in stunning color film noir , with munich germany , as the backdrop , this is the amazing story of one man and one woman against the odds .


nM-co encanta como 'o rei leM-co ' nem diverte como 'a nova onda do imperador ' , mas ao menos nM-co cansa como 'atlantis : o reino perdido ' .


too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience .


only a little later , johnathan 's life is already in extreme danger as well as those of his friends and teammates .


for those who are intrigued by politics of the '70s , the film is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed .


the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas .


mickey kilpatrick is the sweet-natured superintendent of their building , whose loopy dreams of becoming a professional bowler are met with only derision and confusion by his father sean .


that dogged good will of the parents and 'vain ' jia 's defoliation of ego , make the film touching despite some doldrums .


well-shot but badly written tale set in a future ravaged by dragons .


the woods have n't been this creepy since the blair witch project .


. . . devastatingly direct to the heart of the matter , demonstrating that there is no easy walk toward peace in a region with such strong conflicting traditions


everything that 's worthwhile about collision course can already be seen on television .


shiner can certainly go the distance , but is n't world championship material


it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a girl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you .


into this mix is thrown jed , jackson 's hunky cousin , which leads jackson to seriously contemplate the technicalities of incest .


yes , 4ever is harmless in the extreme and it 'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to spirited away ?


. . . a visually seductive , unrepentantly trashy take on rice 's second installment of her vampire chronicles .


painfully bleak and disheartening . . . brilliantly made and uncompromising


a vampire so consumed with an insatiable bloodlust that they prey on vampires as well as humans , transforming victims who are unlucky enough to survive into reapers themselves .


granted , much of the marlovian argument is patently ridiculous ( was ben johnson really part of a massive cover-up ? ) but it 's good fun .


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


if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .


his daughter has been kidnapped by the man who owns the stones , and wants them back .


the boarders between life and stage merge and makes him to the mockery of his follow human beings .


hardly makes the kind of points egoyan wanted to make , nor does it exist as the kind of monument he wanted to build , to victims whose voices have never gained the ears of the world .


but our wet hero is n't dead , and soon finds himself in zurich .


add to the mix a sob sister , roxie 's hapless husband amos , and a warm prison matron who watches out for her girls ( if there 's something in it for her ) , and you have chicago .


the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it .


the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc .


at the end of the second world war , 38 year-old career soldier gian singh resigns his commission with the british indian army and returns to his childhood village , near the border with pakistan .


it 's not a great monster movie . but if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn , there 's guilty fun to be had here . chomp chomp !


too clumsy in key moments . . . to make a big splash .


off the ramp , however , they are sexy , yet alone , in a male dominated society .


but sam decker still has a few tricks to teach the kids , and he 's got some thingfs to learn from them .


owners who will do almost anything to keep them running .


an enterprising jokester is a member of a local bowling club purely for the purpose of renting out his car park space to nearby workers .


with a stolen police cruiser ( the red one ) , the destructive being races towards a little and already doomed planet : earth .


i 'm going to give it a marginal thumbs up . i liked it just enough .


the movie , while beautiful , feels labored , with a hint of the writing exercise about it .


it 's crap on a leash -- far too polite to scale the lunatic heights of joe dante 's similarly styled gremlins .


the hours of life snatched from death lead them in a wild chase across romania , looking for the truth .


besides a few survivors , the only two who know about freddy 's plans are teenagers lori ( monica keena ) and will ( jason ritter ) .


the miseducation of mitchell is a gritty , inner-city drama that covers one day in the life of mitchell , a quiet ten-year-old boy who lives with his crack-head mother ( nayomi ) in a roach infested downtown l . a . motel .


red dragon is less baroque and showy than hannibal , and less emotionally affecting than silence . but , like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .


in the shadow of the casinos , is a world of backroom deals that can end a life over less money than the price of a bus ticket home .


thinking this will be his chance to go out on top victor soon finds out that he has been double crossed and his last option is to get revenge .


flounders due to the general sense that no two people working on the production had exactly the same thing in mind .


a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades .


adaptation 's success in engaging the audience in the travails of creating a screenplay is extraordinary .


dignified ceo 's meet at a rustic retreat and pee against a tree . can you bear the laughter ?


the tale unfolds as a group of hustlers encounter `` the dean `` and pull off a successful sting that results in their pursuit by a vengeful gangster .


a few days later , during the ancient festival of samhain , a group of american university students moves in a beautiful cottage , surrounded by a lush forest and a majestic lake they are here to learn about the rituals of the ancient druids and other celtic legends .


joe enders , a decorated marine who is by-the-book to a fault , is just coming back on duty ( by cheating on his medical tests ) .


through intimate vignettes of the milliner family , tiz 's close-knit crew , his pregnant girlfriend , his overzealous manager , and his mentor , the legendary kool g rap , tiz 's hopes and the quiet despair of his `` book of life filled with pain `` gradually emerge .


slight , but colorful and forward-moving . . . wasabi has the cheeky verve and heart of a shaggy dog movie that is aiming to please its owner , nothing more , nothing less .


his reins in the countryside around the happy forest surpassed the sporadic attacks by the evil knight .


time out plays out slowly , but vincent 's disconnectedness creates odd suspense and black humor .


the fake `` attack `` turns into a bloodbath .


kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor .


a remake of the danish blockbuster `` klatretosen , `` catch that girl is described as `` ocean 's 11 `` or `` mission : impossible `` for kids .


they fight with glass plates , staple guns , light bulbs , fire and other homemade weapons .


the balance of the movie shows the revenge of the various wronged parties .


soon the evil boss learns about sienna 's affair with kilabot and kidnaps her to exact revenge .


three families , living in a three storey building , leave for their summer vacations .


picard and the enterprise can escape , only to find themselves battling shinzons completely cloaked warbird , who is after the complete destruction of earth .


director of photography benoit delhomme shot the movie in delicious colors , and the costumes and sets are grand .


bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that .


like mike is a harmlessly naM-ove slice of b-ball fantasy , fit for filling in during the real nba 's off-season .


susie is obsessed about losing weight , thus being `` bonita `` and not `` gorda `` - the two keywords in the original spanish title .


a young man is struggling to get over harmful memories from his childhood , but while doing so discovers a technique that allows him to travel back in time and occupy his childhood body changing his history forever .


ms . rampling , still beautiful well into her 50s , has an earth-bound weariness and lively spirit that convey a life fully and tragically lived .


he has orchestrated a perverse sport where prisoners fight , sometime to the death for the entertainment and profit of he and his cronies .


she 's answering questions about how she became the speed queen , one of the sonic killers how mainlining speed with her husband , lamont , and her lover , natalie , grew into dealing , how dealing turned into robbery , and robbery into mass murder .


meanwhile in india , vikrant announces grand prize money to those who tell him the whereabouts of guru .


he 's also still got a murder to solve , in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing .


adam miauczynski , the character known from director marek koterski 's previous films , is a 44 year-old teacher , who reads poetry during school lessons and later goes home swearing and calling his neighbours ' names .


this curious figure gives nicholas the impression he is pressing his young son closer to the girls in his life and away from bobby .


a seasoned call girl is offered a way out of the business if she uncovers a blackmail ring in a house of prostitution .


he is increasingly tormented by his conscience as the new order of the day is revealed .


broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient .


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


the unluckiest man in vegas ( william h . macy ) - a guy whose bad luck is contagious - is used by the last of the old time mob run casinos to kill high rollers ' action .


the best way to hope for any chance of enjoying this film is by lowering your expectations . then lower them a bit more .


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


might be one of those vanity projects in which a renowned filmmaker attempts to show off his talent by surrounding himself with untalented people .


fly along with skilled helicopter crews as they carry out sea and mountain rescues , apprehend drug smugglers , repair high voltage lines , save endangered animals , deliver humanitarian aid , and undertake a reconnaissance mission .


the moral shrapnel and mental shellshock will linger long after this film has ended .


the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema .


the man who kidnapped his daughter is also doing what he can to find them .


worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film .


underachieving misfits pete and lanny are wannabe `` gangsta rappers , `` who find the constraints of suburbia stifling to their artistic goals .


