RatingT-MeterTitle | YearReview3.5/4 67% Cremaster Cycle (2010)"Matthew Barney makes Peter Greenaway look like Joel Schumacher. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 16, 2015
3.5/4 No Score Yet The Pope of Utah"Temple University grads Chaim Bianco and Steven Saylor's "The Pope of Utah" is a wacky, colorful, and savagely funny deconstruction of the American Dream. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 12, 2015
3/4 71% Backdraft (1991)"Ron Howard's is one of smoke-eaters, crispers, and torches... and it bestows a renewed respect on a profession all too often taken for granted. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 10, 2015
3/4 No Score Yet A Fish in the Bathtub (1999)"A nice change of pace, with a genuine chemistry between the two leads. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 10, 2015
0/4 23% Bulletproof Monk (2003)"Not to put too fine a point on it, but "Bulletproof Monk" is a rather large piece of garbage. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 7, 2015
2.5/4 90% Kinsey (2004)""Kinsey," like the pioneering researcher profiled therein, reduces its subject to a bit of a dry academic exercise. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
0/4 29% Eye of the Dolphin (2007)"Blandly acted, idiotically written, and incomprehensibly directed, "Eye of the Dolphin" is quite possibly one of the most incompetently mades I have ever seen. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3.5/4 94% Gone Baby Gone (2007)"An out-and-out triumph for the Brothers Affleck. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
2/4 42% The Golden Compass (2007)"Begets the less than ringing endorsement, 'Yeah, whatever. It was OK I suppose.' " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3.5/4 96% Let's Get Lost (1989)"The allure of Chet Baker's stage persona compared to the shambles of his personal life is staggering in Bruce Weber's fitting elegy to a genius who lived hard yet made it all look so easy. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3/4 58% Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008)"Think Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedian" x 4! " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3/4 52% Funny Games (2008)"A cool, calculated exercise in serious discomfort. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
2/4 47% Run Fatboy Run (2007)"About as funny as Ross on "Friends." David Schwimmer (Ross on "Friends") directs. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
1.5/4 94% The Guard (2011)"To paraphrase Nigel Terry in "The Lion in Winter," "The Guard" is a stinker and it stinks. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 4, 2015
3/4 83% The Rookie (2002)"Slow moving, even pedestrian at times, yet this Dennis Quaid vehicle cranks out a lot of genuinely heartwarming moments along the way. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 22, 2013
3/4 89% The Visitor (2008)"First with "The Station Agent" and now with "The Visitor" (aka "Muukalainen"), actor-turned-director Tom McCarthy has quickly proven himself a master of the delicately-observed social drama. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 4, 2012
3/4 87% Buried (2010)"This experiment in minimalistmaking succeeds in part because of the tight, controlled performance by one of 'People' magazine'siest men (buried) alive! " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jul 8, 2011
3/4 69% The Wackness (2008)"Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley make for an oddly engaging couple in Jonathan Levine's audacious comedy about, drugs, and unexpected friendships. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted May 31, 2011
2.5/4 62% Changeling (2008)"Jolie is alternately distraught and outraged (in good ways) but Eastwood's is an odd mix of genres that never quite settles into the one we want to watch. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted May 17, 2011
2/4 52% Martyrs (2008)"Brutally well-conceived... for about 40 minutes, and then "Martyrs" flips on its own bloody axis and falls apart, existentially. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 13, 2011
3/4 65% Quantum of Solace (2008)"This Bond -- number 22 if you're counting -- is ruthless, efficient, and tough as nails. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Mar 17, 2011
3.5/4 90% District 9 (2009)"Part alien invasion flick, part social commentary, Neill Blomkamp's chilling, thrilling "District 9" is a wholly original work. And it features a star-making turn from Sharlto Copley. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Feb 14, 2011
3.5/4 85% Rachel Getting Married (2008)"Scarily real. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jul 6, 2010
2.5/4 55% Australia (2008)"Unashamedly old-fashioned and corny, if not quite up to the director's usual high standards. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 15, 2009
2/4 93% Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)"The scenes between Poppy (Sally Hawkins) and driving-instructor Scott (Eddie Marsan) have real bite. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 8, 2009
