 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"17 Again manages to be very sweet and romantic for the most part, and despite the fetishizing of living in the past, it really more about being responsible for one's choices and grateful for what one has."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Adventureland as a film never really takes off %u2013 some things are resolved, other things happen that make things change, but it always has this vague sense of only being exposition and pretty soon the movie will begin."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"It's not really clear why this movie was necessary %u2013 it does not reinvent the 50's movie so much as do a highly faithful cover version of it. (Gus Van Sandy's shot-for-shot remake of Psycho is a similar pointless academic exercise.)"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"It's enjoyable, toothless, and a disposable smartypants hero movie. These are rare enough that they deserve attention."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"The whole flavor of the movie seems to be trying to reproduce other small, earnest films, but I always got the feeling that it was an imitation flavoring. Wonderful cast."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"The funny bits are amusing, the action entertaining, the themes simple, the promise of future tales tantalizing, and the overall feel of the movie is more charming than epic or scary."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"High concept, interesting, and well-performed, but ironically soulless. I enjoyed the journey we went on with Paul, but it had some intangible thing lacking."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"At times it was trying too hard to be WHIMSICAL %u2122 and missing the point that whimsy is best taken unselfconsciously. By all means see it if you can also endure the tedious splendor that is Nightmare Before Christmas. They are both stunning to look"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Low key in its excellence by just being solid and real and well thought-out...substantial and revealing."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
1/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
" I really can't recommend it. Despite the fact that I support the idea of comedy horror, I do generally ask that it contain at the very least either comedy or horror."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"This movie wasn't firing on all cylinders despite some of them being great cylinders."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Despite the huge farcical situations and comedy genius cast, Extract is not so much riproarious as thoughtful and true %u2013 not unlike Judge's animated series King of the Hill"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"His film shows us ugly, faceless corporate greed and its truly fatal consequences, but gives us tools to dismantle or at least throttle back the machine %u2013 and hopefully solve some of the world's ills as well."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Puts the viscera in visceral but a thought-provoking exploration of our increasingly disconnected society in drag as mindless action."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"My only complaint about The Hangover is that so many excellent moments were ruined by the preview. The Hangover, particularly Ed Helms, is very funny. Don't bring a family member and don't try any of this at home."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Merlin's pants, what a fine motion picture! Steve Kloves is back and it makes all the difference in the world. This was a fantastic adaptation of an excellent book, and well worth your time and money."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"It's really a relationship comedy more than a romantic comedy, since a lot of the film is concerned with demonstrating when one should walk away, rather than when to lean in for the kiss and cleave."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"I found it difficult at times to remember that these men are actors. The tension is pulled to just the right tautness to be sustained over time without having to defuse it with a narrative break. And the acting is great."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"I Love You, Man is a fun, charming comedy with the casual profanity of a bunch of dudes, but not a deep reliance on gross-out humor or sexcapades."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"It's the kind of movie that stymies my proper critical eye (and ability to write) due to being so jumbled and ambitious, much like its hero."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"97% mature, solid, suspenseful, respectful, artistic, violent, sophisticated, tremulous, funny, surprising"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"See it for Owen's trademarked thinking cap and glower, the Guggenheim, the score, and the smugness of knowing first-hand that banks are actually much, much stupider than any movie could ever predict. Check it out, it's a fun time."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"...becomes dizzyingly hilarious, mixed with genuine sympathy, while an amusing and subversive element grows slowly, beginning as fascinating and then stumbling into inevitability."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
1/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
