pirates of the caribbean is a sweeping action-adventure story set in an era when villainous pirates scavenged the caribbean seas .


my 5-year-old niece emily was so thrilled by the first 20 minutes , she announced , `` i 'm gon na try to stay awake through the whole movie ! `` , which she then proceeded to do .


although dampened by intermittent preachiness and an unconvincingly pat and uplifting resolution . . . changing lanes nevertheless taps into emotions so convincing it elevates the movie above its own shortcomings .


jimmy ray is an alcoholic , still consumed by his grief and angry with his sons for wanting to play music .


bruce soon learns that being god is very challenging .


he confesses to committing a series of particularly horrifying murders of exclusively female victims .


this is a startling film that gives you a fascinating , albeit depressing view of iranian rural life close to the iraqi border .


raj has always had a unrequited childhood crush on a friend named tina , but tina 's best friend pooja has always had a crush on raj .


anthony is a successful computer engineer in silicon valley where he seems to have the perfect life : a beautiful home secluded in the hills , stock options worth millions , and a lovely wife , victoria .


what 's needed so badly but what is virtually absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy .


suffering from recurring memory loss , graham is restricted to a limited short-term memory .


turns out lonnie earl has a thing for candy , and when evidence of this starts to surface , things really start to heat up .


an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .


the film tunes into a grief that could lead a man across centuries .


so when he meets the mysterious professor darabont who offers him a very well paying job to transport sealed packages across the mexican border , morales can not refuse .


this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but ayres makes the right choices at every turn .


it soon becomes obvious that blossom , bubbles , and buttercup are not normal girls , they have superpowers and have not yet learned to control .


rosetta projects seduction scenes from movie clips onto ruby , which absorbs as she sleeps .


poets is essentially a travelogue of the british isles , juxtaposed with an anthology of classical and contemporary verse , macro-cosmic in scope , microcosmic in its singular intensity .


winslow had abandoned the experiments long ago , however ex-patient/caretaker , `` ernst `` ( michael zelnicker ) has developed a symbiotic , telepathic relationship with the rodents , and they thrive off of each other .


his dreams seemingly become shattered as caroline is married and has a daughter .


while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music , they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds .


then there is the unshakable guilt over his past .


he initially flounders in his new world , before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top .


a rude black comedy about the catalytic effect a holy fool has upon those around him in the cutthroat world of children 's television .


it 's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated . just when you think that every possible angle has been exhausted by documentarians , another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective .


the plot thickens further with the death of rachel 's best friend annie and the discovery that dennis betts is actually a policeman , with his own very personal reasons for pursuing rachel .


a zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious .


burning clean follows johnny , a young man caught between the grinding poverty of the urban ghetto and a con artist mother who depends on him for survival , on the day he must forsake her to save himself .


the surprising skill and compassion that group 's makers exhibit turns what could have been an uninvolving actor 's exercise into a compelling and complicated emotional stew .


it is marta 's simple video that proves to be the most compelling , triggering a series of events that effects all five students and forces them to re-evaluate their own belief in the power of motion pictures .


julia is played with exasperating blandness by laura regan .


her plan is to control the information infrastructure of the world .


eric , of course , deep down , wants to do it .


nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you . he makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty .


chapman is on trial for a murder of latin american villagers while he was in the marines .


the story is a rather simplistic one : grief drives her , love drives him , and a second chance to find love in the most unlikely place - it struck a chord in me .


it is the height of the festive holiday season and merry shoppers have begun their yearly pilgrimages to their local malls .


whip smart , alluring as hell , dynamic , and sexually predatory .


stalked by a hulking , disfigured mutant , the students and their chaperone are in for the most harrowing time of their young lives .


when the general he 's sent to kill delays his return to the country , john passes the time with manuela , a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into argentina 's sensual world of the tango .


two members of a private organization , cupic ( central unidentified phenomenon investigation committee ) and a local psychiatrist investigate , in an effort to solve this mystery .


a seemingly inconistent game of `` taboo `` brings out the vile secrets and sexual desires from a group of six college graduates at a remote mansion where one of them flips out and proceeds to kill the rest in the manner of their secrets .


the problem with this film is that it lacks focus . i sympathize with the plight of these families , but the movie does n't do a very good job conveying the issue at hand .


divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it 's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .


by the time their power struggle is finally resolved , both bob and the assistant learn that neither one of them is really in charge .


when she finally realizes she will never be free with edgar , never have again what they had once , she must make a life and death decision .


based upon sherman alexie 's book of poetry of the same name .


but when he inadvertently saves the bulletproof monk from capture , the two become partners in a scheme to save the world from the scroll 's most avid pursuer .


here , in his swiss town , he catches a bus to work , closing his eyes but realizing the horror of his existence .


an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time .


you may think you have figured out the con and the players in this debut film by argentine director fabian bielinsky , but while you were thinking someone made off with your wallet .


unwilling to pay such a price for material success , she runs away to calcutta .


i 'm convinced i could keep a family of five blind , crippled , amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking .


an erotic thriller that 's neither too erotic nor very thrilling , either .


apesar de nM-co superar o original , o chamado M-i um suspense bem realizado que , M-` sua prM-spria maneira , funciona de maneira exemplar .


at the height of hitler 's infamous u-boat war , the crew of the u . s . s .


'like a child with an important message to tell . . . [ skins ' ] faults are easy to forgive because the intentions are lofty . '


leon ( revilla ) , known as kilabot , is an nbi agent who also works as a tattoo artist by day .


it 's hard to know whether or not to recommend this film because for every thing it does right there 's at least one and occasionally two things it gets ever so wrong .


there 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . or for the year , for that matter .


there 's only one catch : martin , her ex-husband , still has n't moved out of the place .


two multinational corporations opt for trial by combat , to swiftly and inexpensively settle their differences .


like the tuck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on


performances are potent , and the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving .


craig and day day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib .


becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring .


now prisoners of war aboard u-boat 429 , a small group of american survivors will find their loyalties put to the ultimate test when they 're forced to join their german captors to fight for their very lives .


after watching their father being gunned down in front of their eyes as children , thomas and sean phelan grow up building their lives on opposite ends of the law .


it treats ana 's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .


if there was a flu shot for the blues , it might come in the form of this embraceable ode to loneliness and love regained .


in addition , he finds a baffling pile of different passports , all with his picture , and a huge pile of cash .


the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the `` webcast . ``


each of them faces a horrible , bizarre death apparently devised by the dead woman 's husband , a deranged two truck driver .


it is the story of ronwell quincy dobbs ( david cross ) , who has a unique talent for getting arrest .


louis has something hilary desperately needs , and hilary has something louis can not live without .


a waste of fearless purity in the acting craft .


there is a real subject here , and it is handled with intelligence and care .


some motion pictures portray ultimate passion ; others create ultimate thrills . men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic .


if high crimes were any more generic it would have a universal product code instead of a title .


except for paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for bartleby 's pain , the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion .


the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama .


in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .


twenty years later , much of the world has been scarred by the beast and its offspring .


not too fancy , not too filling , not too fluffy , but definitely tasty and sweet .


the first crusade to free the holy land has ended .


we started to wonder if M-^E some unpaid intern had just typed 'chris rock , ' 'anthony hopkins ' and 'terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine .


a lot rides on coincidence . or fate . or the magic pull of the moon . it all makes sense in the end .


his older brother dale , suspects that there is nothing wrong with brian and that this is just a ploy for more attention .


oliver , an emotional gigolo who does n't belive he deserves to love , arrives in copenhagen to surprise a summer flirt but ends up meeting lulu .


as the days count down , francis comes face to face with his own fear of failure and the spectre of selling out his dreams .


nobody talks about what happened five years ago , but something shifts beneath the surface of their lives a secret that wo n't stay buried .


in which property of drug kingpin & # 38 ; porn groupie adel gharid nasrallah aka eddie nash were taken .


