|
1/4
|
4%
|
The Apparition (2012) |
"
The apparition, because it's lame, spends a lot of its time tying clothes into knots, moving dressers, and opening doors."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jan 28, 2013
|
|
0.5/4
|
50%
|
Promised Land (2013) |
"
It's Mitt Romney in blue jeans, this Promised Land, and we've all had enough of that."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Dec 29, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
he's either a genius or a savant, I don't know, but wholly without equal."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Dec 29, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
It's ugly in the way that only films driven by fanatical vision, unfettered by checks, and galvanized by awards and money can be ugly"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Dec 29, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
If this were Green Eggs and Ham, the film would stop at approximately the point at which you would not eat them with a fox."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Dec 13, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
64%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
about an old couple on the verge of decrepitude deciding to make a go of their marriage because they have no other choice. Yeah, it's awful. "
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
88%
|
Fa Yeung Nin Wa (In the Mood for Love) (2001) |
"
Ethereal, evanescent, evocative of true, ineffable experience, In the Mood for Love is amazing"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Nov 14, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
73%
|
The Loneliest Planet (2012) |
"
It's alive; it requires active participation and curiosity; and it speaks eloquently to the best possibilities of film as a medium for conversation and reflection."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Nov 10, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
90%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
moments of real grandeur narrated to death by John Williams's inspiring(TM) and rousing(TM) score"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Nov 10, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
It's an old-fashioned Bond movie--or at least promises the next one will be--and that's good news for many."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Nov 10, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988) |
"
Boy, you know, I really like the Chiodo Brothers' Killer Klowns from Outer Space. I can't help it."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 31, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
68%
|
Night of the Living Dead (2000) |
"
It's an eye-roller. It didn't need to be."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 28, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
65%
|
Steel Magnolias (1989) |
"
chooses to leave the rearing of her moppet to Dylan McDermott...or Dermot Mulroney. Doesn't matter."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
65%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Ah so."
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Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
0/4
|
22%
|
The Raven (2012) |
"
I'd say that nine bucks is probably also the current going rate for Livingston & Shakespeare's next script."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 24, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
68%
|
Wuthering Heights (2012) |
"
It is in so many ways the first adaptation of Wuthering Heights."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 19, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
80%
|
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012) |
"
It's not about Bushido, it's about its representation."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 19, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
89%
|
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) |
"
benign slapstick."
—
Strange Horizons
Posted Oct 15, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) |
"
an unbelievably crass, unpleasant, horrific picture"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 15, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
95%
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark (2012) |
"
impossibly good"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 15, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
All the President's Men (1976) |
"
The world is beyond saving, it says. It's one of the last great films of its era that has anyone who thinks it deserves saving."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Oct 9, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
|
Final Chapter: Walking Tall (The Man in the Back Seat) (1977) |
"
A true film of the Seventies and as wrought and surprising as any picture from that deepest well of masterpieces"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
——
|
Walking Tall, Part 2 (1975) |
"
As with most attempts to be socially relevant, however, this sequel merely manages to seem awkward and bloated with exposition."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
Walking Tall (1973) |
"
its broad strokes leave no room for anything so pussified or liberal as a moral compass"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
And Everything Is Going Fine (2010) |
"
it's as painful to listen to and watch as it is astonishing that I should feel this kind of connection to someone I never met, and never will."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Sep 4, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
53%
|
Gray's Anatomy (1997) |
"
It is haunting, though. How could it not be, when the last lines of the monolog are "Ecstasy, despair, ecstasy, despair" and some mention of a big fish?"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Sep 4, 2012
|
|
0/4
|
33%
|
Romeo Must Die (2000) |
"
undiluted garbage"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Sep 2, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Swamp Water (1941) |
"
ean Renoir's Swamp Water stands out as an example of how an artist's genius can assert itself even when his product has been taken away from him,"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 30, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
86%
|
Unstoppable (2010) |
"
The title, then, is probably referring to the human spirit. That's corny, but it works."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Compliance (2012) |
"
It's a Milgram Experiment for the viewer."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
65%
|
Cosmopolis (2012) |
"
David Cronenberg's North by Northwest"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 22, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
23%
|
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) |
"
It's not to say there's not a lot wrong with the film, but rather to suggest that the chief criticisms of it being strange and "a mess" aren't among them."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 19, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
87%
|
ParaNorman (2012) |
"
blithe and hollow"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
52%
|
Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) |
"
If not for Jet Li, Lethal Weapon 4 would actually be worse than Lethal Weapon 3."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 12, 2012
|
|
0/4
|
56%
|
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) |
"
Lethal Weapon 3 is inexcusable crap, but it's sort of intriguing inexcusable crap."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
83%
|
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) |
"
I've confused a lot of the good things I remember about the first film with good stuff that in actuality happened in the second."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 12, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
86%
|
Lethal Weapon (1987) |
"
What does it say that I loved it as a boy of fourteen?"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 12, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
not merely the worst entry in a series I've liked until now, but also one of the worst movies of the year."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
the actual 2012 American Presidential campaign is already so ludicrous that it's pointless to even try to satirize it."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Miracle Mile (1989) |
"
Monograph for MIRACLE MILE now available."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jul 24, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
Nolan's Batman movies are time capsules of our zeitgeist, and while I hope their nihilism and hopelessness are misplaced, they feel just right."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jul 19, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
the first thing white kids will do with superpowers is dunk"
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jul 2, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
"
an essential existentialist text."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jun 25, 2012
|
|
0/4
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
[Bekmambetov's] name above the credits is fair warning; shame on me for not heeding it."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
78%
|
Brave (2012) |
"
I was breathless with anticipation over a Pixar film with a female protagonist.Imagine my disappointment when they gave me another Disney one."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
73%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
Make no mistake, it takes a lot of money, energy, and anticipation to make a movie this bad. "
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
79%
|
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) |
"
America, after all, becomes the Emerald City again in this movie's eyes, and the promise westward holds fresh allure. That's good enough for me."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
48%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
the Big Bad Wolf in this fairytale is Naomi Wolf."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
79%
|
The Innkeepers (2012) |
"
An interview w/Ti West."
—
Film Freak Central
Posted Apr 23, 2012
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