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It also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them .

With the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like Tremors , Eight Legged Freaks is prime escapist fare .

A sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity .

The sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film .

A powerful performance from Mel Gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an M-16 .

A graceful , moving tribute to the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice .

A coming-of-age tale from New Zealand whose boozy , languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply felt performances across the board .

Made to be Jaglomized is the Cannes Film Festival , the annual Riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money .

The charming result is Festival in Cannes .

If you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining , you 're in luck .

A hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films -- Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bridget Jones 's Diary .

A rip-roaring comedy action fest that 'll put hairs on your chest .

If there 's no art here , it 's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days .

Simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny , The Last Kiss is really all about performances .

There is a subversive element to this Disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability .

An unforgettable look at morality , family , and social expectation through the prism of that omnibus tradition called marriage .

An enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment .

Miyazaki is one of world cinema 's most wondrously gifted artists and storytellers .

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

Meeting , even exceeding expectations , it 's the best sequel since The Empire Strikes Back ... a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth .

Leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema .

He allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .

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

Poetry in motion captured on film .

While it can be a bit repetitive , overall it 's an entertaining and informative documentary .

Directing with a sure and measured hand , -LRB- Haneke -RRB- steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology .

The entire movie establishes a wonderfully creepy mood .

I found The Ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .

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

Amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances .

But it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .

Both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .

This masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .

The film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting .

The Pianist -LRB- is -RRB- a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war 's madness remembered that we , today , can prevent its tragic waste of life .

Here is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .

Strange it is , but delightfully so .

Elegant , mannered and teasing .

The ingenuity that Parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of Wilde himself .

The unexpected thing is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful .

A droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the Lone Star State .

With each of her three protagonists , Miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman 's life , out of a deep-seated , emotional need , is about to turn onto a different path .

Ryan Gosling ... is at 22 a powerful young actor .

As an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , Derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable .

The film is a verbal duel between two gifted performers .

Imperfect ?

Yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .

What a great way to spend 4 units of your day .

The movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark Ms. Bullock 's best work in some time .

As simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine .

This is a movie you can trust .

Passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , Helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .

Vividly conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of Mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all .

Hollywood Ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless .

A compelling yarn , but not quite a ripping one .

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10 , The Powerpuff Girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience .

The film has several strong performances .

I 've never bought from telemarketers , but I bought this movie .

Perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair , About Schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness .

-LRB- Shyamalan -RRB- turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .

A sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in Renaissance Spain , and the fact that it 's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling .

An entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the Bard 's immortal plays were written by somebody else .

A highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie that broaches neo-Augustinian theology : Is God stuck in Heaven because He 's afraid of His best-known creation ?

Call it magic realism or surrealism , but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity .

Raimi and his team could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen .

The director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of Truffaut .

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

It 's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .

Boomers and their kids will have a Barrie good time .

Real Women Have Curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by Ferrera and Ontiveros .

Ultimately , `` MIB II '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless .

Stage director Sam Mendes showcases Tom Hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .

Sitting in the third row of the IMAX cinema at Sydney 's Darling Harbour , but I sometimes felt as though I was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around Australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not

What 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .

Watching a Brian DePalma movie is like watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie after drinking twelve beers .

Strip it of all its excess debris , and you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie .

As it is , it 's too long and unfocused .

An immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music .

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 .

This beautifully animated epic is never dull .

Brian Tufano 's handsome widescreen photography and Paul Grabowsky 's excellent music turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special .

It makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing .

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

Using a stock plot , About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .

But it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .

The hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth Bullock and the nonchalant Grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment .

A positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a Shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera .

Mr. Clooney , Mr. Kaufman and all their collaborators are entitled to take a deep bow for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster .

Definitely funny stuff , but it 's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with . '

Easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-Semitism ever seen on screen .

A real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant .

Family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking .

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

The film has a terrific look and Salma Hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .

A decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .

The performances are remarkable .

It 's Burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown .

As literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .

You 'll forget about it by Monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids .

While I ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , Stuart Little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .