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Movie Title Review Date Grade Dave Says
Blood: The Last Vampire Jul. 09, 2009 D+ Yawn of the samurai.
Bruno Jul. 09, 2009 B- Recycling Letterman's velcro suit. And more.
Humpday Jul. 09, 2009 C+ No sex please, we're indie.
I Love You, Beth Cooper Jul. 09, 2009 D+ One lazy night.
I Hate Valentine's Day Jul. 02, 2009 C+ Unhate-able
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Jul. 01, 2009 D- Even your kids will be bored.
Public Enemies Jul. 01, 2009 B- Big gleaming weaponry.
My Sister's Keeper Jun. 27, 2009 B+ Summer Bummer '09!
The Hurt Locker Jun. 26, 2009 A- The hold-your-breath movie of the year.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Jun. 25, 2009 B- Shards of metal stabbing your eyes is fun.
Cheri Jun. 23, 2009 C- Sometimes love is boring.
The Proposal Jun. 19, 2009 C- Defend marriage against these people.
Whatever Works Jun. 19, 2009 C- Whatever.
Year One Jun. 19, 2009 C- In "Year Two" they become astronauts.
Imagine That Jun. 12, 2009 D+ Someone call Child Protective Services.
Moon Jun. 12, 2009 B+ The man there wants off.
The Taking of Pelham 123 Jun. 12, 2009 D+ Off the rails.
Tetro Jun. 11, 2009 B- It means "gloomy" in Italian.
Away We Go Jun. 05, 2009 B- Time to grow up.
The Hangover Jun. 05, 2009 B- Needs a few more shots.
Land of the Lost Jun. 05, 2009 B- Kind of a routine expedition.
My Life in Ruins Jun. 05, 2009 D+ POUPI KAKAS!
Drag Me to Hell May. 29, 2009 A- Take that, banks.
Up May. 29, 2009 A- The best flying house movie of the year.
Dance Flick May. 22, 2009 C- More Wayans than you ever imagined.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian May. 22, 2009 D- A losing battle.
Terminator Salvation May. 22, 2009 B+ If by salvation you mean explosions of doom...
Easy Virtue May. 21, 2009 B+ Tea and biscuits and Jessica Biel.
The Girlfriend Experience May. 21, 2009 B+ Financial planning for freelance hookers.
Angels & Demons May. 15, 2009 B+ Tom Hanks's Mystery Machine.
Big Man Japan May. 14, 2009 B+ Destroy all monsters if you must.
The Brothers Bloom May. 14, 2009 B+ Un-smooth criminals.
Management May. 14, 2009 C- This just in: stalking is now adorable.
Summer Hours May. 14, 2009 A- Grandma's dead. Who gets the house?
Star Trek May. 08, 2009 A- Operation "Convert Non-Fans" begins here.
Adoration May. 07, 2009 C- Acclaimed director spins his wheels.
The Limits of Control May. 07, 2009 A- More mysteries, more trains.
Next Day Air May. 07, 2009 C- America's funniest home drug deals.
Outrage May. 07, 2009 B+ Gay politicians who hate gays.
Rudo y Cursi May. 07, 2009 B+ It's funny when people fail.
Battle for Terra Apr. 30, 2009 C- Kiddie movie about death.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Apr. 30, 2009 F  The death of comedy.
Tyson Apr. 30, 2009 B+ It's about Mike Tyson.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Apr. 30, 2009 C- Seriously fluffy hair.
Fighting Apr. 24, 2009 C- ...and pouting and moping and brooding.
Obsessed Apr. 24, 2009 B+ Oh no she didn't.
The Soloist Apr. 24, 2009 C- Inspirational or else.
earth Apr. 23, 2009 A- Adorable animals. Eating each other!
17 Again Apr. 20, 2009 D- Freaky Guyday
Crank High Voltage Apr. 17, 2009 B+ Faster and Furiouser
State of Play Apr. 17, 2009 B+ You can't handle the truth!
Dragonball Evolution Apr. 10, 2009 B+ Hannah's counter-programming.
Gigantic Apr. 10, 2009 D- Hugely awful.
Hannah Montana: The Movie Apr. 10, 2009 B+ SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
The Mysteries of Pittsburgh Apr. 10, 2009 C- Mysteriously morose.
Observe and Report Apr. 10, 2009 A- Wrong to laugh. And yet...
Adventureland Apr. 03, 2009 A- Acid-washed jeans alert!
The Escapist Apr. 03, 2009 A- A smarter, grittier prison break.
Fast & Furious Apr. 03, 2009 C- Crashing cars and crashing bores.
