ralph 's the kind of guy the nerds stole lunch money from .


the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it 's based .


confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve .


martian children are captivated by terran television shows which talk about our ole pal , kris kringle .


i 'm not sure all about lily chou-chou made sense in my head , but it made sense in my heart .


the directing and story are disjointed , flaws that have to be laid squarely on taylor 's doorstep . but the actors make this worth a peek .


salvagers discover the antonia graza , an italian luxury liner with a dark secret .


the only way to be victorious is one must destroy the other .


the pursuit eventually takes us back to l . a . , where secrets begin to get exposed . . . .


the stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious .


at the end of the worst day of his life , bruce angrily ridicules and rages against god and god responds .


the film shows the surreal side of routines that seem simple and ordinary .


works both as an engaging drama and an incisive look at the difficulties facing native americans .


johnson has , in his first film , set himself a task he is not nearly up to .


a compelling motion picture that illustrates an american tragedy .


what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears ' first movie .


it is then an intimate view of the smoldering monochromatic site and the surrounding solitary streets , the ashen outskirts of new york 's financial center , desolate and strewn with debris , the epicenter , a steel moonscape of dresdenesque remains .


it 's her millionaire boss , george wade ( hugh grant ) .


no number of fantastic sets , extras , costumes and spectacular locales can disguise the emptiness at the center of the story .


it caused a rift between the families and even though devdas tried to convince his father , only antagonism came his way .


but when a tragedy strikes anakin 's life , he begins slipping away from the light side of the force , and perhaps from the force itself .


lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .


regardless , he promises to watch over his little brother as their parents head off to a party for the night .


now , years later matt goes away for weekend with his new girlfriend dawn .


they end up paying ray , the local `` playboy , `` $ 5 , 000 to date her .


max and his men torture jose and threaten to kill him if he does n't turn it over .


in these modern times where phrases like `` two income families `` are the norm , is it wrong for a woman to want to stay home and raise a family ?


a comedy about misfits in which a veterinarian becomes involved with a client , whose wife has begun acting like a dog .


meanwhile , frodo and sam force gollum to guide them through mordor , trusting him with their lives .


the film also features the hawaii-born superstars of professional sumo : konishiki , jesse `` takamiyama `` kuhaulua , and akebono ( the first non-japanese to reach the exalted rank of yokozuna , or grand champion ) .


as burke teaches him the ropes and the rules of the game , james quickly rises through the ranks and falls for layla ( moynahan ) , one of his fellow recruits .


to avenge the lives of loved ones he has lost , robert must hunt down , pursue and find each of the tong members .


by the early '80s , the golden boy of hollywood was losing his luster .


only to find that once their friendship is threatened by a traumatic circumstance , they are reunited by having to support and love each other to realise their eternal bond .


like mike is n't interested in recycling old cliches . it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor .


after she rejects him for a fellow social climber , summer g spends ten years building a hip hop empire , then moves to the hamptons where he finds the object of his affections .


the exposition does pay off , if you can stay awake that long . there 's little gripping in the film until the second hour .


on the way back from the bargain , mary nearly runs over a caped , winged figure , jerks the wheel and skids into the sidewalk .


forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore .


but after sigmund freud 's note ( above ) on the nefarious nature of females , the doctors hatched the theory of counter-transference to explain their feelings .


but when she recruits a new lodger for the downstairs flat , daniel finds himself falling for robert , the hot southern boy who 's moved to the big city .


three different scenarios , intercut , all using the same words but with very different meanings .


in trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .


they follow leads , informants turn up dead , nick 's wife is unhappy he 's back on the street , henry 's protective of the dead cop 's wife .


zero , who , like many hong kong youngsters , has a handful of unsteady jobs .


elaborate special effects take centre screen , so that the human story is pushed to one side .


on this morning , johnny wakes to his mother 's accusations that he has botched a simple scam , leaving them without enough money to payoff their inside man .


the film is small in scope , yet perfectly formed .


directed in a flashy , empty sub-music video style by a director so self-possessed he actually adds a period to his first name


well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious .


basically a static series of semi-improvised ( and semi-coherent ) raps between the stars .


the complex computer shuts down the base to prevent infection .


her son has difficulty in understanding why his father was killed and today lies in one of the 124 tombs of jewish prisoners in a cemetery on the banks of the indian ocean .


just to add more complication to this already complicated plot , two thieves decide to steal the case and lead a miami police team and two fbi agents on a wild goose chase that ends inside the airport terminal .


sum `` is jack ryan 's `` do-over . `` give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works . especially give credit to affleck .


but fate and their youthful dreams still have tricks to play . . .


however , the babies turned out to be both women .


four friends sruggling with life meet in the maine woods for their annual hunting trip .


majid majidi interviews peasants , soldiers , youngsters , women , elderly and gives a special attention to the children 's extraordinary resilience as they are confronted with the emotional and physical turmoil of war .


hilarity ensues as the local developer battles to stop them while the sheriff starts to fall for the family 's only daughter .


jacquot 's rendering of puccini 's tale of devotion and double-cross is more than just a filmed opera . in his first stab at the form , jacquot takes a slightly anarchic approach that works only sporadically .


meanwhile , chris 's radio horoscopes seem oddly personal , and the street musicians outside uwe 's restaurant keep getting more numerous .


when marisa 's true identity is revealed , the two find that they are worlds apart , even though the distance separating them is just a subway ride between manhattan and the bronx .


not only that , cho cho is an expert in martial arts .


the irwins emerge unscathed , but the fictional footage is unconvincing and criminally badly acted .


the third , roger corman , flees to the alien countryside where he decides to begin a violent quest to find out the truth behind his mission .


but there are some surprises on the way . . .


graffiti removal : the act of removing tags and graffiti by painting over them .


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


like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions .


bret packard is the best baseball player in the world .


the iditarod lasts for days - this just felt like it did .


at the shelter which offers only a two to three month respite from the streets , counselor tony perez ( jack forcinito ) tries to provide guidance to steve and his roommates mike ( demetrius navarro ) and andy ( esteban powell ) .


oscar wilde 's masterpiece , the importance of being earnest , may be the best play of the 19th century . it 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker 's movie adaptation .


but billy 's not into him ^ & # 214 ; he 's in love with sonny , a musician into sm .


together with john connor , it must stop the rise of the machines or all humanity will fall .


combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched .


a hitchcockian thriller in the spirit of 'rope ' and agatha christie 's 'ten little indians ' that begs the question can murder , if done well , be considered art ?


with david carradine , theo van gogh , kate clarke and henry jaglom - featuring a soundtrack by grammy nominated composer willie wisely , who also plays the lead character , willie vincent .


ultimately , it ponders the reasons we need stories so much .


the deeper john digs , the clearer the mothman 's purpose arises - only to leave his life in immediate danger , as it seems .


the only question . . . is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at best , i 'm afraid .


an homage to the early 1960s sex comedies that starred rock hudson and doris day .


when mr . hundert tells us in his narration that 'this is a story without surprises , ' we nod in agreement .


furthermore , he seeks to investigate and confront the powerful elite political and corporate interests fanning this culture for their own unscrupulous gain .


ken russell would love this . in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout M-^W and meat loaf explodes .


you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . thumbs down .


director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ; what 's best about drumline is its energy .


always excitable and volatile , jie becomes reckless and dangerous when he has the gun in his hand .


mark hamill plays coroner who begins to doubt that it is a suicide .


a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market .


fans of plympton 's shorts may marginally enjoy the film , but it is doubtful this listless feature will win him any new viewers .


she 's a brilliant lawyer with a sharp , strategic mind .


occasionally funny and consistently odd , and it works reasonably well as a star vehicle for zhao .


have you ever met that certain someone that made your heart drop the moment you met ?


however , just as velma 's star fell , so does roxie 's , when go-to-hell kitty arrives at the jail on a multiple murder charge , the press forget roxie and now she and velma are in the same boat .