her father ( bill nighy ) is desperate to repeat the spectacular success of his first novel , but has n't written a word for 12 years ; her exquisite sister rose ( rose byrne ) can only rail against their fate , and their bohemian step-mother topaz ( tara fitzgerald ) is a nudist and no help at all .


it 's not an important picture , and probably not even a memorable one , but i had a good time .


as is most commonly case with projects such noble and lofty ambitions , the film is less poetic than simply pretentious .


for him semana santa is a time to kill .


it is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another .


intensely loved by two women , who were never meant to be his .


the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .


a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .


viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who 's who in this pretentious mess .


a working class `` us vs . them `` opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered .


while felice eventially convinces sam that she 's his long-lost and thought-to-be-dead sister , she does n't succeed in convincing him that the fbi is after him for past crimes .


through simon , patricia strengthens her self-confidence to finally quit chicago .


a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .


while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own .


was it too much to ask to have one tank blow up one dragon ? what the hell ? !


rousing throwback and up-to-the-minute satire , chicago puts the `` all `` in all that jazz .


if the story lacks bite , the performances are never less than affectionate .


in the streets of east los angeles , manny is a formidable drug dealer .


the body bears strange marks on the chest which may or may not be the sign of a sin eater ( furmann ) , a renegade who offers absolution , last rites and therefore a path to heaven outside the jurisdiction of the church .


a lousy movie that 's not merely unwatchable , but also unlistenable .


her maid of honor says she 's got to call off the wedding , but that proves much more difficult than expected .


she proceeds to an in-depth soul-searching that helps her discover the power of faith and steels her to put up resistance .


in 1870 's the u . s marshall mike s . blueberry tries to stop wally blount , the man who killed his girlfriend from getting to a stockpile of gold hidden in indian territory .


there 's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .


seven years later , alan is given a second chance , a reunion with tommy and the opportunity to set things right .


some elements of it really blow the big one , but other parts are decent .


the teen liar then has to match wits with wolf , who also turns out to be a big liar .


an original little film about one young woman 's education .


although purportedly a study in modern alienation , it 's really little more than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy , enervating and deadeningly drawn-out .


it 's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion .


steve irwin 's method is ernest hemmingway at accelerated speed and volume .


lives hang in the balance as they scramble to unravel the mystery and protect the student body from their own hatred and fear .


this is surely one of the most frantic , virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio .


werner , a sniper and ex-legionnaire , presently a mercenary , who has seen it all , from angola to sarajevo .


the focus of this story takes place at an annual drag-racing event in fresno , as manuel tries to retain his championship title .


another big , dumb action movie in the vein of xxx , the transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its titular hero to drive his sleek black bmw through .


the powerless wait a long time for justice , and sometimes their only justice is to finally tell their story .


the best movie of its kind since 'brazil . ' lucas , take notes . this is how you use special effects .


hoping to capitalize on the tragedy , the agent plans to unlock the secrets left behind in the scattered ashes .


everyone connected to this movie seems to be part of an insider clique , which tends to breed formulaic films rather than fresh ones .


in new york she finds out the true nature of the experimental play he 's performing in .


candice ( leslie ) is invited spend a weekend with her boyfriend in a deserted victorian mansion .


the brass want to close out the case , nick and henry stay on it , and bits of evidence point them to an auto body shop .


it 's supposed to be a humorous , all-too-human look at how hope can breed a certain kind of madness -- and strength -- but it never quite adds up .


if you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus , sade is your film .


the film is about a boy ( justin long ) who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall .


while it regards 1967 as the key turning point of the 20th century , and returns again and again to images of dissidents in the streets , it 's alarmingly current .


when her mother passes away , ella is cared for by her thoughtless and greedy father who remarries a loathsome woman with two treacherous daughters .


nick farrow is a young mid-twenties trust fund baby .


but this time , lucy , instead of thinking of herself first is able to comfort dante and forgive his momentary rage .


silicon valley 1999 : a new gold rush is sweeping through california .


smith profiles five extraordinary american homes , and because the owners seem fully aware of the uses and abuses of fame , it 's a pleasure to enjoy their eccentricities .


each story on its own could have been expanded and worked into a compelling single feature , but in its current incarnation , storytelling never quite gets over its rather lopsided conception .


desperate to help her father , katie enlists the help of her two best friends , clay and austin , in a wild plan to rob the bank where her mother works .


k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia .


este M-i apenas mais um ( longo ) episM-sdio do programa da mtv . a M-znica diferenM-ga M-i que , desta vez , a paramount teve o mau gosto de exibi-lo nos cinemas .


based on the classic sci-fi novel by h . g . wells , `` the time machine `` stars guy pearce in the role of scientist and inventor , alexander hartdegen , who is determined to prove that time travel is possible .


with those classes under her belt , she then takes over her aunt 's travel agency ( again making her father think it 's his idea ) .


moreover , he strongly believes in moulding his students by using principles .


a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1/2 .


he has come back to visit his mother 's grave ( somehow he missed her funeral by just one day ) ; but instead he finds himself in an all too familiar place , a bar .


passionada is the story of three generations of portuguese women in the fishing community of new bedford , ma .


this is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos .


a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales .


the movie obviously seeks to re-create the excitement of such '50s flicks as jules verne 's '20 , 000 leagues under the sea ' and the george pal version of h . g . wells ' 'the time machine . ' but its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .


you may be captivated , as i was , by its moods , and by its subtly transformed star , and still wonder why paul thomas anderson ever had the inclination to make the most sincere and artful movie in which adam sandler will probably ever appear .


parker should be commended for taking a fresh approach to familiar material , but his determination to remain true to the original text leads him to adopt a somewhat mannered tone . . . that ultimately dulls the human tragedy at the story 's core .


despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei 's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .


pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two .


the film captures intense footage of several art events as well as interviews with burning man organizers larry harvey ( also co-founder ) , crimson rose and will roger who explain how , what started in 1986 as an impromptu summer solstice celebration , put on by a few friends at a beach in san francisco , has turned into a full-blown exercise in city planning and management with a hefty price-tag .


graced with the instinctive ability to dance , jenny thomas wants nothing more than to become a professional dancer .


o M-stimo esforM-go do diretor acaba sendo frustrado pelo roteiro , que , depois de levar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento , perde-se de vez a partir do instante em que os estranhos acontecimentos sM-co explicados .


kill , threaten , kidnap , maim , murder , steal . . .


william hundert , a retired `` old-school `` classics teacher is passionate about his subject .


sean , the more rebellious of the two , gets caught up in a life of crime and rises through the ranks to become the head of the irish mob .


not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .


even these tales of just seven children seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough . every child 's story is what matters . this film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .


fred schepisi 's film is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen . with a cast of a-list brit actors , it is worth searching out .


though talk in the film often turns to death , khatra 's enthusiasm and love of life keep the movie surprisingly upbeat .


a beguiling , slow-moving parable about the collision of past and present on a remote seacoast in iran .


if no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it 's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .


but without a doubt , chomsky , now 73 , is one of the most straight-talking and committed dissidents of our time .


however , love conquers all and . . . a close group of friends return to their hometown to face the reality of how their friendships and promises have altered and dissipated .


everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids .


moving cross country is n't even a problem for her .


pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away . it 's fun , but it 's a real howler .


she 's not yet an actress , not quite a singer . . .


alex rose , a 23-year-old filmmaker arrives in hollywood , to pursue his dream .


it mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends , family , cops , killers , and other laramie residents in their own words .


real problems arise when he awakes to discover that his right hand is missing .


but with tess 's wedding coming on saturday , the two have to find a way to switch back - and fast .


after nearly two decades of staring at his victim 's face on a newspaper clipping in his cell , the paroled man attempts to find redemption , in the form of a mysterious minister ( freeman ) and two needy women ( dunst and hunter ) .


tells the important , but little-known story of dismantling segregation in the polite society that was bermuda in the 1950s .


with the help of the huxley prototype they discover they are facing a menace whose very existence is one of the world 's greatest mysteries and the only people left to rescue may be themselves .


the balkans provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman .


it seems lawrence has reflected deeply upon his down periods . they 've left him wiser without dulling the sharp edges of his humor .


