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F	" American Carol reinforces how needlessly divisive our country has become. Certainly there's a better way to say "Yay America!" than this lousy, hopeless movie, easily one of the worst films of the year." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 3, 2008	An American Carol (2008)	17%
D-	" Portraying Mexico as a breeding ground for criminal activity, imagining the local police as incompetent fools, and encouraging lines such as "hold your tacos!," the movie doesn't exactly make a strong case for racial harmony." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 2, 2008	Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)	44%
C	" It's a silly film halfheartedly imagined, worth a sit only to watch Simon Pegg run amuck inside another movie that doesn't deserve him." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 2, 2008	How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)	35%
B-	" Genius is appealing, and while the story is an odd one, it remains an intriguing observation of underhanded corporate business practices told through formulaic melodramatic trappings." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 2, 2008	Flash of Genius (2008)	59%
C-	" Caloric with whimsy but lacks distinctive dramatic weight, to a degree that it ceases to be a movie and transforms into something resembling a tiresome Diet Coke commercial." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 2, 2008	Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)	72%
C+	" Religulous is the type of film to be sent off into the world to crack open a few eyes and change some lives. In reality, only those patient with Maher and already free of devotion will be receptive to the message. It's a missed opportunity." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 2, 2008	Religulous (2008)	65%
B+	" Harris's adoration for the genre is clear, and his Appaloosa is a fine addition to a growing list of neo-westerns incorporating a respectful tone, ideal aim of violence, and heartfelt observation all in the same breath." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 2, 2008	Appaloosa (2008)	76%
D+	" Fanning resembles an acting robot: stick a quarter in her head and she'll dial up any reaction in the book, absent the needed gravitas." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Oct 2, 2008	Hounddog (2008)	16%
1.5/4	" The picture is elongated to a punishing two hours of suffering, infuriatingly slavish screenwriting, and a director who should be gifted the miracle of a tripod this upcoming holiday season." -- Sci-Fi Movie Page Posted Oct 2, 2008	Blindness (2008)	37%
D+	" An empty calorie, implausible action film with the sort of visual diarrhea most associated with Jerry Bruckheimer and Michael Bay, Eye squanders a stunning start on a wheezing screenplay obese with mass stupidity and grand theft movie." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 25, 2008	Eagle Eye (2008)	28%
D-	" St. Anna is as disorganized, unfulfilling, and lifeless a picture as Lee is capable of making. That's right, it's She Hate Me bad." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 25, 2008	Miracle at St. Anna (2008)	30%
B+	" Kept animated by the superior work of the cast, who take the surface mentality of the source material and make it a deeply felt, agreeably tragic romantic experience. Rodanthe is obvious, but it's very effective." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 25, 2008	Nights in Rodanthe (2008)	27%
B+	" *It's a hypnotizing picture with a delightfully gritty awareness about it. Just ignore the abyssal dramatic potholes, and Choke* will offer plenty of dysfunction to chew on.*" -- BrianOrndorf.com* Posted Sep 25, 2008	Choke (2008)	55%
D-	" Perhaps Diane Keaton was poisoned by merciless Asian gangsters with strict instructions to make two career-denting comedies that methodically peel away her integrity before she was allowed the sweet kiss of a life-saving antidote." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 25, 2008	Smother (2008)	40%
D	" Lucky might have its heart in the right place trying to soften the image of the average Iraq War soldier, but this is a clumsy, insufferable feature film of excessive formula and embarrassing dramatic development." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 25, 2008	The Lucky Ones (2008)	33%
D+	" While the concept of the movie is tuned into all those warm, important questions of purpose, the execution lacks gravity, making the picture one long, slow spiral into melodramatic hogwash." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 25, 2008	Humboldt County (2008)	64%
