|
The Box
|
Nov. 05, 2009
|
B+
|
Push the button, Max.
|
|
Disney's A Christmas Carol
|
Nov. 05, 2009
|
D+
|
Christmas evil...
|
|
The Fourth Kind
|
Nov. 05, 2009
|
C+
|
Not an E.T. in the bunch
|
|
The Men Who Stare at Goats
|
Nov. 05, 2009
|
C-
|
Paranormal Hacktivity
|
|
Gentlemen Broncos
|
Nov. 02, 2009
|
C+
|
Even dumber than that dang Dynamite.
|
|
The House of the Devil
|
Nov. 02, 2009
|
B+
|
Satan: still terrifying, it turns out.
|
|
Michael Jackson's This Is It
|
Oct. 28, 2009
|
B+
|
Dang, no "P.Y.T" or "Dirty Diana."
|
|
Saw VI
|
Oct. 24, 2009
|
C+
|
Take that, Aetna.
|
|
Amelia
|
Oct. 22, 2009
|
C
|
Not enough snakes on this plane.
|
|
Antichrist
|
Oct. 22, 2009
|
A
|
CHAOS REIGNS
|
|
Astro Boy
|
Oct. 22, 2009
|
B-
|
Want to terrify your toddler?
|
|
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
|
Oct. 22, 2009
|
B-
|
There will be (a PG-13 amount of) blood.
|
|
Law Abiding Citizen
|
Oct. 16, 2009
|
C
|
"Saw"-abiding citizen.
|
|
The Stepfather
|
Oct. 16, 2009
|
D-
|
Making psychotic murder dull again.
|
|
Where the Wild Things Are
|
Oct. 16, 2009
|
A
|
Wild at heart.
|
|
New York, I Love You
|
Oct. 15, 2009
|
D+
|
...but you're bringing me down.
|
|
Couples Retreat
|
Oct. 07, 2009
|
C-
|
You'll wish the "Lost" cast would show up.
|
|
An Education
|
Oct. 06, 2009
|
B-
|
Art auctions with handsome strangers = DANGER.
|
|
A Serious Man
|
Oct. 02, 2009
|
B+
|
A movie mitzvah.
|
|
Zombieland
|
Oct. 02, 2009
|
C+
|
Zombies. They're still really popular.
|
|
The Invention of Lying
|
Oct. 01, 2009
|
C
|
FUNNIEST COMEDY OF ALL TIME!
|
|
Whip It
|
Oct. 01, 2009
|
B-
|
Un film de Smashley Simpson.
|
|
Bright Star
|
Sep. 29, 2009
|
B+
|
Dead poet society.
|
|
Pandorum
|
Sep. 26, 2009
|
C
|
Space: much filthier than you imagined.
|
|
The Boys Are Back
|
Sep. 25, 2009
|
C+
|
And they brought you a tissue to dry your eyes.
|
|
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
|
Sep. 25, 2009
|
D+
|
Not brief enough.
|
|
Coco Before Chanel
|
Sep. 25, 2009
|
B-
|
"Wolverine" for fashionistas.
|
|
Paranormal Activity
|
Sep. 25, 2009
|
B
|
My roommate, the Blair Witch.
|
|
Surrogates
|
Sep. 25, 2009
|
B-
|
Like Rosie the maid on "The Jetsons."
|
|
Fame
|
Sep. 24, 2009
|
C-
|
High School Musical 4: The Rip-Offening
|
|
Capitalism: A Love Story
|
Sep. 23, 2009
|
B-
|
We all got robbed. But you knew that.
|
|
The Burning Plain
|
Sep. 19, 2009
|
D+
|
Woe is everybody everywhere.
|
|
Love Happens
|
Sep. 19, 2009
|
D-
|
Love happens in other movies that aren't this one.
|
|
Jennifer's Body
|
Sep. 18, 2009
|
C
|
A literal man-eater.
|
|
The Informant!
|
Sep. 17, 2009
|
B
|
Matt Damon eats donuts for art.
|
|
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
|
Sep. 16, 2009
|
B+
|
Supersize me.
|
|
Sorority Row
|
Sep. 11, 2009
|
D+
|
Slow-motion pillow fights must die.