. . . has its moments , but ultimately , its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .


steve and eric are average guys living average lives with their average wives in the small suburban town of freehold , new jersey .


the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .


a `` popular yet mean-spirited `` teenage girl wakes up one day to find herself turned into a man in his 30 's ( schneider ) .


seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof .


preposterous and tedious , sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that , unfortunately , occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure .


clint eastwood 's blood work is a lot like a well-made pb & j sandwich : familiar , fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises M-^V but still quite tasty and inviting all the same .


now the kids are far out in the country with no phone , car , or any place to go , and they are being chased by the family of cannibals .


when zidanes refuses , christin decides to fake a suicide attempt , hoping budcasso will take pity on her .


like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .


[ nesbitt 's is ] one of those performances that simply 'is . '


miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .


with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action , all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s .


before parting , werner promised his friend that the disease would n't have the last word .


the work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims .


it is told through the eyes of the members of several dysfunctional `` families `` , desperate associations of lost souls bound by loyalty , fear or both .


such a talent makes fabbrizio the kidnapping target of his former arch-enemy devlin bowman , a criminal mastermind .


he is at a loss to describe what he may have seen to the police , to ellen 's mother , to himself .


ararat is among the director 's best work , a rendering of the past that offers hope for the future .


a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us .


he dumped her right after he got what he wanted without any explanation .


holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .


viewers of barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it .


one is little miss perfect , one is an engaged prom queen , and the other is a pregnant outcast .


harris is supposed to be the star of the story , but comes across as pretty dull and wooden .


this is a documentary about a woman from ghana who is reunited with her father after many years .


lucy is a theater student at the city university .


it 's shocking , intense , and totally creepy , yet compelling and sad . jeremy renner gives a career-making performance .


the interviewees , who represent diverse relationships to and perspectives on marriage , use their own stories to explain why the filmmakers - long-term partners interested in starting a family - should or should not wed .


manages to please its intended audience -- children -- without placing their parents in a coma-like state .


stripped of his driving privileges for years , and with failing eye sight , eagle steals away in his late wife 's old lincoln and heads cross-country to pete 's rescue .


a new border is drawn between hindu-dominated india and muslim-dominated pakistan , and the region is torn apart by massacres fueled by ancient animosities .


what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once .


the last kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding , but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact .


there 's a vastness implied in metropolis that is just breathtaking .


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 !


it 's a more believable scenario for infidelity than most such movies , and aniston gives her all to the role .


the film shows the relationship of the couple in love mid hope , difficulties , and misencounters in a beautiful and violent metropolis .


the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies .


so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor .


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 .


he carefully plans every day of his life , leaving nothing to chance .


the two towers between mordor and isengard , barad-d & # 250 ; r and orthanc , have united in their lust for destruction .


this boisterous comedy serves up a cruel reminder of the fate of hundreds of thousands of chinese , one which can only qualify as a terrible tragedy .


the exploitative , clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors .


savvy director robert j . siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense .


try as you might to resist , if you 've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson , this movie will worm its way there .


mnemosyne bears witness to the forces of destruction as well as of creation , revealing through art , the multi-dimensionality of women .


how many more times will indie filmmakers subject us to boring , self-important stories of how horrible we are to ourselves and each other ?


these four queens became germany 's most popular drag performers and have been busy fertilizing the german cultural scene .


stranded on a lonely road , a schoolbus full of high school basketball players , their coaches , and cheerleaders must defend themselves from the creeper - a flesh-eating ancient beast that resurfaces on the earth every 23 years to feed .


she , among others excentricities , talks to a small rock , gertrude , like if she was alive .


with her birthday fast approaching , she must decide whether or not to keep the promise she made to herself over a decade earlier : quit the music business at 40 if she has n't made it by then .


drugs are out because they tried that before and some of the po'boys spent a little time behind bars .


instead , he tells her that her life has no meaning , and is going to end in just a few days , which sparks her to action , trying to change the pattern of her life . . .


imaginative and engaging follow-up , which revolves around a decidedly fresh story line that presents its stars with new challenges , obstacles and emotional opportunities .


the movie itself is timeless and universal , at once artless and sophisticated in its ability to engross .


being blue is not his only predicament ; he also lacks the ability to outwardly express his emotions .


a savage john waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over .


an earnest , heartrending look at the divide between religious fundamentalists and their gay relatives . it 's also heavy-handed and devotes too much time to bigoted views .


i admired it , particularly that unexpected downer of an ending .


the subtle strength of `` elling `` is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation .


anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly .


he has already written the script but does not have the means of financing his project .


some guests join the family for a farewell-part for lena .


highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply , but those who loved cool as ice have at last found a worthy follow-up .


at times , the suspense is palpable , but by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential .


their plan is to sell it to wealthy arabs .


it wo n't be easy , but if he can handle bird-eating spiders and venomous snakes without getting bitten , gun-wielding agents should n't be too much of a problem .


. . . too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film .


dreary , highly annoying . . . 'some body ' will appeal to no one .


entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately . . . dare i say , entertaining !


finally , he moved away from paro and wrote a letter to her , asking her to forget him .


the film has a childlike quality about it . but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .


the respective charms of sandra bullock and hugh grant have worn threadbare .


the school administration calls in the acting sheriff to conduct `` a delicate and discrete investigation `` - a whitewash .


in an effort , i suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy .


what kind of advice would they receive from family , friends , neighbors , and folks at the corner deli ?


he tries to distract charlie any way he can .


while seeing them in the act of love making , billy kills his wife and best friend .


the son of zamindar narayan mukherjee , devdas ( shahrukh khan ) was born with a silver spoon in his mouth .


a b-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .


desperate , neurotic gloria goes on an emotional roller coaster ride when her boyfriend of three and a half weeks , kip sends her yellow roses .


there , she is n't getting any luck in auditioning as a singer .


he has to rescue them and save new york city from an imminent nuclear terrorist act .


the heightened symmetry of this new/old cinema paradiso makes the film a fuller experience , like an old friend haunted by the exigencies of time .


. . . is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .


looking for a good story she also meets a welfare official , thomas , who also thinks that the foundation should be looked into .


worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance .


the film 's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go .


the story is set during the american revolution in the late 1700 's , when america fought for it 's independence from britain .


you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week .


a rather average action film that benefits from several funny moments supplied by epps .


in capturing the understated comedic agony of an ever-ruminating , genteel yet decadent aristocracy that can no longer pay its bills , the film could just as well be addressing the turn of the 20th century into the 21st .


the all night quirky journey and encounters with memorable characters , ultimately provides them with the key to the lives they 've been meaning to live come daybreak .


an ironic speculation on democracy in a culture unaccustomed to it .


the movie turns out to be [ assayas ' ] homage to the gallic 'tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness .


barry egan ( adam sandler ) is a small business owner with seven sisters whose abuse has kept him alone and unable to fall in love .


in a small southern american town , paul , who is known for having sexual relations with every girl in town , falls in love with his best friend 's younger sister who is a virgin .


by doing this he meets a link between the two time periods ( lang ) .


this is cool , slick stuff , ready to quench the thirst of an audience that misses the summer blockbusters .


her world changes when she meets courtenay , a compulsive liar who brags about the suicide note in her back pocket .


purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore , if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons .


people move along the street immersed in the flow of day-to-day events .


the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i 'm likely to see all year .


but with cosimo stuck in the joint , it 's up to his girl rosalind ( patricia clarkson ) to track down a patsy .


sensitive ensemble performances and good period reconstruction add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments .


it 's not exactly worth the bucks to expend the full price for a date , but when it comes out on video , it 's well worth a rental .


jack sparrow , a gentleman rogue of a pirate , teams up with the daugther of a governor to stop the evil plan of a ship of dangerous pirates , led by the evil captain blackheart , who are trying to reverse an ancient curse that leaves them stuck between life and dead , with the light of the moon revealing their skeletons , like some kind of undead monsters .


a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late .


