after being handcuffed to new york city 's 'a ' train by his prep school friends ( keith , perabo , hayward ) , young karim ( mehta ) is forced to ride all the way to the last stop , far rockaway .


the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks .


an eager young englishman is dispatched to sarawak to become part of the british colonial government , encounters some unorthodox local traditions , and finds himself faced with tough decisions of the heart involving the beautiful young selima , the unwitting object of his affections .


is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic ?


it does n't do a lot of deep thinking , but unlike many futuristic combos of sf and f/x , it does make a statement : freedom of opinion is a threat to totalitarian systems .


it 's impossible to duplicate the shock of the 11-year-old lambs , but the new film succeeds at creating nerve-tightening moments of suspense .


holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals .


it 's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah .


only one person has the power to save the princess , a priestess .


the kind of women that own every room they walk into , and who think of all men as 'boys ' .


so saccharine , i 'm not sure i 'd be able to take it under normal conditions .


young police officer filipo ( giovanni ribisi ) descends into philippa 's life , changing her bleak outlook on existence into one in search of tranquility among corruption , as they become unlikely soul mates and lovers .


besides the fact that he is still disliked by professor snape ( alan rickman ) and hated by draco malfoy ( tom felton ) , harry gets off to a great start with his two best friends , ron weasly ( rupert grint ) and hermione granger ( emma watson ) , and famous writer gilderoy lockhart ( kenneth branagh ) has joined the hogwarts staff and is the new defense against the dark arts teacher .


claude miller airs out a tight plot with an easy pace and a focus on character drama over crime-film complications .


just teetering south of puberty , young thomas harris has discovered that instead of looking at stars , he can use his new telescope to study the beautiful woman next door .


they call themselves d . e . b . s .


it 's another stale , kill-by-numbers flick , complete with blade-thin characters and terrible , pun-laden dialogue .


a light-hearted and high-spirited story , full of spice , sensuality and romance , viva zapato tells the tale of dolores , a beautiful cuban dancer who decides to leave her failing marriage and open a restaurant by the beach with her aunt from brazil .


there 's a story that goes around the town of darkness falls about her , and she 's called the tooth fairy .


if myers decides to make another austin powers movie , maybe he should just stick with austin and dr evil .


after tracking down the assassin , she is killed before any information can be driven out of her .


beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the marquis de sade had gone in for pastel landscapes .


this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men .


the result is just enough pixie dust to get this franchise filler off the ground , provided viewers have enough faith and trust in one of the studio 's most fondly remembered titles .


the protagonist , sally amonte , is still mourning the loss of her deceased husband and though she is young and beautiful , has resigned herself to working in the textile mill , caring for her elderly mother , and worrying about her rebellious teenage daughter .


and may bring claire face to face with her past .


the film does n't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes wilco a big deal .


no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .


as he navigates this decadent new world , he meets a host of characters , including david , an older gay man who desires him , and benjamin , a young hustler from texas who has also managed to find a place among the aristocracy .


despite its title , punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed . the jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .


quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to .


there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies .


it wo n't hold up over the long haul , but in the moment , finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee .


just like hearst 's enormous yacht , it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination .


during an undercover drug buy mitch was working that trey botched by calling in for backup and drawing media attention , mitch 's partner is shot with a very exotic 12-gauge automatic weapon ; mitch then shoots the video camera out of the hands of a reporter filming the action when the cameraman refused to shut it down .


the `` easiest `` ( and most dangerous ) way to get it is working for some drug-dealers .


as comedic spotlights go , notorious c . h . o . hits all the verbal marks it should .


a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more .


( lil ' romeo plays a young dancer who has to choose between pursuing a career as a dancer and the quick money of street drug sales ; phifer plays honey 's romantic interest . )


in return for a small plot of land , george agrees to search for princess lunna .


fancy a real downer ? [ leigh ] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race .


having sought and found refuge within this ancient religious society , sheldon finds himself captivated by this unusual and powerful world and the three old men who run it .


not for all tastes . but i , for one , was hooked by this fish 's tale .


a very bizarre blend of reservoir dogs , fight club , unbreakable and croupier .


shy san franciscan zoe is a twenty-something love-starved animator who spends countless hours listening to kxch cherish radio , losing herself in a syrupy romantic fantasy of '70s and '80s pop songs .


if so , then this movie will touch your soul . . .


a washed-up 80 's pop star ( ferguson ) suddenly has a new direction in life when he discovers that he has a teenage daughter , olivia , ( church ) , in cardiff , wales .


at first this encounter with his past is pleasant until julie 's ex-boyfriend ben shows up .


billy is now ready to play the ultimate showman !


but on his latest case , the stakes are higher for vincent -- the suspect he 's investigating is his own son .


amitabh ca n't believe the board of directors and his mind is filled with revenge and what better revenge than robbing the bank himself , ironic as it may sound .


`` one hell of a christmas `` is a dark and action packed comedy that takes place in a modern city as well as in a fearful underworld .


splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .


a rigorously structured and exquisitely filmed drama about a father and son connection that is a brief shooting star of love .


gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife .


that we are not the target and still got ninety percent of it is a compliment to director charles stone iii and screenwriters matthew cirulnick and thulani davis who whipped the original story into coherent shape .


the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum 's good intentions .


tuck everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth .


meena , a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the english midlands in 1972 , is the daughter of indian parents who 've come to england to give her a better life .


overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste .


unfortunately , neither sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .


the main story . . . is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish .


its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious , and schneider 's performance is so fine , it 's a real shame that so much of the movie -- again , as in the animal -- is a slapdash mess .


it 's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes . . . finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .


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 .


a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli .


now a chinese guy throws a monkey wrench into their plans .


the maori take on shakespeare 's 'pound of flesh ' drama is a story of deep seated social and religious prejudice , that has its revenge in a money lending deal that is bonded in a pound of the christian merchant 's flesh on forfeit .


the romance between the leads is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be .


as anakin is left behind to protect padm & # 233 ; , his feelings for her grow into something more than friendship .


comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire .


novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama .


tony stilano and trev spackneys both own , live over and work in adjoining take-away fish shops in melbourne .


jenny must fight to earn her scholarship and try to find a balance between the man of her faith and the man of her dreams .


trust and deceit , generosity and meanness are fleshed out by a deft cast .


le d & # 233 ; fi is a musical comedy , inspired by the great american tradition and set in today 's world of france 's hip hop movement .


having arrived at hole in the wall they meet a mysterious stranger and all hell breaks loose . . .


a hushed contemplation of the kind of senseless , all-too-frequent tragedy that leaves the survivors reeling and speechless .


does the new all-girl group desert have anything to do with it ?


a group of british students enbark on summoning spirits on a ouija board after a night of clubbing .


with fate closing in and time running out , the pressure mounts on greg to change , the only question is will it be too late ?


it was filmed above and below water over a two-year period .


even with a green mohawk and a sheet of fire-red flame tattoos covering his shoulder , however , kilmer seems to be posing , rather than acting . and that leaves a hole in the center of the salton sea .


