Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 91%
| Ponyo (2009) | "
Shouldn't an anime' auteur of Hayao Miyazaki stature avoid a story about a sea creature interacting with a human child? Isn't that "Finding Nemo?"" — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 18, 2010 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 71%
| Tales from the Script (2010) | "
an inside perspective of what the big talents on the pedestal of major filmmaking success talk (and bitch) about." — Filmcritic.com Posted Mar 18, 2010 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 21%
| Repo Men (2010) | "
If you aren't too repulsed by the general ultra-violence and horror aspects, you're in for some treats of the gross out variety that could send you reeling to the lobby." — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 16, 2010 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 39%
| 2012 (2009) | "
The strongest thing about this movie is the "this I have to see" factor. If only the story had the same kind of groove going as the effects." — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 15, 2010 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 85%
| The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "
As far as its aim goes, what's not to appreciate? But its reversion to an old classic and the technology of a prior day pervades its spunky activity with a blunting derivativeness." — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 13, 2010 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 54%
| Green Zone (2010) | "
Greengrass understands the action framework like few others, locking you into his central figure's cause and dynamism from the git go. His action moves with near frantic drive, logically, smartly and with trim intensity." — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 9, 2010 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 52%
| Alice in Wonderland (2010) | "
I appreciate Burton's love for the characters as he expresses it through such creative wizardry. But, then, I also have a wistful feeling over the lightness of its total affect. A delicious snack but not quite a full meal." — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 7, 2010 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Rotten 6%
| Old Dogs (2009) | "
A Travolta family effort for laughs through blatant illogic and human behavior that has no link to the real thing." — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 5, 2010 |
Fresh 4/4
| Fresh 100%
| The Secret In Their Eyes (2009) | "
When a film comes together as powerfully as this, with the full advantage of classic mystery construction and graceful originality, it's a joy to behold." — Cinema Signals Posted Mar 3, 2010 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 19%
| Cop Out (2010) | "
Coincidence, bathroom humor, profanity, derivative action, a laugh. Yes, copout, as in desperate attempt." — Cinema Signals Posted Feb 25, 2010 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Yellow Handkerchief (2010) | "
a refreshingly dimensional four-character ensemble piece" — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 25, 2010 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 93%
| In the Loop (2009) | "
Who can resist using the nastieth filth in the English language to run a country?" — Cinema Signals Posted Feb 24, 2010 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 36%
| Happy Tears (2010) | "
I had better write my review as soon as possible because it's going to fade from memory pronto--it bearing such little resemblance to humanity as I know it." — Cinema Signals Posted Feb 17, 2010 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 45%
| Everybody's Fine (2009) | "
The predictable wrapup comes too late with too little impact to snap us out of the depression induced by Jones' exercise in disillusionment." — Cinema Signals Posted Feb 12, 2010 |
Rotten 2/5
| N/A | Stock Shock (2009) | "
insufficient on dramatic grounds" — Filmcritic.com Posted Feb 11, 2010 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 32%
| The Wolfman (2010) | "
A more emotionally expressive actor might have given us a more visceral connection to the legend than what the superbly mounted production provides." — Cinema Signals Posted Feb 10, 2010 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 55%
| Edge of Darkness (2010) | "
A flawed thriller, to be sure, but the kind of edgy, captivating kind with great cast and production values that I go to the movies for." — Cinema Signals Posted Jan 27, 2010 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 72%
| The Boys Are Back (2009) | "
This family's period of adjustment may tug on the heart a bit but fails, save for Owen's holding power, to form a dramatic grip out of all that sympathy." — Cinema Signals Posted Jan 17, 2010 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 45%
| The Book of Eli (2010) | "
It hurts to say this because I was hoping I wouldn't have to type "post-apocalyptic" for awhile, but who knew Denzel would make it worth the trip?" — Cinema Signals Posted Jan 15, 2010 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 42%
| Jennifer's Body (2009) | "
Some weakly constructed things are better left asleep in their coffins." — Cinema Signals Posted Jan 3, 2010 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 92%
| Crazy Heart (2009) | "
There's nothing about the essential content of this film that's artificial." — Cinema Signals Posted Jan 1, 2010 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 82%
| Avatar (2009) | "
Cameron shows us that in a sci-fi world, creative dimensions are what you devise and, with his skilled and sensual avatars, he has made something to thrill and captivate us--whether its another billion-dollar take or not." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 68%
| Sherlock Holmes (2009) | "
Downey's a joy but, personally, I'll take more Arthur Conan Doyle and less Guy Ritchie." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 29, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 58%
| It's Complicated (2009) | "
There are some giggles here, but most of them are coming from Streep as she goes through her litany of coy indecisiveness ending with the desired reaction." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 25, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 81%
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2010) | "