|
|
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself
|
Sep. 11, 2009
|
D+
|
Good. Then leave me out of it.
|
|
Whiteout
|
Sep. 10, 2009
|
D+
|
Where's Rudolph when you need him?
|
|
9
|
Sep. 08, 2009
|
B
|
Death comes to Cartoon-Town.
|
|
Gamer
|
Sep. 08, 2009
|
D+
|
Sims-snooze.
|
|
All About Steve
|
Sep. 03, 2009
|
D-
|
Must be seen to be believed.
|
|
Extract
|
Sep. 03, 2009
|
C+
|
Kinder, gentler idiots.
|
|
Big Fan
|
Aug. 28, 2009
|
B+
|
Go [insert favorite team name here]! #1!
|
|
The Final Destination
|
Aug. 28, 2009
|
C+
|
Death got lazy and called in sick.
|
|
Halloween II
|
Aug. 28, 2009
|
C-
|
SPLAT
|
|
The September Issue
|
Aug. 28, 2009
|
B-
|
The Prada Devil doesn't care what you think.
|
|
Taking Woodstock
|
Aug. 28, 2009
|
C
|
Hippies: clean, responsible, entrepreneurial.
|
|
The Headless Woman
|
Aug. 21, 2009
|
B+
|
No actual female heads harmed.
|
|
Inglourious Basterds
|
Aug. 21, 2009
|
B+
|
Awwsumm.
|
|
My One and Only
|
Aug. 21, 2009
|
C
|
My one and only facial expression.
|
|
Post Grad
|
Aug. 21, 2009
|
D-
|
Post good.
|
|
Shorts
|
Aug. 21, 2009
|
B+
|
No shortage of booger monsters.
|
|
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
|
Aug. 18, 2009
|
C
|
Better than "Walk Hard" at least.
|
|
Bandslam
|
Aug. 15, 2009
|
B
|
Dear David Bowie...
|
|
District 9
|
Aug. 15, 2009
|
B
|
Sci-Fi apartheid.
|
|
Spread
|
Aug. 14, 2009
|
D+
|
Ashton Kutcher, Man-Whore.
|
|
It Might Get Loud
|
Aug. 12, 2009
|
C
|
This is spinal yap.
|
|
Ponyo
|
Aug. 12, 2009
|
B
|
An adorable hallucination for little ones.
|
|
The Time Traveler's Wife
|
Aug. 12, 2009
|
C-
|
I love you. See you later.
|
|
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
|
Aug. 07, 2009
|
C
|
Boom Boom Pow.
|
|
A Perfect Getaway
|
Aug. 07, 2009
|
C-
|
Your definition of "perfect" may vary.
|
|
Beeswax
|
Aug. 06, 2009
|
B
|
As in "None of your..."
|
|
Cold Souls
|
Aug. 06, 2009
|
C+
|
News flash: actors happily sell their souls
|
|
Julie & Julia
|
Aug. 06, 2009
|
B-
|
& duck fat
|
|
Adam
|
Jul. 30, 2009
|
C-
|
Aspergers = Academy Award, please.
|
|
Funny People
|
Jul. 30, 2009
|
B
|
And one of them is even Adam Sandler.
|
|
Aliens in the Attic
|
Jul. 29, 2009
|
C
|
Not the E.T. kind.
|
|
The Collector
|
Jul. 29, 2009
|
C-
|
His pancreas collection alone is world-class.
|
|
The Cove
|
Jul. 29, 2009
|
B+
|
Flipper died for your entertainment.
|
|
Lorna's Silence
|
Jul. 29, 2009
|
B+
|
Down and out in Belgium.
|
|
Thirst
|
Jul. 29, 2009
|
B+
|
Vampires. Ghosts. Sex. Blood. Fun.
|
|
G-Force
|
Jul. 24, 2009
|
C+
|
Needs more scenes of guinea pigs breakdancing.
|
|
Orphan
|
Jul. 24, 2009
|
B+
|
In the sequel she battles Freddy AND Jason.
|
|
The Ugly Truth
|
Jul. 24, 2009
|
F
|
Chick flick for people who hate chicks.
|
|
The Answer Man
|
Jul. 23, 2009
|
C
|
No.
|
|
In the Loop
|
Jul. 23, 2009
|
B
|
Loving the bomb '09! Whoooo!
|
|
(500) Days of Summer
|
Jul. 16, 2009
|
B-
|
(2) hours of hipster (un)love
|
|
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
|
Jul. 15, 2009
|
A-
|
Horny wizards pretend to care about Voldemort.
|
|
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 …
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Bug
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… gets really nuts.