`` the motorcycle diaries `` is based on the journals of che geuvara , leader of the cuban revolution .


after 20 years of exile in paris , gustavo returns to his native city s & # 227 ; o paulo .


their world comes crashing down after one of the girls is murdered by a blackmail victim .


hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it 's heading .


we see the action of the book as we see kaufman struggle to adapt it into a movie .


daddy & # 38 ; papa explores the growing phenomenon of gay fatherhood and its impact on american culture .


yeah , she 's been hanging with some pretty freaky people and she 's tired of their crazy scene and wants out .


when they reach la , lucy ( britney spears ) falls in love with ben and against her father 's wishes , she stays and she goes to the audition .


the main theme of this feature- 90 minute film , the exploitation of art for political ideology , is expressed by the personal and ideological conflicts between three artists and their mentors .


chris jones ( malik yoba ) is a strong , independent , black man who finds himself lost on a desolate road .


as any creature-feature fan knows , when you cross toxic chemicals with a bunch of exotic creatures , you get a lot of running around , screaming and death . on that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint .


these camps were surrounded by barb wire and guard towers .


celebrates family in a way that 's deeply felt by the director and screenwriter/subject and no doubt will be shared by viewers of any ethnicity .


stay clear of reminding yourself that it 's a `` true story `` and you 're likely to have one helluva time at the movies .


tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world 's great visual stylists , and in this film , every shot enhances the excellent performances .


miller is playing so free with emotions , and the fact that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness .


mi yun and kang have difficulty working with each other , as their personalities and working methods are constantly in conflict .


nicholson 's understated performance is wonderful . as warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he 's neglected over the years .


they come to get afang & # 38 ; xiang , because they were once involved in a war , and they have to testifie .


this director 's cut -- which adds 51 minutes -- takes a great film and turns it into a mundane soap opera .


the result is good gossip , entertainingly delivered , yet with a distinctly musty odour , its expiry date long gone .


the son of the bride 's humour is born out of an engaging storyline , which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues . this movie is to be cherished .


frailty is n't as gory or explicit . but in its child-centered , claustrophobic context , it can be just as frightening and disturbing -- even punishing .


a wedding with stifler orchestrating the correlating social event . . .


the problem is he 's trying to be everything he 's not .


together they travel to england and meet up with chon lin to kill rathbone and get the imperial seal back .


the determination of pinochet 's victims to seek justice , and their often heartbreaking testimony , spoken directly into director patricio guzman 's camera , pack a powerful emotional wallop .


in this high-school coming of age romantic comedy and with 2 months of summer vacation ahead of them , fresh graduates kiki ( charlene choi ) and kammy ( gillian chung ) swear to look for their first boyfriends and bring them to show their schoolmates at the high school reunion .


feels less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series .


the movie 's gloomy atmosphere is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself does n't stand a ghost of a chance .


a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation .


this film is difficult to watch for the inhumanity it depicts , but important to see for its factual elements and the reminder of both the difficulty and importance of maintaining one 's humanity .


hunted by the police and the various mafia groups , they work their way up to the source of this incredible plot to find out who is manipulating them .


bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be .


dr . akash sinha is a respected neuro surgeon , who too is no less devoted to his professional than his father .


for anyone who cares about the future of america , it 's required viewing .


he used to love mitchell allen ( thomas ian nicholas ) before mitchell dumped him for candice ( clare kramer ) .


overwhelmed and excited about the big studio adventure ahead of him , alex moves into an apartment with two other up-n'-comings .


funny and , at times , poignant , the film from director george hickenlooper all takes place in pasadena , `` a city where people still read . ``


far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love .


using everything from closely mic-ed subjects to infrared video standing by yourself gets uncomfortably close to its subjects as they get drunk and high , squander money , rip-off their parents , and get in trouble with pretty much everyone in their paths as a conduit to simply having a good time .


before long , the bay boy of bowls is turning the sedate and very english pastime upside down with hysterical results .


poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .


mitchell misses the bus and starts walking to school .


the experiment is supposed to be transported to a prison asteroid , yet manages to escape captain gantu , who was supposed to deliver him there .


but santa 's got problems ( he 's even mysteriously losing weight ) and things quickly go south when he finds out that his son , charlie , has landed on this year 's `` naughty `` list .


like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .


while the costumes hint at changes beneath the surface , it is abbass ' performance , as she vacillates flawlessly between muted hausfrau and shining hoofer , that reveals the depths of her transformation .


the only threat mastermind thief charlie croker ( wahlberg ) never saw coming was a member of his own crew .


the correspondence between spielrein , freud and jung discovered that day in the geneva basement has become essential to understanding the evolution of psychoanalysis ^ & # 214 ; and the virtually insurmountable challenges facing women who sought to contribute in any role other than that of patient .


the doctor delivers the news that this has been a false pregnancy , one in which the embryo never develops .


eagle is facing his own living hell 3 , 000 miles away in new jersey .


while there , the elder man falls in love with the mom ( keaton ) .


vir , a young man from a rural village , learns on his wedding day that the people whom he thought were his parents ar n't .


with rare birds , as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland 's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion .


abandoned and filled with a mysterious past , holy angel school for girls is about to reveal its secrets of betrayal , jealousy , and vengeance .


the message becomes the savior for `` the country bears , `` an equal parts silly and sweet tale that wears its great big ol ' heart on its grizzly-sized sleeve .


simon calms his prot & # 233 ; g & # 233 ; that genuine happiness only comes from the inside .


sandra bullock and hugh grant make a great team , but this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip .


probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent .


a girl at a southern baptist high school finds that her pregnancy makes her an outcast .


at the age of 25 , tiz is considered a survivor .


but katherine holds her back , not to let interfere anything with her successful career .


the story of trouble every day . . . is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film , and the movie 's fragmentary narrative style makes piecing the story together frustrating difficult .


with wit and empathy to spare , waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .


tom is a charismatic late-night radio talk show host , whose unconventional upbringing has made him a little too quick to fall in love and marry , resulting in three divorces before the age of 40 .


philippa is arrested and questioned about her ( supposedly terroristic ) motives .


he wanted to make a difference - but nothing does at downview high .


what might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors .


this may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen .


the parts are better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in new york ) .


[ davis ] has a bright , chipper style that keeps things moving , while never quite managing to connect her wish-fulfilling characters to the human race .


the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing .


leela is a film based on the south asian-american experience .


as he tries to re-discover the family that he abandoned long ago , he is forced to confront the anxieties in his memories - the family he betrayed and abandoned at the expense of his own happiness .


enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment .


may not have generated many sparks , but with his affection for astoria and its people he has given his tale a warm glow .


narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films . it zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .


as tricky and satisfying as any of david mamet 's airless cinematic shell games .


from the choppy editing to the annoying score to 'special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line , `` besotted `` is misbegotten


the pink house is a fast-paced , youthful comedy that has been called a sweeter , more intellectual animal house .


shy tonho dreams of being successful , but misses his family and brazil .


with a single clue to their whereabouts and nothing to lose , he leaves to find 'his people ' .


in the end , egoyan 's enormous talent and mychael danna 's intense score keep ararat interesting and emotional .


an afterschool special without the courage of its convictions .


despite the authenticity of the trappings , the film is overblown in its plotting , hackneyed in its dialogue and anachronistic in its style .


despite a quieter middle section , involving aragorn 's dreams of arwen , this is even better than the fellowship . there are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away .


you really have to wonder how on earth anyone , anywhere could have thought they 'd make audiences guffaw with a script as utterly diabolical as this .


the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .


during that time , evelyn and her brothers suffer the abuses of living in orphanages while desmond struggles to secure finances .


the discovery of this new world is described parallel to other stories of emancipation , such as that of three young prostitutes , of an aged couple going nowhere and man 's n landing on the moon .


an occasionally funny , but overall limp , fish-out-of-water story .