12 Rounds Mar. 27, 2009 C- Cena's new opponent: acting.
The Education of Charlie Banks Mar. 27, 2009 C- I'm the "Raging Bull" of this dorm!
The Great Buck Howard Mar. 27, 2009 B+ Not great. Just not bad.
The Haunting in Connecticut Mar. 27, 2009 C- Because when you think "fear," you think Connecticut.
Monsters vs. Aliens Mar. 27, 2009 A- Pick a side. Either way you win.
Duplicity Mar. 19, 2009 C- Don't be duped into seeing it.
I Love You, Man Mar. 19, 2009 B+ But mostly they love Rush.
Knowing Mar. 19, 2009 B+ Take that, atheist science guy!
The Last House on the Left Mar. 13, 2009 D- Revenge killings you can feel good about.
Miss March Mar. 13, 2009 C- The whitest (and dumbest) kids u know.
Phoebe in Wonderland Mar. 13, 2009 B+ Ordinary (elementary-school-aged) People.
Race to Witch Mountain Mar. 13, 2009 B+ They're not witches, they're aliens.
Sunshine Cleaning Mar. 13, 2009 C- How not to make an indie comedy.
Tokyo! Mar. 05, 2009 B+ Three times the weirdness...
Watchmen Mar. 05, 2009 B+ Too much? Or not enough? The debate begins.
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li Mar. 02, 2009 D- Flat foot. Failed fist.
An American Affair Feb. 27, 2009 D- Peeping teen meets JFK's mistress.
Crossing Over Feb. 27, 2009 Crossing over into comedy.
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience Feb. 27, 2009 B+ For fans. No one else.
Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail Feb. 20, 2009 C- Guilty.
Fired Up Feb. 19, 2009 C- Gimme an R! Please!
Friday the 13th (2009) Feb. 13, 2009 B+ Topless waterskiing = death.
The International Feb. 13, 2009 B+ Clive Owen breaks the bank.
Push Feb. 13, 2009 C- Dakota Fanning sees the future. You're not in it.
Confessions of a Shopaholic Feb. 12, 2009 D- Credit card companies are your friends.
Two Lovers Feb. 12, 2009 C- He hates himself. Chicks love this.
Coraline Feb. 06, 2009 A- "Eraserhead" for kids!
Fanboys Feb. 06, 2009 C- They hope "Phantom Menace" doesn't suck.
He's Just Not That Into You Feb. 06, 2009 C- Learn to love rich people's romantic woes.
Pink Panther 2 Feb. 06, 2009 D- Oh good. Say "hamburger" again.
New in Town Jan. 30, 2009 D- Renee Zellweger-as-drinking game.
Taken Jan. 30, 2009 B+ The guy from "Kinsey" gets his Rambo on.
The Uninvited Jan. 30, 2009 D- Dad's new girlfriend is really mean. Kill her!
Donkey Punch Jan. 23, 2009 C- Novelty murders featuring unusual instruments of death!
Inkheart Jan. 23, 2009 C- The library is a better use of your time.
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Jan. 23, 2009 C- Werewolves fight vampires. Again.
Hotel for Dogs Jan. 16, 2009 B+ Pugs in little outfits.
My Bloody Valentine 3-D Jan. 16, 2009 B+ Lots of guts flying at your face.
Notorious Jan. 16, 2009 B+ The notoriously cuddly B.I.G.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop Jan. 16, 2009 C- The room-temperature middle where nothing matters.
Bride Wars Jan. 09, 2009 D- Oh dang, my hair looks bad.
Not Easily Broken Jan. 09, 2009 C- 100 percent Madea-free.
The Unborn Jan. 09, 2009 C- Fetuses are bad news.
The Class Jan. 03, 2009 A- Mouthy, sullen, awful fourteen-year-olds.
Defiance Jan. 02, 2009 B+ Bullets in Nazi skulls!
Good Jan. 02, 2009 C- Another tasteful drama about abject horror.
Last Chance Harvey Dec. 29, 2008 D- ...lukewarm bowl of romance soup.
Waltz With Bashir Dec. 29, 2008 B+ ...the feel-bad movie of the season.
Bedtime Stories Dec. 23, 2008 D- ...not enough boogers.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Dec. 23, 2008 B+ Borrows Gump's box of chocolates.
Revolutionary Road Dec. 23, 2008 C- ...your dreams are going to die, DIE...
Valkyrie Dec. 23, 2008 B+ Love him now, Germans...
The Spirit Dec. 22, 2008 D- ...maximum crap overdrive.