3.5/4 92% Slumdog Millionaire (2008)"Director Danny Boyle takes a love story, wraps it up in television game show, and delivers it via a kaleidoscopic travelogue of Mumbai. And it works. Splendidly! " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 8, 2009
2.5/4 72% Hallam Foe (Mister Foe) (2007)"Grumpy Glaswegians going at it are once again the focus of David ("Young Adam") Mackenzie's bleak and dreary -- but not wholly uninteresting -- drama. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 23, 2008
1.5/4 33% Morning Light (2008)"This flat, uninspired sailing documentary from the Walt Disney studios has surprisingly little to say. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 23, 2008
1.5/4 37% How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)"British funny man Simon Pegg continues his downwards spiral with this lame, "'Devil Wears Prada"-styled "comedy." " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 23, 2008
2.5/4 84% Meet the Parents (2000)"Nobody plays put-upon quite like Ben Stiller. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 18, 2008
2.5/4 96% Monsters, Inc. (2001)"The complexities of the script, while clever, will likely fly over the heads of most within its target demographic. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 18, 2008
3.5/4 95% This Is Spinal Tap (1984)"Scores an 11 (out of 10) for sheer inspired lunacy but it's the writers' unexpected fondness for their subject matter that puts the in a class all its own. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 18, 2008
3/4 78% Burn After Reading (2008)"A pleasant return to the silliness of the Coens' earlier pictures from the stiltedness of their latter-day offerings ("No Country'" excepted). " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 9, 2008
3/4 88% Reprise (2006)"The highs and lows of getting one's first book published are intricately and delightfully examined in Norwegian director Joachim Trier's mature feature debut. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
1.5/4 30% The Children of Huang Shi (2008)"A dull dramatization of -- and ill-fitting testament to -- British journalist George Hogg's experiences in war torn China. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
3/4 87% Kung Fu Panda (2008)"Jack Black puts the "POW!" in "Kung'" pao. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
1.5/4 72% Stuck (2008)"Stuart ("Re-Animator") Gordon's murky misuse of Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea makes John Carpenter movies look like Art. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
2/4 55% Flawless (2008)"Where are the truth in titular advertising police when you need them? " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
2.5/4 53% Penelope (2006)"Maybe I've got some subconscious porcine fetish thing going (or something) but I think Christina Ricci looks kind of cute with a pig's snout where her nose should be... " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
3/4 76% Cidade dos Homens (City of Men) (2007)"More bronzed bodies bearing arms leading to inevitable shootouts delivered via a washed-out, hand-held digital style pulsing along to an infectious Latin beat. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
3.5/4 68% Snow Angels (2007)"By the time this intense, well-made drama has run its inevitable course you might well want to collapse in the snow and wave your own arms up and down in surrender. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
2.5/4 80% The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)"OK of its type, even if its type is starting to exude that slightly disagreeable scent of 'been there, done that.' " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Feb 20, 2008
3/4 91% There Will Be Blood (2007)"Daniel Day-Lewis's magnificent, sanguine performance as oilman Daniel Plainview is just one of many reasons to catch P.T. Anderson's latest feature. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 29, 2008
3/4 96% Nanking (2007)"A harrowing look at how war takes its terrible toll on the innocent. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 24, 2008
3/4 93% U2 3D (2007)"Arguably, it's 'Even Better Than the Real Thing.' " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 24, 2008
2.5/4 71% Definitely, Maybe (2008)"Adam Brooks's traditional rom-com isn't going to win any awards but it's easy on the brain as well as on the eyes. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 24, 2008
2.5/4 46% Cassandra's Dream (2007)"Are we supposed to be charmed, or shocked, by this? Allen doesn't seem to know. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 15, 2008
2/4 22% Mad Money (2008)"Money is really important in this world, apparently. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 15, 2008
3/4 87% The Orphanage (2007)"As an addition to the psychological thriller genre, "The Orphanage" is a solid, well-rehearsed entry. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 9, 2008
2/4 74% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)"By the end of the "The Water Horse" Russell's has pretty much morphed into "Free Willy IV: Lassie Go Home." " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Dec 21, 2007