D-	" There could be a supporting turn from Will Smith, gas cards under every theater seat, and certified proof who killed JFK revealed only after the end credits and it still wouldn't salvage Cook's ability to select the worst possible starring vehicles." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 19, 2008	My Best Friend's Girl (2008)	14%
2/4	" Igor has charm but misses a grand opportunity to evoke the world of James Whale when it would rather crib blatantly from Tim Burton." -- Sci-Fi Movie Page Posted Sep 18, 2008	Igor (2008)	27%
C-	" *Granted, this is hardly Wicker Man 2: NOT THE BEES!,* but LaBute should be counted on for a movie with more teeth than what Lakeview Terrace is prepared to offer*" -- BrianOrndorf.com* Posted Sep 18, 2008	Lakeview Terrace (2008)	42%
C	" If there must be another go-around with the guilt-ridden dead trying to correct their errant ways, I'll take Jennifer Love Hewitt. It's shallow, but, then again, so is Ghost Town." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 18, 2008	Ghost Town (2008)	85%
B+	" The picture is a winner, thanks in no small part to Knightley and her accomplished ability to communicate utter despair with only a faint ripple of her porcelain features." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 18, 2008	The Duchess (2008)	60%
B-	" While stiff where it counts the most, Seattle does stimulate the senses, projecting rage and discontent, reminding the viewer that mobilization is a critical step toward any form of change. It's hard to argue such passion." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 18, 2008	Battle in Seattle (2008)	53%
B+	" Yella clamps down on the viewer with a psychological hold that doesn't immediately reveal itself." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 18, 2008	Yella (2008)	80%
D+	" I wish the finished product was as amusing as the behind-the-scenes pot-fueled merriment I imagine took place during production." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 15, 2008	Surfer, Dude (2008)	0%
D-	" It's the same old dance, only now it involves slapping around women...sickening and completely irresponsible." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 12, 2008	Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)	53%
D-	" *Avnet is perhaps the last guy on a list of suitable directors to helm a Pacino/De Niro face off, but here we are, and Righteous Kill* is expectedly ripe with flaws and teeming with idiocy.*" -- BrianOrndorf.com* Posted Sep 11, 2008	Righteous Kill (2008)	23%
B	" You haven't lived until you've heard a Japanese actor use the phrase 'Whistling Dixie' in a sentence" -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 11, 2008	Sukiyaki Western Django (2008)	58%
C	" The performances shine, but the rest of this mediocre travelogue of feminine foibles is given the blunt-force treatment, draining the material of deserved big-screen acidity." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 11, 2008	The Women (2008)	10%
B-	" Towelhead is a familiar playground for Ball and his obsession with suburban decay, but remains sharply realized by the cast, who turn pure ugliness into an exhaustive psychological obstacle course." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 11, 2008	Towelhead (2008)	47%
A-	" A back-stabbing, double-crossing, exhaustively absurd caper with pitch-black comedic enhancements, "Burn" is a beauty; a charged symphony of impulsive idiots left to their own devices." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 11, 2008	Burn After Reading (2008)	78%
A-	" Throw in an infectious Oingo Boingo title tune, LeBrock in the finest fashions the Reagan-era could offer, and intoxicated tales of large-chested, knee-happy ex-girlfriends, and you have yourself one delectable adolescent comedy." -- DVDTalk.com Posted Sep 8, 2008	Weird Science (1985)	54%
A	" *There's not a single false beat to be found, concluding Breakfast* with a singular display of emotional discharge unheard of in its genre.*" -- DVDTalk.com* Posted Sep 8, 2008	The Breakfast Club (1984)	90%
A-	" Candles is a brazenly mischievous, consistently uproarious comedy that christens the devastating Hughes-fu with vivacious results." -- DVDTalk.com Posted Sep 8, 2008	Sixteen Candles (1984)	90%
D	" It turns out Bangkok isn't very dangerous. It's glacial, abysmally photographed, dreadfully acted, faintly plotted, and frequently absurd. But dangerous? Not really." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 5, 2008	Bangkok Dangerous (2008)	10%
