as its 23 horrifying days of flesheating come to an end , the creeper has embarked on its final voracious feeding frenzy in poho county .


wanted : lost soul to look after 4 woman .


scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . yes , soar .


[ cho 's face is ] an amazing slapstick instrument , creating a scrapbook of living mug shots .


for daredevil justice is blind -- and for the guilty , there 's hell to pay .


the film 's saving grace is the brilliant execution of its march numbers .


a touching , small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community .


diesel stars as xander `` xxx `` cage , the notorious underground thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law .


eleven year old david wiseman is mad about cricket but no good at it .


this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .


for a film about two mismatched buddies , crystal and de niro share little screen time and even less chemistry .


the guy , named cheung , is in his thirties .


though everything might be literate and smart , it never took off and always seemed static .


stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the best love stories of any stripe .


at charlotte 's insistence , pally 's half-brother ray pays pally a visit and suggests he buy a race horse to cheer up .


in the early 1980 's , a white police officer ( andres stander , played by thomas jane ) in johannesburg suffers a crisis of conscience due to his involvement in apartheid and becomes a notorious bank robber on the run .


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locations include niger , finland , micronesia , australia , china , siberia or greenland .


he 's made a mistake and he 's trying to pay for it but he does n't know if there is enough money in the world .


evokes a palpable sense of disconnection , made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones .


post 9/11 the philosophical message of `` personal freedom first `` might not be as palatable as intended .


he , his brother dan , and two other men , steve hart and joe byrne , formed a gang .


it is in this great maritime empire , where opulence rhymes with tolerance , that isabel organizes secret passages for refugees fleeing the inquisition while clara falls in love with a venetian noble , paolo zane .


amidst the ever continuous vitality of america , the color photograph , eve yearns for a stillness , a black and white print that will soothe her soul .


instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources M-^V good sources , bad mixture


on his journey , he comes of age , meeting a diverse group of people , from a random business man to keisha ( washington ) , a girl he inevitably falls for .


jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .


little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick .


polish jewish woman arrives in brazil dreaming of marrying but has to become a prostitute to survive .


later , one of the wives is found dead in the hot tub , setting off a series of events that reveal their inner beliefs .


leave it to rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago .


halloween : resurrection is surprisingly effective , especially the opening sequence featuring the showdown between laurie and michael .


a retired hitman fighting insomnia gets brought back into the fold of his old life when he encounters some shady characters from his past .


with voices of poetry , burk juxtaposes thoughts of one 's typical ordeals with imagery of what some might consider a defining moment in life .


the film 's most improbable feat ? it did n't go straight to video .


in the little town in georgia that they live in , things soon change .


ninety minutes of viva castro ! can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro rhetoric , which are included


if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .


as mitch regains his strength , he realizes his life has been a waste and falls deeply in love with angela , his guardian angel .


a work that lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse .


it is the sheer , selfish , wound-licking , bar-scrapping doggedness of leon 's struggle to face and transmute his demons that makes the movie a spirited and touching occasion , despite its patchy construction .


quick pace , no lulls , many silly bits and a soundtrack that knows how to back this kind of satirical comedy


enter jack ( sarsgaard ) , a wall street investment banker with a business proposal that has victor 's name ( and money ) written all over it .


andy , a charming struggling actor , in his late 20 's , an irish james bond that came to hollywood to live 'the life ' to its fullest , and carrie , a heart stopping , alluring babe , in her early 20 's , who slowly begins to abandon her dream to the lure of the la glamorous life .


the parent corporation sends in an elite military unit , where they meet alice , who is suffering from amnesia due to exposure to nerve gas .


at this moment of desperation , patricia 's imaginary guardian angel simon ( mickey rooney ) conveys strength to her and she is able to get away and to hide in a deserted shack .


one of the film 's strongest achievements is the way it manages to get so much mileage out of such a simple concept as spirals .


in this action-comedy , four twenty-something friends are looking for love and having no luck .


. . . the plot weaves us into a complex web .


the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow 'do .


. . . a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .


that 's when she meets luke , a mysterious smooth-talking writer who opens her eyes to the world , prompting her to take a long look at the life she 's chosen for herself .


green dragon falls prey to some threadbare hollywood conventions , but otherwise maintains a high level of maturity and emotion as it examines the lives of vietnamese refugees entering america in 1975 .