The Wrestler Dec. 19, 2008 B+ ...kind of sentimental and corny
Marley & Me Dec. 18, 2008 B+ ...bring some tissue.
Nothing But the Truth Dec. 18, 2008 C- ...streamlined and stripped of complication
Seven Pounds Dec. 18, 2008 C- ... goes off the rails.
The Tale of Despereaux Dec. 18, 2008 B+ ...gentle and literate...
Yes Man Dec. 18, 2008 B+ [Carrey]'s dialed back the onscreen insanity...
The Day the Earth Stood Still Dec. 12, 2008 D- Dumber and dorkier than the dumbest dork you know.
Delgo Dec. 12, 2008 D- ...miserably animated
Che Dec. 11, 2008 B+ ...documentary-like...
Doubt Dec. 11, 2008 B+ ...overacted, overblown
Gran Torino Dec. 11, 2008 B+ ...get off my lawn
Nothing Like the Holidays Dec. 11, 2008 C- ...a good cast doesn't make [it] enjoyable.
The Reader Dec. 11, 2008 C- ...tasteful, dignified, stuffy...
Wendy and Lucy Dec. 11, 2008 A- ...sorrowful, minimalist...
Cadillac Records Dec. 05, 2008 C- ...should have been a documentary
Frost/Nixon Dec. 05, 2008 B+ ...entertaining and timely
Nobel Son Dec. 05, 2008 D- ...smirky indie-film obnoxiousness
Punisher: War Zone Dec. 05, 2008 ...creatively violent
Transporter 3 Nov. 26, 2008 B+ Lots and lots of explosions.
Australia Nov. 25, 2008 A- ...triple-espresso-shot extreme romance
Four Christmases Nov. 25, 2008 D- ...comedy-killing heartwarmth
Milk Nov. 25, 2008 B+ ...very moving
Bolt Nov. 21, 2008 B+ ...funny and sweet
Twilight Nov. 21, 2008 B+ ...the undead boyfriend you can take home to your parents
Ballast Nov. 14, 2008 A- ...beautiful looking
A Christmas Tale Nov. 14, 2008 A- ...sprawling, complex
Quantum of Solace Nov. 14, 2008 A- ...angry, rage-filled
Slumdog Millionaire Nov. 14, 2008 A- ...a color-blasted fantasy
House Nov. 08, 2008 F  ...inept nightmare of boredom
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Nov. 07, 2008 D- ...generic...
Repo! The Genetic Opera Nov. 07, 2008 D- ...aurally torturous
Role Models Nov. 07, 2008 B+ ...everything works here
JCVD Nov. 06, 2008 C- ...underestimates its own star
Soul Men Nov. 06, 2008 D- ...opposite of funny
The Haunting of Molly Hartley Oct. 31, 2008 D- ...PG-13 shocker for 11 year-olds
Zack and Miri Make a Porno Oct. 31, 2008 B+ ...hilariously filthy
Religulous Oct. 29, 2008 C- ...not going to convert anyone
What Just Happened Oct. 29, 2008 B+ ...kinda funny
Passengers Oct. 25, 2008 D- ...it's all about the 'gotcha'
Saw V Oct. 25, 2008 F  Seriously, don't bother...
An American Carol Oct. 24, 2008 F  ...satire souffle falls.
Changeling Oct. 24, 2008 A- ...this is a good one.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year Oct. 24, 2008 C- ...nothing much to offer.
I've Loved You So Long Oct. 24, 2008 C- ...secrets and lies, y'all...
Pride and Glory Oct. 24, 2008 D- ...glowering and fuming and snorting...
Synecdoche, New York Oct. 24, 2008 A- ...amazing and infuriating...
Filth and Wisdom Oct. 17, 2008 D- ...dumb pile of nothing.
Max Payne Oct. 17, 2008 D- lazy action-film creation
The Secret Life of Bees Oct. 17, 2008 B+ sweet and comforting
Sex Drive Oct. 17, 2008 B+ really funny… kind of dumb
W. Oct. 17, 2008 C- ...a lose/lose situation...
City of Ember Oct. 10, 2008 B+ ...tougher and stranger than most kid movies
The Express Oct. 10, 2008 C- ...pushes all the pleasure buttons
Happy-Go-Lucky Oct. 10, 2008 A- You'll love her and hate her...
Quarantine Oct. 10, 2008 B+ ...scary, jolt-filled and happily gross...
