Dave White Dave White sees hundreds of movies a year in pursuit of anything as good as Ninja 3: The Domination. You can try to find him on Facebook but there are a million Dave Whites there so good luck. He also wrote a book called Exile in Guyville that you should buy. It's amazing.

Film Reviews by Dave White

Movie Title Review Date Grade Dave Says...
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  … smart and funny and totally entertaining.
Finishing the Game Sep. 16, 2008 D  … anti-funny …
Firehouse Dog Sep. 16, 2008 C- … goodhearted and inoffensive, even if it's really sloppy …
Firewall Sep. 16, 2008 D  … loony …
First Descent Sep. 16, 2008 B+ Terror-o-Meter: Eight out of 10.
First Snow Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a dull, dour version of My Name Is Earl.
First Sunday Sep. 16, 2008 C- … amiable enough and less stupid than you'd
guess …
Flags of Our Fathers Sep. 16, 2008 B- … like kicking a puppy.
Flanders Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … really compelling and snot-nosed performances …
Flannel Pajamas Sep. 16, 2008 D  … it feels like years.
Flawless Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … it bores in the process.
Flicka Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … heart-stomping.
Flight of the Red Balloon Sep. 16, 2008 A  It quietly takes your hand …
Flushed Away Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … it's better than Cars …
Flyboys Sep. 16, 2008 C- … rah-rah-for-war …
The Flying Scotsman Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … was bored into an adorable wee slumber …
Fool's Gold Sep. 16, 2008 C+ If a movie could be described as having Tourette's syndrome …
For the Bible Tells Me So Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … a sweet, clear-headed piece of advocacy …
For Your Consideration Sep. 16, 2008 D  … full of lead …
The Forbidden Kingdom Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … kind of like Baby's first kung fu.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … something great, even if it's only simply very good.
The Fountain Sep. 16, 2008 A  … bring[s] The Crazy.
Fracture Sep. 16, 2008 C- … you've seen this all before …
Fred Claus Sep. 16, 2008 C- … totally unfunny and disjointed …
Freedom Writers Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … lovey-dovey …
Freedomland Sep. 16, 2008 D  … crappy …
Freshman Orientation Sep. 16, 2008 D  … pretend it's the '90s all over again.
Friends With Money Sep. 16, 2008 A- … cool.
Fun With Dick and Jane Sep. 16, 2008 D  … flailing, spaz-attack …
Funny Games Sep. 16, 2008 B- I know, awesome, right?
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Sep. 16, 2008 B- … intentionally weird …
The Game Plan Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a new twist on Kindergarten Cop and The Pacifier …
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Sep. 16, 2008 D+ It's … for no one.
Georgia Rule Sep. 16, 2008 F  … one of the worst movies …
Get Rich or Die Tryin' Sep. 16, 2008 C- … bleak, dead-end story …
Ghost Rider Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … very good at being a stupid piece of junk …
Ghosts of Cite Soleil Sep. 16, 2008 B  You can't stop looking no matter how horrifying …
Girls Rock! Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … a 90-minute commercial …
Glastonbury Sep. 16, 2008 C  … lots and lots of footage of people in sombreros …
Glory Road Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … boo-hoo-hoo …
Goal!: The Dream Begins Sep. 16, 2008 C- … incredibly predictable and lifeless …
God Grew Tired of Us Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … gets the Oprah aesthetic down just right.
The Golden Compass Sep. 16, 2008 A  … in a crazy fire-engine hurry …
The Golden Door Sep. 16, 2008 A- … harsh …
Gone Baby Gone Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … twisty, turny, a deep-down bummer …
The Good German Sep. 16, 2008 C+ You, the viewer, will find boredom.
Good Luck Chuck Sep. 16, 2008 D  a lying movie full of lies.
The Good Shepherd Sep. 16, 2008 C- … tedious slog.
A Good Woman Sep. 16, 2008 C  It's boring.
A Good Year Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … pretty boring and lame.
Goya's Ghosts Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … a big bag of self-important gas …
Grace Is Gone Sep. 16, 2008 D+ Gross, right?
Gracie Sep. 16, 2008 B- … full of sweetness and decency.
The Grand Sep. 16, 2008 C- Think Best in Show minus the cute dogs and the funny parts.
Grandma's Boy Sep. 16, 2008 B  … funnier than Munich.
Gray Matters Sep. 16, 2008 D  … desperate …
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … not a happy movie.
The Great Debaters Sep. 16, 2008 B  It's predictable.
Gridiron Gang Sep. 16, 2008 C- … worn-out, broken-down clichés …
Grindhouse Sep. 16, 2008 A  … the most incredible blast of disgusting, orgasmically exploitive trash …
The Groomsmen Sep. 16, 2008 C  … the same thing over and over and over.