3.5/4 No Score Yet The Pope of Utah"Temple University grads Chaim Bianco and Steven Saylor's "The Pope of Utah" is a wacky, colorful, and savagely funny deconstruction of the American Dream. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 12, 2015
3/4 71% Backdraft (1991)"Ron Howard's is one of smoke-eaters, crispers, and torches... and it bestows a renewed respect on a profession all too often taken for granted. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 10, 2015
3/4 No Score Yet A Fish in the Bathtub (1999)"A nice change of pace, with a genuine chemistry between the two leads. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 10, 2015
0/4 23% Bulletproof Monk (2003)"Not to put too fine a point on it, but "Bulletproof Monk" is a rather large piece of garbage. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 7, 2015
2.5/4 90% Kinsey (2004)""Kinsey," like the pioneering researcher profiled therein, reduces its subject to a bit of a dry academic exercise. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
0/4 29% Eye of the Dolphin (2007)"Blandly acted, idiotically written, and incomprehensibly directed, "Eye of the Dolphin" is quite possibly one of the most incompetently mades I have ever seen. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3.5/4 94% Gone Baby Gone (2007)"An out-and-out triumph for the Brothers Affleck. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
2/4 42% The Golden Compass (2007)"Begets the less than ringing endorsement, 'Yeah, whatever. It was OK I suppose.' " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3.5/4 96% Let's Get Lost (1989)"The allure of Chet Baker's stage persona compared to the shambles of his personal life is staggering in Bruce Weber's fitting elegy to a genius who lived hard yet made it all look so easy. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3/4 58% Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland (2008)"Think Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedian" x 4! " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
3/4 52% Funny Games (2008)"A cool, calculated exercise in serious discomfort. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
2/4 47% Run Fatboy Run (2007)"About as funny as Ross on "Friends." David Schwimmer (Ross on "Friends") directs. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 5, 2015
1.5/4 94% The Guard (2011)"To paraphrase Nigel Terry in "The Lion in Winter," "The Guard" is a stinker and it stinks. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Sep 4, 2015
3/4 83% The Rookie (2002)"Slow moving, even pedestrian at times, yet this Dennis Quaid vehicle cranks out a lot of genuinely heartwarming moments along the way. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 22, 2013
3/4 89% The Visitor (2008)"First with "The Station Agent" and now with "The Visitor" (aka "Muukalainen"), actor-turned-director Tom McCarthy has quickly proven himself a master of the delicately-observed social drama. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 4, 2012
3/4 87% Buried (2010)"This experiment in minimalistmaking succeeds in part because of the tight, controlled performance by one of 'People' magazine'siest men (buried) alive! " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jul 8, 2011
3/4 69% The Wackness (2008)"Josh Peck and Ben Kingsley make for an oddly engaging couple in Jonathan Levine's audacious comedy about, drugs, and unexpected friendships. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted May 31, 2011
2.5/4 62% Changeling (2008)"Jolie is alternately distraught and outraged (in good ways) but Eastwood's is an odd mix of genres that never quite settles into the one we want to watch. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted May 17, 2011
2/4 52% Martyrs (2008)"Brutally well-conceived... for about 40 minutes, and then "Martyrs" flips on its own bloody axis and falls apart, existentially. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 13, 2011
3/4 65% Quantum of Solace (2008)"This Bond -- number 22 if you're counting -- is ruthless, efficient, and tough as nails. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Mar 17, 2011
3.5/4 90% District 9 (2009)"Part alien invasion flick, part social commentary, Neill Blomkamp's chilling, thrilling "District 9" is a wholly original work. And it features a star-making turn from Sharlto Copley. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Feb 14, 2011
3.5/4 85% Rachel Getting Married (2008)"Scarily real. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jul 6, 2010
2.5/4 55% Australia (2008)"Unashamedly old-fashioned and corny, if not quite up to the director's usual high standards. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 15, 2009
2/4 93% Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)"The scenes between Poppy (Sally Hawkins) and driving-instructor Scott (Eddie Marsan) have real bite. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 8, 2009