RocknRolla Oct. 08, 2008 B+ ...comforting day-trip to an alien planet
Body of Lies Oct. 05, 2008 B+ ...metaphor for post 9/11 life during wartime
Beverly Hills Chihuahua Oct. 03, 2008 B+ ...light-hearted, not-obnoxious...
Blindness Oct. 03, 2008 C- ...drops you down on Planet Metaphor...
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People Oct. 03, 2008 D- ...stupidly fictionalized take on real life
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist Oct. 03, 2008 B+ ...sweet, shy, low-key...
Rachel Getting Married Oct. 03, 2008 B+ ...moving at times
Choke Sep. 26, 2008 C- ...Couldn’t we just find out that he’s been punching himself in the face the entire time instead?
Eagle Eye Sep. 26, 2008 C- ...the movie is about the crashing, chasing, shooting and exploding...Know that going in and you won’t care that you wasted your money...
Miracle at St. Anna Sep. 26, 2008 B+ ...plots and flashbacks and more plots.
Nights in Rodanthe Sep. 26, 2008 B+ I’m not even a woman and I’m thinking this is kind of the perfect movie.
Appaloosa Sep. 19, 2008 B+ ...part High Noon, part Lethal Weapon with some post-Brokeback Mountain...
The Duchess Sep. 19, 2008 B+ Keira Knightley, who I’m pretty sure isn’t even a very good actress, is someone I will watch in just about anything on screen for reasons I can’t explain...
Ghost Town Sep. 19, 2008 B+ It’s perfectly pleasant, often funny (until it slows down for the inevitable soul searching everyone’s forced to do)...
Hounddog Sep. 19, 2008 D- ...the most laugh-filled rotten movie of 2008.
Igor Sep. 19, 2008 D- ...you, Igor, are no Nightmare Before Christmas.
Lakeview Terrace Sep. 19, 2008 C- ...a lunk-headed, amoral Single White Female/Hand That Rocks The Cradle-plagiarizing thriller.
My Best Friend's Girl Sep. 19, 2008 D- When does Dane Cook remake Jury Duty or Bio-Dome?
Bangkok Dangerous Sep. 17, 2008 D- ...You can always count on the hairpieces...
Burn After Reading Sep. 17, 2008 C- So yeah, everyone’s involved and the circles close in smaller and smaller until people get hurt, including the audience.
Righteous Kill Sep. 17, 2008 C- ...just an episode of Law & Order with a couple of A-list heavyweights collecting checks.
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys Sep. 17, 2008 C- ...another chapter in the writer-director’s quest to resurrect “the women’s picture.”
The Women Sep. 17, 2008 D- ...full of hollow chuckles and crocodile tears and implausible sisterhood and a boldly defiant refusal to deliver comedy. Because laughing is sexist.
10 Items or Less Sep. 16, 2008 C  … not so charming …
10th & Wolf Sep. 16, 2008 D  … tired, clichéd nonsense.
The 11th Hour Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … the obnoxious wake-up call that An Inconvenient Truth was too polite to be.
16 Blocks Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … super-unlikely stuff …
2 Days in Paris Sep. 16, 2008 B- … Linklater's filmmaking style …
27 Dresses Sep. 16, 2008 D- … where everyone's a moron.
28 Weeks Later Sep. 16, 2008 B  … tense and full of dread …
3:10 to Yuma Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … smart and solid and unflinching …
30 Days of Night Sep. 16, 2008 B- … wildly violent and splattery …
39 Pounds of Love Sep. 16, 2008 C- … so tedious.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Sep. 16, 2008 A  … so brutal …
88 Minutes Sep. 16, 2008 F  … it's just grueling …
95 Miles to Go Sep. 16, 2008 D  … hell to the no.
The Abandoned Sep. 16, 2008 B- … creepy and dumb …
Absolute Wilson Sep. 16, 2008 A  … very cool …
Accepted Sep. 16, 2008 B  … tame and cuddly and sweet.
Across the Universe Sep. 16, 2008 D  Like, it's actually going to be endless.
Adam & Steve Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … sweet and light …
Adam's Apples Sep. 16, 2008 C- … annoyingly snuggle-bunnies …
Aeon Flux Sep. 16, 2008 C  … spaced-out seriousness.
After the Wedding Sep. 16, 2008 B  The performances are moving …
Air Guitar Nation Sep. 16, 2008 B  … doesn't try to be cooler than its subject matter …
Akeelah and the Bee Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … tons of charm …
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker Sep. 16, 2008 C- … boring and lifeless.
Alexandra Sep. 16, 2008 A  … kind of stunning.