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Cache
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… Hitchcock-influenced tricks …
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The Camden 28
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… like watching cheerleaders form a human pyramid for the cause of peace.
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Captivity
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Sep. 16, 2008
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F
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… wouldn't be so much of a crime if there were imagination or style … to back it up …
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Cars
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… just good enough …
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Casanova
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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… needs a Viagra.
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Cashback
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… puddle-deep emotional jabbering …
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Casino Royale
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A-
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It makes actual sense.
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Cassandra's Dream
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D+
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… a comedy by default?
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Catch a Fire
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… complicated …
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Catch and Release
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D-
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The action goes nowhere. Or else it goes fishing.
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Chalk
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… not consistently funny …
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Chaos Theory
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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The thing I hate the most is on display here …
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Chapter 27
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… watching Leto try to become a method actor.
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Charlie Bartlett
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… cute first, satirical second.
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Charlie Wilson's War
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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… Oscar-grubbing kind of movie …
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Charlotte's Web
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… gentle, literate …
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D
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… ridiculousness …
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Chicago 10
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… you'll always be fascinated and freaked-out …
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Chicken Little
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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… kids will flip …
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The Child
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… heavy, serious …
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Children of Men
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… evil dystopias are always a kick …
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Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… plenty to like …
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City of Men
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C+
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… a melodramatic message movie …
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Civic Duty
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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… still fun.
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CJ7
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… the lame stuff is outweighed by the great visuals …
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Clean
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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[Cheung's] never not good.
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Clerks II
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… filthy, hilarious dialogue …
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Click
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D
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… monumentally stupid …
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Climates
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… perfect looking …
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Close to Home
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… a much less funny Clerks but with bombs.
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Cloverfield
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… mind-blowingly great …
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Code Name: The Cleaner
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C
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… stupid and useless.
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College Road Trip
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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You won't be annoyed too much …
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Color Me Kubrick
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… goes there with trashy good humor.
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Come Early Morning
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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… comfortable and country.
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The Comebacks
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Sep. 16, 2008
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F
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… so bad and not-funny …
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The Condemned
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D-
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… no consistent point of view about that superviolence …
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Confetti
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… heartfelt and lame …
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Control
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A-
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… unswervingly melancholy …
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Conversations With Other Women
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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… yappy-yap-yapping …
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Copying Beethoven
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D+
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… still sucks.
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The Counterfeiters
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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One of the more interesting …
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The Covenant
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D
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… bland and dull …
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Crank
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… the dumb-ocity of Speed 2: Cruise Control …
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Crazy Love
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A-
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… 10 times more disturbing than any horror film.
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Crossover
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D-
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Awkward, inept …
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Curious George
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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Are you 4? 4½?
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Curse of the Golden Flower
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… stab-happy sprinkles on a cupcake of crazy.
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The Da Vinci Code
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
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God hates your dull movie.
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Daddy Day Camp
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Sep. 16, 2008
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F
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… hideous, soul-scarring, brain-melting …
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Daddy's Little Girls
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… really isn't so bad.
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Dan in Real Life
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D-
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… fake warmth oozes, dumbness prevails.
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Danielson: A Family Movie
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… a source of unlikely joy …
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Dans Paris
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A
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… not drowning in sentimentality …
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Darfur Now
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
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… refuses to really get down and dirty …
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The Darjeeling Limited
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
A
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… a dryly sweet quality …
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Dark Matter
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Sep. 16, 2008
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D+
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Even Streep seems lost …
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DarkBlueAlmostBlack
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… nothing too shocking you'll be learning …
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Date Movie
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
F
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… the worst movie of 2006.
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Dave Chappelle's Block Party
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
A
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… the coolest …
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Day Watch
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
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… a commitment to chaos …
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Days of Glory
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B
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You'll get sucked into it …
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The Dead Girl
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C+
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… forgettable indie bummer trotted out during awards season …
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Dead Silence
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
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