3.5/4 92% Slumdog Millionaire (2008)"Director Danny Boyle takes a love story, wraps it up in television game show, and delivers it via a kaleidoscopic travelogue of Mumbai. And it works. Splendidly! " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 8, 2009
2.5/4 72% Hallam Foe (Mister Foe) (2007)"Grumpy Glaswegians going at it are once again the focus of David ("Young Adam") Mackenzie's bleak and dreary -- but not wholly uninteresting -- drama. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 23, 2008
1.5/4 33% Morning Light (2008)"This flat, uninspired sailing documentary from the Walt Disney studios has surprisingly little to say. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 23, 2008
1.5/4 37% How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)"British funny man Simon Pegg continues his downwards spiral with this lame, "'Devil Wears Prada"-styled "comedy." " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 23, 2008
2.5/4 84% Meet the Parents (2000)"Nobody plays put-upon quite like Ben Stiller. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 18, 2008
2.5/4 96% Monsters, Inc. (2001)"The complexities of the script, while clever, will likely fly over the heads of most within its target demographic. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 18, 2008
3.5/4 95% This Is Spinal Tap (1984)"Scores an 11 (out of 10) for sheer inspired lunacy but it's the writers' unexpected fondness for their subject matter that puts the in a class all its own. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 18, 2008
3/4 78% Burn After Reading (2008)"A pleasant return to the silliness of the Coens' earlier pictures from the stiltedness of their latter-day offerings ("No Country'" excepted). " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Oct 9, 2008
3/4 88% Reprise (2006)"The highs and lows of getting one's first book published are intricately and delightfully examined in Norwegian director Joachim Trier's mature feature debut. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
1.5/4 30% The Children of Huang Shi (2008)"A dull dramatization of -- and ill-fitting testament to -- British journalist George Hogg's experiences in war torn China. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
3/4 87% Kung Fu Panda (2008)"Jack Black puts the "POW!" in "Kung'" pao. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
1.5/4 72% Stuck (2008)"Stuart ("Re-Animator") Gordon's murky misuse of Mena Suvari and Stephen Rea makes John Carpenter movies look like Art. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jun 12, 2008
2/4 55% Flawless (2008)"Where are the truth in titular advertising police when you need them? " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
2.5/4 53% Penelope (2006)"Maybe I've got some subconscious porcine fetish thing going (or something) but I think Christina Ricci looks kind of cute with a pig's snout where her nose should be... " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
3/4 76% Cidade dos Homens (City of Men) (2007)"More bronzed bodies bearing arms leading to inevitable shootouts delivered via a washed-out, hand-held digital style pulsing along to an infectious Latin beat. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
3.5/4 68% Snow Angels (2007)"By the time this intense, well-made drama has run its inevitable course you might well want to collapse in the snow and wave your own arms up and down in surrender. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Apr 2, 2008
2.5/4 80% The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)"OK of its type, even if its type is starting to exude that slightly disagreeable scent of 'been there, done that.' " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Feb 20, 2008
3/4 91% There Will Be Blood (2007)"Daniel Day-Lewis's magnificent, sanguine performance as oilman Daniel Plainview is just one of many reasons to catch P.T. Anderson's latest feature. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 29, 2008
3/4 96% Nanking (2007)"A harrowing look at how war takes its terrible toll on the innocent. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 24, 2008
3/4 93% U2 3D (2007)"Arguably, it's 'Even Better Than the Real Thing.' " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 24, 2008
2.5/4 71% Definitely, Maybe (2008)"Adam Brooks's traditional rom-com isn't going to win any awards but it's easy on the brain as well as on the eyes. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 24, 2008
2.5/4 46% Cassandra's Dream (2007)"Are we supposed to be charmed, or shocked, by this? Allen doesn't seem to know. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 15, 2008
2/4 22% Mad Money (2008)"Money is really important in this world, apparently. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 15, 2008
3/4 87% The Orphanage (2007)"As an addition to the psychological thriller genre, "The Orphanage" is a solid, well-rehearsed entry. " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Jan 9, 2008
2/4 74% The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)"By the end of the "The Water Horse" Russell's has pretty much morphed into "Free Willy IV: Lassie Go Home." " ‐ rec.arts.movies.reviewsPosted Dec 21, 2007