the period -- swinging london in the time of the mods and the rockers -- gets the once-over once again in gangster no . 1 , but falls apart long before the end .


ben affleck as jack ryan , tom clancy 's intrepid hero ? ridiculous . what 's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ?


in the world of skin deep , not all suspects are created equal .


their reporting becomes more compelling when they gather the courage to tell the truth about witnessing two of their peers throw a four-year-old out of a 14th story window .


hellbent on vengence , jason renews his bloodbath in pursuit of personally slaughtering krueger , and anyone else in his path .


gradually , will and marcus become friends , and as will teaches marcus how to be a cool kid , marcus helps will to finally grow up .


documentary-style drama showing the events that lead up to the tragic incident on january 30 , 1972 in the northern ireland town of derry when a protest march led by civil rights activist ivan cooper was fired upon by british troops , killing 13 protesters and wounding 14 more .


but even with the two-wrongs-make-a-right chemistry between jolie and burns . . . this otherwise appealing picture loses its soul to screenwriting for dummies conformity .


in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .


though the dutchman is white , he has been found to be a reincarnated king in the west african nation of ghana - his wife 's homeland .


how inept is serving sara ? it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly .


money 's tight , relationships are tough and all around us , media and advertising constantly bombard us with competing messages .


hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .


it throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` look at this ! this is an interesting movie ! `` but the film itself is ultimately quite unengaging .


those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking .


first kammy meets the 40-year-old danny ( dave wong ) and falls head over heels .


when investigative reporter , chase somete and her team are on a trail of uncovering this organized fight ring , suk is torn between protecting the only family he knows , and defending the person who can bring him down .


you might say tykwer has done all that heaven allows , if you wanted to make as anti-kieslowski a pun as possible . suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled .


when the young and highly repressive king pentheus discovers that his own mother agave has given herself over to this upstart god of wine and erotic joy , he declares a state of war , despite the very stern warnings of cadmus , the former king and the famed prophet teiresias .


a plan to start a parisian salon with a distinctively democratic air brings conflict with her new surroundings and an unusual ally in a country girl raised by pigs .


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


just like any other elevator in any old building .


`` issaquena `` chronicles the decay of a wealthy mississippi delta family in the 1930 's .


then one night she surprises her husband frank ( dennis quaid ) having sex with another man , and her tidy world starts spinning out of control .


haynes has so fanatically fetishized every bizarre old-movie idiosyncrasy with such monastic devotion you 're not sure if you should applaud or look into having him committed .


i 'm not a fan of the phrase 'life affirming ' because it usually means 'schmaltzy , ' but real women have curves truly is life affirming .


with the help of an angry young filmmaker , a russian sound recordist hoping to break into the local film industry , and a seven-foot tall tow truck driver from quebec , he embarks on a comical investigation into . . .


but when it comes down to it , the one thing stopping you from living your dreams is you .


pray 's film works well and will appeal even to those who are n't too familiar with turntablism .


when a regular fashion show goes horribly wrong , they are sucked into the nasty but irresistible underworld of bombay .


they start an in-depth investigation of a doctor chu , who is shin-hyun 's psychiatrist .


with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .


for the first time in years , de niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .


the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman 's point-of-view .


adopting the name `` spider-man `` , peter first uses his newfound powers to make money , but after his uncle is murdered at the hands of a criminal peter failed to stop , he swears to use his powers to fight the evil that killed his uncle .


he is still famous , although still disliked by snape , malfoy , and the rest of the slytherins .


sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ain't- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .


if oscar had a category called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful but was n't , guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor .


one of those decades-spanning historical epics that strives to be intimate and socially encompassing but fails to do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time .


every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat .


combining historical documentation , personal stories , and interviews with noted experts and legislators , this documentary honors the dildo 's fight for legitimacy and its many admirers .


the film is to be produced by jules , melina 's husband .


provides an intriguing look at how the new economy has redrawn class lines in contemporary china .


a film without surprise geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity .


in other words , it 's just another sports drama/character study . yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness . plus , like i already mentioned . . . it 's robert duvall ! c'mon !


he has the wrong blood type to be able to donate one of his kidneys , so he arranges a trade with a group of organ dealers : one of his kidneys , and 10 million won , in return for their finding a kidney for his sister .


these people , most of whom were american citizens , were taken from their homes and sent to `` relocation `` camps in desolate , isloated areas .


a bit too derivative to stand on its own as the psychological thriller it purports to be .


in the throes of falling for one another , they are soon forced to deal with the bitter realities of their lives prior to that chance encounter .


while soderbergh succeeds in recapturing the themes and mood of tarkovsky 's version , he also brings with them a cold , emotionless sheen , a detached air that defeats his efforts to truly engage us .


its purpose is to use the precog ( nitive ) potential of three genetically altered humans to prevent murders .


every so often a movie comes along that confirms one 's worse fears about civilization as we know it . the new guy is one of them .


director kevin bray excels in breaking glass and marking off the `` miami vice `` checklist of power boats , latin music and dog tracks . he does n't , however , deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash .


unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .


guzman 's powerful and sometimes triumphant documentary is not only an excellent overview of the affair , but serves as the perfect finale to the monumental trilogy about the coup and its aftermath .


none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ?


torn between the divine and the carnal , the righteous and the unjust , father amaro must summon his strength to choose which life he will lead .


over the next few days , united by nothing more than their common suffering , the two young women form an unlikely friendship to cope with the tragic events that threaten to overwhelm them .


bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .


i 'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about .


this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is .


femme fatale is not the director 's best work ever , but it is as good as we 've seen him be in much too long a time .


if you grew up on scooby -- you 'll love this movie . matthew lillard is born to play shaggy !


throwing caution to the wind with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has constructed this motion picture in such a way that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at one time or another .


during the course of a single day all three will be faced with the difficult choice of choosing which path they will go down in life .


equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .


a limp eddie murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of .


it 's hard to tell with all the crashing and banging where the salesmanship ends and the movie begins .


amidst the la-freaks , hollywood wannabes , and outrageous gym culture of los angeles , the now determined bodybuilder struggles to preserve an integrity of the mind , body , and spirit that is so apparently void in this strange new land .


sitting through the last reel ( spoiler alert ! ) is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house .


with a little money , they set out on the road with a guy named ben .


an absorbing trip into the minds and motivations of people under stress as well as a keen , unsentimental look at variations on the theme of motherhood .


while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter


but someone else has also returned to campus , and with a darker and altogether bloodier purpose in mind .


after listening to looser friends talk about what silvester stallone would do in his situation , the postal worker decides to buy a ticket to china and follow his love to her home .


there 's a disturbing 'great white hope ' undertone to the other side of heaven that subtly undermines its message of christian love and compassion .


one of the more intelligent children 's movies to hit theaters this year .


the acting by the over-25s lacks spark , with csokas particularly unconnected .


when the apocalypse arrives , it takes the form of a bio-chemical virus , contaminating the cities , mountains , and shorelines .


his life is a whirl of seedy bars , seedier girlfriends and a wife two towns away .


the movie 's quiet affirmation of neighborhood values gives it an honest , lived-in glow .


able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history .


it 's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe . . . but it 's far from a groundbreaking endeavor .


god responds to his challenge and allows bruce to take on his powers to prove himself .


the threat implied in the title pokM-imon 4ever is terrifying M-^V like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming .


audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant .


girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy .


this is a labor of love , and while it may not be slick , it is an endearing look at one man 's selflessness and one team 's determination .


we do get the distinct impression that this franchise is drawing to a close .


it is a testament of quiet endurance , of common concern , of reconciled survival .


`` tattered angel `` is a story of pain and triumph .


in california , texas , and several other states , conservative politicians successfully waged legislative campaigns to outlaw and prohibit the sale , ownership or use of vibrators and dildos while simultaneously criminalizing other 'deviant ' sexual practices .