Alice's House Sep. 16, 2008 B  … a more naturalistic view of the world …
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem Sep. 16, 2008 D  … boring and narrow in scope …
All the King's Men Sep. 16, 2008 C- … forgets the compelling-story part …
Alpha Dog Sep. 16, 2008 C + … goofy, hip-hop-soundtrack-addled exploitation …
Alvin and the Chipmunks Sep. 16, 2008 B- … non-
offensive …
Amazing Grace Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … no extraneous Schindler's List-y explicit sex scenes …
American Dreamz Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a lot of zzzzzzz.
American Gangster Sep. 16, 2008 B  … totally entertains you,
American Gun Sep. 16, 2008 D  … very, very, very bad.
American Hardcore Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … it's too long …
An American Haunting Sep. 16, 2008 D  … nothing happened.
Anamorph Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … a copycat product …
Angel-A Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … a giantess-fetishist's dream come true …
Annapolis Sep. 16, 2008 D  … terrible, hack-y …
Ant Bully Sep. 16, 2008 C- So much talking.
Antonia Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … a little too much melodrama …
Apocalypto Sep. 16, 2008 A  … a totally entertaining and pointless blast of the grossest, nuttiest stuff …
April's Shower Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … Dirt of Boredom.
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Sep. 16, 2008 A  … best animated movie of this or any year …
Aquamarine Sep. 16, 2008 B  … cinematic equivalent of a high-pitched squeal.
Arctic Tale Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a slippery slope toward stupidity.
Are We Done Yet? Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … a big bucket of stupid …
Art School Confidential Sep. 16, 2008 B- … insanely entertaining …
Arthur and the Invisibles Sep. 16, 2008 D+ It destroys itself just fine.
Ask the Dust Sep. 16, 2008 C- … totally dull and average.
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Sep. 16, 2008 A  He has his 'I'm Brad Pitt' cake and eats it …
The Astronaut Farmer Sep. 16, 2008 B- … a harmless and farfetched family movie …
ATL Sep. 16, 2008 B- … like a hip-hop American Graffiti …
Atonement Sep. 16, 2008 B  You win again, fancy British people.
August Rush Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … fake magic and loony coincidences …
Aurora Borealis Sep. 16, 2008 B- … the kind of indie film that you want to hate …
Avenue Montaigne Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … ain't bad.
Awake Sep. 16, 2008 D- How freaking boring can you make a movie and still get a theatrical release?
Away From Her Sep. 16, 2008 A  … moving but unsentimental …
Babel Sep. 16, 2008 B- … way better than that stupid Crash …
Baby Mama Sep. 16, 2008 B  … made me laugh from beginning to end.
Backstage Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … verge-of-tears overwroughtness.
Badland Sep. 16, 2008 F  I love how dumb all the characters are.
Ballets Russes Sep. 16, 2008 A  … jaw-droppingly beautiful …
Balls of Fury Sep. 16, 2008 D- … full of dead space …
Bamako Sep. 16, 2008 A  You can't accuse it of being dull.
The Band's Visit Sep. 16, 2008 A- If melancholy is your favorite
flavor …
The Bank Job Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … it's a lot of fun …
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals Sep. 16, 2008 C- … the 147th animated talking-animal movie …
Basic Instinct 2 Sep. 16, 2008 D  … hilariously kinky sex …
Battle in Heaven Sep. 16, 2008 B  … capital-A Art Film.
Be Here to Love Me Sep. 16, 2008 A  … horrifyingly fascinating …
Be Kind Rewind Sep. 16, 2008 B  … not Michel Gondry's most coherent one …
The Beauty Academy of Kabul Sep. 16, 2008 B+ No, it's not a mockumentary.
Because I Said So Sep. 16, 2008 C  It's dumbly inoffensive, unless you're offended by things that induce napping.
Becoming Jane Sep. 16, 2008 B  Maggie Smith slices everyone to ribbons …
Bee Movie Sep. 16, 2008 C- … pretty dull …
Bee Season Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … wow …
Been Rich All My Life Sep. 16, 2008 A- … you'll want way more.
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Sep. 16, 2008 A- … giving it everything they've got …
The Benchwarmers Sep. 16, 2008 D  … Dullsville.
Beowulf Sep. 16, 2008 A- … 98 percent awesome …
Beyond the Gates Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … moving and wrenching …
Big Momma's House 2 Sep. 16, 2008 D  … supposed to be funny.
Black Book Sep. 16, 2008 A  … amazingly daring …
Black Christmas Sep. 16, 2008 C- … the deaths are fun …
The Black Dahlia Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … noir to romance to screwball comedy …
Black Irish Sep. 16, 2008 B- … a soap-opera mentality …
Black Sheep Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … Good Will Hunting with zombie lambs.