. . . a light , yet engrossing piece . lux , now in her eighties , does a great combination act as narrator , jewish grandmother and subject M-^V taking us through a film that is part biography , part entertainment and part history .


the script is n't very good ; not even someone as gifted as hoffman ( the actor ) can make it work .


prison life does not stop kilo from running his operation .


the security housing unit houses the hardest criminals inside marquezas prison , located in the swamps of mexico 's state of cormelos .


the plan to make enough into M-^Qan inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflM-i gone wrong .


the men are reasonably challenged with the the bizzare situation .


the film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing .


the title 's lameness should clue you in on how bad the movie is .


behind its doors , an elderly husband and wife guard a secret so dark and complex , no one else has ever shared it .


will david or matt learn the true meaning of love ?


hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman 's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares .


huh is taken into custody after kang shoots and wounds him at the scene of the crime .


peter must relive this brief moment at the party until he gets it right and wins jen 's heart .


jackson , a cute , lanky , blue-haired poet who works in a record store , is at the center of everett lewis ' twisted black la comedy .


the second trip took place in february 2002 in the city of herat now freed from the taliban and in the hunger stricken camp of maslakh , one of the largest in the world .


nicholas is immediately drawn to this gruesome bobby , and begins to secretly take care of the creature .


it becomes a harder choice than one might think .


to complete the deal , he must bring a young american hustler boy ( who is taken to rio not knowing that he 'll be killed in a snuff film ) .


it 's a much more emotional journey than what shyamalan has given us in his past two movies , and gibson , stepping in for bruce willis , is the perfect actor to take us on the trip .


angel presents events partly from the perspective of aurelie and christelle , and infuses the film with the sensibility of a particularly nightmarish fairytale .


known in english at festivals as `` weightwatch , `` this title captures the essence of the film .


indeed , it appears that all of his advances go unnoticed on this lovely but embittered singled mom .


improves when it takes a more serious tone and zaza and judith develop into deeper characterizations .


ourside the theatre roger might be intolerable company , but inside it he 's well worth spending some time with .


static , repetitive , muddy and blurry , hey arnold ! would seem to have a lock on the title of ugliest movie of the year .


the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies . . . but the film suffers from its own difficulties .


wedding feels a bit anachronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin .


at first suspicious , then curious , and ultimately captivated , he watches as a life unknown to him unfolds before his eyes .


this becomes somewhat of a problem when all of the dead scientists come back to life in search of a snack .


it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .


stevie is already five minutes pregnant by her italian footballer husband .


for the first two-thirds of this sparklingly inventive and artful , always fast and furious tale , kids will go happily along for the ride .


this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy .


an earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .


pistachio disguisey , a sweet-natured italian server at his father fabbrizio 's restaurant , ca n't figure out why he compulsively mimics his customers and desires to change his appearance .


julia roberts , blair underwood , david duchovny , brad pitt ( cameoing as himself ) , david hyde pierce , catherine keener , and terence stamp are reason enough to see the film , which is billed as a `` movie about movies for people who love movies . ``


lilo is a 5 year old hawaiian girl who 's quite peculiar : she has an off beat take on life and is a little obsessed about taking care of downtrodden animals .


torn between his father 's dream of making a hospital ( which he can realize by marrying sonia ) and his own personal emotions for dr . neha , akash has to choose either .


the master of disguise represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .


instead of being the happy father-in-law , shocked jack attempts to kill himself back in las vegas as he realizes patricia 's rejection .


would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? if you answered yes , by all means enjoy the new guy .


the lightest , most breezy movie steven spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .


i do n't think i laughed out loud once . and when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem .


what bloody sunday lacks in clarity , it makes up for with a great , fiery passion .


daughter from danang reveals that efforts toward closure only open new wounds . it does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis , namely , that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain .


it 's a glorious groove that leaves you wanting more .


the film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task .


a stunning and overwhelmingly cogent case for kissinger as a calculating war criminal .


instead of using george and lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks , lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics .


in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's 'red shoe diaries . '


the whole movie is simply a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well .


though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract .


it 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie . you could put it on a coffee table anywhere .


mason novel follows a british officer who resigns his post right before his regiment ships out to battle the rebels .


marker 's incredible collection of newsreel footage -- tv footage from various countries , home movies and other celluloid wonders -- eventually shapes a scattered , pinwheel idea of the era 's attitude .


september of 1944 , a few days before finland went out of the second world war .


this is the story of their lives , their memories , their unbending habits and the films they love .


awaking , he meets manny , a mammoth who travels to the north , and decides to follow him .


the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter 's ghosts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second .


. . . a fairly disposable yet still entertaining b picture .


whether you like rap music or loathe it , you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie .


but idle curiosity leads to a dark secret when rebecca and john cam with vera madeline , an online psychic , who initiates a deadly reign of terror over their lives .


quirky and understated office comedy with crispin glover as the guy who would prefer not to work , but likes to hang around .


part of the draw of dance is the impossibility to define its particular joy . tavernier 's film conveys a large element of its appeal -- and more .


a single-minded man focused on finding the girl of his dreams the perfect vision he 's created in his mind 's eye .


the judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between the proponents .


produced by chica luna productions , corporate dawgz is a comedic ode to white revolutionaries who understand that what they give up in privilege they gain tenfold in humanity .


kanna is intelligent and presently doing final year mbbs in nagpur .


a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer .


humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention .


what 's infuriating about full frontal is that it 's too close to real life to make sense . what 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .


`` some like it hot `` meets `` stir crazy `` describes the antics of the film .


the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride .


the project honors [ dickens ' ] passionate voice , and the strong ensemble cast sees us through a few tonal shifts .


the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based 'drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged .


now they must run for their lives as the deluge strikes with full force at the heart of their private world .


it 's one heck of a character study -- not of hearst or davies but of the unique relationship between them .


starts slowly , but adrien brody M-^V in the title role M-^V helps make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying .


this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends .


kok pin is creative and a born artist but his parents would rather he focus on his maths and sciences .


nearly 75 years after the fact , the matter still has n't given up all its secrets , but denis ' film comes close to a definitive , deeply disturbing account .


obsessed by the world of pool , johnny ( mars callahan ) could be one of the best .


as the script progresses , layers are slowly pulled away revealing secret relationships and subversive undercurrents - the wedding shower quickly becomes a free for all .


the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take .


lucy is a wannabe writer who hides behind a dead end job in her hometown .


by the standards of knucklehead swill , the hot chick is pretty damned funny .


but something is very wrong in single and looking land .


tina tyler cleverly directs five vignettes with unabashed sexual prowess .


as now-senator padm & # 233 ; amidala returns to coruscant to vote on an important senatorial matter , an assassination attempt on her life prompts the jedi council to send jedi knight obi-wan kenobi and his padawan anakin skywalker to protect her and find out who the assassin is .


the cynicism is colossal , the casting superb : norton may be the only actor alive who could pull off a character like sherman , without making him either an idiot or a parody .


at the same time , mickey steals money from an apartment to help himself and carlos to fulfill their ambitions - with tragic consequences .


it 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair .


very annie-mary is familiar but winningly funny and good-hearted .


an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama .


teens are borrowing the family car to drive to manhattan with hopes of being picked to enter studio 54 .


i did n't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot .


the film . . . presents classic moral-condundrum drama : what would you have done to survive ? the problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau .


it has plenty of laughs . it just does n't have much else . . . especially in a moral sense .


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


vin diesel reunites with the director ( rob cohen ) and the producer ( neal h . moritz ) of the blockbuster the fast and the furious .


and even if the answer is `` yes , `` what then ?


this is just lazy writing . even kids deserve better .


a little objectivity could have gone a long way .


an alcoholic ex-school teacher takes a job watching security cameras in the same house .


though ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there 's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .


they do this by planning india 's biggest bank heist and then de-camping with the loot .


he still lives in his new york city orphanage well after the usual age of release .


the film _boogie nights_ was loosely based on his life .


torn between two worlds , trey hides from his discomfort in an increasingly dangerous sexual addiction that threatens to destroy not only his new startup ideas , it may destroy his life .


the best thing i can say about this film is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next .


except shaun runs into one complication after another starting when his application is rejected after his dim-witted guidance counselor sends the wrong application .


now finding the town run by the man behind the terrible act , slaughter teams up with the mysterious gunslinger savannah starr to try and rid the west of one of it 's great evils .


a somewhat crudely constructed but gripping , questing look at a person so racked with self-loathing , he becomes an enemy to his own race .


they all dream about finding their prince charming , and all too often settle for the frog .


seeing no help forthcoming from the sheriff , she turns to the only other person who can help her , jack barone , a grieving father whose daughter , lisa , was the victim of a similar slaying ten years prior .


for a debut film , skin of man , heart of beast feels unusually assured .


it 's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this `` two weddings and a funeral `` fun .


texan director george ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare .


this discovery thrusts tong into world of international intrigue and espionage and pairs him with an inexperienced partner ( hewitt ) .


however , once jason realizes what freddy has done , he is infuriated .