`` punch-drunk love `` is a little like a chocolate milk moustache . . .


whether noam chomsky , the mit linguist and political philosopher , is the most important intellectual alive , as the new york times once famously called him , is open for debate .


carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders , chan wades through putrid writing , direction and timing with a smile that says , 'if i stay positive , maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures , drunken master . '


syd does accept him and befriends him and shows him how to live .


a man ( phillipe ) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things from his past he discovers his ability to move from the year 2002 to the year 1999 .


the ragtag crew battle their way to galveston , with the mob and authorities in close pursuit , and an uncertain destiny awaiting them .


as soon as they blow yakavetta away , it is revealed that the macmanus father and sons have been hiding out deep in the glens and valleys of ireland for three years .


few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying .


all ends well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click .


nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento ' with the hallucinatory drug culture of 'requiem for a dream . '


i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies .


carlton `` niche `` james ( cory barlog ) tries desperatly to meet women .


hosts of hooded penitents parade through the ancient , narrow streets of the old town in time-honoured ritual .


it 's all about love is a fresh take on modern love and future life as two lovers struggle in a conspiracy of epic proportions .


paro 's world crashed knowing that her devdas would be gone and she lit a diya , for it signified the fast coming back of her loved one .


in the small town , local cop connie struggles with many sightings of a mothlike creature taller than a man being reported , while john believes that an explanation for his wife 's fate can be found .


the desperate miauczynski personalizes our own fears and obsessions , which have become so visible recently .


is truth stranger than fiction ? in [ screenwriter ] charlie kaufman 's world , truth and fiction are equally strange , and his for the taking .


a love triangle about young people trying to communicate in world where communication is about to change forever .


but when the teenager decides to invite a 12-year-old boy who is running away from home , maud is near illegality .


it is as if he has suddenly discovered his love of fatherhood .


initial strangeness inexorably gives way to rote sentimentality and mystical tenderness becomes narrative expedience .


i 'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow .


if this dud had been made in the '70s , it would have been called the hills have antlers and played for about three weeks in drive-ins .


the transfer to the imax screen diminishes none of the film 's drama , which was always much more about human emotions than technology .


a major achievement and something to get excited about .


yeh kaisi mohabbat ( ykm ) is a romantic thriller .


they also talk about their professional and personal experiences , and describe the places they visit .


the main characters are simply named the husband , the wife and the kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .


seeking a microscopic camera that could be incorporated into his artificial eye so he could secretly film whatever he sees , the filmmaker explores the futuristic technology that could make this possible , while revisiting chapters of his own past .


the whole crew has come to depend on his realizing it .


if this movie leaves you cool , it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative .


no matter how hard you run from the past , it has a way of catching up with you .


. . . there 's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .


everything is set for the perfect weekend , until one of the guests stumbles across an old history of the house with the power to unleash the horrors of scotland 's past .


her father invented the world panorama for use by the authorities , but was turned down .


hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .


it 's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period .


throughout the day 's move , their two very different groups of friends tangle in conflicts and romance while august tries to figure out who he really wants before it 's too late .


`` frida `` is a good film that has some brilliant moments of artistry throughout .


a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches .


claire is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains .


ice age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ?


a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater , and films had the ability to mesmerize , astonish and entertain .


he is reluctant to help at first because he is wearing his friend kumin 's shoes and does n't want it to be dirty .


the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .


an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone does have a center , though a morbid one .


when a stranger stumbles in to their camp disoriented mumbling things about lights in the sky the four friends put in a struggle with a psychotic army colonel and a being that has taken control of one of their minds .


the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress , even though her talent is supposed to be growing .


the remaining friends must now rescue the captives , while desperately trying to avoid the long arm of the law .


it is intensely personal and yet -- unlike quills -- deftly shows us the temper of the times .


'bloody magic ' is the story of zack , an eleven year old school boy , who 's family is visited by three debt collectors .


an overstylized , purM-ied mM-ilange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy . sometimes entertaining , sometimes indulgent -- but never less than pure wankery .


he follows them into a cave with a mysterious blue light and it turns out he is following h . g . wells , who , in turn , is on a time travel chase of dr . noah , a brilliant scientist who has gone mad with the intentions on destroying the world .


based on nicole valery-grossu 's european best seller autobiographic novel `` bless you , prison `` , the film is a true story , with real events and characters .


in the year 2009 , a new drug known as blood heat is developed .


partnered with the sassy , stunning sistah girl , our hero must first undergo the ultimate attitude adjustment and trade in his 'fro and platforms for tennis sweaters and penny loafers .


no earth-shattering accomplishment , but an unusually smart movie that the whole family can go to without a single person getting bored or talked down to .


it 's fun , but the code-talk will fly right over everyone 's head


a bored secretary in the holiday firm funtime inc spends her time looking after the plants around her .


handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism .


a film that perfectly distills the relationship between pop music and teens searching for identity .


but after he 's done his `` day job `` matt takes on a secret identity as `` the man without fear , `` daredevil , the masked avenger that patrols the neighborhood of hell 's kitchen and new york city to combat the injustice that he can not tackle in the courtroom .


set in 1960 's sydney , this is the story of an australian gangster whose booming business , buoyed by the influx of u . s . soldiers in town for r & # 38 ; r during their tours in vietnam , attracts the attention of first the chicago mafia , and then their east coast competitors .


prey for rock & # 38 ; roll is the story of jacki and her all-girl rock and roll band , clam dandy , who are trying to make it in the la club scene of the late 1980 's .


meanwhile , a sith lord orchestrates events between the forces of good and evil , all the while waiting to play the final move that will ensure him control of the galaxy .


nick , a district attorney investigating the most recent case , a suspicious apparent suicide , and her interviews with friends and family of the deceased trigger extensive and intricately interwoven flashbacks that reveal surprising facts about the man 's life and death .


there 's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl .


in their own words , and not a moment too soon - 'broadway ' tells the stories of our theatrical legends , how they came to new york , and how they created this legendary century in american theatre .


schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs . . .


nicholas , his sister and mother venture to london to seek help from their uncle ralph , but ralph 's only intentions are to separate the family and exploit them .


then , grace lets us in on the secret of their marriage , and how she is able to keep communication front and center in their relationship .


by the time you reach the finale , you 're likely wondering why you 've been watching all this strutting and posturing .


bret has an idea that will push them both across lines they 'd never seriously considered crossing .


with some encouragement from tom ( paul bettany ) , the self-appointed town spokesman , the little community agrees to hide her and in return , grace agrees to work for them .


ramu stands in and repeats the wisdom of sharonna , freeing the mind of the posh guests and attracting lexi to him .


neil burger here succeeded in . . . making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present .


director yu seems far more interested in gross-out humor than in showing us well-thought stunts or a car chase that we have n't seen 10 , 000 times .


patricia confides to her good-hearted maid maria ( theresa saldana ) , that she is convinced that her husband already waits for her in 'shangri-la ' , the fabulous get-away-paradise where she will fulfill her infinite happiness of a family .


what full frontal lacks in thematic coherence it largely makes up for as loosey-goosey , experimental entertainment . still , i 'm not quite sure what the point isM-^E


the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious .


the crew of the enterprise ( picard and company ) find themselves on planet romulus and eventually discover a threat to the earth .


he has been hired by an american known only as `` wall street `` ( see rule two ) to make a delivery , but when frank stops along route , he notices his `` package `` is moving .


the only thing that matters for him is break dancing .


heaven is a haunting dramatization of a couple 's moral ascension .


the united states of america is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war .


the film is n't especially dynamic , but it brims with insightful , poignant memories from survivors .


the film culminates with the band 's arrival on the u . s . stage at wolf trap national park .


astrid magnussen is a 12 year old girl , living in california .


intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed .


the story follows unpredictable twists and turns until it climaxes with a madcap finale .


a depressingly retrograde , 'post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women .


amerika , zed and kyle are good friends until the excitingly undermedicated bitch goddess trasha enters the frame , cutting kyle off from his friends and their vacuous and unencumbered world of beer and porn .


a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish .


a painting brought to life , the tracker is an enigmatic visual essay set on a vast australian landscape .


an inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .


dek and shirley live together with 12 year-old marlene , her daughter by the sexy delinquent jimmy , who skeddadled years ago and has n't been heard from since .


the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble .


maggie finds that life can take many unexpected turns as she discovers mateo has risked a dangerous trip at sea and he has made it to miami .


the movie is the strangest experience : a matter-of-fact thing that swallows you whole .


what jackson has accomplished here is amazing on a technical level .


by the end , only one thing is certain - justice is simply a toss of the coin .


just when we think we have a grasp on each character 's inner-motives , more characters get sucked into the fray altering everyone 's dynamic and the course of april 's `` perfect `` shower .


dares to look conventional hollywood wisdom in the eye and refuses to blink


off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all .


this comic gem is as delightful as it is derivative .