. . . nothing scary here except for some awful acting and lame special effects .


ordinary melodrama that is heavy on religious symbols but wafer-thin on dramatic substance


obviously a socialist commentary , poets is in turn informative , witty and thought-provoking .


after being rejected for the perfect job , the aspiring animator faces an impending interview for a receptionist position at the same firm .


the four reluctantly come together when they have to return a human child to its father while braving the deadly elements of the impending ice age .


nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still , the derivative nine queens is lots of fun .


former criminal investigator , major korenev , nicknamed fox is released from prison .


a fanciful drama about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .


the first hour is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie .


long before the first exorcist , we are taken to the birth of the demon pazuzu , and follow him through his life , eventually bringing us to the middle east where he waits for a victim to use as a vehcile to destroy the world with .


he 's dead ; and all their money is gone .


plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .


not only does this musical documentary showcase a band that 's at the top of its form . . . it also serves as indictment of the ridiculously shallow , pre-fab music industry in general .


when their less-than-stunning female forms earn them an invite to a `` dog catcher `` party at their old frat , they decide to brave the harassment so they can grab the rest of their belongings from the house and make a clean break .


what starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .


director lee has a true cinematic knack , but it 's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly , unabashedly on its sleeve .


with the help of their gay hairdresser ( pop star jordan chan ) and some friends inside the company , the girls become `` irresistibly `` beautiful , and secretly get rehire under new identities .


a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana .


this is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce .


faced with its aftermath , angela flees town , unaware that she has put into motion a dramatic and intense string of events that will forever change the course of their lives .


makes one thing abundantly clear . american musical comedy as we know it would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater , whose jolly , fun-for-fun's-sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway .


the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .


the film gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did , with a serious minded patience , respect and affection .


the story really has no place to go since simone is not realM-^Wshe ca n't provide any conflict .


they team up and live their lives in the fast lane on the run .


after confining herself in her home for two months , to rehabilitate , physically and mentally , she is persuaded by friends and family to get out of her inner prison and face the world .


a pleasant ramble through the sort of idoosyncratic terrain that errol morris has often dealt with . . . it does possess a loose , lackadaisical charm .


the story remarks the difference between social classes in mexico city , and their characters risk everything just to save their love .


a go ! ! ! `` and the paper is dated with the year 2003 .


but this hope is quickly jeopardized when it becomes revealed that his comforting visitations may be being made from beyond the grave .


valento feels the heat and turns the table : he makes the dupe into one of his own and rubs the da 's nose in it .


mike leigh mainstay timothy spall deftly shades in the designated goner , fellow still crazy alum bill nighy is sweetly wispy as the capable fop , and anger-management counselor olivia williams trembles pleasantly as usual .


when he kills a butterfly , he unknowingly sets off a chain reaction that will erase humanity from existence .


when she understands that the killer is very intelligent and organized , she elaborates a strategy to arrest him .


or does kip just want to destroy the planet ?


[ majidi ] makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day .


a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .


goyer 's screenplay and direction are thankfully understated , and he has drawn excellent performances from his cast .


a film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure .


also , a conservative judge and the attorney general become suspicious of his early release and it 's relation to the murdered prisoner .


that enemy has developed a `` micro-device `` that can be injected into victims in order to kill them at will .


a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . there is n't a weak or careless performance amongst them .


in the process they have tortured villagers and something dreadful happens and rupi disappears .


the sinister inspiration that fuelled devito 's early work is confused in death to smoochy into something both ugly and mindless .


his only-way-out is to create for himself a new identity franklin mann one without the doubt , pain or guilt .


esha and rahul start a letter based friendship that blossoms into love .


writer/director steve oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film , weaving the new and old together .


i did n't laugh . i did n't smile . i survived .


mitch does n't particular like the idea , especially working with his new partner trey sellars ( eddie murphy ) , a cop who spends much of his time mugging for the cameras mounted inside the car he shares with mitch .


a young couple moves into a neighborhood obsessed with the frightening silent movie history that took place 80 years before .


with an expressive face reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality like zhang ziyi 's , dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .


ice age is the first computer-generated feature cartoon to feel like other movies , and that makes for some glacial pacing early on .


the film favors the scientific over the spectacular ( visually speaking ) .


bennett 's dramatization of her personal descent into post-breakup perdition has a morbid appeal that 's tough to shake .


emerging from the human psyche and showing characteristics of abstract expressionism , minimalism and russian constructivism , graffiti removal has secured its place in the history of modern art while being created by artists who are unconscious of their artistic achievements .


does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background .


chabrol ratchets up such a level of suspense -- and huppert gives such a mesmerizingly deadpan performance -- that merci pour le chocolat turns out to be as irresistible as a piece of dark chocolate .


when his sister meets a grisly death in san francisco , he goes there to hunt her killer .


in 19th-century new mexico , a father ( tommy lee jones ) comes back home , hoping to reconcile with his adult daughter maggie ( cate blanchett ) .


never mind whether you buy the stuff about barris being a cia hit man . the kooky yet shadowy vision clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .


an arrested drug kingpin is transported by a los angeles police department swat team led by jackson 's character out of the city and into federal custody .


matt , a city boy , island hopping to take in the festival of fire , hears that she has been tricked ; for jake is not dying .


lanie 's professional success means she must be a failure at life , because she 's driven by ambition and does n't know how to have fun .


sam leads the kids in a running battle with the gunmen throughout the school .


there 's a disreputable air about the whole thing , and that 's what makes it irresistible .


unable to get time off work his mother leaves him outside in their garden to avoid him causing trouble .


this compelling undercover documentary is not for the faint of heart , taking you deep into a world where very often pain and blood are the price of glory .


the movie has lots of dancing and fabulous music . there are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to keep it interesting .


frank and his sister caroline arrive in mystical attic town where the great syndicate is ruling and robbing the citizens .


no one can guess who the next killer will be or how to break the chain .


that is , until the villainous captain hook mistakes her for wendy and abducts her to never land in an attempt to lure and capture peter pan .


this familiar rise-and-fall tale is long on glamour and short on larger moralistic consequences , though it 's told with sharp ears and eyes for the tenor of the times .


it 's an exhilarating blast that makes good use of the large-format screen .


when their house is robbed on christmas eve they team up to track him down .


ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e com saudades de um tempo em que , para mim , a existM-jncia de papai noel era um fato inquestionM-avel .


isabel ( rica ) and clara ( maui ) , two childhood friends separated by fate .


he is almost to school when a red neck attacks him .


an ambitious , guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting .


stiles takes red green and the other lodge members to court , forcing them to come up with $ 10 , 000 in damages in ten days - or else lose their beloved possum lodge .


their timing and desperate behavior trigger a horror so powerful , no six-shooter can put a dent in it .


he falls in love with christine and wants her for his own , but she only has eyes for raoul viscount de chagny .


a frustrated businessman , jeffery goldman ( john pankow ) tries to end his hopeless marriage to wife , ellen ( rebecca pidgeon ) by asking his local rabbi ( eli wallach ) to place a curse on her .


now pistachio must make the most of his inherited power in an attempt to track down devilin and save his parents .


woo 's fights have a distinct flair . his warriors collide in balletic explosion that implies an underlying order throughout the chaos .


there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through .


we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest .


toula portokalos is 30 , greek , and works in her family 's restaurant , dancing zorba 's , in chicago .


birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency .


lost and stranded , they are set upon by a bizarre family of psychotics .


their only common bond is the vague promise of riches at the end of their journey as they try to stay one step ahead of santiago , a violent gangster out for their blood and gaining on them all the time .


shane bradley , who is fixated on ideas of luck and destiny , tries to win the girl of his dreams .


surrounded by a bevy of adoring but completely wrong for her men ( and one dead girl from manchester ) , chance has to pick her way through her messy life in order to figure out which guy is `` it `` .