[ russell ] makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards .


if all goes according to plan , lizzy 's baby will be born a hyper-intelligent consumer , ready to plug and play in our dollar driven world .


biker cary ford is framed by and old rival and biker gang leader for the murder of another gang member who happens to be the brother of trey ( ice cube ) , leader of the most feared biker gang in the country .


while fighting to save themselves , they must prevent petrov from getting a stolen computer chip containing the international banking codes for the new euro .


the first : a flight from vancouver to halifax , where charlotte ( rebecca jenkins ) and cecil ( daniel macivor ) , two strangers , meet in seats 3a & # 38 ; 3c and fall in love .


after being away from the capital , he comes back with his wife and kids to continue with his crimes .


a broadly played , lowbrow comedy in which the cast delivers mildly amusing performances and no farm animals were injured by any of the gags .


a crisply made movie that is no more than mildly amusing .


a film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i saw the film .


inventive , fun , intoxicatingly sexy , violent , self-indulgent and maddening .


a romantic comedy about a man , a woman , and their dogs .


we can see the wheels turning , and we might resent it sometimes , but this is still a nice little picture , made by bright and friendly souls with a lot of good cheer .


but emile 's past is sometimes more familiar and immediate than the world before his eyes .


rhinoceros eyes `` is a darkly humorous coming-of-age tale about chep ( michael pitt ) a reclusive young man , who gets comfort from the movies and his vivid imagination .


there 's no conversion effort , much of the writing is genuinely witty and both stars are appealing enough to probably have a good shot at a hollywood career , if they want one .


the acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line .


you 've already seen city by the sea under a variety of titles , but it 's worth yet another visit .


in 2001 some 20 , 000+ souls made a pilgrimage to the black rock desert to practice radical self-expression and self-reliance in a temporary , commerce-free community .


the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul . . . he elevates the experience to a more mythic level .


in the hilarious comedy daddy day care , two fathers ( eddie murphy , jeff garlin ) lose their jobs in product development at a large food company and are forced to take their sons out of the exclusive chapman academy and become stay-at-home fathers .


stallone plays a cop who comes undone after witnessing a brutal scene on the job .


a very familiar tale , one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about italian- , chinese- , irish- , latin- , indian- , russian- and other hyphenate american young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages .


the story is derived from the myth of yavakri , which is a part of the great indian epic , the mahabharata .


fifteen year old taraneh , whose widowed father is in jail , refuses the unwanted attentions of carpet salesman amir - until amir 's mother talks taraneh into accepting amir 's marriage proposal .


anthony hopkins ? big deal ! we 've already seen the prequel to the silence of the lambs and hannibal -- and it was better the first time .


whilst their former companions strider , legolas , gimli , merry and pippin make new allies in the ents , the riders of rohan and the stewards of gondor and launch an assault on isengard .


even when crush departs from the 4w formula . . . it feels like a glossy rehash .


cacoyannis ' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts .


it 's charming and independent and everything hollywood is not .


a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich .


just is n't as weird as it ought to be .


a film that is a portrait of grace in an imperfect world .


the acting alone is worth the price of admission .


while on vacation in italy , frances mayes ( lane ) buys a villa in the tuscan countryside and decides to begin anew .


romy jumps on board with eagle , and takes command , as the pair rescue each other in a tense and action-packed scene .


bullying students are becoming deathly ill after screaming the name of a legendary ghost .


you have no affinity for most of the characters . nothing about them is attractive . what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .


windtalkers blows this way and that , but there 's no mistaking the filmmaker in the tall grass , true to himself .


worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees .


the charms of the lead performances allow us to forget most of the film 's problems .


within four months the couple realize that they are incompatible , they divorce and amir emigrates back to germany .


fay is his total opposite ; her romantic ideal has not yet been attained and is unlikely ever to be due to her impossibly high expectations as a result of living with the perfection that is her parents ' rock solid marriage .


