 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"So moronic it almost makes the recent mediocre Made of Honor seem sophisticated by comparison."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A phantasmagoric, candy-colored treat for the senses."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A slight but infectious British comedy, Son of Rambow charms in spite of a slim plot and sketchy character development. The first ninety minutes may not be, but the last five are just about perfect."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Not good, not bad, just there, the film faithfully crosses off one timeworn cliché after the next."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Not quite memorable enough to live up to the top superhero films but proficient enough to be satisfying, Iron Man suggests with a clever ending that better things are yet to come."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Can a movie title be so unthinkably bad that it single-handedly ruins the viewing experience? As it turns out, yes."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Far from a complete failure, but in trying so hard to up the ante the filmmakers have made a lesser, more rambling finished product. Simply isn't as satisfying this time around."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"There are a handful of solid laughs, but there are more than a few duds in the mix. One suspects that had Tina Fey penned the film herself, it wouldn't have been half as conventional and plodding."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Paints a compelling and thought-provoking picture of not only school violence, but violence in general, and the trickle-down effect that a single moment in time can have on one's whole future."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Was the movie entertaining? Yes. Did it quite consistently earn some big laughs and small chuckles? Yes. Was the audience's intelligence insulted? Thankfully, no."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A drab exercise in poor storytelling, empty-headed characters, low-grade aesthetics, and forgettable action sequences. This isn't 'so-bad-it's-good' we're talking about; it's 'so-bad-it's-bad.'"
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Could have used more innovation and less strained obviousness as it worked its way toward an underwhelming conclusion."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A stalk-and-slash horror movie with precious few slashes, the PG-13-rated Prom Night is a tame, by-the-numbers affair without surprises or a point of any kind."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"It's a story that has been played out more times than can be counted and is none too fresh on this go-round. Street Kings simply brings nothing new to the 'bad cop' subgenre."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A smart film about smart people, as the title promises, but they are also humanely flawed. Like all of us, they don't hold the key to life's questions and dilemmas, and all the intelligence in the world isn't going to change that."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Because the film works so splendidly for so long, the sole misstep that The Ruins takes is a major one, ending on a note of disappointment. What comes before this is superbly crafted and as tight as a vise grip, worth seeing for that alone."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Despite its heart being in the right place, Nim's Island is a strikingly far-fetched and cloying picture that tries way too hard to be alternately juvenile and bittersweet."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Not bad but also so frivolous that there's nothing to grab onto and take away from it all. Leatherheads is a good-looking but misguided waste of time and effort."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Amiable. Bland. Cute. Formulaic. Inconsequential. Run Fatboy Run goes down with ease, but it's awfully slight."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"About five good laughs stretched over a 70-minute running time (not counting the ludicrously padded 15-minute end credits)."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A pulse-poundingly high-spirited and extremely well-directed drama. If 21 is only one thing, it's intoxicating."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Acted with aplomb and occasionally compelling, Stop-Loss nevertheless fails to impress."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Ultimately becomes little more than a series of derivative, predictable genre conventions without the necessary skill to back them up."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Drillbit Taylor goes down with ease when it isn't trying too hard. This may not be a great teen comedy, but it is a warm and smart one."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Soulless, impersonal and shamelessly derivative, this dime-a-dozen sci-fi garbage is such a depressing step down for Neil Marshall that one can hardly believe it was made by the same guy responsible for the rightfully acclaimed The Descent."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"What could be translated into a wonderful and even educational thirty-minute short is stretched and padded to the brink when forced to fill out a feature-length running time."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Is Never Back Down so bad it's good, or just plain bad? Really, it's a little bit of both."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A small-scale family drama that walks the walk, but doesn't seem to know where it's going half the time."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Difficult to like and yet impossible to deny, Funny Games is a coldly efficient, spectacularly acted and unremittingly bleak thriller."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Yet another accomplished, stylistically courageous work from a filmmaker whose willingness to take chances and pull them off is his finest attribute."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"10,000 B.C. is a load of crap dressed up with pretty background vistas. The film is terminally lifeless, something that a so-called 'event' picture should never be."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Worth a recommendation for adult audiences in search of something that won't insult their intelligence. Granted, The Bank Job won't enhance anyone's IQ, either, but sometimes a pulpy slice of crime thriller theatrics is all you need."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"In it's painfully accurate portrayal of characters struggling to make their way in a world that oftentimes seems cruelly unfair and confusing, Snow Angels rings resoundingly true."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is terminally pleasant. Granted, pleasant isn't a bad thing, but the film calls for a looser, more wild side that never quite comes."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"This shrill, chaotic, mass-market drivel is the kind of absent-minded family film that gives thoughtful, worthwhile family films a bad name."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"With some fine-tuning, Penelope might have been transformed into a winning little fable about accepting and loving oneself. As is, it only serves to remind of what could have been."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Fascinating in its depiction of a troubled relationship between sisters that is anything but black and white. This emotionally ripe angle to a tragic story that could have been told any number of ways is where the film gets its potency."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
0.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Stay home and watch any of Ferrell's past films, all of which are more worthwhile than this monotonously unfunny tripe."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Less would have definitely been more in this case; if viewers squint their eyes hard enough, they might just be able to locate a kitchen sink lurking somewhere in the background."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2007) |
|
"An inspired low-budget horror item with a rough and tumble guerilla filmmaking flair. What it lacks is a steady focal point to rattle the viewer's interest and emotions for an hour and a half."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/4 |
|
(2007) |
|
"A non-flashy but uncommonly savvy film about teenage life that one can only hope finds its rightful audience."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Cute but a little empty, Be Kind Remind boasts an original premise without the clarity of writing and character dimension to back it up."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Never scary but frequently cartoonish in its sour humor, Diary of the Dead can't even figure out if it wants to be taken seriously or as a poor, unfunny spoof."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"With no one to root for, no adequate story development, and action scenes that are the epitome of underwhelming, Jumper is a lost cause."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Its simplistic and occasionally juvenile plot is at odds with its more mature subject matter. The Spiderwick Chronicles is flashy and diverting, but also ultimately insubstantial."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"It's all been done before, and better. Furthermore, the nearly two full hours it takes to reach its foregone conclusion begins to pry on one's nerves."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"At the risk of going against the obvious 'it's-cool-to-hate-Hilton' popular majority, it should be stated up front that The Hottie & the Nottie isn't half-bad."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is a happy surprise of a movie, a heartfelt comedy that probably shouldn't work, but does. (Would it have hurt to add a comma to the title?)"
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A bravura, genre-twisting gem. This is one picture that packs a wallop."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/4 |
|
(2008) |
|
"The fools, it turns out, are audience members who get duped into thinking this will be a fun, energetic romp."
[movie review] |
|
TheMovieBoy.com |
|
|