a recent favourite at sundance , this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of def leppard 's pyromania .


si el siglo xxi necesita de hM-iroes , el hombre araM-qa parece haber llegado para quedarse .


cho 's fans are sure to be entertained ; it 's only fair in the interest of full disclosure to say that -- on the basis of this film alone -- i 'm not one of them .


not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie .


hoping to win prize money offered by a local band contest , dewey forms a rock band with the kids in the class .


the documentary weaves verite rehearsal , interviews , rare holocaust footage , and performances into a revelation of the creative process .


he moves around the urban landscape from park bench to bus bench with his best friend , an aging dog named bones .


she sets out to strike down her once fellow assassins , leaving bill for last .


benigni 's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow .


it certainly wo n't win any awards in the plot department but it sets out with no pretensions and delivers big time .


though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .


benefits from a strong performance from zhao , but it 's dong jie 's face you remember at the end .


the story follows a year in the life of the hemples , a family that takes home schooling to an extreme - and has for generations .


until now , zak gibbs ' greatest challenge has been finding a way to buy a car .


and while ingrid 's gift is to give astrid the power to survive , astrid 's gift is to teach her mother about love .


the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it , and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it .


raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .


igby slocumb , a rebellious and sarcastic seventeen year-old boy , is at war with the oppressive world of his east coast `` old money `` family .


if you liked the 1982 film then , you 'll still like it now .


as fate would have it , they realize how close they all are from the other side ; of life , of love , and of losing it .


britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .


. . . the first 2/3 of the film are incredibly captivating and insanely funny , thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor . . .


the real reason to see runteldat is to watch lawrence deploy his deep and wide powers of empathy to depict such diverse experiences as childbirth , breast-feeding and recovering from illness .


that all changes when a teammate is mysteriously stabbed during a ball field brawl .


go for la salle 's performance , and make do as best you can with a stuttering script .


deacon , matt and fred will do anything for even a glimpse of sex and spend their mornings pirating porno movies from fred 's after school job at the video store .


despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .


he is sensitive and compassionate , speaks french fluently , is passionate about voltaire , and thinks the feature that tells the most about a woman is her hands .


seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr . drew barrymore .


while awaiting trial , zoe is confined to house arrest , where she alternates falling in love with her frequent visitor and parole officer , daly , and trying to prove her innocence to regain her life and freedom .


heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart .


the film uses chapman 's own unseen personal papers and unpublished memoirs in order to recreate his years at cambridge university , medical school , the monty python years , his struggles with alcohol , his ground-breaking stance on homosexuality , his exploits with john cleese , keith moon , harry nilsson , ringo starr , and his untimely death at age 48 , of cancer .


insomnia does not become one of those rare remakes to eclipse the original , but it does n't disgrace it , either .


blue crush follows the formula , but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling .


however tina disregards him and chooses not to respond to his first e-mail , in turn pooja decides to keep in touch with him but signs under tina 's name .


it 's hard not to feel you 've just watched a feature-length video game with some really heavy back story .


he makes all efforts to bring ghisu back but does not succeed .


bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique , entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal .


there is a secret test hidden with in the sat .


`` it 's said that only love can save them from disgrace , but that 's crap .


among the drove is a pair of con men , on a decadent road trip as santa and his elf .


a film that takes you inside the rhythms of its subject : you experience it as you watch .


here she encounters the menacing dennis betts ( clive russell ) and in an attempt to flee from him , she & # 237 ; s forced to hide in a car belonging to daniel stone ( douglas henshall ) , a hospital porter .


. . . an enjoyably frothy 'date movie ' . . .


daria 's boys are : dante , who owns some of the hottest clubs in the city and believes monogamy is a dirty word , unless he 's being cheated on .


quietly pulls you into its sun drenched style of american gothic in the heartland


now , johnny and lena ( wayne 's girlfriend ) are asked to make the ultimate baby product , called mighty baby .


for the first time in several years , mr . allen has surpassed himself with the magic he 's spun with the hollywood empress of ms . leoni 's ellie .


it 's all going well for the very single eleanor , until she realizes it 's all a ruse .


the characters struggle to find love in a world that no longer needs sex to reproduce , a world that is changing and is populated with people who use provisional identities and are seen through virtual selves and a world where love is the only thing that makes things real .


talk to her is excellent movie-making and much of it is wondrous , but my conscience wo n't allow me to be devoted to unconditionally singing its praises .


the story of two lads from belfast as they stumble their way through the london gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment ' .


as a revenge thriller , the movie is serviceable , but it does n't really deliver the delicious guilty pleasure of the better film versions .


another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues .


when the switchblade , the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created yet , is stolen from the u . s . government , one of the united states ' top spies , alex scott ( owen wilson ) , is called to action .


as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a tribute to shyamalan 's gifts , which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project .


spellbound by the rich and mysterious world manuela has shown him , his idyll is shattered when the reality of why he 's there comes crashing down around him .


during the course of the story we also learn that his father died at age 40 ; and now , as jones approaches his 40th birthday , he suffers from `` survivor 's guilt . ``


her stalker looks threatening but his manner seems to suggest that he is just a confused social outcast , trapped in an obsessive , repetitive rut that revolves around anna .


the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .


insomnia is one of the year 's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances .


the heart of the film is the drop dead sexy drea de matteo who , as the mother and real head of the family , commands every scene .


he is under the impression that rupi is dead .


in the affable maid in manhattan , jennifer lopez 's most aggressive and most sincere attempt to take movies by storm , the diva shrewdly surrounds herself with a company of strictly a-list players .


what makes blade 2 marginally better than blade , especially if you thought the first was a hollow spectacle ? it has a plot .


each weekend they come back with nothing but a hangover .


she wants justice and will do anything to get it .


after a chance encounter at a theater , two men , benigno and marco , meet at a private clinic where benigno works .


that haynes can both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace .


police and investigators believed the murders were in retaliation for a robbery days prior to the murders .


a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath who 's the scariest of sadists .


well made but uninvolving , bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .


like it or not , anne marie starts losing her balance - and finding it - as she falls for matt .


this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .


jason must get back , therefore he gets a new and unique mask , and goes after the kids of elm street .


tam & # 225 ; s is a young , budapest-based director of video clips and commercials who dreams of directing his first feature film with the title 'the guilty city ' .


try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment .


a young great gatsbyish hip hopper named summer g falls for a middle to upper class sister while in college .


in addition to hoffman 's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .


and with the birth of tiz 's son , it becomes unavoidably evident that tiz 's fate and his hopes for success involve far more than just his own happiness .


imamura 's delight in the infinite oddity of men and women is goofy ; it 's also , at heart , reverent .


halpern and rolov follow three young men : 23-year old straight-laced circuit virgin , brandon ; 21-year old party boy with a drug problem , tone ; and sensitive but strong-willed 19-year old , jon .


the fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious .


guns , money , and a chance at paradise . . .


its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers .


with all the sympathy , empathy and pity fogging up the screen . . . his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles .


beneath clouds is the story of lena , the light-skinned daughter of an aboriginal mother and irish father and vaughn , a murri boy doing time in a minimum security prison in north west nsw .


bright seems alternately amused and disgusted with this material , and he ca n't help throwing in a few of his own touches .


when raj 's family move to england to get involved in an internet business , raj promises tina that he will keep in touch with her and that their friendship will always be forever .


when wei is promoted from the rank of nightclub parking valet to the rank of debt-collector in brother gu 's gang , he persuades his boss to hire jie to work alongside him .


a perplexing example of promise unfulfilled , despite many charming moments .


a path that will lead to the day in and day out drudgery of a soul-less survival or a path that will lead them down the road in pursuit their dreams .


when he loses his power the bully becomes victim and blames everyone else for his demise .


chomsky places the terrorist attacks in the context of american foreign intervention throughout the postwar decades -- in vietnam , central america , the middle east , and elsewhere .


all these games of chasing , rejecting and seducing are played out in an economically and spiritually depressed hong kong , without much gusto .


