Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Zombieland (2009) | "
A brisk, buoyant, infectious comedy with braaaains. Tuck in." — Film4 Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 7%
| Whiteout (2009) | "
There's wonderful potential for permanently bleached out vistas to embody a metaphorical emptiness. Here it's just a great big blank." — Film4 Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
Meryl Streep at her most relaxed and enjoyable is a main course in herself. Pity we have to share her with a side order of Nora Ephron at her least appetizing." — Film4 Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 31%
| Terminator Salvation (2009) | "
Bigger explosions, more robots but far less fun or potent than James Cameron's modern classics. Action junkies might be back for future installments, but for more discerning fans it's hasta la vista. Baby." — Film4 Posted Jun 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 36%
| Angels & Demons (2009) | "
Mindful of the religious storm which The Da Vinci Code stirred up, Angels & Demons, like Langdon's newly tidy locks, is as demure as a monk on retreat, almost to the point of anonymity." — Film4 Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Encounters At the End of the World (2007) | "
Nature at its most mysterious, brutal and implacable - just as Herzog likes it." — Film4 Posted Apr 24, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 84%
| Wendy and Lucy (2008) | "
Wendy And Lucy follows in noble traditions but steadfastly refuses to breach the poetry of its predecessors. Despite Michelle Williams's best efforts this is a very long, obvious, opaque 80 minutes." — Film4 Posted Mar 7, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 50%
| Notorious (2009) | "
Notorious is undeniably entertaining and Woolard's excellent, but ultimately the film buys a little too much into hip hop's frequent misogyny and Wallace's enforced sainthood." — Film4 Posted Feb 12, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) | "
¡Arriba! Woody Allen's Spanish fiesta is his best film of the millennium and his funniest since 1994's Bullets Over Broadway." — Film4 Posted Feb 5, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 47%
| Lakeview Terrace (2008) | "
A potboiler with pretensions that's never really at the races." — Film4 Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 61%
| Changeling (2008) | "
A handsome but slack, long-winded retelling of an admittedly fantastic real-life case that displays Eastwood at his least effective. Jolie is fine in an award-bait role but she'll probably be going to the Oscars alone." — Film4 Posted Nov 28, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| Ghost Town (2008) | "
Ricky Gervais and mainstream Hollywood rom-com are initially uneasy bedfellows but ultimately, and largely due to co-star Téa Leoni, it's a match made in its star's brand of comic purgatory." — Film4 Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 100%
| Heavy Load (2008) | "
The music's so-so, the film is decent if limited but the band themselves are inspiring." — Film4 Posted Oct 3, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 90%
| I've Loved You So Long (2008) | "
A quietly powerful, very moving drama featuring a tour de force from Kristin Scott Thomas." — Film4 Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 42%
| Death Race (2008) | "
Crude, rude, testosterone-clotted, meat-headed fun, mind, but its loud and proud lack of pretension is a relief compared to the pseudo-profundity of many blockbusters." — Film4 Posted Sep 26, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 68%
| Pineapple Express (2008) | "
More half-baked than Superbad or Knocked Up but still solidly entertaining, if unnecessarily violent, and with a great performance from James Franco." — Film4 Posted Sep 12, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 9%
| Bangkok Dangerous (2008) | "
As a Cage remake goes, it's never as terrible or inadvertently hilarious as The Wicker Man; but its functionality, over-familiarity and misguided morality makes it more Bangkok Dubious." — Film4 Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 2%
| Disaster Movie (2008) | "
Anti-comedy. Anti-cinema. Anti-life." — Film4 Posted Sep 5, 2008 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Badlands (1973) | "
Terrence Malick's first masterpiece. Essential viewing." — Film4 Posted Aug 29, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 81%
| The World's Fastest Indian (2005) | "
An old-fashioned, consummate feelgood flick and a valedictory to eccentric, stubborn old coots everywhere." — Film4 Posted Aug 6, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 82%
| Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006) | "
Well-researched and exuberantly compiled, this is a thoroughly entertaining tribute to America's first tackle at surgically implanting the beautiful game." — Film4 Posted Aug 4, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 91%
| Shaolin Soccer (2002) | "
Provided Chow survives being 'Miramaxed', you're looking at the next big Asian star to rise in the West." — Film4 Posted Aug 1, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 80%
| Cinderella Man (2005) | "
Handsome, manipulative, simplistic. It packs an uplift that bludgeons you into submission." — Film4 Posted Jul 31, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 63%
| In Memory Of My Father (2005) | "
Self-aware but self-regarding indie navel gazing; no cause for celebration." — Film4 Posted Jun 6, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 86%