a married seattle couple ( megan murphy , jeff weatherford ) struggle in their relationship as they approach the millenium , each looking for new directions in their life .


a haunting film about one of the great escapes of all time .


a fairly optimistic representation of family abuse , sexual , psychological and physical violence .


first day on job publicist , a whisky drinking headbanger , a pimp from the ghetto , and a psychiatrist on crack end up in a barstow county desert with a corps and an `` a `` list celebrity who is hallucinating apes after drinking a soda contaminated with bug killer .


four friends journey dow life 's paths to find out whether god or society has the right to decide the good or the evil .


realizing that in this love-induced haze , he 's been tricked into turning his life upside-down , ted breaks it off with heather to again pursue his destiny as `` bachelorman . ``


later in life , reinalda has achieved fame and fortune - two of the three things she has always desired .


japanese animation - or 'anime ' for those in the know - boasts one of the fastest growing fan bases in the entertainment industry , as evidenced by returns in the neighborhood of $ 65 million per year .


mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances . . . and excellent use of music by india 's popular gulzar and jagjit singh .


the artist lives alone in a foreboding old house in the country , a place of solitude , free from distractions .


celebrities are talking about him on mtv and girls are fighting over him on jerry springer .


interesting both as a historical study and as a tragic love story .


tedious norwegian offering which somehow snagged an oscar nomination .


never does `` lilo & stitch `` reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan `` or `` tarzan . ``


bogdanich is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side .


a week or so later the lapd is tipped off about his whereabouts and they break down the door of the seedy motel room that he 's hiding out in and throw him in la county 's celebrity wing .


[ f ] rom the performances and the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative , the film is blazingly alive and admirable on many levels .


upon arrival at the space station orbiting an ocean world called solaris a psychologist discovers that the commander of an expedition to the planet has died mysteriously .


this backfires when katie innocently reagles her school with her inside knowledge of carnal pleasures .


the baby that is the anti-christ is switched at birth .


he then begins his official duties as development chief of mepe by assessing the needs of the schools and hospitals .


eventually , nicholas runs away with schoolmate smike , and the two set off to reunite the nickleby family .


you know you 're in for a good ol ' popcorn-munching time when the movie 's tagline is a bad pun on the title of a piece of fine literature .


a reminder that beyond all the hype and recent digital glitz , spielberg knows how to tell us about people .


five young people apply to live in an isolated house together for six months whilst their every move is filmed by numerous cameras .


the two meet after years of separation when clara returns to the barrio to visit her father , roman ( ricky davao ) .


now he 's back in the park where he used to meet her . . .


highlights are the terrific performances by christopher plummer , as the prime villain , and nathan lane as vincent crummles , the eccentric theater company manager .


now that they 're back together , they should be perfect for each other , except that dre 's about to marry lawyer reese and sidney claims not to be interested in dre romantically .


the hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity .


we find elvis ( bruce campbell ) as an elderly resident in an east texas rest home , who switched identities with an elvis impersonator years before his `` death `` , then missed his chance to switch back .


a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession M-^V one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom .


their life becomes less ordinary when they encounter herb , a mischievous and malevolent geek .


these three girls are part of what is referred to today as the 'stolen generations . '


the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself .


unfortunately , he no longer has the 10 million won required for the hospital to perform the operation .


when tom goes away for a few days , lori , with the help of best friend , monica , investigates the disappearance of helen .


in his second term at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry , harry potter ( daniel radcliffe ) is warned by an elf named dobby that disaster will strike when he returns to hogwarts .


lesson to be learned : never , never mess with `` the gay mafia ! ``


[ it ] has the feel of a summer popcorn movie . nothing too deep or substantial . explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .


in the last days of the second world war , an american administrative lieutenant is captured by german forces during the battle of the bulge .


when times are tough , peter discovers his next door neighbor might be the real santa claus .


the plot is paper-thin and the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole hours .


in a revealing and often hilarious portrait , mary dispenses homespun wisdom while divulging family secrets and rivalries .


really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length .


a group of hi-tech troops are sent in to destroy the red dimension where the tall man gets his power , reggie ( reggie bannister ) follows so he can find mike ( a .


he soon finds himself plunged into a mystery only to find himself at the heart of it .


a little girl uses her overactive imagination to turn her doll into a real live friend ; but when a monster kidnaps her doll , she must enter a dangerous , surreal world to find the monster and rescue her doll .


this is the story of samantha martin aka the hottest scariest sexiest writer in the sf/fantasy biz .


the movie revolves around munnabhai ( sanjay dutt ) a dreaded but good-hearted underworld don of mumbai .


nine year old brian billings has been diagnosed with an acute fear of the dark .


they , like many college under-achievers , prefer to spend most of their time going to parties , playing video games , and attending the occasional class .


on november 12th 2001 , aspiring documentary filmmaker griffin mack began to capture the story of this elusive rising star .


in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .


this riveting world war ii moral suspense story deals with the shadow side of american culture : racial prejudice in its ugly and diverse forms .


he blows her off at every opportunity to cuddle with flight attendants .


holm . . . embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma .


a rare mutation has occurred within the vampire community .


the film was shot on location at various firehouses in manhattan , queens and brooklyn .


like her mother , she is down to earth , clever , and a huge fan of the musical sweeney todd .


brings back nick tellis , fired 18-months ago when a stray bullet hits a pregnant woman .


is there enough material to merit a documentary on the making of wilco 's last album ?


after a couple of near-successes , they go for broke by planning an elaborate kidnapping scheme that ca n't miss .


bound by a long red cord , a young couple wanders in search of something they have forgotten .


a dark comedy about max , who thinks woody allen 's `` annie hall `` is a cautionary tale about the futility of romance .


while not as aggressively impressive as its american counterpart , `` in the bedroom , `` moretti 's film makes its own , quieter observations


crime can most certainly pay , if you `` know wot i mean ? ``


shown as an episode of `` the south bank show `` .


everyone 's favorite mad scientist herbert west is currently in jail after having state 's evidence turned against him by his former assistant , dan cain .


[ allen ] manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .


a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good , that is to say , entirely unconned by false sentiment or sharp , overmanipulative hollywood practices .


the only way out for johnny is to play brad , which results in a `` race to nine `` showdown that pits two of the greatest players against each other for large sums of money , and johnny and danny 's lives .


they have a son , jai , who is loved by everyone and who keeps the house alive .


sarah , an unfulfilled , calculating wife , takes pleasure in having her voyeuristic lover watch her on video cameras that she has hidden inside the vents of her house .


a provocative movie about loss , anger , greed , jealousy , sickness and love .


if you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work . much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments . . .


the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism , and ms . ramsay and her co-writer , liana dognini , have dramatized the alan warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh 's book trainspotting .


reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish .


the elders wonder what on earth they have gotten themselves into but before the day is out their view of the old man and themselves changes .


henk otte lives on disability with his wife and son outside of amsterdam .


niccol the filmmaker merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words , insinuating , for example , that in hollywood , only god speaks to the press


a situation or activity specially suited to a person 's abilities or character .


ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .


it 's both a necessary political work and a fascinating documentary . . .


spanning 18 years in an iranian women 's prison , this follows two women : the new prison warden , a tough as nails devout muslim who has served in the army on the iraqi front , and a young midwife , mitra , who is serving her sentence for killing her mother 's abusive husband .


will taco chick and salsa girl assist superfag in defeating this evil menace ?


the movie would seem less of a trifle if ms . sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine .


her dream fades away - until she discovers that the money was hidden in the heel .


a serial killer is on the loose and kills herbert 's assistant , dan cain .


matt lee whitlock ( washington ) , respected chief of police in small banyan key , florida , must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion .


beary barrinson , a ten-year-old bear cub raised by humans , heads for tennessee to find his birth family .


apparent heir to the philadelphia paradiso mafia family , frank paradiso , finds himself confronted with tough choices after an assassination attempt on his father , don antonio paradiso ( played by robert costanzo ) .


but the hired `` kidnappers `` turn out to be ex-cons with a plan of their own , and the extreme date escalates out of control .


that night , however , a ghost does escape , tailing the young girl in the city of prague .


j-lo strikes back in a tense and thrilling revenge flick with the best fight scene so far this year . but i could n't help feeling guilty over my delight at the brutal way 'enough ' ended .


too artsy by half , heaven nonetheless casts a spell that does n't break until you leave the theater .


a moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war reach much further than we imagine .


this throws him in with the minister 's daughter , you guessed it , the mousy seemingly awkward yet beautiful girl with an angelic heart , and she sings too .


we have n't seen such hilarity since say it is n't so !


her slutty roommate , lara ( jessica biel ) , has the hots for victor as well .


ruby falls in love and becomes impregnated by sandy , a xerox shop worker .


they will live without thinking in the consequences , getting into a world where they wo n't be able to escape .


if the first men in black was money , the second is small change . but it still jingles in the pocket . it 's fun lite .


culkin turns his character into what is basically an anti-harry potter -- right down to the gryffindor scarf .


each has their reason for wanting to be there - fame , money , adventure .


aussie adventurer steve irwin aka the crocodile hunter has avoided the death-roll and nabbed another feisty croc , hoping to save it from poachers .


when the mercenaries catch up , sam , jake and the rest of their entourage find themselves in the clutches of the blood thirsty gallo .


it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss , and that 's more or less how it plays out .


it 's enough to watch huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that chabrol spins .


marked by past scars and quickly running out of time , graham finds himself tangled in a heap of madness , sacrificing his work , his family , and above all his own life , to put an end to pure evil .


as the years pass by , the aged patricia gets a visit by . . . francis .


family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition & # 133 ; whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance .


many people believed max had a gift , but he was so upset by his mother dieing , that he purposely ignores his `` gift `` , until one day he has a disturbing dream about a girl being raped and kidnapped .


( leslie mann ) plays his girlfriend , who also wants him to pay $ 30 , 000 for the down payment on a house ; and ( tom green ) plays his buddy , who 's a bad influence on him .


the laser-projected paintings provide a spell-casting beauty , while russell and dreyfus are a romantic pairing of hearts , preciously exposed as history corners them .


writer/director david caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza .


one day , tobias sees caroline , a former school pal from the east .


the story the movie tells is of brian de palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .


oscar 's path to his true love is further crossed by diane , eve 's best friend who , one night while wearing eve 's borrowed perfumed scarf , offers him temporary comfort in an unconventional tryst .


terror at tate manor is an independent horror film set in a real haunted house , rich in ghost and spirit sightings , and quite active throughout the filming .


the two join forces to find out who wants her dead and why .


the murdered psychiatrist 's former boyfriend quickly becomes the prime suspect , a fanatical character named choi .


contrary to the homeless stereotype , jack 's existence is ruled by discipline .


a young bounty hunter who makes her living tracking sims , finds herself the unlikely ally of a police detective who suspects the cyberlink is being perverted for an insidious and deadly purpose .


andersson creates a world that 's at once surreal and disturbingly familiar ; absurd , yet tremendously sad .


she kills chow lui with cyanide hidden in a pair of sunglasses .


j & # 243 ; hann is a 30 year old guesthouse owner isolated from the outside world following the death of his father .


a film that loses sight of its own story .


this is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative . mr . scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision can hardly be underestimated .


after a nuclear apocalypse , the whole landscape is a desert ruin , except for a small island paradise where el toro is buried .


the story , bearing some resemblance to the fight club , is about an organized underground fight ring run by four bosses .


obsessed with her job designing movie sets , fran insists that each prop be the real thing & # 173 ; even if it happens to be a pair of rhinoceros eyes or a human finger .


but soon they recieve a `` sign `` and are called back into action as a pastor is murdered in a boston church and the crime scene is staged to make it look like the work of the saints .


. . . the picture 's cleverness is ironically muted by the very people who are intended to make it shine .


sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading .


if the film had been in less-capable hands , the subject matter could have easily lent itself to eye-rolling ridicule , but huppert and haneke manage to keep the credibility intact , at least up to a point .


flanery nonetheless proceeds to arrest them with a gun filled with blanks when he next sees them .


vijay singh rajput ( amitabh bachchan ) is a quirky manager of vilasrao jefferson bank .


`` growing hair `` is a perverse comedy about three , twenty-something friends coming to terms with their addictions that uses original , witty dialog to push a story of friendship between a gamer , a sarcastic gen . x'er , and a sexaholic .


huppert gives erika a persona that is so intriguing that you find yourself staring hypnotically at her , trying to understand her and wondering if she 'll crack .


contains the same kind of intelligent class observation that was featured in gosford park .


18 years ago joe ( travolta ) had a chance to make his dream come true of directing his first movie in hollywood .


part of the long , noble tradition ( at least since the '90s ) of talky , ensemble-driven american indies .


if [ jaglom 's ] latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing .


she frequently offers her hospitality to a 16-year-old prostitute , gr & # 233 ; goire , a young man who became her friend .


constantly touching , surprisingly funny , semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act .


as i settled into my world war ii memories , i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .


unfortunately , as a writer , mr . montias is n't nearly as good to his crew as he is as a director or actor .


a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .


feels like one of those contrived , only-in -hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating oscar talk .


back when the earth was being overrun by glaciers , and animals were scurrying to save themselves from the upcoming ice age , a stupid sloth named sid , a woolly mammoth named manny , a saber-toothed tiger named diego , and an acorn-loving saber-toothed squirrel named scrat are forced to become unlikely heroes .


. . . begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot .


chaos ensues as the patrons of the establishment band together to fight for their lives .


they both end up experiencing more excitement than mickey could ever conjure in orlando , when they meet up with bad guys and a legendary creature .


but her husband always has prevented her realization of this fact .


the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms . . . is a nonstop hoot .


punch-drunk love mostly feints and jabs ; by anderson 's standards it 's strictly lightweight . but sandler delivers the kind of knockout performance that even his staunchest defenders probably did n't realize he had in him .


they quickly realize that the answer to their problems and the key to their happiness do not lie in achieving a perfect score .


the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about three years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication .


belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it 's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film .


the film tells the story of a highly intelligent former state champion bodybuilder from small town ohio who has become obsessed with his scientific research and , consequently , has let his world-class physique go .


however , the manner in which he decides to suicide is quite peculiar : he allows himself to be abducted by a cult , whose members treat him as their `` king `` for one year ( he is given a castle , concubines , gifts , etc . . . ) , and then murder him as an atonement for their yearly sins .


just like every other seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail .


that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .


a moving love story and thought-provoking drama about a young catholic nurse who secretly falls in love with a terminally-ill boy in the proper world of 1957 .


not having enough money , he angrily attempts to rape her .


but when de niro finds out the woman has been targeted for murder , he and his agoraphobic roommate are forced to leave the apartment ( after six years ) to save her life .


where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .


i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry !


while [ hill ] has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .


witty , charming , ultimately empathetic portrait of a once-upon-a-time industry titan .


dozens of moments catch you up and take your breath away .


through the looking glass is a psychological horror detailing the path of one man 's obsession that culminates in madness , fear and ultimately death .


in a final game , johnathan and his team have to fight for mere survival against their real opponent - their boss alexi petrovich .


enroute , eagle reluctantly comes to the aid of romy , a sassy moll who has just stolen 600 her life .


calendar girls is about the women of the rylstone women 's institute in north yorkshire .


enjoy it for what it is ; you can hate yourself later .


one of the ring 's original bearers , the creature gollum ( andy serkis ) , has tracked frodo and sam down in search of his 'precious ' , but is captured by the hobbits and used as a way to lead them to mt .


but in the remains of an abandoned copper mine , lives the ancestors of an incestuous clan of cannibals .


pursued by immigration service and later arrested , he is about to be deported .


needless to say , both carlos and mickey are burning to get out of the heights .


reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .


confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong .


the others quickly conclude that the extreme circumstances of the accident were what caused love to bloom .