the ultimate forms of hell are about to be unleashed on earth once again .


a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters .


despite what anyone believes about the goal of its makers , the show . . . represents a spectacular piece of theater , and there 's no denying the talent of the creative forces behind it .


dizzy harrison is an unpopular , high school geek going through a hellish senior year .


according to wendigo , 'nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .


they all collide during the course of a typical no thrills weekend an urban fairy tale-romantic comedy , in which nola , an aspiring songwriter , leaves an abusive kansas home and journeys to new york to find her biological father .


when she hears about her plan going awry , she collapses .


a women from holland returns to indonesia , the country of her roots .


often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , hell house is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .


ziyad and maryam are a happy young couple in lebanon , yet after three years of marriage they remain childless .


the name refers to the green mountains they felt they were being pushed into ( out of their new homes ) .


paco ( debora falabella ) and tonho ( roberto bomtempo ) are illegal brazilian immigrants in new york .


the police investigation that followed - led by detectives sam nico ( ted levine ) , louis cruz ( frankie g . ) and mike peters ( m . c .


because eight legged freaks is partly an homage to them , tarantula and other low- budget b-movie thrillers of the 1950s and '60s , the movie is a silly ( but not sophomoric ) romp through horror and hellish conditions .


williams has n't been this creepy since his starring role in popeye .


pryor lite , with half the demons , half the daring , much less talent , many fewer laughs .


there are times when a rumor of angels plays like an extended episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spirit .


this `` hitchcockian `` thriller tells the story of a young new york investment banker ( hartnett ) who becomes obsessed with a woman he sees in a cafe , believing her to be his long-lost love , following her home to her apartment , where he waits for her , going so far as to put his engagement on hold .


unhappy father of a draining family he has no controls whatsoever over his life .


the new insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities .


if you saw it on tv , you 'd probably turn it off , convinced that you had already seen that movie .


this mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .


a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant 's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos .


`` austin powers in goldmember `` has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .


the only hope is the veritas project , a highly trained investigative team working undercover to expose the truth .


the painter visually depicts the life of a lonely immigrant woman who seeks companionship with the window repairman .


`` nicholas nickleby `` is a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol `` out in the theaters this year . charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero .


tykwer 's surface flash is n't just a poor fit with kieslowski 's lyrical pessimism ; it completely contradicts everything kieslowski 's work aspired to , including the condition of art .


it 's gruesome violence combined with tongue-in-cheek humor . . . fans of this genre will flock to fulltime killer , and they 'll be blown away .


george `` ice man `` chambers ( rhames ) is a top ranked heavyweight boxer .


time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , `` but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life .


wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .


. . . a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .


based on a devilishly witty script by heather mcgowan and niels mueller , the film gets great laughs , but never at the expense of its characters


the problem , amazingly enough , is the screenplay .


the entertaining new film version of robert ludlum 's 1980 spy thriller , the bourne identity , adds a crisp , tangy autumnal feel to the hot dog days of summer moviegoing .


about the only thing to give the movie points for is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time .


the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece .


like brosnan 's performance , evelyn comes from the heart .


the news of the assault causes a public outcry against the mutants , including renewed support for the mutant registration act , and william stryker , a military leader rumored to have experimented on mutants ( possibly including wolverine ) , is among the most vocal supporters of the legislation .


. . . familiar and predictable , and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc . reyes ' word processor .


a story of love and enchantment set in the coldest of winters , it explores the issues , dilemmas and barriers facing the lucky and unlucky in love in the 21st century , based on the novel of the same name by pullitzer prize-winning author carol shields .


merely as a technical , logistical feat , russian ark marks a cinematic milestone .


and to make matters worse , he 's been replaced by a man with a moustache !


that rara avis : the intelligent romantic comedy with actual ideas on its mind .


nick is about to discover , true love can be found in the strangest of places . . .


they are under the impression that models have more beauty than brains and are not capable of much more than looking good .


fourth generation war hero col . william mcnamara is imprisoned in a brutal german pow camp .


evans is such a capable storyteller that you find yourself liking him even though he 's not exactly likeable .


what we have here is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .


when siti starts her `` siapa mr cinderella `` show , kumin is among the hundreds of fake mr cinderella that participates in the show to collect the reward .


a generation x artifact , capturing a brief era of insanity in the sports arena that surely can not last .


move over bond ; this girl deserves a sequel .


the pitch must have read like a discarded house beautiful spread .


after leoncio 's death , robert feels terribly sorry for annie especially when he discovers that she is suffering from schizophrenia .


linked to her only by cell phone , the driver narrows in on her location in a desperate race against time and tide .


though this film can be clumsy , its ambitions are equally -- and admirably -- uncommercial .


serry perfectly captures the peculiar climate , creating uncanny echoes with today 's situation .


one of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way .


this examination of aquatic life off the shores of the baja california peninsula of mexico offers an engrossing way to demonstrate the virtues of the imax format .


stan lee discusses the origins of the industry ; neil gaiman and john byrne speak on superheroes as modern mythology ; frank miller and bill sienkewicz discuss the relationship of politics and comics ; peter david tells the story of the meanest thing he has ever done to a fan ; and much more .


it 's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow .


but when the cockettes flew to new york city to appear off broadway^ & # 197 ; well , you 'll just have to see what happened when new yorkers took a look at them .


a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction .


mark , fresh from college , returns to his boring hometown to work off his gambling debts .


macbeth . mcdonald 's . how far apart these poles of popular culture seemed until billy morrissette 's sly mcshakespeare crime comedy .


this unique short film follows the night of a young british insomniac named jack , narrated almost hour by hour from a first hand perspective .


when spain and portugal physically separate from the continent , the detached iberian peninsula aimlessly floats off to sea , becoming home to a group of god-like humans .


beautiful , sophisticated women are all over oscar grubman .


goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab .


3 beautiful agents try to find the treasure , but they must fight the evil datuk azmi , an old enemy of madame x . it has been four years since the alien-seeking agents averted an intergalactic disaster of epic proportions .


if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them , and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you , then you 're at the right film .


he tries , with his family 's support , to find a job and live a normal life .


`` on guard ! `` wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world 's best actors , daniel auteuil , have a whale of a good time .


against their better judgment , dara and noble agree to deliver the body to duluth and hope that will be the end of it .


while introducing his film mockery , he receives a phone call from his producer lying in intensive care at a hospital .


combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't hollywood think of this sooner ?


all of her hard work pays off when she is accepted to a prominent dance program in new york .


unfortunately this film will not satisfy if you are looking to discover the missing link , but if you are simply interested in humor and some 'interesting ' footage , to say the least , you will not be disappointed .


there 's no mistaking the fact that this hybrid misses the impact of the disney classic , and even that of the excellent 1934 mgm version .


shae powell , a successful single mom , wakes up rattled from a horrible dream .


a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . we can tell what it is supposed to be , but ca n't really call it a work of art .


`` the mothman prophecies `` is a difficult film to shake from your conscience when night falls .


now a new terminaor whos has power over all machines , has been sent back to kill him , the terminatrix or t-x ( kristanna loken ) who does n't require weapons as she has a laser cannon on her hand and is capable of turning herself into machinery .


the fact that he owns the gun of a popular man , who got killed , from that town makes him prime suspect .


