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not only does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again .

this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground .

one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation . . . . stylistically , the movie is a disaster .

tian emphasizes the isolation of these characters by confining color to liyan 's backyard .

there 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title .

one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking .

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

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

a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope .

this latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff , demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent , well-made b movie is long gone .

somewhat blurred , but kinnear 's performance is razor sharp .

sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . one of the best of the year .

donovan . . . squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences .

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

. . . its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits .

it 's quite diverting nonsense .

shyamalan offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes .

'frailty `` starts out like a typical bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .

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

it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered .

apart from its own considerable achievement , metropolis confirms tezuka 's status as both the primary visual influence on the animM-i tradition and its defining philosophical conscience .

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

the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief .

it 's easy to be cynical about documentaries in which underdogs beat the odds and the human spirit triumphs , but westbrook 's foundation and dalrymple 's film earn their uplift .

the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled .

a gem of a movie .

an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium .

screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite .

as a movie , it never seems fresh and vital . it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people . it labours as storytelling .

watching war photographer , you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .

one of the greatest films i 've ever seen .

desperately unfunny when it tries to makes us laugh and desperately unsuspenseful when it tries to make us jump out of our seats .

there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it .

so genial is the conceit , this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout , dearly hoping that the rich promise of the script will be realized on the screen . it never is , not fully .

director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , but the barriers finally prove to be too great .

the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery .

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

thankfully , the film , which skirts that rapidly deteriorating line between fantasy and reality . . . takes a tongue-in-cheek attitude even as it pushes the croc hunter agenda .

if you are into splatter movies , then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea .

turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters

such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise , you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production .

thoroughly engrossing and ultimately tragic .

do n't even bother to rent this on video .

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

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 .

even if the naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm .

poignant and delicately complex .

teen movies have really hit the skids .

it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .

watching spirited away is like watching an eastern imagination explode .

a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime .

the appearance of treebeard and gollum 's expanded role will either have you loving what you 're seeing , or rolling your eyes . i loved it ! gollum 's 'performance ' is incredible !

a well-acted , but one-note film .

there 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .

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

tambor and clayburgh make an appealing couple M-^W he 's understated and sardonic , she 's appealingly manic and energetic . both deserve better .

unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .

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

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

reggio falls victim to relying on the very digital technology that he fervently scorns , creating a meandering , inarticulate and ultimately disappointing film .

a feel-good movie that does n't give you enough to feel good about .

a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight .

leaves you with a knot in your stomach , its power is undercut by its own head-banging obviousness .

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 .

ford deserves to be remembered at oscar time for crafting this wonderful portrait of a conflicted soldier .

resident evil is what comes from taking john carpenter 's ghosts of mars and eliminating the beheadings . in other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year .

it may seem long at 110 minutes if you 're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert .

i was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone , and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism .

it offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .

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

perhaps the grossest movie ever made . funny , though .

it treats women like idiots .

the concept is a hoot . the trailer is a riot . the movie is a dud .

mr . wedge and mr . saldanha handle the mix of verbal jokes and slapstick well . their film falters , however , in its adherence to the disney philosophy of required poignancy , a salute that i 'd hoped the movie would avoid .

i have no problem with `` difficult `` movies , or movies that ask the audience to meet them halfway and connect the dots instead of having things all spelled out . but first , you have to give the audience a reason to < b > want < /b > to put for that effort , and `` i

it is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one .

deepa mehta provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world .

for all the complications , it 's all surprisingly predictable .

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 .

long before it 's over , you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser .

unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script .

there is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid

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

strange and beautiful film .

russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features .

the direction has a fluid , no-nonsense authority , and the performances by harris , phifer and cam'ron seal the deal .

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

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

a well-acted movie that simply does n't gel .

it 's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long .

cusack 's just brilliant in this .

woefully pretentious .

there 's something not entirely convincing about the quiet american . and that holds true for both the movie and the title character played by brendan fraser .

director nancy savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could .

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

offers no new insight on the matter , nor do its characters exactly spring to life .

if this holiday movie is supposed to be a gift , somebody unwrapped it early , took out all the good stuff , and left behind the crap ( literally ) .

theology aside , why put someone who ultimately does n't learn at the center of a kids ' story ?

the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart .

absolutely ( and unintentionally ) terrifying .