[ t ] his slop does n't even have potential as a cult film , as it 's too loud to shout insults at the screen .


grueling days of blue-collar construction work fund their nocturnal pursuit of becoming full-time musicians .


heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on petter nM-fss ' delicate , clever direction . . . and a wonderful , imaginative script by axel hellstenius .


he decides to play along in order to do research for his floundering novel .


against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine .


however , soon they have the cops and the anti-terror corps on their tails .


i 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point . it 's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed .


lauren hynde ( shannyn sossamon ) is technically a virgin .


as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . you 'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids .


max is surrounded by treachery and can trust no one , including natalie , the dangerously beautiful cia agent assigned to watch over him .


with the help of his two brothers & # 193 ; kos , a successful manager and sex maniac , and andr & # 225 ; s , a poet and complete loser , he tries to make a good impression on the american and persuade him to finance the film project .


her mother convinces gus to let her take some computer classes at college ( making him think it 's his idea ) .


. . . has a bit more going for it than just bikini babes and bitchin ' waves . but the plot is ankle deep at best .


he can not concentrate on his job nor on his studies , being continuously mindful of his girlfriend and concubine ana 's ( dolores fonzi ) whereabouts and activities .


amaro soon discovers that corruption and the church are old acquaintances in los reyes .


guy mann has been cursed since birth with blue skin .


there 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting . . . this film packs a wallop of the latter .


toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ; everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away .


but unfortunately , karl lubeck has seen better days .


danica mckellar plays a cheerleader named lacy who lives across the street from the boy , who is obsessed with her .


before he can complete his task he meets a young women d & # 218 ; a ( margr & # 233 ; t vilhj & # 225 ; lmsd & # 243 ; ttir ) who he believes might be his daughter .


a hit man from the same mob is sent to kill sullivan and his family , but only kills his wife and son , peter .


shows that you should not fear death , but to fear an unlived life .


brad gluckman ( kennedy ) is a wannabe rap star from malibu who acts and talks like he 's from the `` 'hood . ``


sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy . . . attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called 'my husband is travis bickle ' .


talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be , but it 's still quite worth seeing .


the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it 's smooth and professional .


both the film and nachtwey 's photos hammer home the grim reality of the world 's gutters and battlefields , and will make you question what 'news ' really is .


tellis teams with henry oak , a friend of the dead narc and an aggressive cop constantly under the scrutiny of internal affairs .


the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .


a voice which seems to be coming from within the walls .


in today 's world of facts and figures about smoking related illness and death , one element is greatly overlooked , the consequences that smoking has on the family .


the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t .


the story of the couple is told to a woman in a nursing home ( rowlands ) by an old man who regularly visits to read her the story from a notebook .


a look into the underground world of bruce haack , a genius who 's past work continues to garner recognition with time .


cho , who 's first concert film was more like a group therapy session than comedy , lightens up considerably for her second


in a small fishing village an established fishmonger , davis , starts to have his supply bought from under him by new boy alan leech .


a guilty pleasure at best , and not worth seeing unless you want to laugh at it .


tiger shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission .


not only must they overcome an enemy adept at technological witchery , they must overcome the curse that marks their destiny .


what he does n't know yet is that these traits are part of the disguisey family secret legacy .


these devices immediately became an essential household appliance , and were advertised in nearly every women 's magazine and sewing notions catalog of the time .


minority report is exactly what the title indicates , a report .


young marrieds lori and tom relocate from chicago to the country where they end up living next to carl , a right-wing radical who beats his wife , helen .


an utterly compelling 'who wrote it ' in which the reputation of the most famous author who ever lived comes into question .


this movie praise the right to be different and unique .


bullock stars as lucy kelson , chief counsel for the wade corporation , one of new york city 's top commercial real estate developers .


all right , so it 's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking , but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast .


the film is an enjoyable family film -- pretty much aimed at any youngster who loves horses .


set against the majestic landscape of canada 's bay of fundy and the highest tides in the world , black swan is a dark comedy that weaves the innocent world of childhood , against the adult world of love , betrayal and murder .


the new guy does have a heart . now , if it only had a brain .


the chaotic lead characters are not the sorts one will usually see in a disney film and that makes for a certain amount of unpredictability before it all returns to business as usual .


after running circles , dave , trudy , and jolynn find with the light of a new day the lives they been meaning to live .


ronnie schwann , a young man regarded as `` slow , `` has affections for sarah , a young woman who stays at hope house , a facility for the mentally ill .


it is 1492 , and spain has decreed that all jews must either convert to catholicism , go into exile or face trial and execution .


calvin 's barbershop is filled with an eclectic and hilarious cast of characters that share their stories , jokes , trials and tribulations .


it may only be the third date , but tony knows it 's time to pop the question and make the beautiful , shy katrina his wife .


his unemployment and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children , evelyn , noel and brendan , make it clear to the authorities that his is an untenable situation .


they think that if they rebuild it to work like it did in their youth , they might be able to communicate with their sister who died mysteriously on that beach 20 years ago .


a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .


his family decides to go back on a holiday to india for 2 weeks , when tina discovers the truth about pooja 's e-mails , they decide together that tina will play along with the charade .


the film jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod .


kung pow : enter the fist is a movie within a movie , created to spoof the martial arts genre .


none of these characters resembles anyone you 've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter .


an operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length .


a young french journalist , marina , is writing a report on 'the next film starred by melina : the story of lilly ' .


despite the long running time , the pace never feels slack -- there 's no scene that screams `` bathroom break ! ``


but starla soon learns that this french girl is not only smart , attractive , and naive , but quite conniving when geneviere , with no social life of her own , beings to take over starla 's , starting with stealing the affections her parents , her friends and starla 's boyfriend .


robinson 's web of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates .


dr . siddharth sinha ( amitabh bachchan ) , a philanthropist and a dedicated surgeon who has devoted his life to build a state-of-the-art hospital to treat the underprivileged patients .


a banker , husband , and father , mr . smith ( larry pine ) must leave it behind him .


technically , the film is about as interesting as an insurance commercial .


with all this going on , gerry 's estranged wife margaret is worried for her daughter 's safety and finds herself another target in the race to find the code .


a moving story of determination and the human spirit .


ice cube , as usual , is an appealing presence , but the rest of the cast shines as well .


a shrewd and splendidly volatile b movie structured around a highly original gambit of suspense .


to the vast majority of more casual filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore .


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 .


sid , a sloth who never stops talking is left behind sleeping while everyone else begins the journey to the south .


like any good romance , son of the bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .


mr . jacobi 's recitation is illustrated with a rush of sensuous nature imagery , beautifully photographed by mr . cox and hans sonneveld and underscored with a lush soundtrack by paul grabowsky .


no ill effects are immediately apparent to lena 's relatives in their spacious house on the prosperous side of town .


it plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave `` framework is even remotely new or interesting .


the tucks try to teach her how she should n't fear death , how they would give anything to die .


their stories of desire , talent , conviction , obsession and addiction are woven together and build up to a climactic series of events that bring them to opening night .


although mother and son are initially at odds , their relationship begins to change when he discovers that his bride-to-be likes his mother 's rock-n-roll lifestyle too .


jack , a lonely driver on a desert highway , runs out of gas .


and then , did you ever let fear get in your way and keep you from having the person you 've always wanted to be with ?


a gob of drivel so sickly sweet , even the eager consumers of moore 's pasteurized ditties will retch it up like rancid crM-hme brM- { lM-ie .


alone in a cell , she undergoes a spiritual experience similar to that of the great mystics .


if somebody was bored and . . . decided to make a dull , pretentious version of jesus ' son , they 'd come up with something like bart freundlich 's world traveler .


jeffs has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness .


an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence .


takes us on a journey toward self-awareness that is both deadpan hilarious and profoundly moving .


including finding the anti-christ , who is now a 11-year-old boy .


a senior at an elite college ( katie holmes ) , already under severe pressure to complete her thesis and land a prestigious job , must confront the sudden reappearance of her old boyfriend ( charlie hunnam ) , after his two year , unexplained absence . . .


he can talk and drive around all by himself .


it 's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .


it is said that only salazar slytherin 's true descendent will be able to open it .


'brass tacks ' is a 35mm feature length , narrative drama .


it challenges , this nervy oddity , like modern art should .


sam mendes has become valedictorian at the school for soft landings and easy ways out .


written , flatly , by david kendall and directed , barely , by there 's something about mary co-writer ed decter .


a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .


dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material .


rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue .


. . . quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks .


visually fascinating . . . an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .


this is the dark , moody tale of a neglected housewife who discovers she can escape her loneliness and recover a sense of interaction with her husband by having conversations with him . . .


on the set he meets movie star and ex-cello-player inga ( fabienne babe ) - and the experience is bizarre spirited uplifting a com & # 233 ; die humaine .


generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it 's not without style .


a kinetic drama that seems to wander aimlessly , beautifully until it crashes in an odd anti-climax befitting reality itself .


charlie is man who wakes up one morning to find that no one can see him .


this fascinating look at israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful .


the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game . you try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .


it is set in the fantasy world middle-earth , created by tolkien in 'the hobbit ' , 'the lord of the rings ' , and 'the silmarillion ' .


area k is an israeli controlled marine zone isolating the gaza strip and preventing palestinian fishermen from entering israel , egypt and international waters .


although he has feelings on the inside , he is only able to mimic the emotions around him .


short and sweet , but also more than anything else slightM-^E tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations .


succeeds very well in its primary aim of making us gasp .


me no lika da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story . scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .


paravasu 's cousin and bitter rival yavakri ( nagarjuna ) has just returned triumphant after 10 years of practicing austerities in the jungle , with the gift of universal knowledge from the gods .


mitchell listens to a chilling conversation as he realizes harry 's friend is the red neck who tried to attack him earlier .


there 's no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him .


lydia , marco 's girlfriend and a bullfighter by profession , has been gored and is in a coma .


all the while a growing shadow falls upon middle-earth as the dark lord 's army marches on to gondor .


this very strong cultural identity , different from the us model allows blanca li to give an original point of view on today 's melting pot of french urban youngsters .


a must see for all sides of the political spectrum


the only hope against it is a new upgraded t-800 unit , the t-850 , that is sent back by the human resistance .


unaware that they 're transporting a cache ' of money , along with jimmy hoffa 's finger ( street valued at $ 25 mil ) , they find themselves thwarting pursuers as they manipulate their way out west .


mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .


meanwhile an unspoken attraction develops between joe and ella , heightening the claustrophobic tensions in the confined space of the barge .


[ chaiken 's ] talent lies in an evocative , accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively , convincing dialogue she creates for her characters .


kannas brother ghisu is one aggressive and hot-tempered with who is illiterate and is slowly getting attracted towards naxalites .


in this documentary , hannah , an ex-refugee , returns with her 55 year old son to the prison where she was held for five years .


chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them .


meanwhile , paro , on the other hand , performed her worldly duties sincerely , but inside her heart , she could never forget devdas for a moment .


it 'll keep you wide awake and . . . very tense .


. . . a mostly boring affair with a confusing sudden finale that 's likely to irk viewers .


the film starts out as competent but unremarkable . . . and gradually grows into something of considerable power .


when he is told that he is being considered for the position of anchorman , he goes out to do a live feed but when it is announced that evan baxter was going to be the new anchorman , and he freaks out .


it reminds us that nathan lane is the best show stealer in show business .


the two are catapulted into the chase of their lifetimes in pursuit of the kidnapped professor and the lost temple .


planet is as much sheer fun as its source material .


after the great success of the ring hollywood decided to take another swing at bringing another japanese film to the rest of us .


the level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing , considering her inexperience and her subject matter .


nemesis has a delightfully nasty villain and pumped-up action , albeit along familiar lines .


the graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real .


aftermath asks the question , `` what would happen if the man on the street really did try to stop a bank robber ? ``


she 's eighteen , unemployed , broke and hopelessly in love with her wannabe rockstar boyfriend matt .


a film worthy of comparison to truffaut 's best cinematic poems .


it 's all a rather shapeless good time . . .


so putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .


the film 's fly-on-the-wall technique succeeds in capturing the day-to-day existence of sister helen and the various residents of the home .


as they sort out clues - it 's a slight person , perhaps a woman , who walks with a leg brace and rides the bus - they also find a mutual attraction .


viewing this underdramatized but overstated film is like watching a transcript of a therapy session brought to humdrum life by some freudian puppet .


this story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments .


light years/ several warp speeds/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection . which is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors .


what a concept , what an idea , what a thrill ride . this is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner `` and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .


months on , marie finds herself alone , life having taken a dramatic turn .


i liked the original short story but this movie , even at an hour and twenty-some minutes , it 's too long and it goes nowhere .


the most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone 's flawed but staggering once upon a time in america .


so we 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 .


this spawn of william shakespeare and ray kroc has more fun with [ the ] thin premise than you might expect , mostly because of maura tierney .


they 're a conveyance true , but they can also become the unlikely place for a rendezvous .


in `` house of 1000 corpses `` , two young couples take a misguided tour onto the back roads of america in search of a local legend known as dr . satan .


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


like schindler 's list , the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .


possesses something rare : a degree of genuine reverence in its depiction of surfing as a sport and a subculture .


if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating , sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation , it is clearly a good thing .


in this movie , de niro plays mitch preston , a hard-nosed , hardworking police detective .


in the end , debby , beth , and virginia find , if not the relationships of their dreams , peace with each other and within themselves .


no matter how firmly director john stainton has his tongue in his cheek , the fact remains that a wacky concept does not a movie make .


the setting is new york 's five points , the most violent part of the world at the time .


a brilliant pianist , a polish jew , witnesses the restrictions nazis place on jews in the polish capital , from restricted access to the building of the warsaw ghetto .


gran historia sobre el amor , la familia , la lealtad y la traiciM-sn que seguramente se convertirM-a en un nuevo clM-asico del gM-inero .


one of the most successful , provocative and intensely contemporary of israeli films , so much so that to watch it is to feel the country having a passionate argument with itself .


in their brief meeting , johnny will get the chance to face his truth , but the truth is never what it seems .


those who score well are recruited into a secret paramilitary academy .


well , robert 's not a suitable chinese girl - but is he gay ?


a lyrical if sluggish excursion set in war-torn iranian kurdistan .


the mystery inc . gang have gone their separate ways and have been apart for two years , until they each receive an invitation to spooky island .


befriended by the ship 's charismatic cyborg cook , john silver , jim blossoms under his guidance and shows the makings of a fine shipmate as he and the alien crew battle a supernova , a black hole , and a ferocious space storm .


this is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .


an ancient tablet found by famous british archaeologist professor hyde-white is believed to be a roadmap to the legendary lost temple of faramundi and its hidden treasures .