[ a ] smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks .


it 's unnerving , stimulating , likely to provoke anger and sorrow on both political sides -- and , above all , it 's extremely funny .


the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard ( which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ) is that it 's not as obnoxious as tom green 's freddie got fingered .


but her marriage is loveless and she suffers from the loss of her baby in childbirth .


viewers of `` the ring `` are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes .


sleepwalking tells the story of three friends at three very different stages of their lives .


he soon escapes and runs into a woman who has recently had a car accident and is suffering with amnesia .


while some of the subplots are very sketchy and the motivations of some of the characters are not clear , it is a journey worth taking because of the wondrous imagery .


is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ?


her cathexis was rapid and she formed an intense attachment to her young doctor , who seems to have reciprocated .


along the way , ash continues to mature into the unstoppable pok & # 233 ; mon trainer he will become in the future .


a muckraking job , the cinematic equivalent of a legal indictment , and a fairly effective one at that .


this is standard crime drama fare . . . instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull .


first time director sam jones documents the making of wilco 's fourth studio album , yankee hotel foxtrot .


we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .


his mother persuades a renowned entomologist to take them on a trip to the jungle to search for the butterfly , leading to an adventure that will transform their lives .


a martial artist , afflicted with a disease that makes beautiful women want to kill him , goes on a suicide mission to find true love anyway .


terry and dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together : shotgunning their first beers , forming their first garage band , and growing the great canadian mullet known as `` hockey hair `` .


the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .


everyone thinks that it 's him that has opened the chamber of secrets because that is what slytherin was famous for .


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


a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .


it 's push-the-limits teen comedy , the type written by people who ca n't come up with legitimate funny , and it 's used so extensively that good bits are hopelessly overshadowed .


writer-director steven soderbergh follows up ocean 's 11 with the low-budget 'full frontal ' , his first digitally shot film .


the movie features veteran horror heroines leslie culton and jenny wallace , and actors john saenz and jonathan tabor .


here the love scenes all end in someone screaming . maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better .


an entertaining and topical adventure drama which responds to our society 's fascination with doomsday cults , survivalist sects and their messianic leaders .


[ t ] he film is never sure to make a clear point M-^V even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation .


on the road to lake tahoe , a stressed out young executive meets a woman who forever changes his life .


the primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants . it 's like watching a nightmare made flesh .


the dialogue is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed .


who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this , the final part of the 'qatsi ' trilogy , directed by godfrey reggio , with music by philip glass ?


but ralph 's got a special talent - an ability to impersonate any hollywood celebrity - the perfect disguise to hide his stutter . . .


in gleefully , thumpingly hyperbolic terms , it covers just about every cliche in the compendium about crass , jaded movie types and the phony baloney movie biz .


how has the `` excitement `` of the 70 's turned into the `` blandness `` of today ?


the action of the story derives from the collision of these two competing worlds .


what could and should have been biting and droll is instead a tepid waste of time and talent .


but , sometimes what we teach our children can be as deadly as not teaching them .


writer-director debrauwer does manage to wrap things up in an * * * -pleasing 78 minutes . it 's is n't much , but it 's a lot more than callous callie khouri did with that `` ya-ya `` mess . also , there are no irritating hats .


to say analyze that is de niro 's best film since meet the parents sums up the sad state of his recent career .


and the detective is n't convinced that this will be the last . . .


it suggests the wide-ranging effects of media manipulation , from the kind of reporting that is done by the supposedly liberal media . . . to the intimate and ultimately tragic heartache of maverick individuals like hatfield and hicks .


based on an attraction at disneyland , the country bear jamboree , `` the country bears `` ( 2002 ) is one in a long line of live action disney family films .


on her deathbed , candice klein accidentally asks the question , `` what did i ever do to deserve this ? ``


chao was chen kaige 's assistant for years in china . he has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about .


stephen rea , aidan quinn , and alan bates play desmond 's legal eagles , and when joined by brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , 't is .


watching queen of the damned is like reading a research paper , with special effects tossed in .


shaun brumder is a local surfer kid from orange county who dreams of going to stanford to become a writer and to get away from his disfunctional family household .


new best friend should n't have gone straight to video ; it should have gone straight to a mystery science theater 3000 video .


the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject , combined with so much first-rate talent . . . could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture .


craig is an older , average-looking man who is n't handling aging well .


in this cinematic concert , mesmerizing images are plucked from everyday reality , then visually altered with state-of-the-art digital techniques .


his destiny lies in the shadows of a black rose - the symbol of decayed innocence .


strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild .


gambling and throwing a basketball game for money is n't a new plot -- in fact toback himself used it in black and white . but toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .


smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks who live in unusual homes -- which pop up in nearly every corner of the country .


two college grads land an entry level mafia job driving a retiring don 's car cross country .


screenwriter maureen tilyou , director martin duffy and an extremely competent cast handle the controversial aspects of the topic in an even-handed manner .


katie 's father 's injury comes back to haunt him and he finds himself paralyzed from the neck down .


he is imprisoned , awaiting the death sentence for his crimes .


now the chinese man shows up wanting the gems .


the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years .


after selling the shop to a local loan shark , calvin slowly begins to see his father 's vision and legacy and struggles with the notion that he just sold it out .


simultaneously devastating and hilarious , the film manages to capture the daily rituals and mundanities of life in such engrossing proximity that everything becomes drama .


adam sandler 's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt


that the e-graveyard holds as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy .


when virginia visits her aunt millie at christmas , she discovers a stack of handwritten letters over half a century old , and unlocks the story of her aunt 's youthful days as a young woman living in hamilton , mississippi , during the second world war .


ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese 'cultural revolution . '


a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater .


and although billy does n't want jackson , two other guys do : derek , a clean-cut record store customer , and sam , the straight record store owner .


i walked away not really know who `` they `` were , what `` they `` looked like . why `` they `` were here and what `` they `` wanted and quite honestly , i did n't care .


with the machine they travel across the country ( uruguay ) traing to escape to brazil .


in the spirit of voltaire and moliM-hre , on guard volleys great wit and deadly gestures in a milieu of lush apparel , landscapes , captivating music and 18th-century lacy sleeves .


exonerated of lying , king and cuthbertson are nevertheless reprimanded by the court for their behaviour , but receive an invitation to tea with the prime minister should they ever be in whitehall .


the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati .


[ it 's ] a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .


the word that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady , is painterly .


three fraternal bank robbers languishing in jail , discover a profitable ( if not dodgy ) way to spend their time .


noyce films it more as a shocking history lesson than as drama .


a fourteen year old lad discovers his first love at the point of his pencil whilst drawing the portrait of a sickly but coquettish fifteen year old girl .


a young professional discovers the difficulty of leaving the corporate nest .


a demand for money is made and the men wait for payment .


but their cultural difference further separates them as lando ( antonio aquitania ) , isabel 's boyfriend , enters into the picture .


rarely has so much money delivered so little entertainment .


especially one girl , isa , has to choose between two boys who are fighting against each other .


the fictional film `` the dragon `` tells the story of how a young boy , who 's master is killed by a group of thugs , grows up to avenge his teacher 's murder .


michael , sr . and michael , jr . then set out to get revenge on the man who killed peter and mrs . sullivan .


lukas and his friends live in a commune out in the woods .


when his affair with a young troubled janitor ( kidman ) is uncovered , the secret silk had harbored for over fifty years from his wife , his children and colleague , writer nathan zuckerman , fast explodes in a conflagration of devastating consequences .


the most impressive quality of this charming movie is the way the characters , who are all recognizable 'types , ' refuse to behave the way we expect .


after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .


it 's a movie -- and an album -- you wo n't want to miss .


jolie 's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips .


what 's most unusual about beijing bicycle in terms of recent chinese history is that any form of class conflict is depicted at all .


in present-day london , twelve-year-old quinn watches as his mother , a construction engineer , inadvertently wakes an enormous fire-breathing beast from its century-long slumber .


the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .


a criminal mastermind has set in motion a plan to infiltrate a high tech prison in order to persuade a death row inmate to reveal the whereabouts of $ 200 million worth of gold .


helmut busch ( now bruno ) will fall in love with adela , one of the activists , and that faces him into a dilema because he has orders to kill the head of the group where the young woman serves as a militant .


a poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise .


the trail is strewn with corpses and everything points to them as the killers .


this time nick is `` getting out ! `` . . . or


the talk-heavy film plays like one of robert altman 's lesser works .


the way home is an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all , a condition only the old are privy to , and . . . often misconstrued as weakness .


semi-improvised on the streets of liverpool , dan reed 's drama brings the true face of britain 's underworld to light .