el toro & # 180 ; s sons , cain and abel , were separated as boys because el toro predicted that cain would kill abel .


as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .


the writer-director bestows honor -- generously , apolitically -- not only on the dead and still living american veterans who fought in ia drang , but also on their families , on their vietnamese adversaries , and on the families of their adversaries too .


when he does this , he finds out that freddy is killing th kids of crystal lake in they 're dreams !


the old man marries her after a short period of acquaintance .


the elders are surprised and delighted when they learn this lesson first hand .


the fortune-teller 's mentally retarded nephew , who comes to hear the prophesy , follows the girl .


three hungover penrith boys conspire to break up a couple on high street when one of the mates is smitten by one of the pair .


while t & # 252 ; rlich rediscovers his roots ( and his affection for heidi ) , josch finds out that evil entrepreneur tronald dump plans to blow the mountain to smithereens in order to erect a plastic mountain with a ski resort where you never can get hurt .


you know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ? just send it to cranky . we do n't get paid enough to sit through crap like this .


in this debut short , meeper valiantly tries to warn the patrons of the ale-e-inn , an intergalactic watering hole with its own constellation of stars , of impending danger only to find himself face to face with the toughest creatures in the universe .


a fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from harlem who enrolls in a southern university , expecting to lead its marching band 's drumline to victory .


mystery inc . ( daphne , fred , velma , shaggy , and scooby doo ) has broken up ; on the grounds of who has been solving their cases .


stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .


weirdly , broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end , after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car .


jerry and nick are two best buddies whose love lives have hit rock bottom , jerry 's especially , having just vomited all over his fiance on a hot air balloon trip prior to proposing to her .


a dramatic thriller about a emerald smuggler who has 5 days to go to rio , finish off a deal with a brazilian drug lord and find his lost daughter , unknown to him from an affair 15 years earlier .


the skills of a calculus major at m . i . t . are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?


they grow hesitantly closer than their previous adversarial relationship as old bonds are tested and new awarenesses are inspired .


they work things out ( somewhat ) during a night in the emergency room .


M-^Ean adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .


the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me .


if not , then catch an episode of the new reality series the jedi hunter , as the now australian boba fett crosses the galaxy capturing and eliminating jedi , along with his companion terri fett .


shaken , shae goes to check on her young daughter , sophie .


the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : they might be giants ' so to be one of us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed .


in jail she finally meets tabloid darling velma kelly , currently receiving huge media attention for the double murder she committed earlier in the tale .


in a reciprocal effort , celebi uses his power and transports itself and sam to the present , ash ketchum 's time .


kay has since returned to the comforts of civilian life while jay continues to work for the men in black , the highly funded yet unofficial government agency that regulates all things alien on earth .


it 's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other best picture contenders should be measured .


after exhausting all conventional resources , he reluctantly visits a mystic who offers to show him three `` visions `` of his son 's life .


during lunch , michael , plays his well-used race card to make victoria uncomfortable .


the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie .


while the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel , they 're presented with a wry dark humor .


the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .


despite the rise in tensions , things appear to be going well until one of the women is found dead in the hot tub .


some remarkable achival film about how shanghai ( of all places ) served jews who escaped the holocaust .


it 's jenny 's wedding day - not a good day to realize you 're not in love with the groom !


confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it .


in an ancient time , predating the pyramids , the evil king memnon is using the psychic powers of his sorceress cassandra to fortell his great victories .


chicago 's newspapers love the nitty-gritty and velma is at the top of the headlines .


by applying definition to both sides of the man , the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject .


the republic of vermont lasted from 1777-1791 when it became the 14th state .


bear has never gotten over the separation from his wife and daughter after having been convicted for armed robbery and homicide and sent to prison .


with the police chasing him , pqd decides to go to s & # 227 ; o paulo to see cac & # 225 ; and prove his innocence .


. . . once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .


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 .


too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .


this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family .


what they soon realize , though , is they are not alone in hypertime .


another more vicous gang known as the vipers is a possible threat to leon and bobby 's efforts .


just when the movie seems confident enough to handle subtlety , it dives into soapy bathos .


imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary larson 's far side humor


for ten years , tobias has worked in a clock factory and in the relentless sound of ticking , he sees life go by without much expectation .


she - pert , forward , a ball of fire - has just thrown her mobile away after an angry tete-a-tete with her ( ex- ) boyfriend .


the narration then examines the nation 's colonial history , beginning with the first german missionary in 1901 , the establishment of schools , french occupation following world war i , the paucity of books written by and published by cameroonians , and the repression of the cpu , a leftist organization of the 1950s and 1960s .


when the flames of jealousy are fanned by an oddball drifter ( walken ) who imposes himself into the situation , tim 's life careens wildly out of control . . .


after listening to a missionary from china speak , a christian man ( josh gaffga ) becomes very convinced by what he hears .


in this emotionally compelling documentary , sister helen opens a private home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in the south bronx after the death of her husband and two sons .


unfortunately , her father has forbidden her to climb because of an accident he had on mount everest .


doctors are n't supposed to play god , but someone 's decision years before has driven a killer over the brink .


this film deals with a little-known period in the life of celebrated brazilian filmmaker and political activist glauber rocha .


immediately they are further sent to romulus , where a new praetor , shinzon , a half-reman cloned from captain picard , appears to want peace with the federation .


during world war ii and the era of staunch racial segregation , a black carpenter 's son named vivien thomas , who had a talent for surgery , along with a white surgeon named dr . alfred blalock , who defied the medical establishment created a partnership that changed the course of cardiac surgery .


legend has it that haizmann made a pact with the devil in 1650 to be his son here on earth , and therefore gained immortality .


in his memoirs , guevara recounts adventures he , and best friend alberto granado , had while crossing south america by motorcycle in the early 1950s .


talky , artificial and opaque . . . an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .


meyjes ' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil .


vera has created a provocative , absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores .


this startling film provides a gritty look into american politics in the new south .


she takes a fancy to chan kwok chan , whom she stalks .


for the most part , the ingredients are there . but an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents nettelbeck 's film from coming together .


boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome .


the jokes sometimes fall flat , but the weirdness and darkening of tone make for quirky fun .


[ koshashvili ] sometimes drags [ the ideas ] out ( the film needs tightening ) , but they 're worth considering all the same .


his darkly comic trip -- shared by a deviant cast of characters , including his terminally bored , part-time lover sookie , his godfater 's trophy mistress rachel , and smack-dealing performance artists russel -- veers from bizarre to tragic in igby 's ultimately noble attempt to keep himself from `` going down . `` igby goes down is a personal tale about a 17 year old misfit boy who copes with his mother 's cancer and his father 's insanity by pursuing relationships with older women .


queen of the damned is too long with too little going on .


now , kimberly , along with the other survivors , must find a way to save themselves . . .


it 's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan . make chan 's action sequences boring .


a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .


when he dumps her , the whole building turns on him .


as an additional inducement , the queen holds out to butch , the promised return of the hostaged claudia , a beautiful and feisty femme , who is not about to sit idly by awaiting rescue ! .


a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .


anchored by friel and williams 's exceptional performances , the film 's power lies in its complexity . nothing is black and white .


directed by david twohy with the same great eye for eerie understatement that he brought to pitch black .


in an attempt to make a new identity for himself , dizzy gets himself expelled from his high school , learns the technics of being cool from a prison inmate , and enrolls at a new high school under the alias gil harris , to make new friends where he soon gains respect from the jocks and geeks alike .


it 's an engrossing and thought-provoking examination of the overriding will to power and the morality of its application .


his mother wants a normal life for herself and finnigan .


the plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story . but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold .


both undauntedly take a sardonic , action-packed jaunt with plenty of gunplay and intrigue with an unforgettable cast of characters after marko 's trusting wife ashe ( robyn adamsom ) discovers that these two deviants of social behavior have bet her entire life savings of 3 , 000 bucks on an nba play-off game .


sonia has a crush on akash and she decides to 'buy ' his love via a financial agreement that states that on marrying sonia , her father gulshan will help finance the hospital project .