B+	" An engrossing, provocative drama, the feature sniffs out just the right level of lurid behavior to keep the viewer in concert with the mounting domestic woes. It's a feature of unpredicted, and quite thrilling, discomfort." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 4, 2008	Mister Foe (2008)	75%
C-	" Heckler doesn't penetrate like a proper documentary should; it's more silly than exploratory, missing a prime opportunity to crack open a dialogue between critic and performer that could generously benefit both parties." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Sep 1, 2008	Heckler (2008)	n/a
D-	" Scenes with the boys doing body shots off a furry frat brother in extreme close-up, cleaning overflowing toilets in extreme close-up, and getting nailed with urine-filled balloons might seem like an awesome night at the movies. For me, it was agony." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 29, 2008	College (2008)	7%
C-	" Babylon A.D. is adrift, lost somewhere between the demands of a profit-manic studio and a passionate, unleashed director. There's no way great cinema could emerge from that combustible mix." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 29, 2008	Babylon A.D. (2008)	7%
F	" *I'm not sure if Disaster* is the worst movie the boys have churned out, but, at this point, that's like asking if a bullet hurts more than a knife.*" -- BrianOrndorf.com* Posted Aug 28, 2008	Disaster Movie (2008)	0%
B+	" It's a caloric helping of melodrama, but it's rendered effective by the exceptional performances and observant direction by the vastly talented Sandra Goldbacher." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 28, 2008	Ballet Shoes (2008)	n/a
B-	" Any film that opens with a comical beheading and electrocution deserves at least some praise...Gone Wild takes this improbable franchise even further into comedic dementia." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 26, 2008	Another Gay Sequel (2008)	24%
B+	" It may dip a toe or two in the waters of previous international conspiracy thrillers, but it works the genre with tremendous spirit and a robust sense of humanity, eschewing standard action honors to observe the actual consequence of death." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 26, 2008	Traitor (2008)	53%
A-	" Chicago 10 is an art-house rarity that manages to visually dazzle while peeling away the layers of this contentious moment in time, giving viewers an eyeful of social unrest and wondrous screen fantasia." -- DVDTalk.com Posted Aug 21, 2008	Chicago 10 (2008)	78%
F	" The remake takes everything that was imaginative about the original feature and reduces it to an ear-splitting energy drink commercial, topped off with some of the worst filmmaking decisions to be found at the multiplex this year." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 21, 2008	Death Race (2008)	43%
B	" Faris is rarity in the industry: a legitimately hilarious performer with a virtuoso sense of timing and screwball articulation." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 21, 2008	The House Bunny (2008)	38%
D	" Watching Steve Coogan overact is like being pummeled bloody with a pillowcase packed tightly with frozen oranges." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 21, 2008	Hamlet 2 (2008)	63%
C	" The guy who gifted the world Nookie is making movies these days, and much like the music he created with band Limp Bizkit, Durst's cinematic sensibilities are hackneyed, tiresome, and lack sorely needed rehearsal." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 21, 2008	The Longshots (2008)	38%
D	" A pox on the house of the individual who first told Rainn Wilson he was a funny man. For the inconsiderate moose that decided to open their trap and inspire this actor, I wish them the same discomfort I suffered while watching The Rocker." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 19, 2008	The Rocker (2008)	36%
D	" It's an offering of bawdy behavior without a pinch of inspiring sparkle, and the more it tries to assume a provocative posture, the more the feature humiliates itself. Lighthearted ogling shouldn't involve this much moviegoing discomfort." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 18, 2008	Virgin Territory (2001)	n/a
D-	" With Aja slathering on the cheap boo scares, overseeing rancid performances, barely investing in his screenplay, and showing questionable gorehound taste in violent imagery, Mirrors eventually reflects absolute tedium." -- BrianOrndorf.com Posted Aug 15, 2008	Mirrors (2008)	15%

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