i admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent 's complaint .


super - violent , super-serious and super-stupid


is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts


of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life


, thought-provoking film


each other against all odds


funny ( sometimes hilarious )


an uplifting


it 's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ; diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly


the unfulfilling , incongruous


loses its ability to shock and amaze


tremendous promise


that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film


moving and vibrant .


, trouble every day is a plodding mess .


a curiously stylized , quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil


, history , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence


surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .


vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm


believe that people have lost the ability to think and


rock and stolid anthony hopkins


the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes inexpressive .


filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn 's monotone narration , but


weak claims


an inexperienced director , mehta has much to learn .


, this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel .


subtle direction


caught but the audience gets pure escapism


be genuinely satisfying


gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements


provide insight


the odd enjoyably chewy lump


all the best possible ways


touchingly


can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today


` masterpiece ' and ` triumph '


there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence


this is a heartfelt story


with all of this


to forget that they are actually movie folk


more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 1/2 weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .


is recognizably plympton


a selection of scenes in search of a movie .


paved with good intentions leads to the video store ''


, sometimes funny


assured , vital


easy to watch


thoroughly awful


the year 's greatest adventure , and jackson 's limited but enthusiastic adaptation


makes its message resonate


as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself


worth the concentration


a remote shelf


ambitious , eager first-time filmmakers


awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


for kids or their parents


best kind


maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral


it 's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over


of a film that does n't know what it wants to be


realize , much to our dismay


rises above easy , cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters ...


impeccable comic skill


you wrong on both counts


a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor


some writer dude , i think his name was , uh , michael zaidan , was supposed to have like written the screenplay or something ,


the film 's appeal


presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .


the film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .


of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing


has all the values of a straight-to-video movie , but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release .


bang-up


a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on .


is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for .


pascale bailly 's rom-com provides amélie 's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest .


become a spielberg trademark


it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but


a pathetically inane and unimaginative


a few gut-busting laughs


is simply brilliant


clarke-williams 's


freakish


it 's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .


the latter 's attendant intelligence


makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .


dull ,


lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics .


when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant


some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences


, this could be a passable date film .


a cellophane-pop remake of the punk


stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .


romeo and juliet/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going


results from adhering to the messiness of true stories


has been remarkable about clung-to traditions


show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen


a collage of clichés and a dim echo of allusions to other films .


a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails


the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note :


spectacular


fare with real thematic heft .


a miraculous movie , i 'm going home is so slight ,


every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible .


a psychic journey deep into the very fabric of iranian ... life .


the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with


neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion , grief and fear


intimate contemplation


is dark , brooding and slow ,


is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing


in the murk of its own making


del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy .


director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .


made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll


you have to give the audience a reason to want to put for that effort


balanced or fair


you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler


is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense


like a term paper


as dahmer


in the


in the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .


there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and


heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind


may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .


hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone


the toilet and scores a direct hit


the paper-thin characterizations


groaners


illuminating comedy


a tendency to sag in certain places


is dicaprio 's best performance in anything ever , and easily the most watchable film of the year .


irresistible package


zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups


fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man


feel like three hours .


wildly alive


a stirring visual sequence like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle rouses us .


dips key moments from the film


a terrific screenplay


a stunningly unoriginal premise


as plain and pedestrian as catsup --


a distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze .


instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy


deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .


its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks


a must-see


the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed


aggressively silly


elegant ,


technically proficient


jovial


the dynamic first act


have given it a one-star rating


could very well clinch him this year 's razzie .


certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike


an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban south korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals


each one of these people stand out and


a lame romantic comedy


has a kind of hard , cold effect


wiseman 's warmest


floundering


uplifter


a moving picture that does not move .


of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


, madonna is one helluva singer .


photographed and beautifully recorded .


has a knack for casting , often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors


'' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .


, it has some problems


little visible talent


place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence


give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed .


of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested


who stumble into rules expecting a slice of american pie hijinks starring the kid from dawson 's creek


is one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years .


that actually manages to bring something new into the mix


an eloquent , deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion


spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics .


... a great , participatory spectator sport . '


entrapment in the maze of modern life


immature and


all manner of lame entertainment


the earnest emotional core


reach satisfying conclusions


scant


the wit and hoopla


a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny


to light


trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness


she may not be real , but the laughs are .


populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .


this overlong infomercial


will be friends through thick and thin


possibilities


thoughtful dialogue


by now intolerable morbidity


charm , cultivation and devotion to his people


enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle


the most moronic screenplays of the year


kevin kline who unfortunately works with a two star script


an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist


the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener


to mention absolutely refreshed .


that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all


salton sea surprisingly engrossing


quirky and fearless


the film is competent


of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film


every top-notch british actor


director lee has a true cinematic knack ,


's low on both suspense and payoff


the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar


a shoddy male hip hop fantasy


the best irish sense


with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in .


searches ( vainly , i think ) for something fresh to say


... while the humor aspects of ` jason x ' were far more entertaining than i had expected , everything else about the film tanks .


awesome


has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day


dripping with cliche


cruelly funny


is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain .


a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies .


a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme


best possible senses


a fascinating , unnerving examination


sentimentality and annoying stereotypes


vulgarity , sex scenes , and


its provocative conclusion


armed with a game supporting cast ,


destroy is also a creative urge


love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history


how they make their choices , and


make such a worthless film


a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter


a heroine as feisty and principled as jane


shows crushingly little curiosity about


of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface


simplistic , silly and tedious


does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard


cardiac arrest


gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy


it is a great film .


jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .


moving tale


headline-fresh thriller


's a talking head documentary , but a great one .


are uncomfortably strained .


the film sounds like the stuff of lurid melodrama , but what makes it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective


poor remake


the real triumphs in igby come from philippe , who makes oliver far more interesting than the character 's lines would suggest , and sarandon , who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron .


a crass and insulting homage to great films like some like it hot and the john wayne classics .


imax cinema


everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized .


slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but


cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .


to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic


the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half


could have -- should have


sustain a reasonable degree of suspense


a captivatingly quirky hybrid


hackneyed , threadbare comic setups


balance pointed , often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness


with a moral


everybody , wan na watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?


huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine .


rueful , wry humor


, but i believe a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid .


very few laughs and even less surprises


own brightly colored dreams


stick to his day job


notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl


enchanting


of blaxploitation flicks


comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .


its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future


the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type


drawn engaging characters


's surprisingly decent , particularly


a thrill


celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .


even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .


make it unexpectedly rewarding


pathetic , endearing


have problems , which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way .


is attractive


an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again


come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy


keenly observed and refreshingly natural , swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s.c. , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .


epiphanies


a flat script and a low budget


lynne ramsay as an important , original talent in international cinema


of purpose and even-handedness


graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies


typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .


even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic ,


nostalgic


knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely


safe conduct is anything but languorous .


so successful at lodging itself in the brain


its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals


surprisingly charming


sort of loved the people onscreen , even though i could not stand them .


of visual and verbal clichés


are so overstated


the historical , philosophical , and


is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships


does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .


in a big corner office in hell


so meditative and lyrical


fascinate in their recklessness


imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s .


the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty


some of its repartee is still worth hearing .


confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and


is in his element here


love , racial tension , and other issues that are as valid today


's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles


benefits from serendipity


also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare


a faster paced family flick .


be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something


the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style


the unmistakable stamp of authority


all-star


others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .


boorishness


is pretty weary


a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string


's already a joke in the united states .


own fear and paranoia


big shear


the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career


of adolescent sturm und drang


from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups


poetry in motion captured on film .


really work


that matters


warmth , wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed


triple x is a double agent , and he 's one bad dude


wannabe


it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate .


one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but


set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine


demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop


` matrix ' - style massacres erupt throughout ... but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy .


has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline .


coos beseechingly


with no good inside dope , and no particular bite


bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life


, tender hug


above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism


catapulting the artist into her own work


what makes it worth watching


the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film


becomes a testament to faith


are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director roger avary .


men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic


the belly laughs


new texture , new relevance , new reality


the visceral sensation


terrific setpieces


action clichés


turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach


, his most personal work yet .


altogether darker side


much like a fragment of an underdone potato


, frida gets the job done .


the hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork .


may have been a good film in `` trouble every day


all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king


treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .


leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites


fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .


is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap


of faith in the future


a straight-ahead thriller


ultimately takes hold and grips hard .


her pure fantasy character ,


an entertainment destination for the general public


mr. audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .


full advantage


trudge


derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining


is an all-time low for kevin costner .


his impressively delicate range


waters it down


, like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud


this sucker


somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton


the characters are based on stock clichés


effort to understand everyone 's point of view


( ferrera ) has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen .


delivers


bile , and irony


a glorified sitcom


flashy editing style


a return ticket


bravado


remains oddly detached


brooding and slow


uneven


extremely talented musicians


who are enthusiastic about something and then


a flashy editing style


about a domestic unit finding their way to joy


do justice


who embraces a strict moral code


what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop


one of the most incoherent features in recent memory .


radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film .


it 's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .


's worth taking the kids to .


otherwise excellent


a puritanical brand of christianity


happy , heady jumble


pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry .


are very , very good reasons


tell you how tedious ,


the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego


splash


endure instead of enjoy


created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores


a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing


have a story and a script


by the time it 's done with us , mira nair 's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery , of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over .


's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .


crematorium


needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism


supremely hopeful


by turns fanciful , grisly and engagingly quixotic .


american and


what it was that made the story relevant in the first place


surprisingly shoddy makeup work


laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma .


handsome widescreen photography


the corniest


talky , artificial and opaque


aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash


has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy


the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them .


are sometimes inexpressive


to the concession stand and/or restroom


satisfying


high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government / marine/legal mystery ,


hugely accomplished


some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah , patriotic tone


's the sweet cinderella story


very compelling , sensitive ,


dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .


fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of


a torn book jacket


, the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .


bargain-basement


and narrative grace


the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction


any redeeming value whatsoever


takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women


how low brow


an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity


a frustrating ` tweener ' --


confident filmmaking


that gradually sneaks up on the audience


pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter


this romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in .


is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort


about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season .


timeless and


lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing


an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you


drag the movie down


they see the joy the characters take in this creed


the best


the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough


sluggish ,


convey a strong sense of the girls ' environment


plucking tension from quiet


is on full , irritating display


use a few good laughs


poor editing


, it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous .


its whimsical humor


really , really good


the upper echelons


have been titled generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy


with a series of riveting set pieces


incessantly


... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 's ...


... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity .


to accomplish what few sequels can


outstanding soundtrack


a high water mark


funny , even punny 6


recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes


more than competent


shrill and soporific , and because


, at times sublime ,


what he does best


a dream


's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion


suspenseful


) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated


when the fire burns out , we 've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that 's where the film ultimately fails


great actors hamming it up


's horribly depressing and not very well done


an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and


have n't laughed that hard in years


a '' range


constantly pulling the rug from underneath us


hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread


the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea


, kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .


the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose


that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches


do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people .


i imagined a movie ever could be


that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies


frighteningly fascinating contradiction


in its chicken heart


this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life


ever so gracefully --


a bonus feature


all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head


appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience


intelligence , wit or innovation


try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde


like a documentary in the way


the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders , desperate for work and food


in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids


transcendence


the movie 's seams may show ...


see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some


sleeper


the performances of the children , untrained in acting


all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain


felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign


see some interesting storytelling devices


that is all the more remarkable because it


a dud --


derrida is all but useless


indie comedy


's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it


emphasizes the well-wrought story and


personal tragedy


gives none to the audience


for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting


brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema


to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - broadway play


good enough to be the purr


distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .


, insight and humor


diesel , with his brawny frame and cool , composed delivery , fits the bill perfectly


is silly but strangely believable .


ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film


hopkins/rock collision


well acted by the four primary actors


if you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor


road


great marching bands


a weak and ineffective ghost story without a conclusion or pay off .


about half of them are funny , a few are sexy and none are useful in telling the story , which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal .


ambitious


few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending


glitz


its idiocy


animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and


things to like


extreme ops '' exceeds expectations .


a few nice twists in a standard plot and


overrides what little we learn along the way about vicarious redemption .


plain old blarney


much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature


notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal


you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots


go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him


highly uneven and


be found a tough beauty


it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least .


in fact , the best in recent memory


best


back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present


the hype


should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows


riveting set pieces


handsomely


are up to the task


been preferable


welcome , if downbeat , missive


if i want a real movie , i 'll buy the criterion dvd .


shot on ugly digital video


cussing


fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative


a wonderful , imaginative script


journey into a philosophical void .


australia : land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place .


hanukkah


an extraordinary


to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies


coen brothers


dazzling


give it considerable punch .


starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers


treasure


, sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .


's already been too many of these films ...


prepare to marvel again


what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves .


( or worth rooting against , for that matter )


to intolerable levels


will enjoy


looking for a return ticket to realism


vain for a movie


piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes


cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots


while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .


irreparably


trying to have the best of both worlds


, the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor


an already obscure demographic


would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special


a jaunt down memory lane for teens


gooding is the energetic frontman ,


by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience


, but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons


come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals


pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .


an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem ,


roiling black-and-white inspires


, storytelling is far more appealing


move over bond ;


remains undiminished


of a sports extravaganza


an average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains .


have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .


is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio .


's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .


is essentially a subculture , with its own rules regarding love and family , governance and hierarchy


just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination


helluva singer


described as a ghost story gone badly awry


a historically significant work


evokes the 19th century with a subtlety that is an object lesson in period filmmaking .


deeply meditative


a lovely trifle


you leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing .


mild disturbance or detached pleasure


as the old saying goes , because it 's true


well-developed


skillfully


it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun


an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers


crisp framing , edgy camera work , and wholesale ineptitude


have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor


's tremendously moving


in formal settings with motionless characters


i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and


a crowd-pleaser , but then


i have a new favorite musical --


they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood


gentle but insistent


a far bigger , far more meaningful story


loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience


, unusual , even nutty


infuses the movie with much of its slender


the pale script


properly spooky


oversexed , at times overwrought comedy/drama that offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single .


any awards


, the movie possesses its own languorous charm .


one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory


delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .


thumbs down .


reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama


a compelling allegory about the last days of germany 's democratic weimar republic


spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels :


a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick .


the wal-mart checkout line


sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story


catapulting the artist


got it right


family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition


romantic and


favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing


: land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place .


is loaded with good intentions


a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this is n't .


have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd


your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .


awesome work : ineffable , elusive , yet inexplicably powerful


deep or


horrendously


aesthetic experience


cheesy b-movie playing


matinee price


under-inspired , overblown enterprise


a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up


have written a more credible script , though with the same number of continuity errors


something of a stiff --


ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice


relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end


have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury


an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities


the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and


it 's easy to love robin tunney -- she 's pretty and she can act -- but it gets harder and harder to understand her choices .


the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .


both ugly and mindless


like many western action films , this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing , but its heartfelt concern about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight .


self-discovery handled with such sensitivity


, nothing good can happen


a different movie -- sometimes tedious --


has succeeded beyond all expectation


a japan bustling


offers laughs and insight into one of the toughest ages a kid can go through .


concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation


a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait


worthy idea


, dumb action movie


would likely be most effective if used as a tool to rally anti-catholic protestors .


familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises -- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same


the marvelous verdu


give shapiro , goldman , and bolado credit for good intentions , but there 's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour .


effecting change and inspiring hope


if you love reading and/or poetry , then by all means check it out .


schticky chris rock and stolid anthony hopkins ,


`` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it


humor in i spy is so anemic .


odd and weird


the only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies .


what a pity


the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere .


work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse


like a cold old man going through the motions


is so fine


while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ) , the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity .


the film starts promisingly , but


bold by studio standards


the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story


it cooks conduct in a low , smoky and inviting sizzle .


we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life


a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture .


is a little too in love with its own cuteness


some body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .


a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing


comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly


and more entertaining , too .


a temporal inquiry


thrillingly


a cinematic postcard


great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood .


a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone


with its own cuteness


it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent ,


the film , while it 's not completely wreaked ,


sometimes inadequate


's as good as you remember


, the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum , and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series .


bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults .


's a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments


's a fine , old-fashioned-movie movie , which is to say it 's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance .


high-octane


an effective portrait


succeeds primarily


an often intense character study


the poor and


will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness


about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images


odd bedfellows


show-stoppingly hilarious


it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .


hard-hitting documentary


are clinically depressed


filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope after another


paints - of a culture in conflict with itself


the wise-beyond-her-years teen


biographical fantasia


bring off this wild welsh whimsy


make the film relevant today ,


... the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .


a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones


's most memorable about circuit


its own style


a lack of clarity and audacity


worth checking out at theaters


rather simplistic


fit the incredible storyline


takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks


a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .


and crude storyline


terribly episodic


to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn


one of the best war movies ever made


, personal film


benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness


construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest


an american ( and an america ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp


think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .


, at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .


by turns very dark and very funny .


raunch


is entertaining


, oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly


a condition only the old are privy to


any recent film , independent or otherwise ,


robbed and replaced


puréed mélange


a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle


will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned


the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating


the murder


buoyant romantic comedy


crack cast


treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .


genuinely unnerving


, this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among wiseman 's warmest .


diverges from anything


of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own


the adventures that happen along the way seem repetitive and designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense


is worth your time


poor


stoner midnight flick , sci-fi deconstruction


watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises


can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school


jarring shocks


handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy .


take care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses ,


that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film


a perfect example of rancid , well-intentioned , but shamelessly manipulative movie making


as i laughed throughout the movie


for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either .


dismiss


his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson


memorable cinematic experience


halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it


assayas ' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne 's novel .


a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama


the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .


creeping


stunning images and effects


succeed merrily at their noble endeavor


appealing


is a hoot , and


wobbly premise work


filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders


the film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both steve buscemi and rosario dawson ...


the subject matter is as adult as you can get


their super-powers , their super-simple animation


proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny


really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages


the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process


, it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out .


is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor


`` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses


go hand in hand


it 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep ,


a way of seeping into your consciousness


contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what


so true and heartbreaking


sharp comedy ,


parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill


cautions


get by on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company


a slick , engrossing melodrama .


gets under your skin and , some plot blips


so graceless and devoid


is a career-defining revelation


whose cumulative effect is chilling


is the best he 's been in years


is imposter makes a better short story than it does a film


even if you do n't understand what on earth is going on , this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion , if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why .


its moving story


a young woman who wants many things in life , but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams


such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution .


a low-rent retread of the alien pictures .


mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot


the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film .


a good noir


execrable


is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time


rated eee for excitement


its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work


as funny nor


the occasional bursts


the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .


a backstage must-see for true fans of comedy


you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject .


is a superior horror flick .


rock 's stand-up magic wanes .


a flat , plodding picture


... silly humbuggery ...


reaching the comic heights it obviously desired


of astonishing grandeur


as an evil , monstrous lunatic


sets out to entertain


to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy


the most creative mayhem


genial-rogue shtick


is funny .


a moving and weighty depiction


goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice


engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story


this gets us in trouble


the product of loving , well integrated homage


the thin veneer of nationalism


very real


refreshingly


has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and


firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon .


would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects ?


most amazing super-sized dosage


enough freshness


action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest


is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .


fairly enjoyable


cheap , vulgar dialogue and a plot that crawls along at a snail 's pace .


writer-director david jacobson


as a kind of colorful , dramatized pbs program , frida gets the job done .


of unbridled greed and materalism


sell us on this twisted love story


stunning new young talent


the story is lacking any real emotional impact


within a wallflower


griffiths ' warm and winning central performance


steve oedekerk is , alas , no woody allen .


the pianist ( is ) a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life .


will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .


such a perfect medium for children


portrayals


a heroine


it 's crafty , energetic and smart


four star performance


the movie is the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay .


a diverse and astonishingly articulate


viva le


unfunny and


eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .


acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation


piano


the timeless spectacle of people


illustrated by a winning family story .


engages us in constant fits of laughter


unique culture


stamina and vitality


is one film that 's truly deserving of its oscar nomination


rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings


from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman


seems to want to be a character study ,


have to admit that i am baffled by jason x.


tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm


for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats


cast and surehanded direction


simple , poignant and leavened with humor


woe


walk to remember ''


a new , or inventive , journey


anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor


wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion


a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy


loved it


truly larger-than-life


is still very much worth


by a warmth that is n't faked


but because it has a bigger-name cast , it gets a full theatrical release


topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs


talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark


is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type


it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama


priceless


a dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder


whiny and


speaks volumes ,


many a hollywood romance


eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons


seem to match the power of their surroundings .


the lady and the duke surprisingly


remarkably cohesive whole


a fascinating study of isolation and frustration


a well-made and satisfying thriller


( jeff 's ) gorgeous ,


its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people 's lives cross and change , buffeted by events seemingly out of their control , is intriguing , provocative stuff .


with some fine acting


the early and middle passages


that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for


in an admittedly middling film


a more measured or polished production ever could


a bittersweet drama


the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards


charming but slight


dirty jokes


an underdone potato


fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution


perfectly describes pauline & paulette


turn his movie in an unexpected direction


absolutely , inescapably gorgeous ,


made by a proper , middle-aged woman .


emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers


than a spy thriller like the bourne identity


video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose


ambitious comic escapade


too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style .


it 's one tough rock .


welled up in my eyes both times


say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets


, three-dimensional characters


of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet


a stirring tribute


's a cool event for the whole family .


scenes of cinematic perfection


stylish thriller .


to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , especially with the weak payoff


whether or not ram dass proves as clear and reliable an authority on that as he was about inner consciousness , fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one .


more experimental


it 's a lyrical endeavor .


mordantly funny and


'll need a stronger stomach than us


marvelously twisted shapes history


gore for suspense


photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life


as the movie sputters


sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then


across as lame and sophomoric


a little-remembered world


the story 's pathetic


each scene drags , underscoring the obvious ,


suffered and bled


with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves


if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for .


on other levels


... an interesting slice of history .


you value your time and money


the film would be a total washout .


very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .


female empowerment


its invitingly upbeat overture


high hilarity


whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments --


itself is small and shriveled


a tendency to slip into hokum


jackass is a vulgar and


real women have curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve


the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings


glory


a film of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun .


onto a cross-country road trip of the homeric kind


do n't know why steven seagal is considered a star , nor why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good or make any money .


, then you 'll enjoy the hot chick .


the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary


in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to


slack execution


ugly , revolting movie


boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect .


no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish


've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement


mundane


an intriguing look


odd , rapt spell


of high humidity


's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .


the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez


attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago


feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy


it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and it does n't offer any insights that have n't been thoroughly debated in the media already , back in the dahmer heyday of the mid - '90s


infinitely wittier version


this seductive tease


who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans


charming and evoking little ditty


an enormously entertaining movie , like nothing we 've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .


utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing --


this romantic comedy


the pacing is often way off


great to begin with


all arty and jazzy


resorting to camp


a step down


one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact .


least accessible


`` elling '' manages to do all three quite well , making it one of the year 's most enjoyable releases


similarly ill-timed


combined with the misconceived final 5


( assayas ' ) homage to the gallic ` tradition of quality


the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring


emphasising her plight and isolation


has at least one more story to tell : his own


determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering


i am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson .


poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines


loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat


it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie , but


the story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .


it 's a ripper of a yarn and i for one enjoyed the thrill of the chill .


strives


bring on the sequel


the lousy lead performances


found his groove these days


sometimes murky , always brooding look


fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement


is a film in which the talent is undeniable


mr. polanski is in his element here


actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that 's tv sitcom material at best


girls , right down the reality drain


difficult


kinetically-charged spy flick worthy


mention `` solaris '' five years from now and


despite its old-hat set-up and predictable plot , empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .


invented


samuel l. jackson is one of the best actors there is .


worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia .


mariah carey gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls .


compelling new material


an amused indictment of jaglom 's own profession .


evokes


to admit i walked out of runteldat


suspend your disbelief here and now ,


a half dozen


a hunky has-been


excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts


be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world


in treading the line between sappy and sanguine


provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen


a big , loud , bang-the-drum bore .


spiritual


the rollicking dark humor


in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance


a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars .


this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses


credible account


campy recall for older fans or a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick


malcolm d. lee


of academic skullduggery and politics


sweet without the decay


a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs


boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces


an assurance worthy of international acclaim


it may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied .


deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still ,


loopy and


a number of holes


the ultimate movie experience


a film , and such a stultifying ,


serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting , dialogue ,


every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy


whatever fills time --


preachy and clichéd


's a spirited film and a must-see


odd movies


as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and


an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .


sincere acting


what bubbles up out of john c. walsh 's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch .


( davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany


( and better )


lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings .


emerge dazed , confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary


enters a realm where few non-porn films venture ,


is exceedingly pleasant


a battle between bug-eye theater and dead-eye


's a masterpiece


to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something


thoroughly entertaining comedy that


at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .


leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing


fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers


this nervy oddity , like modern art


a supremely hopeful cautionary tale


is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .


feels strangely hollow at its emotional core


vulgarities


audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him


though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions ...


capable of anteing up some movie star charisma


the humor is recognizably plympton


that 's there to scare while we delight in the images


got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat


been told and retold


appreciated


is sufficiently funny to amuse even the most resolutely unreligious parents who escort their little ones to megaplex screenings


with too little


similarly styled gremlins


-- and long -- for its own good


the inherent absurdity


remarkable new trick


is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment .


remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt


well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , but


a small fortune in salaries and stunt cars


an intoxicating


solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight '' and `` ocean 's eleven , '' never were .


it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus ,


the film seems as deflated as he does


one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue


the rock on a wal-mart budget


developed with more care


hide new secretions


what once was conviction is now affectation


are lukewarm and quick to pass .


is virtually absent


landmark as monumental as disney 's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs .


is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective


that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors


a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes


it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera


a sweet


headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie


compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering


a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya


psychologically savvy


there are laughs aplenty , and


finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers


are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations


a thoroughly awful movie


is one of the year 's best


irrational


the thrill of the company 's astonishing growth


a silly , nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick


you will probably like it .


been there , done


the movie is all portent and no content


nothing but net


a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort


to a strangely sinister happy ending


betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work


, ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious


could use a little more humanity


crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best


realism , crisp storytelling and


perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair


is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .


like mike is a slight and uninventive movie :


the gifted crudup has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself , and his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him .


been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format


offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in .


being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something


damon brings the proper conviction to his role as ( jason bourne ) .


a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .


candid , archly funny and


curse


silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .


tender movements


what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .


is not


stand out


, sylvie testud is icily brilliant .


create some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time


from the writing and direction to the soggy performances


in as much humor as pathos


his penchant


very depressing movie


an unendurable viewing experience


have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime


, he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable


alternative medicine obviously has its merits ... but ayurveda does the field no favors .


the grieving process


ache by the end of kung pow


wendigo is a genuinely bone-chilling tale .


a loose collection


would gobble in dolby digital stereo


the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy


multilayered


... contains very few laughs and even less surprises .


a low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord


life-embracing spirit


imagination and insight


naturally funny film


boasts some tart tv-insider humor


examines crane 's decline with unblinking candor .


passionate


may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence .


fine , old-fashioned-movie movie


all comedy


the modern rut of narrative banality


smug grin


-- and disposable story --


, the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future .


its characters , weak and strong


is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )


scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv


, the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .


a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham


introducing an intriguing and alluring premise


sheridan seems terrified of the book 's irreverent energy , and scotches most of its élan , humor , bile , and irony .


a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity .


is an uncompromising film


lingerie models and bar dancers


ride around a pretty tattered old carousel .


the footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with suge knight are just two of the elements that will grab you .


, almost generic


a keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters


k 19 stays afloat as decent drama/action flick


a better person


a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .


with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy


has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .


while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .


clever , amusing and unpredictable


, i hated myself in the morning .


offers a fair amount of trashy , kinky fun


a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads


inevitable and


the three leads produce adequate performances , but what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling


is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own


'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies


like a precious and finely cut diamond


miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it 's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .


seeing justice served


has little insight


revealing nothing


a nice album


simultaneously degrades its characters , its stars and its audience .


sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy


want to smash its face in


told with an appropriate minimum of means .


it does n't reach them , but the effort is gratefully received .


work -- is charming ,


a deserved co-winner of the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival


pity anyone who sees this mishmash .


contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .


, this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .


tremble without losing his machismo


the most unpleasant things the studio


making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years


on humor that is not even as daring as john ritter 's glory days on three 's company


the artwork is spectacular and


it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and


one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory , with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers .


a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout


witty dialogue and inventive moments


been more charming than in about a boy


, the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .


the art demands live viewing .


talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .


manic and energetic


the genuinely funny jokes


exploitative for the art houses and too cynical


wo n't join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love


does his sly , intricate magic


messing


of its epic scope


poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography


fails


that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing


an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off


an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt )


the film , like jimmy 's routines , could use a few good laughs .


be profane ,


an extremely flat lead performance


of its sweeping battle scenes


nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair


a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents


is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .


at a time when we 've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is , collateral damage paints an absurdly simplistic picture .


blockbusters


of clichés and borrowed images


so insanely dysfunctional


that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel


the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces


it 's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen .


a long patch of black ice


of wit and dignity


throughout , mr. audiard 's direction is fluid and quick .


is n't as weird as it ought to be .


