ROTTEN TOMATOES: Ethan Alter

LISTING OF ALL REVIEWS & ARTICLES

A SAMPLING OF THIS CRITIC'S CINEMATIC TASTE

BEST TO WORST SAMPLING
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5/5	Lost in Translation
4/4	The Lives of Others
4.5/5	La Dolce Vita
3.5/4	Cars
4/5	Moolaade
3/4	Eight Below
3.5/5	Winged Migration
2.5/4	Free Zone
3/5	Collateral
2/4	Stoned
2.5/5	Matchstick Men
2/5	After the Sunset
1.5/4	Trust the Man
1/4	Man of the Year
1/5	House of Sand and Fog

BEST REVIEWED
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4/4	The Lives of Others
5/5	The New World
5/5	Lost in Translation
5/5	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
5/5	The Incredibles
5/5	Before Sunset
5/5	The Stone Reader
5/5	Capturing the Friedmans
4.5/5	La Dolce Vita
4.5/5	Finding Nemo
	more...

WORST REVIEWED
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1/5	All The King's Men
1/5	Lady in the Water
1/5	House of Sand and Fog
1/5	The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
1/5	She Hate Me
1/5	Van Helsing
1/5	Gigli
1/5	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
1/4	The Number 23
1/4	Man of the Year
	more...

This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 77% of the time.

