel Starring: Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan [More...]
Amreeka
Critics' Consensus: A dramedy that's got a taste for the tragic as well as the poignantly comic, Amreeka adds a new sweetness to the hope and distress of the immigrant experience.
Synopsis: A divorced Palestinian woman and her teenage son find their lives changing in ways they never anticipated upon relocating to rural Illinois.
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: N/A Release Date: January 12, 2010
Directed by: Cherien Dabis Starring: Nisreen Faour, Melkar Muallem [More...]
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Critics' Consensus: Quirky humor, plucky characters and solid slapstick make this family comedy a frenetically tasty time at the movies.
Synopsis: Inspired by Ron and Judi Barrett's beloved children's book of the same name, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS follows inventor Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader) and brainy weathergirl Sam Sparks (...[More]
Rated: PG Runtime: N/A Release Date: January 05, 2010
Directed by: Chris Miller, Phil Lord Starring: Bill Hader, Anna Faris [More...]
Lorna's Silence
Critics' Consensus: Subtle and emotionally bleak, this gripping thriller features the Dardenne brothers' recognizable penchant for realism and very strong performances.
Synopsis: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (THE CHILD) direct this drama about an Albanian woman torn between connections to three men and her own dreams. Lorna (Arta Dobroshi) is an immigrant living in Belgium. Th...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins Release Date: January 05, 2010
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Luc Dardenne Starring: Arta Dobroshi, Jérémie Rénier [More...]
Paranormal Activity
Critics' Consensus: Using its low-budget effects and mockumentary method to great result, Paranormal Activity turns a simple haunted house story into 90 minutes of relentless suspense.
Synopsis: A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it is not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie (Katie Featherson) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are a twentysomethi...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: December 29, 2009
Directed by: Oren Peli Starring: Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat [More...]
District 9
Critics' Consensus: Technically brilliant and emotionally wrenching, District 9 has action, imagination, and all the elements of a thoroughly entertaining science-fiction classic.
Synopsis: Director Neill Blomkamp teams with producer Peter Jackson for this tale of extraterrestrial refugees stuck in contemporary South Africa. It's been 28 years since the aliens made first contact, but the...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: December 22, 2009
Directed by: Neill Blomkamp Starring: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope [More...]
It Might Get Loud
Critics' Consensus: An affectionate tribute to rock's most distinctive instrument, It Might Get Loud is insightful and musically satisfying.
Synopsis: IT MIGHT GET LOUD is a slick documentary about three seminal guitarists from successive generations of rock royalty: Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page, U2's the Edge, and the White Stripes/Raconteurs/Dead Wea...[More]
Rated: PG Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins Release Date: December 22, 2009
Directed by: Davis Guggenheim Starring: Jimmy Page, Edge [More...]
500 Days of Summer
Critics' Consensus: A clever, offbeat romantic comedy, 500 Days of Summer is refreshingly honest and utterly charming.
Synopsis: Fans of HIGH FIDELITY and ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND will be charmed by this quirky film that sheds a linear plot in favor of a memory-driven look at a failed romance. Joseph Gordon-Levitt ...[More]
Rated: PG-13 Runtime: N/A Release Date: December 22, 2009
Directed by: Marc Webb Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt [More...]
Inglourious Basterds
Critics' Consensus: A classic Tarantino genre-blending thrill ride, Inglourious Basterds is violent, unrestrained, and thoroughly entertaining,
Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino's long-gestating (and much anticipated) World War II epic is sure to delight fans of his artful touch with dialogue and visuals. Brad Pitt stars as Lieutenant Aldo Raine, an American...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: December 15, 2009
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino Starring: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz [More...]
The Hangover
Critics' Consensus: With a clever script and hilarious interplay among the cast, The Hangover nails just the right tone of raunchy humor, and the non-stop laughs overshadow any flaw.
Synopsis: By all rights, THE HANGOVER should have been a minor success that did satisfactory box office and lived on through beer-laden guys’ night viewings. The marquee boasts no big-name stars, and the premis...[More]
Rated: R Runtime: N/A Release Date: December 15, 2009
Directed by: Todd Phillips Starring: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms [More...]
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