Black Snake Moan Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … balls-out craziness …
Blades of Glory Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … not quite as funny as Anchorman …
Blame it on Fidel Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … problematic and spooky.
Blind Mountain Sep. 16, 2008 B  … slower than you might want it to be.
Blood and Chocolate Sep. 16, 2008 D  … PG-13 middle-school sex fantasy.
Blood Diamond Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … few exciting suspense moments.
BloodRayne Sep. 16, 2008 F  … awful/awesome …
Boarding Gate Sep. 16, 2008 B  It's less a thriller (way less) …
Bobby Sep. 16, 2008 D  … about practically nothing at all …
Borat Sep. 16, 2008 A  … screamingly funny and brutally on-point …
The Bourne Ultimatum Sep. 16, 2008 A  … hard-edged and laser-focused and intense.
Brand Upon the Brain! Sep. 16, 2008 A  … exciting and satisfyingly odd …
The Brave One Sep. 16, 2008 C  … actually completely brainless …
Breach Sep. 16, 2008 B  … not what you expect it's going to be.
Breaking and Entering Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … blabbedy-
blah-blah-blah.
The Break-Up Sep. 16, 2008 B- … not necessarily bad …
Brick Sep. 16, 2008 A  … the coolest high-school movie since Heathers.
The Bridesmaid Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … just gets crazier and crazier …
Bridge to Terabithia Sep. 16, 2008 A  … smart, moving …
Brokeback Mountain Sep. 16, 2008 A  … heartbreaking …
Broken English Sep. 16, 2008 C  God, this movie is a drag.
Broken Sky Sep. 16, 2008 D  It's like watching two guys French kiss in an Urban Outfitters.
Brooklyn Rules Sep. 16, 2008 D  … a sea of dumb …
The Brothers Solomon Sep. 16, 2008 D  … as entertaining as watching Dumb and Dumberer.
Bubble Sep. 16, 2008 B- … looks as awful as it feels.
The Bubble Sep. 16, 2008 B  Take Three's Company and toss them into Tel Aviv.
The Bucket List Sep. 16, 2008 D  … so darn boring …
Bug Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … gets really nuts.
Cache Sep. 16, 2008 A  … Hitchcock-influenced tricks …
The Camden 28 Sep. 16, 2008 B  … like watching cheerleaders form a human pyramid for the cause of peace.
Captivity Sep. 16, 2008 F  … wouldn't be so much of a crime if there were imagination or style … to back it up …
Cars Sep. 16, 2008 B- … just good enough …
Casanova Sep. 16, 2008 C  … needs a Viagra.
Cashback Sep. 16, 2008 C- … puddle-deep emotional jabbering …
Casino Royale Sep. 16, 2008 A- It makes actual sense.
Cassandra's Dream Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … a comedy by default?
Catch a Fire Sep. 16, 2008 B  … complicated …
Catch and Release Sep. 16, 2008 D- The action goes nowhere. Or else it goes fishing.
Chalk Sep. 16, 2008 B- … not consistently funny …
Chaos Theory Sep. 16, 2008 C  The thing I hate the most is on display here …
Chapter 27 Sep. 16, 2008 C- … watching Leto try to become a method actor.
Charlie Bartlett Sep. 16, 2008 B- … cute first, satirical second.
Charlie Wilson's War Sep. 16, 2008 C  … Oscar-grubbing kind of movie …
Charlotte's Web Sep. 16, 2008 A  … gentle, literate …
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Sep. 16, 2008 D  … ridiculousness …
Chicago 10 Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … you'll always be fascinated and freaked-out …
Chicken Little Sep. 16, 2008 C  … kids will flip …
The Child Sep. 16, 2008 A  … heavy, serious …
Children of Men Sep. 16, 2008 B  … evil dystopias are always a kick …
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Sep. 16, 2008 B  … plenty to like …
City of Men Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … a melodramatic message movie …
Civic Duty Sep. 16, 2008 C  … still fun.
CJ7 Sep. 16, 2008 B  … the lame stuff is outweighed by the great visuals …
Clean Sep. 16, 2008 B+ [Cheung's] never not good.
Clerks II Sep. 16, 2008 A  … filthy, hilarious dialogue …
Click Sep. 16, 2008 D  … monumentally stupid …
Climates Sep. 16, 2008 A  … perfect looking …
Close to Home Sep. 16, 2008 B  … a much less funny Clerks but with bombs.
Cloverfield Sep. 16, 2008 A  … mind-blowingly great …
Code Name: The Cleaner Sep. 16, 2008 C  … stupid and useless.