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	"Vice has the bargain-basement production values and indifferently plotted narrative of one of those cheesy Z-grade pictures that clutter up cable networks after the clock strikes midnight." -- Film Journal International Posted May 13, 2008	Vice (2008)	40%
	"What holds this rickety contraption together is Ejiofor, who proves himself a genuine, grade-A movie star. " -- Giant Magazine Posted May 7, 2008	Redbelt (2008)	72%
	"Iron Man accomplished something I didn't expect: it makes this erstwhile tin man look like an honest-to-god superhero." -- Giant Magazine Posted May 7, 2008	Iron Man (2008)	93%
	"*Fans of Korine's previous films shouldn't worry that their idol has sold out--Mister Lonely* still marches to the beat of its own peculiar drummer.** " -- Film Journal International Posted May 6, 2008	Mister Lonely (2008)	48%
	"At the end of the day, it's impossible to escape the feeling that we've seen this story told before." -- Giant Magazine Posted Apr 16, 2008	Street Kings (2008)	33%
	"The lack of a clear narrative arc causes the film to seem repetitive." -- Film Journal International Posted Apr 15, 2008	Standard Operating Procedure (2008)	79%
	"Although Jennings' screenplay skirts the edges of clich� at times, the young actors (both of whom are making their feature film debut) make every moment ring true." -- Film Journal International Posted Apr 15, 2008	Son of Rambow (2008)	77%
	"Calling it a great, or even a good, movie would be a mistake, but as genre programmers go, it mostly gets the job done." -- Film Journal International Posted Apr 14, 2008	Prom Night (2008)	9%
	"The movie stops dead in its tracks every time Renee Zellweger wanders into frame. " -- Giant Magazine Posted Apr 10, 2008	Leatherheads (2008)	53%
	"The movie is a blast of pure rock and roll energy." -- Giant Magazine Posted Apr 10, 2008	Shine a Light (2008)	86%
	"*While the film is far from perfect, Stop-Loss* is one of the better narrative features to be made about the Iraq War.*" -- Giant Magazine* Posted Apr 10, 2008	Stop-Loss (2008)	65%
	"Drained of any of the suspense that distinguished the novel." -- Film Journal International Posted Apr 8, 2008	The Ruins (2008)	42%
	"Despite a few amusing moments, this underwhelming spoof is strictly direct-to-video material. " -- Film Journal International Posted Mar 31, 2008	Superhero Movie! (2008)	15%
	"*J-horror thrives on atmosphere and that's one of the many things missing from Shutter, along with tension, wit and, you know, scares" -- Film Journal International* Posted Mar 24, 2008	Shutter (2008)	9%
	"Compulsively watchable...there's always something viscerally exciting about watching kung fu fighters whaling on each other." -- Film Journal International Posted Mar 17, 2008	Never Back Down (2008)	25%
	"If you're in the right mood, though, it's also hugely entertaining." -- Film Journal International Posted Mar 17, 2008	Doomsday (2008)	41%
	"*Although Funny Games* inspires a lot of conflicting emotions in viewers, isn't it always better to leave the theatre feeling something than nothing at all?*" -- Film Journal International* Posted Mar 17, 2008	Funny Games (2008)	49%
	"Only scratches the surface of what makes the author's works resonate." -- Film Journal International Posted Mar 17, 2008	Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)	78%
	"Across the Universe is little more than a nostalgia trip back to a time that's already been mythologized to death." -- Giant Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2008	Across the Universe (2007)	53%
	"Blackout is Jerry LaMothe's ambitious attempt to try and craft a Do the Right Thing for the 21st century. He falls short of that impossible goal, but Blackout does have several things to recommend it." -- Giant Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2008	Blackout (2008)	n/a
	"The New Frontier lives up to the high standards set by Batman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond and Justice League Unlimited. " -- Giant Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2008	Justice League: The New Frontier (2007)	n/a
	"Although the middle section of the movie version has an intense claustrophobia that's compelling, it's weighed down by a lethally dull opening half-hour and an absurd finale." -- Giant Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2008	30 Days of Night (2007)	49%
	"I know I'm in the minority here, but I enjoyed the hell out of Robert Zemeckis' bloody epic." -- Giant Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2008	Beowulf (2007)	70%
	"Documentary filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev lucked onto a great story when he started filming a pint-sized abstract painter named Marla." -- Giant Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2008	My Kid Could Paint That (2007)	93%
	"Del Toro does some of his very best work here, delivering a raw, honest performance that avoids many of the usual clich�s that come with depictions of drug addicts." -- Giant Magazine Posted Mar 8, 2008	Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)	65%
	"[Director Roger Kumble] apparently instructed the actors to SHOUT rather than speak their dialogue, as if they're performing summer stock in a cavernous auditorium." -- Film Journal International Posted Mar 7, 2008	College Road Trip (2008)	14%
	"Basically "The Will Ferrell Show," with the second-stringers relegated to the sidelines, fighting for scraps." -- Film Journal International Posted Feb 29, 2008	Semi-Pro (2008)	21%
	"*Ranting about Witless Protection's political incorrectness -- not to mention its general stupidity -- would be a waste of breath. Even so, the movie is breathtakingly offensive at times." -- Film Journal International* Posted Feb 26, 2008	Witless Protection (2008)	0%
	"*I'm not going to beat around the bush here: Jumper* is a terrible movie.** " -- Giant Magazine Posted Feb 20, 2008	Jumper (2008)	16%
	"That's right, folks--at 68, Romero has finally discovered this newfangled invention called the Internet and he thinks it's pretty darn cool. And you know what? So is the movie." -- Film Journal International Posted Feb 19, 2008	George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)	60%
	"*For this crowd, Best of Both Worlds* is a concert film on the level of Stop Making Sense and The Last Waltz.** " -- Film Journal International Posted Feb 5, 2008	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert (2008)	75%
	"Damned if Stallone doesn't get us rooting for Rambo to kick bad-guy butt one more time, the same way we cheered on Rocky's improbable return." -- Film Journal International Posted Jan 28, 2008	Rambo (2008)	33%
	"*This is a dark and somber movie that, in some ways, makes the recent apocalyptic blockbuster I Am Legend* look like a rib-tickling comedy.*" -- Film Journal International* Posted Jan 22, 2008	Cloverfield (2008)	77%
	"*For a movie that's filled with so many talented comedians, it's shocking that First Sunday* is only sporadically funny.*" -- Film Journal International* Posted Jan 14, 2008	First Sunday (2008)	15%
	"What is missing from the film is any spark of imagination." -- Film Journal International Posted Jan 10, 2008	The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything - A Veggietales Movie (2008)	44%
	"Call's plot is so silly and nonsensical, even the characters have to regularly remind one another what exactly is supposed to be going on." -- Film Journal International Posted Jan 9, 2008	One Missed Call (2008)	0%
	"Someone needs to tell these warring extraterrestrials that it's time to give peace a chance." -- Film Journal International Posted Dec 31, 2007	Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)	15%
	"Sweeney Todd certainly succeeds as spectacle, but for the first time in a long time, Burton is completely keyed into the human drama unfolding in front of him." -- Film Journal International Posted Dec 19, 2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)	86%
	"Whatever residual affection you may harbor for the Chipmunks will vanish completely if you fork over good money to see this cheaply made and aggravatingly stupid movie." -- Film Journal International Posted Dec 14, 2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)	24%
	"With the lack of a sure hand behind the camera, the film's capable cast is left stranded in front of it." -- Film Journal International Posted Dec 7, 2007	The Golden Compass (2007)	42%
	"Although you'll likely see more artistically daring movies this fall, few will be as satisfying as The Kite Runner." -- Film Journal International Posted Nov 29, 2007	The Kite Runner (2007)	66%
	"Baumbach has pulled off the rather dubious accomplishment of making an incisive, involving film about a thoroughly detestable group of people." -- Film Journal International Posted Nov 13, 2007	Margot at the Wedding (2007)	51%
	"[Haynes has] made a movie that looks, sounds and feels just like a great Bob Dylan song." -- Film Journal International Posted Nov 6, 2007	I'm Not There (2007)	78%
	"The absurdity reaches new highs in Saw IV, which asks us to swallow developments that simply aren't logistically possible, never mind realistic." -- Film Journal International Posted Oct 29, 2007	Saw IV (2007)	19%
	"A resoundingly unfunny sports-movie spoof that should have gone straight to DVD." -- Film Journal International Posted Oct 22, 2007	The Comebacks (2007)	11%
	"Strands a fantastic premise and interesting characters on its increasingly annoying road trip to nowhere in particular." -- Film Journal International Posted Oct 19, 2007	Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)	66%
	"Overall the film is limp and, for long stretches, quite tedious." -- Film Journal International Posted Oct 5, 2007	The Heartbreak Kid (2007)	29%
	"Remains aloof and cold throughout, despite the best efforts of its cast to bring some life to the proceedings." -- Film Journal International Posted Oct 4, 2007	The Good Night (2007)	26%
	"Alba manages to imbue the proceedings with a modest degree of charm, but the moment she exits the frame the movie stalls, unable to overcome the sheer blandness of its ostensible star." -- Film Journal International Posted Sep 21, 2007	Good Luck Chuck (2007)	3%
	"Just a footnote to another film's legacy." -- Film Journal International Posted Sep 4, 2007	Halloween (2007)	27%

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