`` so you do n't mind that you missed woodstock ? `` he asks a reluctant eric .


based on the gruesome novella clive barker wrote especially for todd mcfarlane 's disturbing action figure line , tortured souls is the story of six cenobite-like creatures : agonistes , a transformer of people into monsters who may be a creation of god ; the scyther-meister , an assassin created by agonistes to bring a corrupt empire to its knees ; lucidique , the daughter of a slain senator who is strangely falling in love with the scythe-meister ; talisac , a twisted doctor who has impregnated and attached himself to a strange machine ; venal anatomica , a hulking assassin with an inhuman bloodlust ; and mongroid , talisac 's soon-to-be born child with a huge mouth in his stomach .


davey thinks he 's gotten off easy until he meets whitey duvall , the eccentric , elf-like head referee .


it 's sweet . . . but just a little bit too precious at the start and a little too familiar at the end .


an ambitious , young female journalist , with an insatiable curiosity for getting to the bottom of the story , is having a torrid affair with a married man .


the director and her capable cast appear to be caught in a heady whirl of new age-inspired good intentions , but the spell they cast is n't the least bit mesmerizing .


a depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery .


it has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience .


. . . has freaky scenes where the crew wonder if they 're ghosts imagining themselves as alive . it 's a sly wink to the others without becoming a postmodern joke , made creepy by its `` men in a sardine can `` warped logic .


in its own remarkable and unshowy way , this movie is truly about how sept . 11 seemed to equalize and unite new yorkers across imaginary barriers of class and lifestyle .


a laboratory accident exposes bruce to both the radiation and the nanomeds , these combine with his unique genetics to unleash the hulk .


four boyhood pals in derry , maine , get together for a pilgrimage to their favorite deep-woods cabin , hole in the wall .


her parents continue their quest to uphold strict chinese traditions as esther buffy continues to fall faster and faster finding herself up against god , satan , life and possibly death .


josh is about to turn 30 ; he 's mentally retarded , and likes to play at being a vampire .


wounded and outgunned , sam shows the kids what it means to stand up for something .


the moral is not too original , but the offbeat characters certainly are .


`` it 's amazing how one small thing can set off such an interesting chain of events . ``


a long-distant fight wages until her mother 's friends ( and members of the yaya sisterhood ) kidnap siddalee and take her `` home `` to the south , where they hope to explain her mother 's history and to patch up the rift between mother and daughter .


the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy .


the human stain is the story of coleman silk ( hopkins ) , a classics professor with a terrible secret that is about to shatter his life in a small new england town .


but buying into sham truths and routine `` indie `` filmmaking , freundlich has made just another safe movie . it 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre .


when he arrives he finds that the cousin has been missing for your years , leaving behind a wife and five daughters living in a small town full of secrets of blackmail and murder .


ram & # 243 ; n salazar , spanish director defines his first feature stones in this way .


sits uneasily as a horror picture . . . but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family .


unlike trey parker , sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .


buenos aires in the year 2002 ; the economical depression has caught the country .


never really funny and falling just short of exciting , bad company is just ok for an action flick .


cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .


blue crush is as predictable as the tides . . . . the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies .


more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . .


an exceedingly clever piece of cinema . another great M-^Qwhat you do n't see ' is much more terrifying than what you do see thriller , coupled with some arresting effects , incandescent tones and stupendous performances


deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises


a great looking , trippy adventure . i ca n't wait for the next one .


together they piece together the story of a forbidden love affair , and discover one of their own .


54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train .


genetically engineered to be immune to the drug , miles ' strange charisma draws claire to him , but when he brutally guns down a group of harmless dissidents , she begins to doubt she can really trust anyone .


there 's a neat twist , subtly rendered , that could have wrapped things up at 80 minutes , but kang tacks on three or four more endings .


chris , an angry drug dealer , steps in and saves mitchell .


sally 's daughter , vicky , is aware of beck 's chosen profession and threatens to tell her mom ( who beck has fallen in love with ) about it unless he tutors her in the art of card counting .


guy hopes that when he finds his blue family , they will have a cure or at least help him to cope with his dysfunction .


landon ( west ) hung with the in-crowd an aimless , moody , reckless guy who breezed through school on looks and bravado and had no plans , no future and no faith in himself .


using his audience as a figurative port-of-call , dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead .


an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to .


international news media baron , rupert murdoch ( played by ben mendelsohn ) , then publisher of the adelaide `` news , `` became the driving force behind securing a re-trial for stuart .


as the sulking , moody male hustler in the title role , [ franco ] has all of dean 's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but none of his sweetness and vulnerability .


the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia .


its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy .


brookdale is infested with super-intelligent , supernaturally empowered killer rats , a by-product of forgotten experiments conducted by `` dr .


it 's mildly amusing , but i certainly ca n't recommend it .


