Movie Retriever
Movie Retriever is not a Tomatometer-approved publication. Reviews from this
publication only count toward the Tomatometer when written by the following
Tomatometer-approved critic(s):
Brian Tallerico
Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
Buried (2010)
With career-best work from Ryan Reynolds, Buried will find a loyal, devoted audience.
Posted Sep 24, 2010
2
Easy A (2010)
3
Centurion (2010)
4
Soul Kitchen (2010)
5
Lovely, Still (2010)
There's nothing minor about the central performances in this film, even if they're in the pursuit of something that just doesn't quite work overall.
Posted Sep 10, 2010
6
The American (2010)
7
Takers (2010)
An above-average heist thriller that's undone by poor screenwriting and worse post-production.
Posted Aug 29, 2010
8
A few notable set-pieces and the incredible performance by Cassel save Killer Instinct from the traps it sets for itself.
Posted Aug 25, 2010
9
Cairo Time (2010)
10
Mao's Last Dancer (2010)
A well-intentioned slice of melodrama but all the good intentions in the world can't hide the film's many, many flaws.
Posted Aug 20, 2010
11
Lottery Ticket (2010)
The very likable young leads salvage this broad comedy from complete disaster but you know you're in trouble when Bow Wow is the best thing about a movie.
Posted Aug 20, 2010
12
The Extra Man (2010)
Pulcini & Berman's work cuts its own path through the archetypes and delivers a unique comedy in the process.
Posted Aug 13, 2010
13
The Expendables (2010)
There's nothing wrong with a guilty pleasure. We all have them: Those movies that we know suck that we can't help but watch on cable every time they come on. But they still SUCK.
Posted Aug 13, 2010
14
Eat Pray Love (2010)
15
The Other Guys (2010)
The flaws don't outweigh the fact that most of The Other Guys is straight-up funny.
Posted Aug 6, 2010
16
Cropsey (2010)
Brancaccio and Zeman don't offer any easy answers, merely throwing all of the many issues of the story of Cropsey into a melting pot of danger, terror, and secrecy.
Posted Aug 6, 2010
17
Middle Men (2010)
Middle Men would be lucky to rise to the median of a list of the films released in 2010. It's actually pretty far below "middle."
Posted Aug 6, 2010
18
19
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
20
3/4
Best Worst Movie (2010)
21
Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
22
Countdown to Zero (2010)
23
An amazing glimpse into not only what could have been but how easy it is for a filmmaker to go down the rabbit hole into his own project-killing obsessive behavior.
Posted Jul 16, 2010
24
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
A film obsessed with the idea of magic that doesn't bother to stop and create any of its own.
Posted Jul 14, 2010
25
Inception (2010)
Inception is a film about a man who wants to implant an idea in another man's mind. The reason it's a masterpiece is because Christopher Nolan somehow found his way into mine.
Posted Jul 14, 2010
26
Predators (2010)
27
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
It's a great piece of filmmaking because of its characters, all of whom feel genuine and three-dimensional in ways that typical screenwriting fails to pull off.
Posted Jul 9, 2010
28
[Rec] 2 (2010)
You'd be advised to forget [REC] 2 even exists. Go watch the original if you've never seen it or even check out Quarantine. You'll be much better off.
Posted Jul 9, 2010
29
30
La MISSION (2010)
A well-intentioned film that nonetheless falls head first into the kind of surface-level clichés and stereotypes that are usually reserved for basic cable TV movies.
Posted Jul 9, 2010
31
May be a light lunch compared to the full meal of some other recent French offerings but it still tastes damn good.
Posted Jul 7, 2010
32
Love Ranch (2010)
The kind of unabashed embarrassment that should send people to their attorneys to see if there's any legal way to get it removed from their pages on IMDB, Wikipedia, and the like.
Posted Jun 30, 2010
33
Sweetgrass (2009)
Even viewers caught unaware of just how natural this documentary is could easily find themselves mesmerized by its unique charms.
Posted Jun 28, 2010
34
Cyrus (2010)
35
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
If you're a noir fan interested in seeing a unique modern take on the timeless genre, don't miss this challenging but often fascinating drama.
Posted Jun 26, 2010
36
I Am Love (2010)
I Am Love is a raving piece of filmmaking but its technical beauty is in the service of a story that too often feels clichéd and contrived.
Posted Jun 26, 2010
37
Knight & Day (2010)
One of those films that constantly feels like it could have and should have been better as it threatens to come together but doesn't quite do so.
Posted Jun 23, 2010
38
Jonah Hex (2010)
It plays like a film that's not done yet, as if the editor hated watching it repeatedly and simply refused to finish.
Posted Jun 18, 2010
39
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010)
A fascinating, enlightening look at the dark side of show business and the issues that come with being a part of it for decades.
Posted Jun 18, 2010
40
The Karate Kid (2010)
41
Ondine (2010)
42
Solitary Man (2010)
Solitary Man may be about a man who has found himself on his own, but it features one of the best ensemble performances of the year. Don't miss it.
Posted Jun 11, 2010
43
Sequelitis is apparently not purely an American phenomenon.
Posted Jun 11, 2010
44
I'm not ready in the current marketplace of boring junk to yet say that a movie can be TOO clever. Although Micmacs sure tests that theory.
Posted Jun 4, 2010
45
Marmaduke (2010)
This is a film that begins and ends with a fart joke. And those are two of the highlights.
Posted Jun 4, 2010
46
Splice (2010)
The horror genre needs more films like this one; works made by filmmakers willing to take chances and deliver something to viewers that they would never expect.
Posted Jun 4, 2010
47
Holy Rollers (2010)
It feels like too many character corners were cut, removing the depth that would make the proceedings believable, and leaving only the cliché.
Posted Jun 4, 2010
48
Metropolis (1927)
If it comes anywhere near your town, go see it and thank the movie Gods that it even exists. There's no star rating high enough.
Posted Jun 4, 2010
49
The story is nonexistent and the dialogue so self-conscious that the entire proceeding becomes as numbing as someone reading a mediocre book aloud.
Posted May 29, 2010
50
Survival of the Dead (2010)