| Inside Man (2006) | "
An enjoyable, polished thriller, ideal for Friday night entertainment." — Film4 Posted Apr 29, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 37%
| Street Kings (2008) | "
A by-the-numbers, cynical, bad cop-worse cops drama, made even less appealing by Reeves's mannequin-like presence." — Film4 Posted Apr 18, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Rotten 52%
| Leatherheads (2008) | "
An amiable, good looking if largely inconsequential comedy that coasts on its stars' charms." — Film4 Posted Apr 11, 2008 |
Rotten
| Fresh 64%
| Coach Carter (2005) | "
A worthy addition to familiar triumph-of-the-underdog stories." — Film4 Posted Mar 25, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 74%
| The Boss of it All (2007) | "
Less contentious than typical Von Trier but also less satisfying; fun but perhaps too stiflingly clever to allow the comedy room to breathe." — Film4 Posted Feb 29, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 37%
| Rambo (2008) | "
Rocky Balboa eventually aged gracefully but Rambo remains mired in gratuitous violence, dubious ideology and cheap sentiment. If anyone sees Stallone contemplating further adventures, don't push him." — Film4 Posted Feb 22, 2008 |
Fresh
| Fresh 97%
| Patton (1970) | "
An absorbing, polished character study powered by an epic performance." — Film4 Posted Feb 19, 2008 |
N/A | Fresh 89%
| The Savages (2007) | "
Laura Linney on The Savages: The RT Interview" — Rotten Tomatoes Posted Jan 25, 2008 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Rotten 50%
| Man in the Chair (2007) | "
Ambitious, heartfelt but, Plummer's excellent performance aside, dramatically lightweight and unconvincing." — Film4 Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 89%
| The Savages (2007) | "
A powerful, incisive, often very funny look at aging, ailing family dynamics, superbly acted by two of the best in the business." — Film4 Posted Jan 24, 2008 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 36%
| Sleuth (2007) | "
A bold, initially fascinating but ultimately misguided attempt to 'Pinter-ize' an old-fashioned puzzle. Great mysteries leave their audience marveling 'how did they do that?' Sleuth 2007 leaves you scratching your head, wondering why they bothered." — Film4 Posted Nov 23, 2007 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 27%
| Lions for Lambs (2007) | "
Preachy, worthy and far too wordy, Lions For Lambs doesn't roar so much as bleat. Less a movie than a bungled party political broadcast on behalf on the United Artists party." — Film4 Posted Nov 9, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| Death at a Funeral (2007) | "
A pleasantly unpleasant comedy that belatedly delivers. You won't die laughing but you shouldn't expire from boredom either." — Film4 Posted Nov 2, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 57%
| Prête-moi Ta Main (2006) | "
A jaunty, very funny comedy juiced up by a light touch and crack timing from two perfectly matched lead actors." — Film4 Posted Nov 2, 2007 |
Fresh 2.5/5
| Rotten 34%
| Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) | "
A handsome but shallow sequel." — Film4 Posted Nov 2, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 47%
| Rendition (2007) | "
A watchable but rigged and strangely forgettable drama that loses its nerve in the way its real-life political quarry rarely does." — Film4 Posted Oct 19, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| In the Hands of the Gods (2007) | "
A thoroughly entertaining if necessarily condensed road trip that you don't have to be a football - or Maradona - fan to enjoy." — Film4 Posted Sep 14, 2007 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 14%
| Rise of the Footsoldier (2007) | "
Ugly." — Film4 Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 48%
| Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008) | "
An enjoyable if patchy and predictable ride, but Simon Pegg shows he's more than capable of going the distance." — Film4 Posted Sep 7, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 89%
| Waitress (2007) | "
As Shelly's unintended epitaph, it’s a warm-hearted charmer, filled with hope, served with love." — thelondonpaper Posted Aug 10, 2007 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 100%
| I for India (2007) | "
A fascinating, heartrending, beautifully compiled glimpse into one expatriate family's filmed self-portrait." — Film4 Posted Aug 3, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 70%
| Moliere (2007) | "
A witty, lively period drama that expertly blends comedy and tragedy to create a worthy French counterpart to Shakespeare In Love." — Film4 Posted Jul 13, 2007 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 46%
| Edmond (2006) | "
Macy is on top form and Mamet fans will savour the vicious barbs of repressed male rage but many will find this is a claustrophobic, stagey exercise without the wit and scope of Glengarry Glen Ross." — Film4 Posted Jul 6, 2007 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 82%
| Exiled (2007) | "
Stylish tough guy mayhem that looks great but drags its feet going nowhere new. Election still gets the vote for Johnny To's best film." — Film4 Posted Jun 15, 2007 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 56%
| Grow Your Own (2007) | "
A gentle, astute, life-affirming British comedy. Dig in." — Film4 Posted Jun 15, 2007 |
Rotten 1/5
| Rotten 0%
| The All Together (2007) | "
An inept, cheap and cheerless comedy that wastes Martin Freeman." — Film4 Posted May 11, 2007 |