College Road Trip Sep. 16, 2008 B- You won't be annoyed too much …
Color Me Kubrick Sep. 16, 2008 B  … goes there with trashy good humor.
Come Early Morning Sep. 16, 2008 B  … comfortable and country.
The Comebacks Sep. 16, 2008 F  … so bad and not-funny …
The Condemned Sep. 16, 2008 D- … no consistent point of view about that superviolence …
Confetti Sep. 16, 2008 C- … heartfelt and lame …
Control Sep. 16, 2008 A- … unswervingly melancholy …
Conversations With Other Women Sep. 16, 2008 C- … yappy-yap-yapping …
Copying Beethoven Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … still sucks.
The Counterfeiters Sep. 16, 2008 B+ One of the more interesting …
The Covenant Sep. 16, 2008 D  … bland and dull …
Crank Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … the dumb-ocity of Speed 2: Cruise Control …
Crazy Love Sep. 16, 2008 A- … 10 times more disturbing than any horror film.
Crossover Sep. 16, 2008 D- Awkward, inept …
Curious George Sep. 16, 2008 B  Are you 4? 4½?
Curse of the Golden Flower Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … stab-happy sprinkles on a cupcake of crazy.
The Da Vinci Code Sep. 16, 2008 C- God hates your dull movie.
Daddy Day Camp Sep. 16, 2008 F  … hideous, soul-scarring, brain-melting …
Daddy's Little Girls Sep. 16, 2008 B- … really isn't so bad.
Dan in Real Life Sep. 16, 2008 D- … fake warmth oozes, dumbness prevails.
Danielson: A Family Movie Sep. 16, 2008 A  … a source of unlikely joy …
Dans Paris Sep. 16, 2008 A  … not drowning in sentimentality …
Darfur Now Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … refuses to really get down and dirty …
The Darjeeling Limited Sep. 16, 2008 A  … a dryly sweet quality …
Dark Matter Sep. 16, 2008 D+ Even Streep seems lost …
DarkBlueAlmostBlack Sep. 16, 2008 B- … nothing too shocking you'll be learning …
Date Movie Sep. 16, 2008 F  … the worst movie of 2006.
Dave Chappelle's Block Party Sep. 16, 2008 A  … the coolest …
Day Watch Sep. 16, 2008 B- … a commitment to chaos …
Days of Glory Sep. 16, 2008 B  You'll get sucked into it …
The Dead Girl Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … forgettable indie bummer trotted out during awards season …
Dead Silence Sep. 16, 2008 B  … consistently surprising.
Deal Sep. 16, 2008 F  Script written in sleep? Check.
Death at a Funeral Sep. 16, 2008 C  … takes a long time for all the mechanics to pay off.
Death of a President Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … narratively lazy …
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu Sep. 16, 2008 A  … a lot of nothing is what happens.
Death Sentence Sep. 16, 2008 C  … it sucks, but I liked it …
December Boys Sep. 16, 2008 C- This is the worst Harry Potter movie ever.
Deception Sep. 16, 2008 C+ You know what's not sexy? Sexiness.
Deck the Halls Sep. 16, 2008 C  OK, yes, I laughed.
Dedication Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … it's like Music and Lyrics for really hateful people.
Deep Water Sep. 16, 2008 A  … a heart-in-the-mouth viewing experience …
Definitely, Maybe Sep. 16, 2008 C- … zero amounts of interesting …
Deja Vu Sep. 16, 2008 B- … totally ridiculous.
Delirious Sep. 16, 2008 B  … memorable …
Deliver Us From Evil Sep. 16, 2008 A  … mind-blowing nonsense …
Delta Farce Sep. 16, 2008 B  … crap that makes me giggle …
The Departed Sep. 16, 2008 A  … Mark Wahlberg is the coolest …
Descent Sep. 16, 2008 B- " … what it doesn't do: move beyond the obvious."
The Descent Sep. 16, 2008 A- … tons of gore …
The Devil and Daniel Johnston Sep. 16, 2008 A  … you'll become a fan …
The Devil Came on Horseback Sep. 16, 2008 A- … intensely disturbing …
The Devil Wears Prada Sep. 16, 2008 B- Streep eats this movie for breakfast …
The Devil's Miner Sep. 16, 2008 A  … straightforward and politics-free …
The Dhamma Brothers Sep. 16, 2008 B- … should have tried a little more 'noble silence' …
Diary of the Dead Sep. 16, 2008 B  … barely about zombies eating dumb teen victims.