[ w ] hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jane goodall 's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .


epic myth becomes burning truth on the mountain of fire .


during a climbing trip to kullen in sweden , charlotte is inches from falling to her death . teis


she ignores him and climbs the town water tower regularly .


soon after , the old man reappears on the shore and is greeted by his wife , who has been waiting for his arrival .


grace 's only salvation appears to be by the guidance of her paternal grandfather reverend salo sr . ( the amazing kreskin ) .


coppola 's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema .


a morality tale whose thought-provoking potential is hampered by a made-for-tv look , rigid performances and an asinine 'twist ' that brazenly rips off the sixth sense .


smith 's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes .


a chaotic panorama that 's too busy flying a lot of metaphoric flags .


a disfigured man , known as the phantom who loves to strike fear in the minds of the paris opera house staff , comes to a young singer , christine daae , and tutors her voice .


she comes from nothing and finally gets everything , but . . .


not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching .


a young boy has been possessed so as to capture a young , beautiful girl .


in 1977 , during anita bryant 's crusade , an anti-gay book alan wrote years before gets published without his consent .


what makes this latest version of the four feathers the best so far are the beautiful desert locations ( in morocco ) , and the superb action sequences .


davis has filled out his cast with appealing fresh faces .


rock 's got the kind of sly charm and non- self-conscious sincerity that could fit into any action hero archetype imaginable , even the old-school ones .


more impressionistic than analytical , a grin without a cat is a grand immersion .


it may not be the most immediate or attention-grabbing work , but there 's certainly something satisfying in its thoughtfulness .


a breezy , diverting , conventional , well-acted tale of two men locked in an ongoing game of cat-and-cat .


not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .


unlike the rest , she did n't vanish forever from history .


spousal abuse is a major problem in contemporary society , but the film reduces this domestic tragedy to florid melodrama .


a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed .


dan tort , a troubled genius attempts to build a magnetic engine while running from the deamons of his past , and trying to stay a couple steps ahead of the government and corperate kings .


all her father gus wants is for her to get married to a nice greek boy .


it tends to remind one of a really solid woody allen film , with its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing


documentary and drama carry spielrein 's life into the cross-hairs of warring ideologies ( communism , national socialism ) .


a live-action cartoon , a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action put together with the preteen boy in mind .


as sebastien does his research over the next several days he begins to discover more about himself than he ever anticipated .


sadly , 'garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as 'wayne . '


the kind of film that grows on you upon reflection


egoyan 's work often elegantly considers various levels of reality and uses shifting points of view , but here he has constructed a film so labyrinthine that it defeats his larger purpose .


laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany .


there , he befriends a 13 year old boy left behind years before by his mother .


he 's survived only by holding onto his dream of revenge against matty , the man he believes betrayed him .


the film `` eternally aliens `` is a 24 min .


they lie in bed but all his advances are instantly rejected by a progressively more nervous ana .


plays like a series of vignettes -- clips of a film that are still looking for a common through-line .


connie sumner has a loving husband , a beautiful home , and a wonderful son , but she wants more .


a soap-opera quality twist in the last 20 minutes . . . almost puts the kibosh on what is otherwise a sumptuous work of b-movie imagination .


simon is an angel who shows jordan a clear oath .


pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic .


the film contains colour home movie footage of the film 's production which where shot by charles ' brother sydney .


blau ( trevor griffiths ) needs a favor for old times ' sake .


his intelligence and unconventional attitude attract the attention of veteran walter burke ( al pacino ) who squires him through the agency 's difficult training courses and helps him to quickly rise through the ranks .


they live in a poor village in the soviet union , fantisizing about a better life .


he meets up with the country bears , a long-since broken-up band , a parody of bands like the eagles .


although forcibly baptized , the sisters are chased through christendom until they arrive in venice .


ultimately , the band must find its strength in the music that is their passion and the thread that holds them together , inspiring them to prevail .


this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing .


visually exciting sci-fi film which suffers from a lackluster screenplay .


standing by yourself tracks the movements and daily machinations of a group of outcast friends in their strip-mall new york state hometown .


together they find out , much to their horror , that all the housewives are strangely blissful , and somehow . . .


a charming trifle . . . a welcome return to jocular form .


those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .


nsa agent gibbons ( samuel l . jackson ) forces xxx to cooperate with the government to infiltrate an underground russian crime ring and avoid going to prison .


the film has too many spots where it 's on slippery footing , but is acceptable entertainment for the entire family and one that 's especially fit for the kiddies .


there is a refreshing absence of cynicism in stuart little 2 -- quite a rarity , even in the family film market . eventually , it wins you over .


a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone .


pretty new temp irene ca n't help falling for graham 's spontaneous charm .


reaching to break the wishbone , thomas thinks of his ultimate dream - to see the sexy neighbor naked .


insomnia is involving . still , i thought it could have been more .


a slick , well-oiled machine , exquisitely polished and upholstered .


i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho 's .


while working a car insurance scam , toni cutter , a female con artist , accidentally turns a routine collision into a fatality and exposes her lawyer and lover , stephen tally , to felony murder charges from the district attorney .


on his journey he befriends slacker jimmy the fin ( peter sarsgaard ) and becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor colette ( debra kara unger ) from her own demons .


mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .


japan 's premier stylist of sex and blood hits audiences with what may be his most demented film to date .


payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business .


suffering from his flashbacks , vince does n't realize that ellen has also disappeared from the cemetery , right before his eyes .


the farmer whom the barn belongs to is distraught and ca n't cope from the intruder 's power of articulations .


an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see .


carmen and juni cortez team up with two other spy kids , gary and gerti giggles , and together they must save the world from the hands of an evil scientist named romero ( buscemi ) .


freddy krueger ( robert englund ) is desparate to kill , but he ca n't since the parents of elm street have been doping their kids up with dream suppressants .


after ten years of being ignored by record producers , jacki and the band find hope in one producer who promises to see them play and consider them for a contract .


scotland , pa . is a strangely drab romp . some studio pizazz might have helped .


sharing a cabin together , each finds out a little bit about themselves over the course of 10 days .


more entertaining than much of the big-studio schlock out there .


she has two men in her life : wealthy divorcee ray porter ( steve martin ) and struggling musician jeremy .


what does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear ?


bound and determined to end their contentious relationship once and for all , melanie sneaks back home to alabama to confront her past , only to discover that you can take the girl out of the south , but you can never take the south out of the girl .


this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .


my big fat greek wedding is that rare animal known as 'a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .


soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film . what 's left is a rich stew of longing .


all prints of this film should be sent to and buried on pluto .


nearly surreal , dabbling in french , this is no simple movie , and you 'll be taking a risk if you choose to see it . i enjoyed the ride ( bumps and all ) , creamy depth , and ultimate theme .


a psychologically rich and suspenseful moral thriller with a stellar performance by al pacino .


his big brother george has also made a new friend , will , so stuart is feeing lonely .