, rapid-fire delivery


could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower .


the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm


ingenue


hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated


we had to endure last summer ,


complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop


in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast


thoughtlessly


bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite iwai 's vaunted empathy


insanely hilarious


inferior


are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care .


for but a few seconds


every indulgent , indie trick in the book


resonant


its great credit


i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject .


the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .


most pitiful directing


of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters


gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut


on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere


in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage


by a british cast


, then go see this delightful comedy .


for controversy


a triumph


completely serviceable and quickly forgettable


brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life


of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions


plateau


a lovably old-school hollywood confection .


you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned .


warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer


a detailed personal portrait


the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too well ; a movie , like life , is n't much fun without the highs and lows .


human nature should be ingratiating


has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital


amused indictment


most edgy piece


, mean-spirited lashing


yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes .


on an irresistible , languid romanticism


offend everyone


to be somebody , and


moving , if uneven , success


the grease


spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry


riveted to our seats .


after drinking twelve beers


manipulative and as bland


faster , livelier


worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids


, colorful , semimusical


confidently


takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer


see coming a mile away


a good documentary


innocent , childlike and inherently funny


farts , urine , feces


so much like a young robert deniro


to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins


of clichés and a dim


dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot


the ideal casting


definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum .


poor hermocrates and leontine


create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch


where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream


surprise family


succeed in alienating most viewers


to see how far herzog has fallen


redundant


complain


few seconds


a wacky , screwball comedy


ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang


, i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .


a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .


equally derisive


the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt ,


released in imax format


that 's hard to resist


this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .


based on three short films and two features , here 's betting her third feature will be something to behold


awakening and ripening


magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .


a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters .


naturalistic


glides gracefully from male persona to female


though jones and snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .


is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival


the audience gets pure escapism


a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides


contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen


phoned-in business as usual .


she-cute


its excellent storytelling , its economical


uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real


that shows the promise of digital filmmaking


the best in recent memory


... one resurrection too many .


in narc , they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood


a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing .


as the film has some of the best special effects ever


full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow !


feel realistic


beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen


linklater


barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other .


perfectly serviceable and


screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum


long and eventful spiritual journey


carmen ( vega ) and


struggle furiously


sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and


suited


this movie is careless and unfocused .


audacity and


amuse even


layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work


the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film


endlessly superficial .


may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit


love liza 's


this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts


, secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .


disgusting


a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , mad cows


as clever


finally revel in its splendor


unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman


devote time to see it


, desiccated talent


thrown-together


reassuring , retro uplifter .


grievous but


most every aggrieved father cliché


gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through


academic


make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one


wild comedy


peak


is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through .


true emotions


a disaster of a drama


it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows .


offbeat thriller


of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies


in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type


finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful


most wondrous


a dashing and absorbing


hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion


( a ) thoughtful , visually graceful


a decent ` intro ' documentary


jaw-dropping action sequences


made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money .


even delectable


a welcome step


this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy


that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves


just a simple fable done in an artless sytle ,


venture forth


formula mercilessly


a flair for dialogue comedy


is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one


are wasted in it


polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style .


so insatiable


a recycled and dumbed-down version


crass , then gasp for gas ,


throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us


for humor in so many teenage comedies


the most surprising thing


wears its empowerment


while the performances are often engaging , this loose collection of largely improvised numbers would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary .


polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way


alternately hilarious and sad


very good ( but not great )


vivid characters and


a fair amount of b-movie excitement


are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely


the bodily function jokes are about what you 'd expect , but there are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie .


has the disadvantage of also looking cheap


* corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space


in all , a great party


has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end


romanek keeps adding flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences -- that simply feel wrong .


strikes back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth


is honestly affecting


sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .


i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre


of america , history and the awkwardness of human life


a huge disappointment coming , as it does , from filmmakers and performers of this calibre


enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd


, outrageous , ingenious


shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film


a baffling mixed platter of gritty realism and magic realism with a hard-to-swallow premise


grating


improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end


for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture


ever spill from a projector 's lens


does such an excellent job of critiquing itself at every faltering half-step of its development that criticizing feels more like commiserating .


super - violent ,


ca n't wait to see what the director does next


may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting .


to the movie 's rude and crude humor


throws in enough clever and unexpected


milked


are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script


been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker


his most personal


of seeing justice served


in the right direction


the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man


the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man


sincerely crafted picture


of animation enthusiasts of all ages


here the love scenes all end in someone screaming .


watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .


of profound characterizations


dumb , fun , curiously adolescent movie


virtually impossible


make paid in full worth seeing .


substantive


so could young romantics out on a date .


fluid and mesmerizing sequence


if you like peace , you 'll like promises .


is entertaining on an inferior level


wo n't still be tapping


about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery


dramatized pbs program


super -


sorry use of aaliyah in her one and


so boring


of international acclaim


a clear-eyed chronicle


an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic .


while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .


slightly humorous and tender story


at last


that the final product is a ghost


if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us


a memorable experience


of that delicate canon


poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two cultures .


this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .


of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster


adventure and a worthwhile environmental message


bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique


's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels


's harder still to believe that anyone in his right mind would want to see the it


is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol


, then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea .


the food is enticing


crisp and


more of a poetic than a strict reality ,


this exciting new filmmaker


simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance


appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking


that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .


hallmark commercial


watch your merchant ivory productions


sympathetic without being gullible


's icky .