" Some producers sat in a screening room and thought, "Wow, this is gonna be great!" I give the filmmakers kudos for fully committing to an ending that others might have tried to mitigate or avert. They also fully committed to the immensely stupid surprise"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Land of the Lost the movie is upbeat, pretty silly, but funny in enough portion to render it pleasant, with heavy reliance on the tongue-in-cheek art of understatement."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"This movie was comfortably middle of the road. While Dreamworks has frankly annoyed me to the point of almost-boycott, they can't forever turn out such drivel, right? Monsters Vs Aliens is not poo at all, it's not bad. It's not going to set the world o"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"It's basically non-violent, yet at moments I felt a deep %u2013 not horror, exactly, more like dismayed awe %u2013 at what we are discovering with Sam. My companions and I left the theatre feeling very satisfied, and I hope you will as well. Moon feels"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Smithsonian wants to be frothy, but it can't help having a little more heart and soul than you'd expect or even require. Give it a chance, it's a fun show."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Paper Heart is a kooky, gentle movie that's all about love, and well worth a look with an open heart."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"The title and premise alone sound like every stupid comedy you've avoided for decades. Something was different %u2013 something was done right. Three other friends shared my secret shame enjoying this amiable, broad %u2013 and subtle %u2013 romantic act"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"The Proposal feels both new and familiar. It's new, in that it doesn't obey a lot of rules of romantic comedies, while not breaking with tradition, and familiar in that it is reminiscent of some of the best romantic comedies without seeming too derivativ"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"You would think that sexy 1930's gangsters using excessive force and chasing around in gorgeous cars would at least be enough to help me forget that I need to do some laundry, but you would be wrong."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Even if the subject of the magazine doesn't interest you, the mechanics of making it happen will add much to the story of these two women for whom fashion is the world, not just a job."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
" Perhaps the emperor is actually wearing clothes and I just can't see them... I came out of the movie theatre feeling disgruntled and a little cheated. See it for Stuhlberg and Lennick, and for Roger Deakin's unfailing cinematic eye."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"tate of Play is a smoothly written, almost instantly forgettable procedural featuring people we have trouble caring about."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"So many things worked so well that you might not expect would %u2013 from the cheery fakery of an awkward high school reunion to the complexities of this line of work."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"In the moment, it all feels very dangerous and urgent and important, but in retrospect it seems almost silly. What is The Taking of Pelham 123 meant to be? Drama? Spoof? It succeeds and fails at both at the same time."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"I will not apologize for giving this movie a strong Matinee with Snacks rating. I came out of it all pumped and gleeful and satisfied, and if anyone wants much more than that from a Terminator movie, well, it also has some freaking great sequences and ef"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"My six companions and I uniformly fell in love with this movie, and I can't wait to see it again, even at $15 for 3-D."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Watchmen should not have been made into a movie, at least not this movie, but I do hope you fanboys enjoy your three-hour music video of your favorite graphic novel. I am so disappointed in this film for its own sake, never mind for the sake of the origi"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"Occasionally I will mitigate opinions when I reviewing a film I know carries an emotional charge for people... to impart a sense of fairness. This is not one of those times. Where The Wild Things Are made me want to punch someone in the face."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2009) |
|
"This is the sort of movie that sends me to the keyboard to topple negative expectations, praise the participants, and hopefully drive up their box office a little."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Would make a good drinking game; silly fun but not "good." A critic sitting near me snorted in derision at my "the costumes kicked ass," but I won't back down. They were really cool."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"After all the dramatizing to protect the innocent is done, the story has a nice, comfy Hollywood ending (complete with baked goods), but it's fun to ride the myth for a while, especially with such comely partners."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"There is a reason why formulae work: here, working well. The movie only blames Jane for forgetting herself in the needs of others, instead of the traditional Hollywood punishment for being single."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"We were on the edges of our seats, willing Jake not to ruin this moment with the girl, hoping Megan realizes her mistake, urging Hannah out of the car, cheering Colin's game, nurturing Mitch's discovery of just being yourself. It is a visceral ride throu"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Recreates the old pleasure of discovering an epic en masse...One moment in particular elicited a mass groan of ecstasy from our packed audience, which then elicited empathetic giggles from everyone."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"The jokes are, on paper, funny. On screen they just seem like the inevitable, the only thing to say, and their zing zags off into bland, familiar territory... the material didn't coalesce past pointing at something funny and saying, "hey, that's funny al"
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A surprisingly quiet and whimsical comedy about a ridiculous and unlikely series of events that turns into a nearly-as-likely miracle. Best bit: the film's own Sweded preview."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"An an insider, Bell's work here is comprehensive to the point of over-saturation, but it's all so alien and interesting that it doesn't bog down."
[movie review] |
|
Cinerina |
|
|