. . . while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .


those who savor well-drawn characters and exotic locales will find the touch of the mystic masseur to be most pleasurable indeed .


the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed , and kurys ' direction is clever and insightful .


durval and his mother carmita live at the back of `` durval discos `` , a record store they own in s & # 227 ; o paulo , specializing in vinyl records .


he checks into a rehab clinic that specializes in treating law enforcement officials .


de niro may enjoy the same free ride from critics afforded to clint eastwood in the lazy bloodwork . but like bruce springsteen 's gone-to-pot asbury park , new jersey , this sad-sack waste of a movie is a city of ruins .


now , after having an encounter with a hollywood producer who got lost in virgil grove , is asked if he would like to come back to hollywood to direct a feature movie .


. . . a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . after that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .


thomas ' wish comes true and he stays up all night watching her .


as a fire chief , quinn ( christian bales ) is responsable for warding off the beasts and keeping a community alive as they eke out a meager existence .


the director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in [ the characters ' ] misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .


all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject .


this is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .


a film full of vivid characters , quiet beauty and gentle grace .


may be the most undeserving victim of critical overkill since town and country .


pipe dream does have its charms . the leads are natural and lovely , the pace is serene , the humor wry and sprightly .


moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift .


lejos del paraM-mso es al mismo tiempo una fiesta para los ojos y oM-mdos y un movilizador cuadro de personajes enfrentados a sus propios deseos , miedos y prejuicios .


the noble tradition of men in drag hits an all-time low in sorority boys , whose makers apparently believe that women 's clothing can cover up any deficiency in acting , writing or direction .


travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment .


he retires from his dangerous job after his best pal kamandag was killed by a mysterious kidnapping syndicate leader .


oliveira trusts the intelligence of his audience . . . in the life of the city he suggests the ongoing life of humanity , the context in which individual mortality must be contemplated .


but then roxie comes along and velma is old news .


this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang 's forte and it shows .


it 's bright , pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime .


it puts washington , as honest working man john q . archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher .


bolstered by an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline that i have n't encountered since at least pete 's dragon .


the feeling of each vision changes drastically as does the way the son looks and acts .


white has n't developed characters so much as caricatures , one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else .


she arrives with every intent of selling it all off and going back to her busy career , but in going through her grandmother 's belongings , she discovers much about her family 's past which ultimately makes her re-evaluate her life and values .


disturbing for its unabashed honesty , our cast of characters both love and despise each other , their very actions acknowledging the pressures inherent in a tightly bonded peer group .


while mitchell gets ready for school , his mother and her friend ( lisa ) plan a murder , business as usual .


the plot revolves around a young married woman whose mundane life takes a turn for the worse when she strikes up a passionate and illicit affair with an oddball discount-store stock boy who thinks he 's holden caulfield .


but , things go frightfully wrong and the game turns into a struggle to make it out of the house alive .


walter hill 's pulpy , stylized boxing melodrama undisputed nearly overcomes its questionable in-the-ring match-up with solid fight choreography and gritty prison authenticity .


the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage . the images lack contrast , are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable .


recently ordained a priest , 24-year-old father amaro is sent to a small parish church in los reyes , mexico to assist the aging father benito in his daily work .


with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill .


one just waits grimly for the next shock without developing much attachment to the characters .


now , in the twilight of his life , emile shapes the final chapters of his mental autobiography .


it just goes to show , an intelligent person is n't necessarily an admirable storyteller .


she survives and after being in a coma for five years , she wakes to seek revenge on her co-workers and boss who had attacked her .


one of the threads follows the brand new ( unmarried ) prime minister ( grant ) of the united kingdom , who on his first day in 10 downing street falls in love with the girl ( mccutcheon ) who brings him his tea ( thompson plays his sister ; rickman plays her husband ) .


firefighter gordon brewer is plunged into the complex and dangerous world of international terrorism after he loses his wife and child in a bombing credited to claudio `` the wolf `` perrini .


sparkles in its deft portrait of tinseltown 's seasoned veterans of gossip , wealth , paranoia , and celebrityhood .


a good music documentary , probably one of the best since the last waltz .


two american mafiosi , gino and settimo , take refuge in the glasgow cafe owned by their scottish/italian cousin .


plans go awry when the kingpin offers $ 100 million to anyone who can free him .


although barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless M-^Q70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom .


later , otte distributes the donations he 's collected throughout the year .


once while beating up one of his foes , he sees komal ( aishwarya rai ) and is so smitten by her beauty that he starts visualizing her wherever he goes and in whatever he does .


they plan it the way laurel and hardy might plan a bank robbery , or perhaps the marx brothers .


he is a cop , and chances are he 's going to make some trouble for vince too .


a teenager rides the same bus to school everyday .


it 's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x . . . look positively shakesperean by comparison .


so original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .


one thing is for sure : this movie does not tell you a whole lot about lily chou-chou .


the storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome .


her lover , a psychiatrist twice her age , becomes twisted in sarah 's sordid plot to kill her husband for his large inheritance .


but this is lohman 's film . her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .


`` frida `` chronicles the life frida kahlo ( salma hayek ) shared unflichingly and openly with diego rivera ( alfred molina ) , as the young couple took the art world by storm .


the film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan 's madness .


against improbable odds , they race towards a thrilling , climactic confrontation on the mysterious isla de muerta .


a very hung-over julie is also there , on a field trip with her art class .


featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great daniel auteuil , `` sade `` covers the same period as kaufmann 's `` quills `` with more unsettlingly realistic results .


[ smith ] simply celebrates the universal desire to fashion our homes for our needs and desires .


billy marries his high school sweet heart , janet and they soon have a son .


each vision shows the son at a different age and at a different stage in his pursuit of his life long love , isabelle .


just before easter 2001 , a semi-trailer loaded with 40 , 000 bottles of beer crashed into the tweed river on the out skirts of the northern new south wales town of murwillumbah ( known as `` murbah `` to the locals ) .


inside , an old man lies ill on a bed , attended by his son and daughter-in-law .


a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock .


terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english , it 's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .


alas , the black-and-white archival footage of their act showcases pretty mediocre shtick .


based on a true story about ryan dunn 's ex girlfriend , and how she cheated on him all the time , with him and his friends always having to spy on her .


chan in turn , has a job donning exotic costumes as a cyber papel doll for a porn website and a sex-worker lover who has a son and a separate husband on the mainland .


it is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie . . . but it is also weirdly fascinating , a ready-made eurotrash cult object . it is also , at times , curiously moving .


professionally speaking , it 's tempting to jump ship in january to avoid ridiculous schlock like this shoddy suspense thriller .


for all its alleged youthful fire , xxx is no less subservient to bond 's tired formula of guns , girls and gadgets while brandishing a new action hero .


this film was shot during two trips that majid majidi took in western afghanistan in 2001 and 2002 .


queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame .


a reporter , lanie kerrigan ( jolie ) , interviews a psychic homeless man ( shalhoub ) for a fluff piece about a football game 's score .


so he starts to write an expose and disguises himself as a naive astronaut named zip martin .


ploddy is a living car with a mind of his own !


here , in the smallest quietest corner of new england unfolds a disquieting tale of what happens when music meets murder . . .


with the help of another innocent prisoner ( richard harris ) , he escapes the island and proceeds to transform himself into the wealthy count of monte cristo as part of his plan to exact revenge .


paravasu is the elder son of the great sage raibhya ( mohan agashe ) .


death to smoochy tells a moldy-oldie , not-nearly -as-nasty -as-it- thinks-it-is joke . over and over again .


dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it does n't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding .


the film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut .


[ raimi 's ] matured quite a bit with spider-man , even though it 's one of the most plain white toast comic book films you 'll ever see .


anime reflects both japanese culture ( pre and post wwii ) and western influences upon it , sadly evident in haunting post-apocalyptic images reminiscent of hiroshima and nagasaki .


then a young colorado woman ( beth ulrich ) moves across the hall and things look up , until he learns that she has a total backwoods quality that he does n't know how to handle .


aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups : very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters .


empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film . it does n't work as either .


then a final `` test `` is made to come to a decision . . .


a visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects .


just as moving , uplifting and funny as ever .


now in do & # 241 ; a gracia 's care , the buddies could not believe their dream has finally come true .


. . . works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .


M-^Epassable enough for a shoot-out in the o . k . court house of life type of flick . strictly middle of the road .


the dirty jokes provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen .


the movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical . what 's worse is that pelosi knows it .


from a special little girl , lena grows into an especially fearful adolescent .


a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .


through an allegorical 'fable ' that is told in parallel with joseph 's struggle , we are left to decide for ourselves in the end , who is the crow and who is the wolf . , was someone out to get joseph , was it a stroke of bad luck , or was it all in his head ?


in exchange for commuted sentences , they are sent on a covert mission to cuba in order to rescue a jailed female political prisoner on the island .


none of this is half as moving as the filmmakers seem to think .


lee holloway is a smart , quirky woman in her twenties who returns to her hometown in florida after a brief stay in a mental hospital .


together they build the spectacular fire organ that inspires awe and wonder .


tsai may be ploughing the same furrow once too often .


although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual .


some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .


the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty .


amelia is a jaded top model , nina is a midwestern innocent on her first trip , fernanda is a bisexual supermodel , ellie is the calm , sensible stylist .


it 's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ) , but it 's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year .


this peculiar love story exposes lilli 's internal bouts and her nightmarish `` bad luck `` .


he tries to ignor it , but he later finds out on the news that the daughter of a senator has been kidnapped and is being help ransom for $ 15m .


( un cineasta ) para no entender del todo y para seguir esperando .


the two choose a piano from his possessions , which comes to represent the couple 's relationship as he pushes the piano 50 blocks across the city to their home .


swept into the final moments of the ceremony , jenny must decide ; should she hurt all the people who love her by running away , or simply say `` i do `` ?


a comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis .


an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .


watching possession is a movie experience not much deeper than you 'd get on your couch watching masterpiece theater or mystery ! -- pleasant enough , but oh so soft .


arroz con mango is a light romantic comedy about people and their drives .


based on brett easton ellis 's novel , the story deals with a drug dealer at a vermont school , who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a girl whom he likes , but he sleeps with her roommate , and a guy who has a crush on him .


the new version is n't just endless . it heightens the deeply conservative spirit of giuseppe tornatore 's fable in a surprising new way .


the filming began in april 1999 , when peace was still at the top of the agenda , and finished march 2001 , in month seven of the bloody al aqsa intifada .


the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll .


it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni .


when simone agrees to a blind date with oliver at the hottest restaurant in town , she does n't have high expectations of the evening .


terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing . . . the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .


in the meantime , the british forces , back at the encampment , march off to meet the american forces for a grand battle , which will rage for hours .


on the train home from chauncey academy for the thanksgiving weekend , oscar confides in his best friend that he has plans for this vacation -- he will win the heart of his true love .


it is not until the story reaches its conclusion , does the old man discover the surprising truth about his son and himself .


as an entertainment , the movie keeps you diverted and best of all , it lightens your wallet without leaving a sting .


the stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .


one of the more irritating cartoons you will see this , or any , year .


along the way , he helps unite the once legendary country bear band for a benefit show to save the country bear concert hall .


until one day , renata adhiswara ( rachel maryam ) came into his world .


the story encompasses social degradation , unemployment , racism , casual violence , excessive drink and bad sex - and how they fall into a political context .


what could have been a neat little story about believing in yourself is swamped by heavy-handed melodrama .


`` on the afternoon of july 1 , 1981 , los angeles police responded to a distress call at 8763 wonderland avenue and soon discovered a grisly quadruple homicide , later compared to the gruesome slaughter at the tate household at the hands of the charles manson family 10 years earlier .


daphne , a seventeen-year-old girl from new york goes to england in search of her father , who does not know he had a child with an american girlfriend he met while working in morocco , and whose aristocratic family did not approve of the woman .


peckerhead try to brainwash all the gays into being heterosexuals . . .


television made him famous , but his biggest hits happened off screen .


to be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for god 's sake ! -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .


there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked .


at the same time touching , funny and breathtaking .


it has been 10 years since a 13 year old eve has left her homeland and emigrated in nyc with her parents .


elvis teams up with jack ( ossie davis ) , a fellow nursing home resident who thinks that he is actually president john f . kennedy , and the two valiant old codgers sally forth to battle an evil egyptian entity who has chosen their long-term care facility as his happy hunting grounds .


the filmmaker journeys from her birthplace , brooklyn 's hasidic community , to its origins in hungary and back .


the material could n't possibly be more engaging , the implications of a `` by marlowe `` verdict positively earth-shattering .


it deals with fascistic pseudo-darwinism and artificial corruptability , with the makers of kulturfilm who put their avant-garde narrative , filmic and editing techniques to the service of fascism .


writer/director burr steers knows how to show irony , the trouble with kids , and new yorkers taking casual sex for granted .


almost as offensive as `` freddy got fingered . ``


this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic .


director chris eyre is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking .


exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength .


a charming , quirky and leisurely paced scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python 's meaning of life .


if it takes too many familiar steps , it is still never less than compelling as it walks the well-trod line .


an excellent chance to learn more about one of rock and roll 's most significant bands and the struggle for freedom in the communist world .


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


unable to resist the sexual lure of the maenads ' holy eroticism , pentheus attempts to join in only to be torn , literally limb from limb , by the frenzied bacchae .


labute 's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .


a documentary of the true story of two american adventurers who follow mysterious clues to find the true mt .


but jesse & # 180 ; isn & # 180 ; s alone , because he & # 180 ; s accompanied by tulip , his assassin girldfriend and cassidy a drunk irish vampire .


embarrassed myself about laughing out loud multiple times , i found myself enjoying the movie much more than i ever enjoyed the tv show . . . and these pseudo-homo-erotic stunts .


seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .


all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .


pero alargando la mano ya no consiguen dinero suficiente y salva decide aprovechar el ambiente general y hacerse pasar por un nuevo mes & # 237 ; as .


forging a connection with the creature is easier for mac than getting his father 's attention until both man and beast need all the help they can get .


as the man descends in to the afterworld , he slowly discovers the answer to the ultimate question of mankind .


the humor is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant .


director alex halpern 's feature-length documentary , nine good teeth , unfolds through the stories and recollections of his 102-year-old grandmother mary mirabito , an outspoken and fiercely independent woman .


no matter how you slice it , mark wahlberg and thandie newton are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore .


M-I uma pena que , mais tarde , o prM-sprio filme abandone o tom de parM-sdia e passe a utilizar os mesmos clichM-js que havia satirizado .


straight into the hands of a man they call the lord of the wolves .


seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie .


sixteen years later , germany , in the ruhrpott , to be exact : orphan t & # 252 ; rlich and his friend josch are working their civil service , yet cause so much chaos that they decide to flee instead of being forced into the army .


several of steven soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . sadly , full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .


matches neorealism 's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives .


a once powerful , but now ailing and remorseful father desperately seeks out his estranged son .


the council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require blade 's assistance .


none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere .


the filmmaker 's heart is in the right place . . .


trailer park magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all .


the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide .


along the way to finding out how she ended up like that ( and how to get back into her own body ) , she discovers how shallow and cruel she 's always been . . .


an aging yakuza returns to the park where he used to meet his long-lost girlfriend .


a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration .


leave it to the french 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 melodrama .


other strange events soon start happening as well , such as the appearance of old acquaintances of the crew , including some who are dead .


it 's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .


reminiscent of david mamet 's elaborate screen bluffs -- only livelier , more playful .


this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come .


they go through three days of hell , friendship , madness and hope .


luster is a refreshingly funny and sexy look at unrequited love .


she ultimately decides to pursue her lifelong dream of opening her own dance studio for inner-city youths .


uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be , and among the best films of the year .


. . . surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs .


now the lives of these alberta everymen are brought to the big screen by documentarian ferral mitchener in an exploration of the depths of friendship , the fragility of life , growing up gracefully and the art and science of drinking beer like a man .


although occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play , the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs .


you would n't call the good girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .


is this challenge too much for even the amazing spider-man to handle ?


human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting . it 's like a poem .


after steve 's job opportunity in san francisco falls through , he comes up with a plan .


extremes of intimacy and spectacle , tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music , giving rise to a unique , artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world .


not a long time ago she was a successful popstar whose life consisted in hosting tv shows and signing autographs .


because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before .


downright transparent is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler `` pg-13 rating .


your night horrors start to bleed into your day job .


alice must also come to terms with her slowly-returning memories .


boasting the best sword-fighting sequences to hit the screen in many years , it is so enjoyably old-fashioned it even looks as if it were made in the '70s .


murbah swamp beer is a documentary about an event that could only happen in australia .


ronnie must then deal with his new life , while having to deal with missing his ex-wife that he left back home .


photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic .


it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .


a charming , vibrant , if under-edited adaptation of v . s . naipaul 's genially cynical novel .


and what better place for romance than coney island ?


inspector mo eventually discovers through a tabloid magazine that a self-proclaimed psychic named shana had phoned a radio program on the day of the kidnapping to warn of the incident .


stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about .


sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more depth .


not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this 'we 're -doing-it-for -the-cash ' sequel were .


she knows that kanna is back but now she does not want to go back to him .


the mystery guests soon unleash a stiff sentence of their own , without parole , teaching the judge the consequence of doing unto others as you would have done unto you .


with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .


hoffman is understandably concerned about typecasting , but he is indeed the man for the job , recalling the intensity that nicholas cage brought to an oscar-winning performance in leaving las vegas .


a young novelist , tormented by his family 's history and haunted by the specter of his long-dead , more famous ancestor , falls in love with a woman , a distant relative of his ancestor , whose friends and family begin to disappear mysteriously .


montias . . . pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters .


kudos to this first-time feature director for braiding his insider experience into something quite singular .


she files for divorce , and marco makes a decision that will change all their lives .


what can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log ?


because of being deeply moved from the sunflowers ' beautiness , he takes one of them as a sign for his love back to the city .


bret packard is rich , famous , good-looking , and set to win his fourth championship ring .


the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people .


it does what good films do best ; that is to provoke us , push our buttons , make us think and maybe even entertain us in the process .


it 's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread .


he led a bleak life , stuck in a boring routinity created by his ambition to become a sucessfull producer in one jakarta 's leading tv station .


a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .


the group of best friends from their days back at east great falls high reunite for the next great sexual adventure in their lives . . .


earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese .


20 , 000 years before , our planet is entering an ice age .


a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .


soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable .


kamel , a young man from the french ghetto , near paris , is coming back to france .


becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't .


a publication that documents their culture and demonstrates how the real world can both destroy and enhance their idealistic one .


the film narrates in a richly detailed , associative montage the boundless possibilities of manipulating images and using images to seduce .


`` what 's more important your experiences or your memories of them ? ``


a group of hard core female inmates are trained by the military .


keeping her mind diligently focused on dance proves harder than she expected as she finds herself falling in love with david schrader , a dark and mysterious new york musician .


. . . just a big mess of a movie , full of images and events , but no tension or surprise .


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 -- but that barely makes it any less entertaining .


he hired angel . com to kill lui because lui opposed nunn 's business plans , and also because nunn is carrying on a secret affair with lui 's wife .


the homespun musician could n't have done it without the support of his family , friends , lovers and the neighborhood kids he called 'starchildren ' , all of whom paint the big picture of bruce 's life legacy and 'dimension of imagination ' .


jack has a history with charlie , a transient who portrays a typical image of the homeless : rough , unshaven and always looking for the next drink .


it 's predictable , but it jumps through the expected hoops with style and even some depth .


back in france , werner recovers a taste for life and adrien returns to his solitary lifestyle .


together , they develop a criminal energy that knows no boundaries and leads them to cold-blooded murder . . .


built in 1926 , the mansion resides on an indian burial ground and was the site of countless hangings at the hands of north georgia law enforcement , the kkk , and anyone else col . samuel tate wanted out of the way .


as debby tries to parlay what was essentially a casual fling into possible marriage with an indifferent rick , her mother virginia wonders if her affair with widower nick is the real thing .


ivan , a captain of the soviet army , arrested by the front secret police 'smersh ' , has a narrow escape .


if you value your time and money , find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .


overall , the film misses the brilliance of jelinek 's novel by some way . it settles for being merely grim .


hale bopp is the story of just such a woman ; her name is rachel .


'a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . '


it 's halloween season , and while ghost ship ca n't hold a candle to the ring for true primal scares , it 'll probably stay respectably afloat until at least most of the candy is gone .


ethan , a confident young architect and seeming 'perfect guy ' has invested himself , and his heart , in women like rachel before - and he is sure he has learned his lesson .


frank ( played by sal mazzotta ) , family under-bossman vito lupo ( played by leo rossi ) , and consigliori danny defino ( played by johnny williams ) try to find out who is responsible for usurping the family 's power before they implode from their own internal strife .


a series of surprise events further obstructs their relationship , but tobias perseveres .


he soon realizes that he is being hunted and takes off with marie on a search to find out who he is and why he is being hunted .


his father , aglanar , was happy at his birth that he would have a strong and honorable son to carry on the traditions of the valley .


nobody chooses to come here , this where they end up .


however , on her second day , celia goes away leaving a 5-year-old child behind , kiki , and a note promising to be back in a couple of days .


the second coming of harry potter is a film far superior to its predecessor . a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda .


then she buys a bar of chocolate from the neighborhood store . . .


at the same time , william has become the object of wrath by a popular but pompous and pridefilled christian radio commentator who brands william as a false prophet and seeks to destroy him .


anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film .


while philippa does not want to elude the justice she deserves for the four innocent deaths , filippo discovers he fell in love with the beautiful woman .


the one obstacle he is n't expecting is the screenwriter 's assistant , screenwriter 4 . 0 's animated helper who 's annoyed bob left her to sit around so long .


he dies alone at the hospital , and apparently everything nete planned went wrong .


the casting of von sydow . . . is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke .


an engaging and specific portrait of a culture in transition , even as it evokes humanity 's most universal and timeless values .


he has become an inconvenient obstacle to his work-a-holic son , and lost all remaining freedoms , except the valued time he spends with his grandson .


a young father amaro arrives at his new church post on the orders of the bishop .


the far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past .


a drug lord who pretends to overthrow the mexican government .


jim must make it back to his wedding in time , and finch must find the location of stifler 's mom 's wedding ( ending in 'the graduate ' style ) .


he has returned as a ghost , but he can do nothing but passively observe as the police stand clueless to the murder .


unfortunately , heartbreak hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit .


this little film is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation .


try as he might , the roguishly handsome cliff starkey , just ca n't keep out of trouble .


when he was a young boy , kyle ( chaney kley ) claimed that while he was sleeping , he accidentally woke up and saw the tooth fairy , who tried to kill him .


the movie 's biggest offense is its complete and utter lack of tension .


the latter part of the film examines the forces both political and religious , that led to otte 's unusual appointment .


to the horror of her friends and pumpkin 's overprotective mother , carolyn falls in love , becoming an outcast in the process .


jaglom . . . put [ s ] the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters


lati , however , wants to return to school and finish her studies .


hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script .


the chM-bteau would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera . not to mention a sharper , cleaner camera lens .


the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny .


all the actors are good in pauline & paulette but van der groen , described as 'belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as pauline .


in the ensuing chaos , inez discovers the thorny side of true love and that finding one 's soul mate is never quite what you 'd expect .


a bad day becomes worse by the hour and to top it off , the toilet wo n't flush .


their race against the clock to find the precious stones ultimately unravels a plot to distribute a deadly new weapon of war .


chon then travels to new york for roy o'bannon ( owen wilson ) .


r xmas offers a poetic and profane ambiguity that 's vintage ferrara .


peter parker must now juggle three things in his life ; his new job at the local newspaper under a perpetually on-edge employer , his battle against the evil green goblin , and his fight to win the affections of beautiful classmate mary jane watson , against none other than his best friend harry osborn , son of norman osborn !


salma goes native and she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon .


seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work .


lapd detective sergeant mitch preston cares only about doing his job and nailing crooks .


a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial .


as a singular character study , it 's perfect . it 's also the year 's sweetest movie .


the trappings of i spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun .


. . . a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .


. . . a poignant and powerful narrative that reveals that reading writing and arithmetic are not the only subjects to learn in life .


this will cause tremendous natural disasters , wiping out life as we know it .


told from the point of view from archie ( qualls ) , a comic book collector , this is the story of a rivalry between two comic book shop owners .


she meets a mysterious man ( mark wahlberg ) , who tells her that the money was really his , and he wants it back , seemingly convinced that she 's hiding the cash .


when the predatory couple manipulates a `` legal `` real estate transaction that turns into a hostile possession of the manor house , he temporarily loses his mind , leaving his family but not the farm .


the comet hale-bopp is shooting across the sky for the last time in 4000 years .


the film `` mnemosyne `` is based on the ancient poem `` thunder , perfect mind `` , a visual journey of the human race , exploring where we have been and what we can become .


impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation . . . just about as chilling and unsettling as 'manhunter ' was .


suk , a korean martial artist , brought up by the organization since early childhood , is the man they trust to fight these 'special ' matches .


sidney is a writer who 's just left her l . a . times music review gig to edit new york hip-hop magazine xxl .


there is a knock on the door and harry forces mitchell to 'wait ' in the closet , and not to make a sound .


when they try to collect a debt from the boss of a rival gang , a fight erupts and jie shoots the gang-boss .


lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it 's also drab and inert .


a malediction passed from generation to generation has it that any woman in her family who sings will die .


it includes practical advice for success in the world of freelance office support from dana clark , peoplemovin . com 's


the plot convolutions ultimately add up to nothing more than jerking the audience 's chain .


the colorful masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .


maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there 's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is .


martin van zandt ( victor garber ) is assigned the unenviable task of investigating the crime and finding someone to hold responsible .


weaves a spell over you , with its disturbingly close-up look at damaged psyches and its subtle undercurrents of danger . but its awkward structure keeps breaking the spell .


dense and enigmatic . . . elusive . . . stagy and stilted


unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .


the action-packed caper revolves around a 12-year old girl who , with the help of two friends , robs the state-of-the-art bank where her mother works to acquire the cash needed for a costly operation to save her dying father .


it 's a rosy coming-of-age romp that refuses to see the horror even in the severed heads from the guillotine .


offers a pleasant , challenging and quirky puzzle well worth working out .


the fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier .


remember when bond had more glamour than clamor ? no more .


a historical epic with the courage of its convictions about both scope and detail .


three friends get together and bury a box making a pact to open it at midnight at their high school graduation .


after spending the night in the wilderness , sarah runs into peter , a survivalist type dressed in full combat gear , who promises to lead her out of the woods .


a year after her long time boyfriend showed up at his surprise birthday party with an uninvited date , laura hits rock bottom and decides to try her luck at a dating agency .


given the circumstances , kyle might have been acquitted on the grounds of temporary insanity or perhaps even convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter , but the fact that a federal policeman was also killed in the shooting , albeit accidentally , sent kyle to marquezas .


a beautiful story of love , loss and unexpected reunions , unravels in one weekend .


you do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . or both .


after two years seperated , they are mysteriously joined together to solve a case on spooky island .


a romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions .


and yet , as we discover , these kids are smarter than their actions would let on . . .


ripped of her humanity , testud 's christine becomes a working stiff of greek proportions .


it 's the kind of pigeonhole-resisting romp that hollywood too rarely provides .


despite juliet stevenon 's attempt to bring cohesion to pamela 's emotional roller coaster life , it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs .


more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films .


after an assassination attempt on the life of senator padme amidala ( natalie portman ) , jedi obi-wan kenobi ( ewan mcgregor ) and his padawan learner anakin skywalker ( hayden christensen ) are sent to investigate .


when a depressed marketing executive goes to a psychiatrist for help , he discovers the doctor is crazier than he is .


although melodramatic and predictable , this romantic comedy explores the friendship between five filipino-americans and their frantic efforts to find love .


throughout this time , their lives have been entwined with the fate of aboriginal people during times of war , disease and controversial government removalist policies .


it 's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story .


sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first ( as best i remember ) , but still a very good time at the cinema .


but a fictitious geoffrey buonardi , with the same paintings and an inventive back story , can become the darling of the art world .


although the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds , there 's no denying the fun of watching de niro and crystal having fun .


resident evil is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv , sugar hysteria , and playstation cocktail .


an undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic .


clearly in over his head with both assignments , landon is forced to ask jamie for help .


a quirky noir film crammed full of wonderful characters made memorable by excellent acting .


`` lovely and amazing is a story about real people . these people are insecure about their lives . they are n't convinced that there 's some inner beauty about them . they see themselves as i suspect most people do , mostly for the flaws . however , these are still


adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a 'topless tutorial service . '


their only solid lead seems to be joanne , a young prostitute , whose own baby provides a link .


even as i valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , i could feel my eyelids . . . getting . . . very . . . heavy . . .


stefan balsiger is a congenial , average councillor to the swiss embassy in havanna .


once you have walked into april 's shower you can never leave .


a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack


the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting .


critics need a good laugh , too , and this too-extreme-for-tv rendition of the notorious mtv show delivers the outrageous , sickening , sidesplitting goods in steaming , visceral heaps .


still , as the camp 's highest-ranking american officer , he commands his fellow inmates , keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy , all under the dangerous , ever-watchful eye of ss major wilhelm visser .


an amalgam of several edgar allan poe stories , and a mixture of comedy , horror and musical genres .


eddie is investigated and forced to exile himself from his family until the matter is dealt with .


re-formed by a coded message to their web site , a group of animal rights activists set off to free an imprisoned colleague from a terrifying ordeal .


the situation brews to a head when a sneak collector , conan ( masterson ) discovers a large collection of perfectly-preserved classic comics , leading the two shops to vie to acquire them , along with a `` villain `` ( elwes ) who hopes to steal them first .


with terry in the corner office , you 'll never be late for the morning meeting again .


then the trouble it & # 180 ; s only stars , with betrayals , bounty killers , hostile indians and the mystery ghost who guard the gold mine .