Rotten 1.5/5
| N/A | One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur (2009) | "
Tries to match the book’s poetics but gets mired in celebrity conjecture about the writer." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| The House of the Devil (2009) | "
Carefully, perfectly, beautifully built occult horror follows the roadmap of the early '70s and '80s Indie Screams with reverent precision and the occasional, wise reference to the cannon." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 22, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 22%
| Law Abiding Citizen (2009) | "
The only thing really worth seeing in the film is Butler in his one moment of partial nudity. Otherwise, it’s a bit of a slog." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 16, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 85%
| Araya (1959) | "
Not just an artifact of a pre-industrialized culture infiltrated by modern equipment, it’s an artifact of perspective and form." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Yes Men Fix the World (2009) | "
The only trouble with the film is that the pranks, though connected by the general agenda to expose appalling corporate practices, are too varied to be unified by any larger concrete goal. This works as activism but doesn’t quite work as film." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 9, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 88%
| Amreeka (2009) | "
As poignant as it is buoyant." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 24, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 73%
| Loren Cass (2009) | "
What begins as an almost sullen and certainly glacial story about wayward teens in St. Petersburg, Florida grows into an eerie meditation—the sort that people, when they’ve had the distance, look back on with a misplaced feeling of warmth." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 71%
| White on Rice (2009) | "
A wry and playful indie." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 11, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 6%
| All About Steve (2009) | "
Not without its good bits. Even if you have to watch some supposedly nice guys be mean to get to them." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 63%
| Extract (2009) | "
If the odd extracts discussed by Joel in the film will pop up as kitschy gag items online is a question for the future, but whether or not this averagely entertaining workplace comedy will find itself loved violently by admirers is certain." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Sep 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 80%
| Taxidermia (2009) | "
As sweeping in scope and vision as it is in viscera." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 28, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 9%
| Post Grad (2009) | "
It should be popular fare at slumber parties for diligent girls well into the next decade." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 21, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| N/A | The Wonder of It All (2009) | "
Meeting the men who inspired The Right Stuff is as affectionate as it is pedagogical, with just enough “holy mole” moments to feed the sense of awe that keeps these heroes impressive for reasons greater than the technological and physical accomplishme" — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 14, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 58%
| A Perfect Getaway (2009) | "
David Twohy’s programmatic vacation thriller A Perfect Getaway is silly and fun and while it has its annoyingly meta moments it certainly won’t leave you bored." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 6, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5
| Fresh 75%
| Julie & Julia (2009) | "
While women seem the most immediate audience for this soufflé-light summer film, anyone with even fleeting interest in writing or in eating (a much larger demo, for sure) will want to revel in this two hour long celebration of love, life and Lobster Therm" — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Aug 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 68%
| Funny People (2009) | "
Apatow's bravest and most personal comedy yet." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 26, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 81%
| Beeswax (2009) | "
[A] quiet backyard-story from the reluctant figurehead of mumblecore, Andrew Bujalski." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 24, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 87%
| 500 Days of Summer (2009) | "
Just sincere enough not to seem target-marketed, (500) Days of Summer is a charmer of both semi-classic and partially derivative proportions." — Slant Magazine Posted Jul 13, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Nollywood Babylon (2009) | "
Both insightful and sweeping, this doc shows how affordable filmmaking technology and evangelical Christianity has assisted Nigeria, now the third largest producer of movies, to build a fecund film industry that serves a largely impoverished and political" — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 10, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 80%
| Canary (2009) | "
The direction could influence or be part of a new trend in filmmaking." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 2, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 50%
| Died Young, Stayed Pretty (2009) | "
Lurches along with just the right mix of discovery and dry-obsession that it has the potential to reach the hearts of its poster manic, indie band loving constituency." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jul 1, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| $9.99 (2009) | "
Utilizes stop-motion animation to explore semi-fantastical ideas that couldn’t otherwise be touched on in live-action." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 19, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 43%
| The Proposal (2009) | "
A high gloss, studio Romcom with clichéd jokes and conflicts that are as uncontroversial as they are predictable, The Proposal is rooted in the most classical of conventions and still finds ways to be surprisingly enchanting." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jun 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 44%
| Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009) | "
Second (and third) chances abound for this cast of characters." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 19, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 86%
| Treeless Mountain (2009) | "
I crossed. It’s the sort of “slice of life” that defies words, which is perhaps why these little girls and their overwhelmingly grey world are rendered in such quietude." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 15, 2009 |
Fresh 2.5/4
| Fresh 77%
| Big Man Japan (2009) | "
Matsumoto and Mitsuyoshi Takasu trade the grand for the gargantuan, the battle-drama for the video game fight." — Slant Magazine Posted May 14, 2009 |
Fresh 5/5
| Fresh 98%
| Up (2009) | "
Breakneck speedy, hysterically funny and appropriately lithe, UP handles itself in action with the same intensity as with comedy, never stopping to leave room for a laugh or a gasp." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 13, 2009 |
Fresh 2/5
| N/A | Home (2008) | "
The intimacy between Harden's poetess mother and her wistful and willful daughter is palpable and the film's strongest moments owe much to their chemistry." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted May 7, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| N/A | Ferlinghetti (2009) | "
Truly, the authenticity of this doc, by photographer and filmmaker Christopher Felver, sweeps you off your feet." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 30, 2009 |
Fresh 4.5/5
| Fresh 93%
| Oblivion (2008) | "
Poetic in its structure and humane in its storytelling, Oblivion is poignant, filled with interviews that effortlessly speak volumes." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Apr 15, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 18%
| The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) | "
You may laugh at the dramatics but you’ll be afraid to turn the light off when you go to bed." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 80%
| Audience Of One (2009) | "
Too good to be missed." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 30, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 86%
| Throw Down Your Heart (2009) | "
There’s tragedy lurking behind every story, but also a necessity that transforms mere histories into something sacred." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 78%
| Valentino: the Last Emperor (2009) | "
Beautifully organized." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 33%
| Knowing (2009) | "
A strange blend of apocalypse fantasy and Christian uplift, Alex Proyas’ follow up to I, Robot is every bit as beautiful as we’d expect, though not quite as tasteful." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 8%
| Waiting for Dublin (2009) | "
[It's] aiming at pleasantly diverting, and can't seem to hit that reasonably located target." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Rotten 41%
| The Last House on the Left (2009) | "
The remake kind of neuters the unpredictable (and sometimes wild) characters in the service of making them less ethically complicated." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 12, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 52%
| Shuttle (2009) | "
Solid, effective and perfect for date night." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Mar 6, 2009 |
Rotten 2.5/5
| Rotten 23%
| Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) | "
This exercise in capitalist wish fulfillment is not unlike a Depression Era Studio Fantasy." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 11, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Rotten 44%
| He's Just Not That Into You (2009) | "
Like a really good date, you'll be crossing fingers this one won't end until the morning." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Feb 4, 2009 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 79%
| Crips and Bloods: Made in America (2009) | "
A solid picture that leaves much for discussion, Crips and Bloods maps the paths, even if it leaves some lots vacant along the way." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 27, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Mock Up on Mu (2009) | "
Reads like the love child of Jean-Luc Godard's Histoire du Cinema and Carl Reiner's Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 80%
| Ballerina (2008) | "
That something so beautiful can exist in this modern world is, itself, a source of wonder." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 16, 2009 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 35%
| Not Easily Broken (2009) | "
Ultimately, Not Easily Broken is too sincere, and frankly, offers too much in the way of social comment to let its shortcomings outweigh its strengths." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 9, 2009 |
Rotten 2/5
| Rotten 38%
| Let Them Chirp Awhile (2008) | "
The film ends up feeling like even creative inspiration and apotheosis is hopeless because all that can ever emerge from these characters is derivative of some earlier work. When you look at it this way, Chirp can't help seeming like a time capsule..." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Jan 5, 2009 |
Fresh 3.5/5
| Fresh 71%
| The Secrets (2008) | "
For a film with an aim as ambitious and illusive as the depiction of the spiritual, The Secrets has a surprisingly light touch." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Dec 5, 2008 |
Fresh 4/5
| Fresh 93%
| Milk (2008) | "
The authenticity this Oregon native [director Gus Van Sant] provides is palpable and, at times, breathtaking." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 26, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Rotten 33%
| The Guitar (2008) | "
A strong, kind-hearted start to a hopefully active career [for director Amy Redford]." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Nov 10, 2008 |
Rotten 2/5
| Fresh 61%
| Universe of Keith Haring (2008) | "
It's hard to say Clausen's done anything original here." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 24, 2008 |
Fresh 3/5
| Fresh 88%
| Nights and Weekends (2008) | "
One imagines the film is making a gentle attempt to be a modern Scenes from a Marriage, and while that's a tall order, Gerwig and Swanberg aren't terribly far from the mark." — Boxoffice Magazine Posted Oct 10, 2008 |
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