the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .


wilco fans will have a great time


what a great way to spend 4 units of your day


a chilly , brooding but quietly


of the finest


its poignant and uplifting story


knows how to hold the screen


accumulated enjoyment


it lacks a strong narrative


love reading and/or poetry


a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill


besotted and obvious drama


to the serbs themselves


of its heightened , well-shaped dramas


it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression .


an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular


get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .


uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it 's in danger of going wrong


quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins


bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy ,


angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .


like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders


can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .


long


at keeping themselves kicking


a tremendous piece


clumsy dialogue


can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold


like a promising work-in-progress


the performances are uniformly good .


will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man


be a bit of a cheat in the end


'' admirably


the whole affair , true story or not , feels incredibly hokey


makes you care about music you may not have heard before


this choppy and sloppy affair


a bright , inventive


beijing


the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows


perfected


the supernatural trappings only obscure the message


recycled


like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens


, remote , emotionally distant piece


the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that 's all that matters .


an engaging , formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement


uninvolving


is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens


while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no trouble sitting for blade ii .


incomprehensible


has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side


an unruly adolescent boy


`` spider-man '' certainly


vastly improved germanic version


at the edge of your seat for long stretches


a grand tour


one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .


as disney 's 1937 breakthrough


that prevents them from firing on all cylinders


visit , this laboratory of laughter


here 's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud .


though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers


competent performers from movies , television and the theater


flirts with propaganda


falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .


i found it weirdly appealing


high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie


a lot of tooth in roger dodger


the artsy and often pointless visuals


to be more complex than your average film


cultivated


thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be


of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker


combines a comically dismal social realism with a farcically bawdy fantasy of redemption and regeneration .


loved the people onscreen


sounds whiny and defensive


because he gives the story some soul


marveled at disney 's rendering of water , snow , flames and shadows


is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie


mundane '70s


unabashedly romantic picture


that frenetic spectacle ( on the tv show )


the unacceptable ,


, margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken .


a remarkably alluring film


a genuine dramatic impact


with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work , especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent , but as is , personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral .


it actually makes the heart soar


actually has something interesting to say


to convey a sense of childhood imagination


british comedy .


great party


of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies i


an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep


a domestic melodrama


a distinctly minor effort


my greatest pictures


pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone


leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject


for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty


has not spawned a single good film .


make creative contributions to the story and dialogue


an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh .


on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed


strong piece


to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival


annoying and artificial


buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block .


it 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .


offers little insight into the experience of being forty , female and single .


grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond


superficially written


soars above the material realm


the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes


how tedious


parents beware ; this is downright movie penance


tonally uneven


of his rental car


a delightful entree in the tradition


you 're a struggling nobody


pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale


though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab


emotional conviction


featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore .


sweet-tempered comedy


surprising , subtle


a sly female empowerment movie ,


a genuine mind-bender .


oh , and more entertaining , too .


entertained by


what 's with all the shooting


the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and


only thing to fear about `` fear dot com ''


high-minded appeal


by flashes of mordant humor


poor fit


guessing plot and


us nothing new


are tops


a strength


one of the smarter offerings the horror genre


playful iranian parable


laugh-out-loud


in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario


solid storytelling .


very inspiring or insightful


hip hop fantasy


features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances


the intricate preciseness


, if disingenuous ,


ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .


's full of cheesy dialogue , but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s .


becomes a soulful , incisive meditation


is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .


move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film


the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware


fringe feminist conspiracy theorist


on the shoulders of its actors


a corny examination


the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard .


that already knows it 's won


re-invents himself


shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that 's something i would rather live in denial about


, it 's the very definition of epic adventure .


lukewarm and quick to pass


that tries to be smart


only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond


feels as if ( there 's ) a choke leash around your neck so director nick cassavetes can give it a good , hard yank whenever he wants you to feel something .


like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank


undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation


finally , the french-produced `` read my lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .


poignant and leavened


undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos .


macdowell ... gives give a solid , anguished performance that eclipses nearly everything else she 's ever done .


of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack


a searing , epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be , horrifyingly , ever on the rise .


scarily funny ,


serial murders


an energy to y tu mamá también


vulgar , sexist , racist humor


really get inside of them


paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen


imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .


is still top-heavy with blazing guns , cheatfully filmed martial arts , disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves


spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it


is clearly extraordinarily talented


indispensable


watch on video at home


barbarism


an american


by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen


a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin


good dialogue


remember back when thrillers actually thrilled


shaking your head all the way to the credits


the film 's lamer instincts are in the saddle


the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives , loves and the art


becomes an overwhelming pleasure


you 're in for a painful ride .


to the phrase ` fatal script error


brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing


us is a minor miracle


it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt


that are quite touching


plain crap


the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions


a shrill , didactic cartoon


does n't contain half the excitement of balto , or quarter the fun of toy story 2 .


would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' range , as is


the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t.


marks an encouraging new direction for la salle .


of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves


smartly and


schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas


not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting


employs to authenticate her british persona


the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say ,


little morality tale


in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling


the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up