at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it 's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second .


with very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb recent predecessors like swimming with sharks and the player , this latest skewering . . . may put off insiders and outsiders alike .


fate brings emma and bret together and they discover shared disdain for clients who collect art to impress others , follow the current trend or think only in terms of investment value .


will the doctor be able to save komal from the don ?


he explains that her dream place can be everywhere , even within this rotten shack .


the success of undercover brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally .


puzzled , he turns for help from a private cyber detective .


a captivating and intimate study about dying and loving . . .


a civil war veteran , turned winchester guns spokeman , the captain woodrow algren , arrives japan in the late 1870s to train the troops of the emperor meiji , as a part of break away from the long-held tradition of relying on employed samurai warriors to protect territories , as meiji & # 180 ; s new army prepares to wipe out the remaining samurais .


satin rouge is not a new , or inventive , journey , but it 's encouraging to see a three-dimensional , average , middle-aged woman 's experience of self-discovery handled with such sensitivity .


he got to know four children who have no fathers .


it 's rare to find a film that dazzles the eye , challenges the brain , and satisfies our lust for fast-paced action , but minority report delivers all that and a whole lot more .


claude chabrol has here a thriller without thrills , but that 's okay .


there 's enough science to make it count as educational , and enough beauty to make it unforgettable .


he is visited by a house-elf named dobby and warned not to go back to hogwarts .


the weight of water uses water as a metaphor for subconscious desire , but this leaky script barely stays afloat .


fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably entwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he sees .


despite its shortcomings , girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch , and it 's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre .


a fast-paced look into the world of underground street-racing .


rumor , a muddled drama about coming to terms with death , feels impersonal , almost generic .


a thought-provoking look at how western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures .


the film is faithful to what one presumes are the book 's twin premises -- that we become who we are on the backs of our parents , but we have no idea who they were at our age ; and that time is a fleeting and precious commodity no matter how old you are .


as a way of catharsis , he arranges for a woman to meet his nephew/surrogate son in a selfish act of redemption ; as a result raymond brings larger problems between the two to the surface .


at times funny and at other times candidly revealing , it 's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .


sexgunsmoney @ 20 is an intense , funny and visceral story about excesses , instant gratification , greed and power , filled with intrigue and machiavellian plotting .


nete 's father moves in and puts even more strain on nete 's family and everyday life .


scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario .


as a study of how the current corporate idiocy impacts one man 's art , it 's priceless .


he is always in search of a rich girl with a view to live a luxurious life with her money .


straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .


whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end . but , no , we get another scene , and then another . you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain .


hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skills of its makers and the talents of its actors , but it does n't .


the webster family stopped having christmas together several years ago when the fighting and accidents became too much .


parker probably thinks he 's shaking up a classic the way kenneth branagh and baz luhrmann have , but this half-hearted messing-about just makes us miss wilde 's still-contemporary play .


the bounty hunter discovers that his quarry is n't the bad guy he 'd been warned about , and the two team up in pursuit of riches stored in a mine in the amazon .


a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a M-^Qdirect-to-video ' release .


in a bid to regain control of her life , ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious curse .


he finds a level of comfort in his old skin , and is able to finally get some sleep .


november 1918 the army of soviet union conquers narva & # 180 ; s and petser & # 180 ; s cities in spite of their peaceful announcements .


if it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in dolby digital stereo . if nothing else , `` rollerball `` 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j .


but sy discovers that the yorkins are not as perfect as they seem and becomes a man on a mission to expose the imperfections of the yorkin family at any cost .


in this trip they find really nice people that will help them to finish their mision .


a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park 's .


everything sets them apart , with only their imminent death in common .


para analizar esta pelM-mcula , es preciso separar dos criterios , el religioso y el cinematogrM-afico


the director , steven shainberg , has succeeded by focusing intently on his characters , making them quirky individuals rather than figures of fun .


fallopia offers lizzy the chance to become a pioneer in the most revolutionary field of modern medical science : in-utero advertising .


aliens appear at the un and invite earth to join the galactic federation , there is a catch though , earth has one year to send a team of it 's best fighters to represent the palnet in an unarmed combat tournament .


a tropical setting : a dying man , his life a disaster of decadence and mis-spent emotion .


they all try to cope with the situation - he has only three weeks left , and you do n't argue with a dying man .


every defiantly over-the-top action scene -- from high-stakes car chases to fearsome drug busts -- seizes your adrenal gland and milks it like an epileptic farmer .


and then the teenage kim arrives out of the blue looking for shelter and work - but what is she trying to hide ?


patricia is able to escape las vegas , not before having had to overcome the heavily threatening katherine and a brutal nurse ( lilyan chauvin ) who aimed to to keep her constantly drugged .


keith tells his wife karen , ( dana delaney ) about the jewellery and that is the last straw .


the joy has gone out of phil 's and penny 's life , but when an unexpected tragedy occurs , they are brought together to rediscover their love .


the film follows the two teenagers after they have quit school to concentrate full time on being signed by the american major league teams .


everywhere he goes he is plagued by cats and when by chance he meets carol on a lonely highway they must begin a journey , avoiding the mysterious private detective mr barlow and the terrifying inhuman creature jack , to uncover the dark truth to charlie 's life .


an unsatisfying hybrid of blair witch and typical stalk-and-slash fare , where the most conservative protagonist is always the last one living .


. . . works within its own pensive and penetrating element . caustic and jaunty , gangster no . 1 is a cynical sideshow that dismisses the notion that crime does not always pay .


after loosing his wife and kids , his life encounters another pitfall when mitch 's accounting client , donny diamond ( john capadice ) , a former pro-football player , accuses mitch of embezzelment and hires a couple of thugs to murder him .


after escaping from the racoon city medical facility alice searches for answers to the t-virus and how to contain it , all while trying to find a way to escape the ruined city with fellow survivors .


klaus is an actor and lives a life between attack and escape from love and desperation .


the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon .


as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and a personal low for everyone involved .


due to unfortunate circumstances he is forced to flee his former brothers in arms .


doug liman , the director of bourne , directs the traffic well , gets a nice wintry look from his locations , absorbs us with the movie 's spycraft and uses damon 's ability to be focused and sincere .


the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .


amid a towering forest of shimmering crystals , they begin to explore this ancient marvel .


highly irritating at first , mr . koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .


or this could be the start of a nightmare - the likes of which she could never have imagined .


on her nightly retreat to an abandoned cemetery , alenka is surprised by a singular night-guard whose duty it is to ensure that no ghosts escape the premises .


a film about a modern-day shaman and his young disciple in rural vermont .


they are abruptly sidetracked when dara accidentally runs over someone on a lonely country road and wrongly takes the blame .


`` argento splatters her colorful life on the screen like an adolescent 's diary , trusting others to sort through the fascinating mess . ``


the accident leaves matt blind but also gives him a heightened `` radar sense `` that allows him to `` see `` far better than any man .


filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's new delhi .


the girls plan to take on the dons instead of buckling under their threats .


soon , the team begins to suspect that knowles ' main objective is actually to recover the prototype of a dna testing machine called the huxley project , which his company has spent years and millions of dollars developing .


just like his characters , writer-director alfonso cuar & oacute ; n . . . takes the road less traveled .


the film provides the viewer with a close-up biographical look at the lives of the enforcers of this penalty and of their personal fates .


meanwhile , randolph is slowly turning insane with his only thoughts focusing on killing smoochy and getting back to his life of luxury .


a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties .


hong has a brilliant mind and immediately senses she 's dealing with a killer with very special skills .


this is an action movie with an action icon who 's been all but decommissioned .


jake had no idea he had a twin brother , let alone that he worked for the cia .


in this new , full-length animated feature about basketball , old girlfriends , holiday spirits , and the mall , adam sandler voices the three lead characters of whitey , davey , and whitey 's fraternal twin sister eleanore !


after months in the holy land he returns home in hope of forgiveness , some poontang and perhaps , if he finds the time , finding the mysterious wizard . . .


performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances .


the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america 's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get .