Lisbeth Salander is, to me, one of the most intriguing characters in mystery literature. Who would have the wiry build, the right look, the martial arts? Noomi Rapace does all that, with a mercurial beauty that fulfills Steig Larsson's image precisely." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 19, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| Fresh 64%
| Extract (2009) | "
Bateman, from his extensive TV background, seems perfectly at home with this material, which should have gone directly to DVD. I would've hated to pay theater price." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 90%
| Up in the Air (2009) | "
An unromantic comedy with a social content on the side in order to provide the ballast of "importance."" — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 17, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 59%
| Brothers (2009) | "
The male leads come across a bit too much as rising to the demands of their roles, not so much being the living essence of their characters." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 12, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 32%
| The Lovely Bones (2009) | "
As for the excess of Jackson's creative predisposition, heaven help us." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 11, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 24%
| G-Force (2009) | "
The voice actors are accomplished but the fussy story is strictly for the tykes and teens, even if the writers work in a sexy tease in gopher fur, that tramp." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 91%
| Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire (2009) | "
Powerfully conveys parental evil without overstating the message. At the end, the victim's eyes are dry. Ours are the ones that are wet." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 7, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 94%
| An Education (2009) | "
Scherfig transmits lessons of morality and irony in a well cast and produced ensemble piece." — Cinema Signals Posted Dec 3, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 79%
| In Search of Mozart (2006) | "
wisely keeps us anchored (and fascinated) with the human side of his subject" — Filmcritic.com Posted Dec 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
No stone is left unturned." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 30, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 18%
| Downloading Nancy (2008) | "
Tortuous, painful, confusing, contrived. It's enough to put the viewer on the couch." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 26, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 91%
| The Messenger (2009) | "
This character piece may be for the arthouse, but the artistry has a gaping wound, large enough to allow credulity to seep out." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 17, 2009 |
Rotten 3.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| Where the Wild Things Are (2009) | "
The emotionality that is aspired to doesn't rise to the occasion and leaves you as deprived of dramatic nourishment as the poor boy who went to bed without his supper." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 15, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 81%
| Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) | "
Now, when I see and hear the fan worship, I don't silently cringe. Never again. I nod my head in affirmation." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 76%
| The Road (2009) | "
Despite the carps, a receptiveness to this material will pay off in tension and suspense, pushing you off The Road in a state of emotional exhaustion." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 60%
| Pirate Radio (2009) | "
Though it gets a bit stuffy belowdecks at times, the soundtrack, and the comedic package of oddball humanity that keeps its vibe going, remain buoyant." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 67%
| Bruno (2009) | "
There are more consequences of his situations than there are laughs derived from them. Not everyone around here is a Howard Stern." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 7, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Fourth Kind (2009) | "
Such originality as Osunsanmi's usually wins me over, but his artificial realism here leaves me cold--like taking a stroll on a Nome sidewalk, in winter, without a parka." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) | "
There's much to be said for a movie that portrays as much imperfection as life itself and, clearly, Herzog and company have a ball in creating it for us." — Cinema Signals Posted Nov 3, 2009 |
Rotten 1.5/5
| N/A | Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (2009) | "
Would be nothing without the squishy sound track." — Cinema Signals Posted Oct 23, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 42%
| Turning Green (2009) | "
It's clear that Mr. Hutton enjoyed every minute of doing gruff, gross thugishness and boorish simplicity." — Cinema Signals Posted Oct 20, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 98%
| Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2009) | "
Two musical wannabes in a perpetual reach for the brass ring. But where it will lead remains unanswered by anything more than what they've always had in great quantity. Hope." — Cinema Signals Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| N/A | Buddenbrooks (2008) | "
Isn't likely to achieve a widening of American interest in German cinema any more than it realizes its literary pedigree." — Cinema Signals Posted Oct 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Fresh 94%
| The Damned United (2009) | "
A sports bad boy - well acted and photographed. I'll give it that." — Cinema Signals Posted Sep 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 39%
| Surrogates (2009) | "
This play between the plastic and the organic asks if perfect safety is worth sitting in the womb of virtual reality for the rest of your life." — Cinema Signals Posted Sep 28, 2009 |
Rotten 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| A Serious Man (2009) | "
The bemusements of family turmoil, ambition in academia, three rabbis and one lawyer, and the universality of self-absorption demonstrate that the Coen's love of satire is intact, but with a guy to whom you're too unattached for a warm hug." — Cinema Signals Posted Sep 23, 2009 |