a selection of scenes in search of a movie .


lan yu is at times too restrained , yet there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most american love stories look downright unfree .


but peter is reclusive and awkward when he does n't have his camera in between himself and his subjects .


calvin and his friends , who all live an in orphanage , find old shoes with the faded letters mj connected to a powerline .


raja also manages to go to malaysia with them .


the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle , to be consumed and forgotten .


gigli , a lowly and inept hitman , is assigned a job by the mob to kidnap a mentally retarded brother of a california district attorney .


an intricate tale of guilt , grief and dark serendipity . . . so deft it 's hard not to gasp with delight as the plot 's pieces slide into place and its machinery begins humming .


rather than the large chunk of change that many people would expect , ted instead receives his mother 's pack of rowdy sled dogs and her property .


it may be a prize winner , but teacher is a bomb .


depending on what you read witnesses say his penis was from 12 to 14 inches long .


first and foremost . . . the reason to go see `` blue crush `` is the phenomenal , water-born cinematography by david hennings .


the project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting .


a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so . the movie is without intent .


the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to resist .


but cousin roberto is n't the tough guy they 'd expected .


it 's still a comic book , but maguire makes it a comic book with soul .


a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending .


harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate . it 's likely that whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you 'll likely think of this one .


[ jaglom ] creates an engaging insider 's world of enthusiastically entertaining characters and absorbing situations .


has enough wit , energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested .


a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity .


the teamster 's union goes on strike against overnite transportation , a nationwide freight company that has resisted unionization .


before he can do anything about it , though , jed is seduced by jackson 's lesbian artist friend .


one of the year 's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces .


in steps reese , a sweet , charming co-worker smitten with kali .


when an ira cell forces him to hear last confession from a suspected informer , will he let them execute the terrorist ?


the film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy .


remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies .


the actors are forced to grapple with hazy motivations that never come into focus .


in addition , various genres of musicians have joined in today showing worldwide support , thus contributing to bruce 's objective , 'sure it 's nice to be famous , but i 'm more interested in obtaining a telepathic following ' .


exactly what you 'd expect from a guy named kaos .


a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys .


gary oldman plays as a dwarf brother to a normal-sized matthew mcconaughey .


but even more important than that , it is an emotional story of a character who learns to value relationships , life balance and spiritual purpose , over self-involvement and financial gain .


anna is followed everywhere she goes by a creepy pale assailant with a knife .


the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .


if you 're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .


diana , who secretly returns jose 's affection , comes to his rescue , but is taken hostage .


this 90-minute dud could pass for mike tyson 's e ! true hollywood story .


in the middle of loneliness , and after realizing that filmmaking is more than just filming , he decides to start over again .


any chekhov is better than no chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years .


national lampoon 's van wilder could be the worst thing to come out of national lampoon since class reunion


this is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream .


just entertaining enough not to hate , too mediocre to love .


this film is not a love letter for the slain rappers , it 's a taunt -a call for justice for two crimes from which many of us have not yet recovered .


this results in more deaths , until the ultimate realization that your thoughts and actions are more important than the color of your skin .


nicole goes through the ordeal of communist prisons , conflicts and risky activities , and manages to provide a heartening example for the other inmates .


a stupid , derivative horror film that substitutes extreme gore for suspense .


but he 's found a way to allow him to escape .


there , a competition to create 'something ' made of at least 50 % duct tape , will garner the third prize winner exactly $ 10 , 000 .


when a vindictive inspector from the board of education invades their paradise , promising to shut them down , the members of this eccentric and highly dysfunctional family somehow find a way to pull together and win the day .


his songs were once well thought of , but the music business clearly has changed .


the plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel .


the lover literally searches the ends of the earth , the possessed child follows in the hopes that the lover will lead him to his quarry .


one monday a pretty girl gets on the bus and sits in front of him .


boasts enough funny dialogue and sharp characterizations to be mildly amusing .


the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the [ teen comedy ] genre a bad name .


finch must stop their wedding , but stifler refuses to tell him the date and locaction of the wedding .


it 's up to [ watts ] to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe .


there is only one drawback , the sorceress and the priestess are sisters .


if it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker 's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life 's urgent questions .


thinking the young man is dead , a curious fisherman with a scalpel finds two bullets in his back and a miniature laser device in his hip .


the story starts with a bit more in depth on the court house scene which ended the last film .


a lyrical , bittersweet film about what could be termed a by-product of battle .


while `` real women have curves `` suffers from an obvious and simplistic screenplay , it 's a bright looking , well-acted charmer .


meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .


the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .


despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .


years later murdock has grown into a man and becomes a respected criminal attorney .


icon-bashing has never been as amusing as it is in michael rubbo 's documentary much ado about something .


too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .


only a supremely flexible talent like kinnear could whittle away at crane 's nuances and come up with thespian gold .


never quite transcends jokester status . . . and the punchline does n't live up to barry 's dead-eyed , perfectly chilled delivery .


rocha 's years of exile in cuba ( 1971-72 ) , coincided with a period of great cultural ferment and debate about the roles of the arts in the social and political revolutions of latin america and the third world .


a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring .


unfortunately , stiles has bought off a crooked sheriff who intends to make the trip very difficult for red . . .


the sweetest thing is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance .


this overproduced and generally disappointing effort is n't likely to rouse the rush hour crowd .


she 's helped along in that process by betsy wright ( pamela gordon ) , a misanthropic dog-walker in need of help with her business and struggling with her own dark past .


a subtle , humorous , illuminating study of politics , power and social mobility .


an alcoholic former schoolteacher hired as security finds himself a reluctant mentor to mouse , the impressionable boy ward of the pimp dewey .


miyazaki has provided another triumph , and , in the midst of the quality fall-off of disney 's in-house animated projects , a reason for animation-lovers to rejoice .


one night , tobias knifes his father in the back , and escape to switzerland .


he discovers that his friend has gone into business , and is successfully breeding black chickens .


scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle .


on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .


there are touching moments in etoiles , but for the most part this is a dull , dour documentary on what ought to be a joyful or at least fascinating subject .


what one is left with , even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .


the story is about a man , bruce hickman , and his relationship with another man , frank , the thing that they have in common is the relation with a deaf person .


allen 's underestimated charm delivers more goodies than lumps of coal .


for oscar , diane is somewhat of a distraction , as his continued pursuit of eve leads to an unexpected resolution .


this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world .


a week later , jash contacts the police , asking not for a ransom but for retired police inspector mo to be his police contact .


the production values are up there . the use of cgi and digital ink-and-paint make the thing look really slick . the voices are fine as well . the problem , it is with most of these things , is the script .


this is a romantic comedy about a girl named christina who , one day , meets a guy in a bar .


a psychological thriller that does n't really hold up if you think about it too much , but is nonetheless highly entertaining in a low-budget , david lynch-ian way .


e . t . works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet .


`` 13 conversations `` holds its goodwill close , but is relatively slow to come to the point .


cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing .


he dwells in a world of external night -- but the blackness is filled with sounds and scents , tastes and textures that most can not perceive .


three stories of undying love from acclaimed japanese filmmaker takeshi kitano .


an incredibly clever and superbly paced caper filled with scams within scams within scams .


reign of fire may well be the most grim dragon movie ever made -- and it 's all the more effective for the filmmakers ' decision to play it straight .


during the year 2000 geyrhalter and his teams travelled to a different destination each month , looking for places untouched by the millennium hysteria .


fans of waiting for guffman , american movie and rushmore have found a new favorite in this hilarious mockumentary .


it 's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once .


the two engage in a spirited and acerbic dialogue - meanwhile accomplishing nothing .


but things are not always what they may look like .


dr . david gale , an advocate of eliminating the death penalty , is falsely accused of rape and murder .


thornton stars as a man who is free after serving 19 years for killing a teenager during an attempted robbery .


his attention settles on alicia browning ( busy philipps ) , a darkly troubled outsider who , as the only person present throughout the entire incident , is both the key witness and a possible suspect .