there 's a sweetness to it that 's disarming and diverting -- mostly thanks to performances of slater , richard dreyfuss as his partner in crime , and portia di rossi as dreyfuss ' daughter .


suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness .


the zany search for the shoes begins , as she follows the footsteps through the lively streets of havana , running into the quirky , colorful characters that bring viva zapato and dolore 's dream .


a nicely constructed film with an unusual , though not unheard-of theme for chinese cinema .


it is a journey that will take both carol and charlie to the edge of reality .


bisset still commands the screen as the graceful and outspoken frances .


chomsky 's voice may be unpopular , but his incisive arguments , based on decades of research and analysis , are heard and considered in this chronicle comprised of interview footage , and various talks he 's given .


it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition .


they are soon caught up in the erotic nature of the chat sessions they host , changing both their lives .


liman , of swingers and go , makes his big-budget action film debut something of a clunker as he delivers a long , low-heat chase , interrupted by a middling car chase .


never engaging , utterly predictable and completely void of anything remotely interesting or suspenseful .


michael , an obessive compulsive real estate dealer who enjoys `` the younger set . ``


hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .


because the intelligence level of the characters must be low , very low , very very low , for the masquerade to work , the movie contains no wit , only labored gags .


he has to learn to accept ian ; ian has to learn to accept toula 's huge family , and toula has to learn to accept herself .


obstacles pop up left and right , as the adventure gets wilder and wilder .


hank azaria and vincent d'onofrio also star as does screenwriter/comedienne heather morgan as the canine wife .


you have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting . the movie is well shot and very tragic , and one to ponder after the credits roll .


on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness .


mr . soderbergh 's direction and visual style struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious .


this definitely delivers a remarkable mixture of explosive drama with wickedly ironical humor as you follow this eclectic story surrounding this tide-dyed , free spirited couple 's showdown with a mysterious faberge ' egg and a seedy , well-woven cast of criminals that will both trill and amuse .


. . . could easily be called the best korean film of 2002 .


he 's your standard adrenaline junkie with no fear and a lousy attitude .


remember the kind of movie we were hoping `` ecks vs . sever `` or `` xxx `` was going to be ? this is it .


as things become increasingly more complicated in the small community , the walls around father amaro begin to crumble .


moretti . . . is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .


a young man is found bruised , beaten and stumbling down a secluded road .


and having been with one woman his whole life , he loves to make silly jokes about how he , ami , steve , and claire should `` swap `` .


plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph . it 's a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur .


they board the boat that is to carry them to the isles of the blessed .


the true story of revolutionary war leader ethan allen ( 1738-1789 ) and his group of fighters , the green mountain boys , who fought for the freedom of vermont before the war officially started .


documentary feature about the traditional viennese cinema `` bellaria `` , which is specialised in german cinema from the 20s , 30s and 40s and its regular customers , whose idols are stars like zarah leander or karl sch & # 246 ; nb & # 246 ; ck .


[ the kid 's ] just too bratty for sympathy , and as the film grows to its finale , his little changes ring hollow .


in any case , i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995 's forget paris . but even then , i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes .


glizty but formulaic and silly . . . cagney 's 'top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel .


too loud , too long and too frantic by half , die another day suggests that the bond franchise has run into a creative wall that 007 can not fly over , tunnel under or barrel through .


back home , he encounters a place which no longer exists .


it 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and if it is n't entirely persuasive , it does give exposure to some talented performers .


as both marly and desiree grapple with the sometimes overwhelming weight of family history and family expectations , and wrestle with questions of love , duty and responsibility , the tale offers a portrait of two women , two families , and two communities standing on the brink of change .


any one episode of the sopranos would send this ill-conceived folly to sleep with the fishes .


the reason this picture works better than its predecessors is that myers is no longer simply spoofing the mini-mod-madness of '60s spy movies .


at its best early on as it plays the culture clashes between the brothers .


like a fish that 's lived too long , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places .


helmer devito . . . attempts to do too many things in this story about ethics , payola , vice , murder , kids ' tv and revenge .


based on a short story by bengali writer prafulla roy , the central idea developed by director dasgupta , tells the story of a girl , lati , whose mother rajani is a prostitute living and working in a brothel in rural india .


dramatic events throw them together on a journey with no money and no transport .


looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights .


it 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it 's entertaining enough and worth a look .


racial bigotry , violence and corruption thrive in places like marquezas .


his loyal assistant is killed and he is framed with the evidence at the chinese border by the chinese military and u . s . drug enforcement agency .


somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .


shae is about to return to bed when she hears water running in the bathroom .


when she gets into trouble with the police simon represses his death wish and decides to help her out .


bullock 's complete lack of focus and ability quickly derails the film


elsa keeps her head above water through several badly paid jobs and occasional criminal offences with her friends walter , laura and toni .


things really heat up when sparks sizzle between her and her new colleague at work , tiago , an irresistible , compulsive womanizer .


it 's too interested in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience .


hired to take mr . brown to a rendezvous with the devil ( gary oldman ) , the driver soon finds himself entangled in fiendish plans .


in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .


when she 's approached one day by a handsome stranger while trying to hail a taxi , she becomes obsessed with him and eventually starts an affair .


lynn and yan shared an unspoken love in the past which is now rekindled in the open , and lynn begins to question whether she wants to continue to be an assassin .


his story explores the ramifications of leaving afghanistan and living as a refugee in america .


when the professor turns up missing , one of his students , jake whitcomb , finds the professor 's journal , inside of which is a copy of the map .


a film that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness is ultimately thoughtful without having much dramatic impact .


set in san francisco , this is the story of a mysterious immortal tibetan kung fu master ( yun-fat ) , who has spent the last 60 years traveling around the world protecting an ancient scroll , who is now mentoring a street kid ( scott ) in the wonders of his ancient ways . . .


nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film . . . it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break .


it is no coincidence that funding for `` anti-graffiti `` campaigns often outweighs funding for the arts .


the characters seem one-dimensional , and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience .


aside from being the funniest movie of the year , simone , andrew niccol 's brilliant anti-hollywood satire , has a wickedly eccentric enchantment to it .


reinforces the often forgotten fact of the world 's remarkably varying human population and mindset , and its capacity to heal using creative , natural and ancient antidotes .


soon it 's not just harry who is worried about survival , as dreadful things begin to happen at hogwarts .


as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type , more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script , which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else .


in his sleepy home town on the english coast , nothing much inspires him . . . apart from bowls .


beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce . . . lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .


rather than spreading good cheer , the duo 's motive is to rob each establishment , a strategy that becomes complicated when they encounter a precocious 8-year old that teaches them the true meaning of christmas .


serry does a fine job of capturing the climate of the times and , perhaps unwittingly , relating it to what is happening in america in 2002 . but hard-to-believe plot twists force the movie off track in its final half hour .


transforms one of [ shakespeare 's ] deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy .


during his skyrocketing career , johnathan has to experience what alexi has found out : blood brings more viewing pleasure to the audience .


ghisu and rupi are now promoted as commanders of their new dalam .


with no option , joe and katsuragi must use their martial arts skills to fight in the muscle dome .


it 's an often-cute film but either needs more substance to fill the time or some judicious editing .


the film presents a brief but intriguing biography of its subject .


veteran film director matty bonkers ( bob rafelson ) , a hollywood legend , arrives in berlin for an honorary retrospective tribute .


da primeira seqM-|M-jncia de luta M-` piada que encerra a histM-sria , o espectador jamais desgruda os olhos da tela , saindo do cinema com a sensaM-gM-co de que gastou bem seu dinheiro .


with a cast of non-actors , drawn from the very world which the film portrays , 'shooters ' is not just another british genre gangster film - it 's a film about real british gangsters .


this 'blonde goddess ' , however , left her career at its peak to devote herself to a life of meditation and religious devotion , in the mountains of rio de janeiro .


holofcener sees all of her characters as loving and amazing and she spreads the love to each .


they 're also neighbours , living with widower fathers and problem siblings in the suburbs of taipei .


the boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements .


winnie falls inlove with one of the tucks , jesse , a `` 17 `` year old boy who shares the same feelings for her .


in the 1800 's there was a woman that little children would take their old teeth ( ones they had recently lost ) to in exchange for a gold coin .


may lack the pungent bite of its title , but it 's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless .


soon discovering that they 're in a strange fourth dimension where our laws of physics do n't apply , they have to unravel the secrets of the `` hypercube `` in order to survive . . .


a zippy , enormously entertaining heist movie that , with a kind heart at its core , encompasses the styles of yesterday , today , and if we 're lucky , maybe even tomorrow .


urban ground squirrels is the hilarious tale of love , friendship , and experiences set against the battlefield of a modern college campus .


with this masterful , flawless film , [ wang ] emerges in the front ranks of china 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .


meanwhile , dre is growing increasingly restless with his company 's focus on profit over artistry , which leads to signing the gimmicky duo ren and ten while ignoring the talented chris .


the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain .


the submarine 's crew , led by the unyielding captain alexi vostrikov , races against time to prevent a chernobyl-like nuclear disaster which threatens not only the lives of his crew , but has the potential to ignite a world war between the super powers .


jenny even turns to the flower girl - who is n't much help .


one year later , in los angeles , the surviving team members create a smart and devious plan to steal back the gold and get their revenge on the traitor .


the pied piper production penned by christian otjen concerns a 36-year-old man ( brian wimmer ) who returns to his hometown to confront the harsh reality of his father 's supposed suicide .


the brass are convinced this is a serial killer chosing victims at random , but sam and buckley discover a pattern involving health personnel who work in neonatal intensive care .


zhang . . . has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast .


it 's a beautifully accomplished lyrical meditation on a bunch of despondent and vulnerable characters living in the renown chelsea hotel . . .


you see what he sees , you feel what he feels , you experience the horrible delusions and the verge of insanity as he struggles to find the thinning line between reality and the subconscious .


part way through the filming , stevie is arrested and charged with a serious crime that tears his family apart .


riveting when it focuses on the challenges of crossing a generational divide .


the impact of the armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day .


windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying , the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that somehow it hit you where you live .


a young boy is devastated when the planned vacation with his father is cancelled due to an emergency salvage mission at a remote canadian lake .


a coming of age dramatic comedy dealing with the effect that two `` summers `` have on the lives of several teenagers .


what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we 've shared a great adventure .


she is really hiding her true emotional motivation behind a mask .


it showcases carvey 's talent for voices , but not nearly enough and not without taxing every drop of one 's patience to get to the good stuff .


though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .


harry potter is in his second year of hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry .


as the girls foil this threat and defeat an army of superpowered monkeys , the powerpuff girls learn that with great power comes great responsibility .


the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen .


usually when i get this much syrup , i like pancakes to go with it .


it is then that they discover the myth of 'the bread in the bed ' - a huge bed full of money .


no , the dangerous lives of altar boys does not exist in a state of perfect grace . however , its sins are forgivably venial , because its virtues are palpably human .


a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichM-is and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood .


like being trapped inside a huge video game , where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again .


his house , container of lives and memories , is closed and locked .


the case gets more complicated , when even the police themselves appear to become suspects in the murders .


watching spirited away is like watching an eastern imagination explode .


strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery .


devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .


in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title . . . amounts to surprisingly little .


in order to preserve her art and also herself , beyond death , for all posterity , she has herself cloned .


it 's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex .


it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best 'old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists .


april 's shower is a comedy about love , romance and expectation .


kilo is now a free man and a new father with a drug franchise covering both coasts .


hitting the road in a brand-new suv , they 're having the time of their lives until something funny happens on the way to the monster truck show in reno .


as laughable is his vanity fair interview , incriminating of `` the gay mafia `` for his fall , `` my dinner with ovitz `` is even funnier as it rams the actual interview headlong into coppola 's `` godfather . ``


peter pan 's quest to return jane safely home is jeopardized until she can begin to believe in the magic of imagination .


a literate presentation that wonderfully weaves a murderous event in 1873 with murderous rage in 2002 .


based on a david leavitt story , the film shares that writer 's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness .


it 's not a film to be taken literally on any level , but its focus always appears questionable .


in this sense it is merely a travelogue , yet there is so much more , spanning from the traditional to the avant-garde , from the sublime to the ridiculous , very different , highly original and with a unique zeitgeist narrative structure .


one day , a girl walks into his store , who looks like larry 's lost love from morocco .


gradually we learn of joe 's past relationship with the dead woman .


the secrets of time travel will have been discovered , indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again .


my little eye is the best little `` horror `` movie i 've seen in years .


`` in that sleep of death what dreams may come . . ``


now , along with other surviors , jill valentine , claire redfield and carlos oliviera , they must fight to survive , to escape the nightmare that has plauged raccoon city .


the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving .


the merchant-ivory team continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema , only now it 's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage .


when the movie mixes the cornpone and the cosa nostra , it finds a nice rhythm .


when his father decides that it 's time for tough love , he does n't pay his tuition .


the deeper matt runs into the forest the farther his mind is lost to the blackwoods .


erin , who we discover is a master manipulator of the men in the gang , reveals another side to jack - a melancholy romantic who could have been a classical pianist .


the milieu is wholly unconvincing . . . and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch .


plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king .


considering his profession could be a very dangerous occupation .


she scorned him for not standing by her and they parted forever with a heart-broken paro entering into a chaste marriage with a wealthy , much older man , zamindar bhuvan ( vijayendra ghagte ) , while a shattered devdas walked towards anguish , alcoholism & # 38 ; chandramukhi ( madhuri dixit ) .


if they get caught cheating again stark will make a note in their permanent records and possibly kill their chances of getting into college .


a moving portrait of a man who has lost his place in the world .


the guilt that he feels has altered his sense of reality , making matt 's life a mystery full of shadows and phantoms .


'in this poor remake of such a well loved classic , parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '


though frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle .


but he strongly believed testing was needed for all actors & # 38 ; actresses in the porn industry .


the story unveils three high school seniors who dress and live by the philosophy of `` goth , `` good friends and great rebels : digger , noisy , and dvd .


there 's ushi , harry 's lawyer , who knows something about harry lena does n't know , eddie , a friend of harry and his new girlfriend pol , and at last , there are two policemen who are in fact unwelcome .


though howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this southern gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter .


more intimate than spectacular , e . t . is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades .


his exciting and stylish life as a drug lord seems to have come to a halt .


a smart comedy about a day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of chicago .


crumbling yerba city stands empty , except for its drug-parlors , where the remnants of the population cluster , drifting towards oblivion .


nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release .


especially one of them , holo tokyo boy , was designed to be her lover .


on the case , he soon deducts that the killer , who staged the murder to look like a random robbery , may actually be a serial killer terry was trailing for years in the fbi .


time changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets


aka birdseye is the saga of an obsessive colorado sheriff and his trusting teenage son , who risk it all when their twisted reconstruction of a mysterious kidnapping case escalates into a dangerous hunt for a mythical swiss criminal .


with virtually no interesting elements for an audience to focus on , chelsea walls is a triple-espresso endurance challenge .


a delightful fable about the enduring value of literature .


little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point . . . is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .


the film focuses on a morally conscious assassin called quinn .


together they flee to the city of hamburg and smuggle with them what used to be the greatest export of the vikings , an icelandic falcon .


henrik , the young cook , is hopelessly in love with enchanting elena , but lacks the courage to dance with her .


the second : a saturday two years later , where charlotte and cecil now a couple , fight , break-up and finally reunite .


flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up .


he has a vast knowledge of modern photography and develops photos for various customers at the sav-mart .


the worst pain for him is the next 5 minutes of living .


the two men ( anthony and michael ) are successful in the high tech world of silicon valley , and have known each other since childhood .


she 's at a dead end , married to edgar ( henry thomas ) , a petty thief who had his shot and missed long ago , but is too dense to realize it .