is n't as sharp as the original . . . despite some visual virtues , 'blade ii ' just does n't cut it .


even though it is infused with the sensibility of a video director , it does n't make for completely empty entertainment


numerobis calls upon an old friend to help him out : the fabulous druid panoramix ( miraculix in other language versions ) from gallia , who brews a fantastic potion that gives supernatural strength .


i 'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .


chasing life ( pulsa & # 231 ; & # 227 ; o zero ) is an action/comedy about 25 year old lovable loser alex who , when his life hits rock bottom and decides to end it all , shares his dogs euthanasia poison just moments before a dramatic turn of events sends him hilariously and desperately seeking the antidote which he must find within 4 hours or die .


together , ethan and rachel navigate the course of a relationship that is as infuriating as it is inspired , as tender as it is passionate .


we 're not talking a disney treasure here , but if treasure planet falls short of gem status , it should provide youngsters with a reasonable amount of diversion .


the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .


he fails to win eve 's heart and is consequently dejected .


despite the surface attractions -- conrad l . hall 's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there 's something impressive and yet lacking about everything .


while conquering the drug world , kilo falls in love with a local latina girl who quickly becomes pregnant .


tough detective mike reilly collaborates with department of health associate terry huston to research these mysterious deaths .


before it takes a sudden turn and devolves into a bizarre sort of romantic comedy , steven shainberg 's adaptation of mary gaitskill 's harrowing short story . . . is a brilliantly played , deeply unsettling experience .


but things take a turn for the worst when sheldon finds out that some of the people that he works with , and some he does n't know he 's working for , are all in it for the money .


he feels he is only an instrument of their greed .


austrian small time crook johnny pichler meets a dubious 'businessman ' at the slovak border to hand over a wad of cash .


this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .


mr . stiles has an ulterior motive however , and has enlisted possum lake 's sheriff ( darren frost ) and deputy ( melissa dimarco ) to help prevent the lodge from coming up with money to pay the fine .


she finds jack 's captivity an irresistible turn-on and he ca n't figure out if she 's for real , or manipulating him , too .


this humbling little film , fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie , is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that 'they do n't make movies like they used to anymore . '


with his new job at the tire store beginning tomorrow , he has one last night to reverie before starting what his wife , jolynn , calls their `` new life . ``


a picture as charmingly insubstantial as the world it invokes .


schM-|tte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close .


when eddie is shot and paralyzed from the waist down during an attempted robbery , sean prevails on carlos to take over the store to protect his investment .


from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .


roxie hart is a married chorus girl with hopes of being a headliner in vaudeville .


the movie is one of the best examples of artful large format filmmaking you are likely to see anytime soon .


deeply-rendered , distinctly three-dimensional performances . . . make `` altar boys `` very engaging even though the story is never quite compelling enough to draw you in on its own .


anna obtains a retraining order against her stalker but she still worries about him , huddled outside her home on a cold , windy night .


kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope .


a dashing and absorbing outing with one of france 's most inventive directors .


also , there are motorcyclists around to bring momentum to the players .


and most of the eyewitnesses have rather too conveniently died .


acting , particularly by tambor , almost makes `` never again `` worthwhile , but [ writer/director ] schaeffer should follow his titular advice


unspeakable , of course , barely begins to describe the plot and its complications . vulgar is too optimistic a title .


as the empire strikes back was to star wars , so harry potter and the chamber of secrets is to last year 's freshman introduction . in short , it 's bigger and better .


a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole .


he throws a book and as soon as it lands it 's back where he picked it up .


not to worry , his two friends tim ( lord jamar ) and sean ( ivan martin ) are self proclaimed singles experts who are willing to help their buddy .


reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .


if she can come to terms with it , rachel might just have a chance at love .


both of them create the most important cofee plantation in cuba with a very special philosophy of the slave work and comunity .


while sunshine state lacks the searing urgency of city of hope or the gentle dM-inouement of lone star , fans of the auteur should enjoy this classic john sayles feature .


and to turn this dream into a reality he looks forward to his son , akash .


late marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love .


stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .


personal tragedies , however , threaten to rip the band apart , rocking the foundation of friendship and trust the women have built together .


financially strapped and untrained in anything but basketball , jamal comes up with a plan so outrageous it just might work : dress up like a woman and try out for the woman 's basketball league .


heart-stopping talent does n't seem to be enough when your parents want you to hang up your football boots , find a nice boyfriend and learn to cook the perfect chapatti .


it 's then up to mining engineer chris mccormack and sheriff sam parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople , including the sheriff 's young son , mike , her daughter , ashley and paranoid radio announcer harlan , into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts .


. . . sheds light on the darkest corner of america 's soul M-^V and the man with the torch is the unlikely figure of a shuffling , bespectacled and overweight and underpaid filmmaker in baggy jeans .


left in the care of erica and his doctor ( reeves ) , a love triangle starts to take shape .


arrives in the form of the beautiful lynn ( shu qi ) .


it is left to the inept johnny english ( rowan atkinson ) to try and solve who has stolen the crown jewels from the tower of london .


deep in the northwest , there is a lone ranch tucked away so purposefully , the only way to find it is by not looking .


skyler shaye plays the object of affection of carbonell 's teenage son .


isabel is a naive provincial lass who works as an indigenous fabric weaver while clara is the liberated city girl .


[ kidd ] can write dialogue , work skillfully with actors , and he has a pretty good handle on urban loneliness of the knowing , virulent new york city variety .


despite his self-consciously obscure plot mechanics , medem keeps you off-balance and intrigued .


just an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of time .


together , they work through their mutual mistrust and their shared grief over the death of carlos ' mother rosario .


writhing under dialogue like 'you 're from two different worlds ' and 'tonight the maid is a lie and this , this is who you are , ' this schlock-filled fairy tale hits new depths of unoriginality and predictability .


this includes punishment for delivering a baby in the prison cell while all of the prison staff has taken shelter during an iraqi bombing .


as the suspense builds toward a gripping climax , it soon becomes clear that the cia 's old maxims are true : `` trust no one `` and `` nothing is what it seems . ``


craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .


nothing like dreaming is a film about a modern-day shaman and his young disciple .


then , in 1974 , something incredible happened - they fell in love .


the film focuses on fatal ( nora zimmett ) , a former heroin addict who , having embraced this dark lifestyle , decides to leave her `` family `` and break free from the goth world with the help of her college tutor tom ( jeff marchelletta ) .


as austin chases dr . evil , mini-me and goldmember through time , he stops in 1975 to `` connect `` with an old girlfriend , detective foxy cleopatra , and requests her help to track the villains and save his father .


a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .


ancanar is on a constant search for what no one knew .


if routine action and jokes like this are your cup of tea , then pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear . this is one baaaaaaaaad movie .


mysteriously , she can see her wise , grandfather-like angel .


a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going .


her strong relationship with her father , howard , is evident as she shares the hopelessness of her marriage .


a new t 101 unit ( arnold schwarzenegger ) is also sent back to help john .


she quickly makes friends with paul taylor , a witty mormon student filmmaker who finds jenny 's ambitious dream to be the subject for his next film project .


a man gets into a car and makes a farewell address to his young daughter , explaining why he will blow himself up as a protest against the dictatorship he lives in .


occasionally funny , always very colorful and enjoyably overblown in the traditional almodM-svar style .


the basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy .


peter becomes trapped in a repeating circle of time , getting the chance to strike up conversations with jen fresh each time .


a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing .


she wants his blessing to marry a man she loves , but he tells her that she must marry a man of his choosing , and that she must undergo female circumcision .


a modest and messy metaphysical thriller offering more questions than answers .


meet a struggling young citizen of our chaotic attention deficit world : lizzy lyons .


davey stone , a 33-year old party animal , finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far .


toledo arrives home and has a long conversation with ana , who constantly manifests a ridiculous desire of 'going out for a drink ' .


green card fever is the story of a young man in the united states who overstays his visa in the pursuit of a `` green card `` .


there 's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up ; when the explosions start , they fall to pieces .