2 . a cranny , hollow , or crevice , as in a rock .


johnny lever ( paaji ) is a millionaire sardarji who believes in distributing & # 38 ; spending lavishly his wealth on his friends .


engaging peter is the story of peter , a struggling documentary filmmaker who has resorted to shooting weddings for rent money .


if you keep a list of films you want to see one way or another , you would be doing yourself a service by keeping this film high up on that list .


the battle results in an incident that sees one of the men re-evaluate his values in life .


this film is adapted from the play the fire and the rain by one of india 's foremost playwrights , girish karnad .


the film 's images give a backbone to the company and provide an emotional edge to its ultimate demise .


it 's all entertaining enough , but do n't look for any hefty anti-establishment message in what is essentially a whip-crack of a buddy movie that ends with a whimper .


though the characters are sometimes forced into madcap situations for the sake of adding yuks , the film works best when the protagonists are just being themselves


however after roxie has undergone the 'casting couch ' treatment , and fred has had his wicked way with her , he reveals that he has no more connections in showbusiness than she does .


along the way , they get tips from various experts , which include performances from george kennedy , tippi hedren , erick avari , and stephen furst .


it 's young guns meets goodfellas in this easily skippable hayseeds-vs . -greaseballs mob action-comedy .


that a high-profile movie with big-name actors could inspire such philosophical reflection is impressive .


as he chases the elusive bounty hunter , jango ( and his cloned son boba ) leads obi wan to geonosis , where he meets count dooku and finds a startling revelation about the former jedi .


one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off


daily prison life is not drab but full of unexpected happenings like a story .


he tries to recapture the past , and make some sense of his life , that of his friends and family , and the present state of his native country .


rare is the 'urban comedy ' that even attempts the insight and honesty of this disarming indie .


rarely has a film 's title served such dire warning .


dialogue-heavy and too cerebral for its own good -- or , at any rate , too cerebral for its racy subject matter .


as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them .


wins my vote for 'the 2002 enemy of cinema ' award .


the plan goes by smoothly , but troubles comes when ray actually falls in love with eva .


starving artist gus bishop ca n't even give away his paintings .


arcangel gets a message from his brother telling that their father is very sick .


after collateral damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father clichM-i has been unturned . but no .


a unique and irreverent look at new york 's cubicle filled sweatshops .


and lastly there 's dinka , a fellow barber who is madly in love with terri but does n't get the time of day .


through it all , carlos comes to understand that if he is to make it as a comic artist , he must engage with the community he comes from , take that experience back out into the world , and put it in his work .


it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 .


the result reverberates on the screen with a deadly force and fury more intense than anything mr . scorsese has yet achieved on the meanest and most beloved streets he could imagine or recall .


uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .


in doing so , he learns that the conventional answers of easy availability of guns , violent national history , violent entertainment and even poverty are inadequate to explain this violence when other cultures share those same factors without the equivalent carnage .


nine queens is exactly the sort of film hollywood is always re-making and utterly ruining in the process . see it in this incarnation .


by turns gripping , amusing , tender and heart-wrenching , laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best .


it 's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 .


when a movie is as down-and-out funny as austin powers in goldmember , it 's easy to overlook the missed opportunities and fizzled jokes littering the barrage of hilarity .


with the help of his roommate , joe and his roommate 's girlfriend , bess , peter begins to explore more about himself and his values only to be crushed by those who love him .


the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long .


luckily , this would n't be sabina 's final contribution to psychoanalysis .


when in their thirties , they lose their father and inherit his second-hand bookshop .


when rebecca went away to college john thought webcams would help them keep in touch .


they literally bump heads one night , and become best friends .


painted with broad strokes but with a palette of rich , colorful details .


while playing , young t & # 252 ; rlich falls unconscious onto a duck nest and is carried away forever by the small river .


in the meantime , she has had a little love affair with a young man from the village , found a girlfriend from her childhood days , swum in the sea , and found a way to live in peace with her melancholic memories .


however he 's cauught by the mexican secret police and is forced to infiltrate a gruop political activist in the movement of 68 .


mr . deeds is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple , sweet and romantic comedy .


truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before .


without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .


cruise 's character has the tables turned on him when he is accused of a future crime and must find out what brought it about and stop it before it can happen in the year 2054 , a so-called `` pre-crime division `` is working around washington , dc .


ricky is an ex-con with two strikes against him and is desperately trying to stay straight .


worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames .


unfortunatly fate was not on his side because problems on location caused the film to go bankrupt within 12 days of shooting .


so she writes it using info from people who talk about him and writes an unflattering piece , which does n't make him happy .


nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil .


guru gulab leaves india for america and comes to stay in the neighbourhood of dr . anmol acharya ( aftab shivdasani ) .


shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls , stubbly chins , liver spots , red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere .


now the job is n't the payoff , it 's about payback .


a sparkling cosmopolitan comedy that plays fast and loose with sacred cows of family values .


national lampoon 's van wilder was better than we expected ; a 'not a total waste of money ' kind of dateflick for those just hitting pre-collegiate years .


mitch is left for dead in the desert -- or so they think -- rescued and nursed back to health by a gorgeous women named , angela rose ( nicole austin ) .


a feature documentary offering a gripping portrait of the esgenoopetitj mi'gmaq first nation during the summer of 2000 as the canadian government appears to wage war on the community for exercising their inherent and court-affirmed fishing rights .


even if the ride 's a little bumpy , with a final lap that 's all too suspiciously smooth , you got ta give director roger michell , best known for the superfluous notting hill , credit for trying .


when images of nicholas 's absent father start to appear to him , the boy is understandably frightened .


so , shaun goes to great lengths with a little help from his girlfriend ashley and his drugged-out loser brother lance to get into stanford any way they see fit .


told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings .


though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia 's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking .


the two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect .


raunchy though [ cho 's ] material is , it embraces all comers , regardless of gender , sexuality , race or ethnicity . and it 's never been sharper -- or funnier -- than it is here .


sincere energy gives this soul-searcher something magic to find - if even along the beaten path .


a friendly vacation for four old friends - two couples from college - turns ugly . . . then


. . . a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .


going to the website may be just as fun ( and scary ) as going to the film .


the movie stays afloat thanks to its hallucinatory production design .


so , alexi starts to bribe members of the different teams to cause more trouble than necessary on the field , and the viewers love it .


has all the right elements but completely fails to gel together .


he has been with his girlfriend for 9 months too long .


in a town of good intentions , memorbale characters and nothing much to do , the truth has a way of catching up with you .


. . . [ the film ] works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay .


spielrein was a young russian-jewish woman of 18 when she arrived in august 1904 at the burgh & # 246 ; lzli clinic in zurich where carl gustav jung had set up shop .


tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down .


this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .


missing since 1962 and floating adrift , the antonia graza is not uninhabited .


to the film 's credit , the acting is fresh and unselfconscious , and munch is a marvel of reality versus sappy sentiment .


rajput then gets together a team of three blind men vishwas prajapati ( akshay kumar ) , arjun verma ( arjun rampal ) and ilias ( paresh rawal ) who will help him obtain his vengeance and make a heap of money at the same time .


. . . turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .


a chained to a rock finnish sniper-kamikadze wille managed to set himself free .


it has the ability to offend and put off everyone , but it holds you with its outrageousness .


this holds particularly true for blacky , a white teen who is more interested in books than sport , and his best friend , dumby , the aboriginal star of the team .


one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved .


this is a very good film , and it heralds an emerging directorial talent .


fans of behan 's work and of irish movies in general will be rewarded by borstal boy .


boon hock comes from a low-income family and needs to balance school and helping out at the food stall .


ultimately . . . the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .


the pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting .


by turns whimsical and absurdist , babek payami 's secret ballot is a slight but likable iranian film with the flavor of a shaggy-dog story conceived by samuel beckett and directed by jim jarmusch .


reminds viewers of how beautiful and sexy a pregnant woman can be .


veteran actor serrault and rising newcomer seigner . . . pitch their performances perfectly , skilfully underplaying to match carion 's understated direction .


meanwhile , una makes herself being fired in the supermarket .


if you saw benigni 's pinocchio at a public park , you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .


a lean , surprisingly artful programmer , closer in spirit to something like don siegel 's riot in cell block 11 than to typical boxing fare .


but seemingly coming to her rescue is isabelle ( tina krause ) , a mysterious and voluptuous woman who offers her food and shelter .


captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head .


this documentary captures the life story of legendary hollywood producer and studio chief robert evans .


those who do n't entirely 'get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy .


one of those joyous films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature .


[ reynolds ] takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch .


daphne , a free-spirited american 19-year-old ( amanda bynes ) raised by her equally free-spirited mother goes to england to establish a relationship with her father ( colin firth ) , who turns out to be a prominent political figure heavily involved in social customs .


the santa clause 2 `` goes down as easy as an eggnog on christmas eve .


much like robin williams , death to smoochy has already reached its expiration date .


as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson 's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .


a little girl steals from the jar , containing her poor family 's meager savings .


as they struggle to get out of the country and fight to stay alive , they find a special love and compassion from which emerges their ultimate moral and spiritual redemption .


greg puts up with martha 's harsh criticism in exchange for a place to lay-low until he can evade the police and repair his delicate relationship with his young daughter , chelsea .


but will 's drive for the brass ring hits a last-minute obstacle when his mistress suddenly vanishes - with the capital for his latest plans for expansion .


it is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished . the actors try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward .


handsome , charming and undeniably self-absorbed , he treats her more like a nanny than a harvard law grad and can barely choose a tie without her help .


slowly , patricia regains her joy of life although living in complete isolation .


like the best of godard 's movies . . . it is visually ravishing , penetrating , impenetrable .


on a purely pictorial level , this is one of the best-looking imax movies ever .


now she ca n't perform the song , and aksel realizes he must take action !


when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ?


a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere , and just seems worse for the effort .


the result puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less .


the making of the dragon is a comedic satire ( not a spoof ) of the kung-fu film genre .


jones ' desire was to document the creative work of yhf 's production , he seems to have found a bit more , including band members departing and a conflict with reprise record company .


the longer version may be truer to tornatore 's tripartite vision -- and less simply cloying and calculated -- but ultimately it 's also less coherent and emotionally satisfying .


when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger 's sex life , it already has one strike against it .


how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [ franM-gois and michM-hle 's ] relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them .


three astronauts crash land on an earth-like planet after returning from a 7-year long expedition to ganymede .


louis is a struggling painter whose life is turned upside down when his wish comes true and he becomes trapped in his own paintings .


poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .


the movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had .


the discoveries made by bob cornuke and larry williams will shock the world and rewrite history .


merchant has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage .


an engaging documentary about people who live in unusual homes .


' . . . young , savvy cinematic sensibility framed by the limitations of a conservative , unrelenting culture . '


it takes us finally to the comedy clubs that for so many years we saw only at the beginning and end of seinfeld .


jimmy tong ( chan ) is just a lowly chauffeur for millionaire clark devlin ( isaacs ) , until devlin has an accident that puts him in the hospital .


is life a series of uncontrollable events that are laid out for us or is it truly what we make of it ?


it is psychedelic , hypnotic , exhilarating and horrifying , and sometimes all at once .


herzog , a man of detail became enraptured with his subject and was unable to use his editing shears .


vikrant wrongly implicates guru gulab in a very serious crime , which forces him to flee out of the india .


with the help of a fellow believer ( hugh mclean ) , and despite several obstacles in the way , he sets out on this mission to fulfill his goal .


unlike cinderella though , ella must depend on herself and her intelligence to get her through her troubles and find lucinda in order for her `` curse `` to be broken !


but one day everything changes when a dog named lucky enters his life .


when his mom named him after warren beatty . . .


it 's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death


time of fear is a taut psychological thriller thrusting an fbi agent and a grieving father into the dark world of a demented killer .


despite the film 's bizarre developments , hoffman keeps us riveted with every painful nuance , unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character 's gripping humanity .


`` bums in the mist `` will expose you to a world where alcohol is king and sloth is a virtue ; buddy george will discover , bums who are able to find love and professional success all while maintaining their `` mondern frontiersman `` lifestyle ; bums who 's natural gifts enable them to move down the ladder of success at an astronomical rate ( or whatever the opposite of astronomical is ) and who 's penchant for violence impact every aspect of their lives .


little does he know , he is investigating some of the biggest events of the star wars saga , as he finds out that there is a connection between the assassination attempts and a separtists movement led by a former jedi ( christopher lee ) against the republic .


however , nicholas can not keep the creature hidden forever and must eventually face his own feelings .


it takes you on a personal journey through one family 's history , one man 's self-destructive grief and a love that transcends time and death .


short stories revolving around a bar and a hotel in recife , unveil a mosaic of exotic characters living in the brazilian underground : a butcher married with an evangelical woman , a necrophile in love with a bar owner , a transvestite , and many others .


compared to sorority boys . . . this is high comedic art .


character development is conveyed primarily through the combatants actions and the choices they make as they progress across their combat route .


a broad stylistic combination of cinema verit & # 233 ; and magic realism , the film follows emile 's life as he tries to reconnect with his last remaining relation nada .


he is haunted by the ghost of his deceased brother paul who guides him toward his salvation .


since all her architects are either busy otherwise or too conservative in style , this ambivalent honour falls to numerobis .


a film that clearly means to preach exclusively to the converted .


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


with billy badly wounded , hotly pursued by a determined sheriff , the gang makes an unexpected and unwelcome visit .


when jason sees a movie preview of his story , he and best friend kaylee ( amanda bynes ) go to los angeles to make wolf confess to using jason 's story as well as to clear jason 's name and to get him out of having to attend summer school .


she must finally step out of her rarefied world and confront the assumptions on which she 's built her whole life .


a genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives .


unfortunately things do n't go as planned , and when the kids ' van breaks down at an old slaughterhouse , they are hunted down one by one . . .


in the end , each must deal with the mysterious and , perhaps , scandalous reason their affair suddenly ended .


the teen must decide whether to become immortal and stay with a tuck she 's fallen in love with .


the performances are so leaden , michael rymer 's direction is so bloodless and the dialogue is so corny that the audience laughs out loud .


movies like this are selling the old european candor , the old wink of 'bold ' revelation . but in 2002 , such revelations wilt .


otis wants to relive the old days , mark does n't .


one of the finest , most humane and important holocaust movies ever made .


a young korean war veteran returns home to find his parents have died and his wife has left him for another man .


fontaine indulges her signature style , creating a carefully measured film -- the kind whose impact slowly sneaks up on its audience and haunts them long after leaving the theatre .


living with the fosters is a darkly funny and dangerously subtle comedy about one family 's paranoid preparation for the year 2000 crisis and beyond .


his odyssey finally leads him onto a theatre stage .


on his way he gets again and again into situations of obsessive self-uncovering .


the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice .


dex and eric are ordinary , twenty-something guys dealing with work , relationships and friends .


novak manages to capture a cruelly hilarious vein of black comedy in the situation with his cast of non-actors and a gritty , no-budget approach .


malone does have a gift for generating nightmarish images that will be hard to burn out of your brain . but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .


subconscious art : a product of artistic merit that was created without conscious artistic intentions .


if you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer . otherwise , maybe .


however , when one of the lads accidentally shags a punter ( steven berkoff ) to death , they are forced to look for 'work ' elsewhere .


the film provides some great insight into the neurotic mindset of all comics -- even those who have reached the absolute top of the game .


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