Diggers Sep. 16, 2008 B- … a real-life message of almost borderline futility …
Dirty Sep. 16, 2008 C- … so badly edited and directed …
Disturbia Sep. 16, 2008 B  … caffeinated jolts and creepy suspense …
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Sep. 16, 2008 A  … beautiful, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes blurry, sometimes mournful …
DOA: Dead or Alive Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … an awesome 87 minutes of cinema.
Domino Sep. 16, 2008 C- … loony, Tank Girl-ish …
Don't Come Knocking Sep. 16, 2008 D+ I must have snored a little bit.
Doogal Sep. 16, 2008 C- … you'll have a nice nap.
Doom Sep. 16, 2008 B- … not as good [Aliens].
Doomsday Sep. 16, 2008 A  Does it suck? Sorta. Is that awesome? Absolutely.
Down in the Valley Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … Method-like and irritating.
Down to the Bone Sep. 16, 2008 A- … a 10 on the real-life-sucks grit-meter.
Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … kooky, visionary …
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! Sep. 16, 2008 B- … the animation is perfect.
Dragon Wars Sep. 16, 2008 B  … they really spent their budget on making good-looking monsters.
Dreamer Sep. 16, 2008 A- … genuinely moving …
Dreamgirls Sep. 16, 2008 A- … it's really on.
Drillbit Taylor Sep. 16, 2008 C- Just think Superbad minus the humor …
Driving Lessons Sep. 16, 2008 C- … dopey little feel-goodish …
The Duchess of Langeais Sep. 16, 2008 A  … tense, dark, melancholy, sometimes strange …
Duck Season Sep. 16, 2008 A  … free to see what's really playing out …
Dying Gaul Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … bitter and tragic …
Dynamite Warrior Sep. 16, 2008 C  It's less awesome than it sounds.
Eagle vs. Shark Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a Wes Anderson feel that disappears …
Eastern Promises Sep. 16, 2008 A  … excellently weird push-pull attraction to evil …
Eight Below Sep. 16, 2008 B  … humor, tears, tension and drama.
El Cantante Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … like Lopez is reading aloud from a biopic instruction manual.
Eleven Men Out Sep. 16, 2008 D  … one lame, unimaginative lump.
Elizabeth: The Golden Age Sep. 16, 2008 C  … momentary jolts of energy.
Elizabethtown Sep. 16, 2008 C- … an ankle-deep coming-of-age movie …
Ellie Parker Sep. 16, 2008 C- … has 99 problems …
Employee of the Month Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … so damn boring.
Enchanted Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … without too many annoying winks.
End of the Spear Sep. 16, 2008 C- … inspirational …
Epic Movie Sep. 16, 2008 F  … piece of crap.
Eragon Sep. 16, 2008 C  … totally dull …
Evan Almighty Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a weakly conceived punchline.
Even Money Sep. 16, 2008 D  … hand-wringy …
Evening Sep. 16, 2008 C  … on-the-nose and full of itself.
Everyone's Hero Sep. 16, 2008 D  … cheaply made 3-D junk …
Everything's Gone Green Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … low-key, bemused …
Evil Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … Swedishly lurid …
The Ex Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … kind of bites it.
Exiled Sep. 16, 2008 A- … simply exciting gunplay …
Exterminating Angels Sep. 16, 2008 A- … it's bonkers …
The Eye Sep. 16, 2008 D  … see-it-coming-in-5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1-style jolts …
F*ck Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … funny enough.
Factory Girl Sep. 16, 2008 D  … so scattered and borderline incoherent …
Factotum Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … a lot of nothing.
Failure to Launch Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … a widescreen unfunny sitcom …
Family Law Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … it'd be nice if this one was even a little bit unpredictable.
Family Stone Sep. 16, 2008 D  … a waste of time.
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Sep. 16, 2008 C- Boring is the deal.
Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Sep. 16, 2008 B  … looks like one of Gwen Stefani's erotic dreams …
Fast Food Nation Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … good-intentioned …
Fat Girls Sep. 16, 2008 D  … in the sad position of being less sophisticated than Another Gay Movie.
Fay Grim Sep. 16, 2008 B  … artfully stylized scenes about who knows what.
Feast of Love Sep. 16, 2008 D  A bunch of annoying white people …
Feel the Noise Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … feels like something they did on the side one weekend …
Fido Sep. 16, 2008 B  … cutely gross at times.
Fierce People Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a completely tone-shifting, boom-lowering sexual assault …
Final Destination 3 Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … excellently detailed …
The Final Season Sep. 16, 2008 B- … a dorky, yearning-to-be-loved movie …
Find Me Guilty Sep. 16, 2008 B