not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general . it merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .


one thing has been made very clear -- being john malkovich was n't a fluke .


when eliza discovers that poachers in africa 's serengeti desert plan to kill an elephant herd with an electrified fence , she and her chimpanzee friend darwin must somehow find a way to stop them .


anna strikes a deal with vikrant that he 'll kill guru and acquire the prize money offered by him .


there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome , but it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling .


a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film . . .


lightbulbs , fire , barbed wire , mousetraps , staple guns , thumbtacks and glass are weapons of choice in the backyard .


there 's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action .


out of money and out of luck ambitious sophie pressures marie into accepting a lucrative job as surrogate mother .


eventually moves and stirs you , even if it often resembles those steamy mexican tv dramas/soap operas called telenovelas .


the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .


sands also convinces jorge ramirez ( retired-fbi , has old scores to settle with barrillo ) to come out of retirement and take out barrillo and dr . guevera ( personal dr . to barrillo , killed jorge 's partner a long time ago ) , who brutally tortured and killed ramirez ' fbi partner .


welles groupie/scholar peter bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant william randolph hearst .


connor and murphy are quite content with this `` natural `` life and their pasts begin to seem faded and worn .


nine good teeth reveals many of the common truths hidden away in all our families , as well as the unexpected - late night visits from jack kerouac , illicit love affairs and the occasional murder .


very well made , but does n't generate a lot of tension .


red and the boys embark on a road trip across the country , en route to a duct tape festival in the usa , where they intend to win first prize by creating a sculpture made of at least 50 % duct tape .


it will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat because of the blood and gore or the good looking babes .


as his circle of friends keeps getting smaller one of the characters in long time dead says 'i 'm telling you , this is f * * * ed ' . maybe he was reading the minds of the audience .


a movie so bad that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls .


it 's hard to fairly judge a film like ringu when you 've seen the remake first . many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , [ yet ] are worthwhile .


may be far from the best of the series , but it 's assured , wonderfully respectful of its past and thrilling enough to make it abundantly clear that this movie phenomenon has once again reinvented itself for a new generation .


an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product .


he 's lost his super powers , and it will take all of bachelorman 's skill and cunning to get his lois lane back .


american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone .


the film includes victim discussion therapy sessions , phone councilling , conversations between police and abusers , arrests , debates and discussion between the workers at the refuge , trying to decide what should be done about certain cases .


blueberry is stationed in the little town of palomito as sheriff .


a subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad .


tess and her daughter anna are always fighting and they think each other do n't see how hard their life is .


this version 's no classic like its predecessor , but its pleasures are still plentiful .


cul de sac is a story about a man who tries to end his life unsuccessfully .


though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .


kar is an unlikely candidate , a streetwise young man whose only interest is himself .


julian , a young heroin addict tattoos a ouija board on his back to communicate with a spirit he has known .


the wild thornberrys movie has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate .


carol miller is a psychologist with a dark secret that prevents her making physical contact with other people .


their calendar became a worldwide sensation , out-selling even of britney spears and cindy crawford .


much of the lady and the duke is about quiet , decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes .


it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate .


moore 's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995 's safe .


harsh , effective documentary on life in the israeli-occupied palestinian territories .


it 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .


she also has an ulcer and does n't get much sleep .


a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it is scary .


this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .


bobby quickly learns however , that smith is no regular john , and their meeting has unintended consequences that neither of them is prepared to afford .


on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .


this is pretty dicey material . but some unexpected zigs and zags help .


her in-laws , who are tired of eva interfering in their lives , decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone .


carion relies on a gesture or passages of silence to get his point across ; it 's a technique that packs a greater emotional punch than a tidy , hollywood-style monologue ever would .


however when her doodles of a spiralling forest continue to draw themselves it is only the start of a creative process that will see her removed from her dull form .


after a confrontation with a house elf named dobby , harry escapes to the weasley house with ron weasley ( rupert grint ) in a flying car .


it is a film that will have people walking out halfway through , will encourage others to stand up and applaud , and will , undoubtedly , leave both camps engaged in a ferocious debate for years to come .


martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid .


even tere 's final schizoid moment ca n't dilute the hopefulness of guillen 's bittersweet saga .


tempest productions journeys to the heart of the anime subculture in search of answers .


yoyo and cheung promise to get marry in order to please their mothers .


but when evil marauders steal their mothers & # 180 ; s body in an attempt to trick their way into the island , the brothers join forces to deliver their dead mother to be buried with their father .


he reluctantly agrees to protect a child , pinta balletto ( fanning ) , whose parents are threatened by a rash of kidnappings .


instead of admitting his guilt , the detective is given an unexpected alibi , but this `` solution `` only multiplies the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner 's death .


lovable rogue max mackendrick dreams about winning big on the melbourne cup .


it takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding .


since then , he was considered crazy by everyone in town , except for his childhood girlfriend , caitlin ( emma caulfield ) , and her younger brother .


`` politics are murder `` is a `` film noir `` comedy mixing dry martinis with politics and murder .


there is no solace here , no entertainment value , merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us .


against the background of an australian desert landscape , so much space and so few people , sandy , a geologist , and hiromitsu , a japanese businessman , play out a story of human inconsequence in the face of the blistering universe .


one of the film 's most effective aspects is its tchaikovsky soundtrack of neurasthenic regret .


like rudy yellow lodge , eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider .


thus , christina spends the rest of the movie searching for him with her best friend courtney .


this eruption of bloody violence becomes the catalyst for the unleashing of dark forces with terrifying results .


one day in the life of a hit man , ronnie , who spends it trying to save the life of fellow hit man , august , who he had brought into the business three years ago .


the film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes . . . drag the movie down .


he is an aspiring writer struggling with these : endless nights marked by creative block , memories of a childhood rotten with abuse , and the thirst of unspeakable sexual desires .


~a contract brings them together in bucharest : a rigged attack on a romanian general standing for election , an attack during which they will let themselves be killed .


a bonanza of wacky sight gags , outlandish color schemes , and corny visual puns that can be appreciated equally as an abstract frank tashlin comedy and as a playful recapitulation of the artist 's career .


run , do n't walk , to see this barbed and bracing comedy on the big screen .


no matter what people tried , nothing could stop the water .


during the hunt fedot meets his love marusya - the magical bird-woman .


the story is timeless , but when adapted to the modern age , it makes for a wrenching film -- never preachy or sentimental , and refreshingly non-judgmental about the fundamental and contradictory issues it raises .


an amusing , even joyful second take on e . b . white 's beloved children 's book .


you 've seen it before : the ex-con who stumbles while striving to assimilate back into society . but writer-director joe maggio and his able cast makes you care about this man 's sorry journey in virgil bliss .


waiting for godard can be fruitful : 'in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .


this is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action .


however , as simone 's fame skyrockets , he can not bear to admit his fraud to himself or the world .


his old friends and family members have changed , almost beyond recognition .


while investigating a career-making cover story about a mysterious billionaire ( jason priestley ) , she finds herself accused of murder .


i walked away from this new version of e . t . just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes .


but instead of broadway or movies , her appearances have been limited to industrials and infomercials .


but he does n't plan on the long line of other houseguests that try to keep him from his mission .


who 'd want to hang out in hef 's grotto with james caan and three dozen playmates , when you can grow up with reaganomics and rock hudson 's declining health ? ``


this means that he is able to speak/understand snakes .


by the end , it becomes clear that the patient is the woman in the story and the narrator is her suitor .


it captures the spirit of a small , country town as its citizens discover that beer definitely tastes better when it 's free .


rodriguez . . . was unable to reproduce the special spark between the characters that made the first film such a delight .


perhaps the most remarkable aspect of murderous maids is how restrained and sensitive french director jean-pierre denis keeps his film .


to escape their troubles and find women , they book a trip on board a cruise-liner , unaware the travel agent has just played a horrid trick on them in retaliation for nick offending his secret gay lover .