The Ground Truth Sep. 16, 2008 A  … unnerving …
The Grudge 2 Sep. 16, 2008 D- … none of it is scary.
The Guardian Sep. 16, 2008 B- The ocean-rescue scenes are exciting …
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints Sep. 16, 2008 B+ It's got the energy …
Guys and Balls Sep. 16, 2008 D  … lunk-headed characters …
Hair High Sep. 16, 2008 B  Hilarious but still repulsive.
Hairspray Sep. 16, 2008 A- … too strong and joyful to be ruined …
Half Moon Sep. 16, 2008 A  … one of the most beautiful things …
Half Nelson Sep. 16, 2008 B  … unusual and politically metaphorical …
Halloween Sep. 16, 2008 C  pure Rob Zombie hillbilly grotesquery and murder …
The Hammer Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … almost kind of funny and good.
Hannibal Rising Sep. 16, 2008 D  He is shirtless more than once. It's like, 'Hey, kids, Hannibal is sexy!'
Happily N'Ever After Sep. 16, 2008 D- … plenty bad enough.
Happy Feet Sep. 16, 2008 B  … trippy.
Hard Candy Sep. 16, 2008 D  … obvious dumb monologues …
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay Sep. 16, 2008 A- Funnier, raunchier, wilder, more sexually free …
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Sep. 16, 2008 A- … dark and murderous …
Harsh Times Sep. 16, 2008 C- … snarlier and even dumber [than Training Day].
Hatchet Sep. 16, 2008 B  … vintage '80s cliché.
Haven Sep. 16, 2008 D- … the Dumb is not fun …
The Hawk Is Dying Sep. 16, 2008 B  … so weird it's disturbingly comic …
Heading South Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … a weirdly double political meaning.
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Sep. 16, 2008 C- … goes nowhere.
The Heart of the Game Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … this one is good.
The Heartbreak Kid Sep. 16, 2008 B- … wants to make you laugh …
The Hills Have Eyes 2 Sep. 16, 2008 D  … the new synonym for effing-boring.
The Hills Have Eyes Sep. 16, 2008 B- Call it good, just not great.
The Hip Hop Project Sep. 16, 2008 B  … compelling.
The History Boys Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … like Dead Poet's Society, but not stupid …
The Hitcher Sep. 16, 2008 B  … it more or less refuses to suck …
Hitman Sep. 16, 2008 D  It ain't like it's cinema.
The Hoax Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … smart, morally conflicted, idiosyncratic …
The Holiday Sep. 16, 2008 C- … full of crap.
Hollywoodland Sep. 16, 2008 B  … smell the Seriousity …
Home of the Brave Sep. 16, 2008 D  … could have focused itself a little better.
Honeydripper Sep. 16, 2008 C+ Really slow …
Hoodwinked Sep. 16, 2008 D  … Shrek-impersonating hack-job …
Hoot Sep. 16, 2008 B- … a got-it-on-the-first-take quality.
The Host Sep. 16, 2008 A  … the coolest movie of the year.
Hostel Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … childlike surprises.
Hostel: Part II Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … the camera doesn't cut away from flesh being ripped open …
Hot Fuzz Sep. 16, 2008 A- … never stops being smart and hilarious …
Hot Rod Sep. 16, 2008 B+ It's a Will Ferrell movie minus the Will Ferrell.
The Hottest State Sep. 16, 2008 C- … Laura Linney's got something other than B.S. to say …
The Hottie and the Nottie Sep. 16, 2008 F  … Paris Hilton's idea of revenge …
The House of Sand Sep. 16, 2008 A  … an actual good movie.
How She Move Sep. 16, 2008 B  … isn't nearly as stupid …
How to Cook Your Life Sep. 16, 2008 B  … one more post-Super Size Me volley …
How to Eat Fried Worms Sep. 16, 2008 A- This is Snakes on a Plane for kids …
The Hunting Party Sep. 16, 2008 C  … just gives in to its own insecurity and ups the machismo.
I Am a Sex Addict Sep. 16, 2008 D  … creepy.
I Am Legend Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … it's exciting, it's suspenseful, stuff blows up …
I Don't Want To Sleep Alone Sep. 16, 2008 A  … unsexually intimate, sad, hopeful and life-affirming …
I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … an effective and fascinating history lesson …
I Know Who Killed Me Sep. 16, 2008 D  … As a huge fan of unintentional comedy, I can wholeheartedly recommend it as that …
I Love Your Work Sep. 16, 2008 C- Potente is most most interesting …
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … a knuckleheaded appeal that still gets it over.
I Think I Love My Wife Sep. 16, 2008 B  … not nearly as good as Pootie Tang.
