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Babel
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B-
|
way better than that stupid Crash
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Baby Mama
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
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made me laugh from beginning to end.
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|
Backstage
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
|
verge-of-tears overwroughtness.
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|
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
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Nov. 19, 2009
|
A
|
And the Oscar for Crazy goes to...
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Badland
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
F
|
I love how dumb all the characters are.
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Ballast
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Nov. 14, 2008
|
A-
|
...beautiful looking
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Ballets Russes
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
A
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jaw-droppingly beautiful
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Balls of Fury
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
D-
|
full of dead space
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Bamako
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
A
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You can't accuse it of being dull.
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The Band's Visit
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Sep. 16, 2008
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A-
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If melancholy is your favorite flavor
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Bandslam
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Aug. 15, 2009
|
B
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Dear David Bowie...
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Bangkok Dangerous
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Sep. 17, 2008
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D-
|
...You can always count on the hairpieces...
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The Bank Job
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Sep. 16, 2008
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B+
|
it's a lot of fun
|
|
Barnyard: The Original Party Animals
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Sep. 16, 2008
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C-
|
the 147th animated talking-animal movie
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|
Basic Instinct 2
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
D
|
hilariously kinky sex
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|
Battle for Terra
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Apr. 30, 2009
|
C-
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Kiddie movie about death.
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Battle in Heaven
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
|
capital-A Art Film.
|
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Be Here to Love Me
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
A
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horrifyingly fascinating
|
|
Be Kind Rewind
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
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not Michel Gondry's most coherent one
|
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The Beauty Academy of Kabul
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Sep. 16, 2008
|
B+
|
No, it's not a mockumentary.
|
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Because I Said So
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
C
|
It's dumbly inoffensive, unless you're offended by things that induce napping.
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Becoming Jane
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
B
|
Maggie Smith slices everyone to ribbons
|
|
Bedtime Stories
|
Dec. 23, 2008
|
D-
|
...not enough boogers.
|
|
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.
|
|
Beeswax
|
Aug. 06, 2009
|
B
|
As in "None of your..."
|
|
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
|
|
Beverly Hills Chihuahua
|
Oct. 03, 2008
|
B+
|
...light-hearted, not-obnoxious...
|
|
Beyond the Gates
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
B+
|
moving and wrenching
|
|
Big Fan
|
Aug. 28, 2009
|
B+
|
Go [insert favorite team name here]! #1!
|
|
Big Man Japan
|
May. 14, 2009
|
B+
|
Destroy all monsters if you must.
|
|
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.
|
|
The Blind Side
|
Nov. 20, 2009
|
B+
|
Touchdown for Team Bullock
|
|
Blindness
|
Oct. 03, 2008
|
C-
|
...drops you down on Planet Metaphor...
|
|
Blood and Chocolate
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
D
|
PG-13 middle-school sex fantasy.
|
|
Blood Diamond
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
C+
|
few exciting suspense moments.
|
|
Blood: The Last Vampire
|
Jul. 09, 2009
|
D+
|
Yawn of the samurai.
|
|
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
|
|
Body of Lies
|
Oct. 05, 2008
|
B+
|
...metaphor for post 9/11 life during wartime
|
|
Bolt
|
Nov. 21, 2008
|
B+
|
...funny and sweet
|
|
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.
|
|
The Box
|
Nov. 05, 2009
|
B+
|
Push the button, Max.
|
|
The Boys Are Back
|
Sep. 25, 2009
|
C+
|
And they brought you a tissue to dry your eyes.
|
|
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.
|
|
Bride Wars
|
Jan. 09, 2009
|
D-
|
Oh dang, my hair looks bad.
|
|
The Bridesmaid
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
B+
|
just gets crazier and crazier
|
|
Bridge to Terabithia
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
A
|
smart, moving
|
|
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
|
Sep. 25, 2009
|
D+
|
Not brief enough.
|
|
Bright Star
|
Sep. 29, 2009
|
B+
|
Dead poet society.
|
|
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.
|
|
Bronson
|
Nov. 10, 2009
|
B+
|
Moral: Prison is fun.
|
|
Brooklyn Rules
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
D
|
a sea of dumb
|
|
The Brothers Bloom
|
May. 14, 2009
|
B+
|
Un-smooth criminals.
|
|
The Brothers Solomon
|
Sep. 16, 2008
|
D
|
as entertaining as watching Dumb and Dumberer.
|
|
Bruno
|
Jul. 09, 2009
|
B-
|
Recycling Letterman's velcro suit. And more.
|
|
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.
|
|
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.
|
|
The Burning Plain
|
Sep. 19, 2009
|
D+
|
Woe is everybody everywhere.
|