Ice Age: The Meltdown Sep. 16, 2008 C- … boring stuff, blah, blah, blah …
Ice Harvest Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … intentionally nasty and mean-spirited …
Idlewild Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … defines 'big crazy mess' for a new generation.
Illegal Tender Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … stone-cold stupid …
The Illusionist Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … twists and turns …
I'm Not There Sep. 16, 2008 A  … a very cool puzzle you have to put together.
Imagine Me & You Sep. 16, 2008 C  … maddening …
In Between Days Sep. 16, 2008 A  … a thoroughly satisfying whole.
In Bruges Sep. 16, 2008 A- … shockingly mean-spirited and hilarious …
In The Land of Women Sep. 16, 2008 C  … dopey …
In the Mix Sep. 16, 2008 D- Your eyes will never forgive you.
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale Sep. 16, 2008 D  … the kind of 'D' that also means 'A.'
In the Pit Sep. 16, 2008 A  … kind of beautiful …
In the Shadow of the Moon Sep. 16, 2008 A  … really thorough, really amazing …
In the Valley of Elah Sep. 16, 2008 B- … the model of restraint and subtlety.
An Inconvenient Truth Sep. 16, 2008 B- … you should see this …
Infamous Sep. 16, 2008 B  … lighter and funnier …
Inland Empire Sep. 16, 2008 A  … amazingly awesome craziness.
Innocent Voices Sep. 16, 2008 A- … resembles Saving Private Ryan's first 20 minutes.
Inside Man Sep. 16, 2008 A  … rad.
Interview Sep. 16, 2008 B- … Miller comes off as appealing and smart …
Into Great Silence Sep. 16, 2008 A  … freaky and gorgeous …
Into the Wild Sep. 16, 2008 B  … Penn is more interested in commenting on the U.S. today …
Introducing The Dwights Sep. 16, 2008 D+ Not funny enough to make you laugh …
The Intruder Sep. 16, 2008 A  … stunningly beautiful and strange …
The Invasion Sep. 16, 2008 D  It's like an episode of 7th Heaven but with zombies.
Invincible Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … another streamlined underdog-makes-good sports movie …
The Invisible Sep. 16, 2008 C- … a cool premise and no guts …
Irina Palm Sep. 16, 2008 C  … naughty with a side of cozy adorability.
Jackass: Number Two Sep. 16, 2008 A  … almost too good to be true.
The Jane Austen Book Club Sep. 16, 2008 C- … even the Anne Hathaway movie is more fun than this.
Jarhead Sep. 16, 2008 B- … better than American Beauty …
Jellyfish Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … doesn't beat you over the head with its indie quirks …
Jesus Camp Sep. 16, 2008 A- … almost too freaky …
Jet Li's Fearless Sep. 16, 2008 C  … take long, long naps …
Jimmy Carter Man From Plains Sep. 16, 2008 B  It'll make you feel lazy by comparison.
Jindabyne Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … kind of a slog …
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Sep. 16, 2008 A  … it stays fascinating …
John Tucker Must Die Sep. 16, 2008 D+ … so dull.
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Sep. 16, 2008 A- … it'll blow your mind.
Joshua Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … really excellently disturbing …
Joyeux Noel Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … heart-tuggin' moments.
Jumper Sep. 16, 2008 C  … would have been a perfect piece of junk …
Juno Sep. 16, 2008 A- … insane, profound hilarity …
Just Friends Sep. 16, 2008 C  … [Faris] is balls-out funny …
Just My Luck Sep. 16, 2008 D- … goes bad.
Keeping Up With the Steins Sep. 16, 2008 D+ Lukewarm comedy turns to sledgehammer heart-warmth …
Kickin' It Old Skool Sep. 16, 2008 D  … as bad as Son of the Mask …
Kid & I Sep. 16, 2008 F  … shockingly weird …
Kids in America Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … obvious and full of itself …
The Killing of John Lennon Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … you will learn absolutely
nothing …
King Corn Sep. 16, 2008 B+ … a lighthearted horror movie …
King Kong Sep. 16, 2008 A- … totally entertaining …
King of California Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … a whimsical Don Quixote-esque heist caper?
The Kingdom Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … basically about kicking ass.
Kinky Boots Sep. 16, 2008 D  How drag queens never are. Ever.
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang Sep. 16, 2008 A- … so much talk-talk-talking …
Kiss the Bride Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … strains to be as wacky as it thinks it is.
The Kite Runner Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … moves slowly, like a remedial history lesson …
Knocked Up Sep. 16, 2008 A  … never lets up being gut-bustingly funny …
Kurt Cobain About a Son Sep. 16, 2008 C+ … a lot of not much to see.
La Mujer de Mi Hermano Sep. 16, 2008 C