as the clock ticks down , a young female friend of jack 's is kidnapped and may become the next casualty .


a movie that hovers somewhere between an acute character study and a trite power struggle .


the story also depicts the first encounters between europeans and north american indians and the birth of the first european child on north american soil .


for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout .


differences spark interest , though , as charly finds depth in sam 's idealism and sam seeks the vibrance of charly 's joie de vivre .


while there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it does n't .


primarily , the audience is wealthy , bored executives .


mike 's aunt soon opens her home to steve as well , and the two celebrate their good fortune at having the opportunity to get their lives on track .


chris takes mitchell to an abandoned rooftop and threatens him and his mother .


an honest , sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view .


colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .


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hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u . s . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema .


it 's hard to pity the 'plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss . rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .


affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .


vince runs into julie , an old friend of the family , who teaches art at the local elementary school .


a film that will probably please people already fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration .


overly stylized with lots of flash black- & -white freeze frames reminiscent of a pseudo-hip luxury car commercial , ( it 's ) at its worst when it 's actually inside the ring .


in this movie , steven seagal and ja rule get put in the `` new alcatraz `` apparently because ja rule kills a cop .


the name says it all . jackass is a vulgar and cheap-looking version of candid camera staged for the marquis de sade set .


thanks to scott 's charismatic roger and eisenberg 's sweet nephew , roger dodger is one of the most compelling variations on in the company of men .


how long can gus bishop perpetrate the scam and remain in the shadows while his legendary alter ego basks in the spotlight as the next big thing ?


a crackerjack genre piece ; what panic room aims for it accomplishes with deadly precision and edge-of-your-seat mastery .


a shambles of a movie -- visually unattractive , unbearably loud and utterly silly . . . its hilarity is completely unintentional .


an army of shadows kidnaps anyone who 's out after dark and the patrolling thieves make the daylight miserable for everyone .


very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .


in unit 16b at platypus rise flats , two hard and damaged women living on a diet of soapies , sarcasm and frustration are about to reach breaking point .


area k tells a story of arabs and jews who are struggling together to make a living from the sea in the midst of territorial bloodshed .


a whale of a good time for both children and parents seeking christian-themed fun .


zack takes his cue and the magic show starts but who wants to watch ?


we follow the wacky exploits of the town 's inhabitants from sassy saloon girls and amazonian behemoth parrots to hypnotist dentists and 400-pound tooth fairies .


and eventually some eyes turn toward the drifter , vince .


in a movie full of surprises , the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .


caught between their past and their future , both are struggling to find a way to become independent women in a place where everyone and everything seems to conspire to make them return to the roles of children under the rule of formidable parents .


told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .


although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another major league .


join edgar , the man , and gigi , the dog , on a casual stroll through a wacky cut and paste neighborhood filled with drunk clowns , smoking grandmas , and sidewalk preachers .


the story alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head .


the din of advertising offering happiness through consumption is deafaning and sense and reason are quickly being discarded as relics of the 'old economy ' .


they say sooner or later all love stories will end ; now & # 38 ; forever is the exception . . .


rhames is a tightly harnessed bundle of fury , snipes a restrained champion who seems to have made inner peace with the crime of passion that sent him away for life , and falk a riveting delight .


at its best , the good girl is a refreshingly adult take on adultery . . .


they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering .


rupi is typical aggressive trible girl , wildcat like manners and irrespective of free trible culture where sex before marriage is treated as part of education , nobody proposes to her knowing her love and devotion to kanna .


sara , recently divorced and mourning the loss of her only child , rents her basement to bogdan , a serbian musician who brings the whole band along .


arjun is already the number one person on several men & # 180 ; s hit lists and must overcome this and everything he encounters on his hunt .


he must set out to find her the medicine that will help ale her illness but finds himself in a predicament where he encounters trouble , evil and of course love .


once she lets her love depraved leads meet , [ denis ' ] story becomes a hopeless , unsatisfying muddle


the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .


some trouble of a serrious nature is the hysterical tale of the last day of world war 2 , one unfortunate chance vought f4u corsair fighter plane , and the hillbillies ' who are determined to fly it .


harry potter ( daniel radcliffe ) returns to hogwarts school of wizardry for his second year .


this is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker , but good actors , good poetry and good music help sustain it .


a markedly inactive film , city is conversational bordering on confessional .


a team of rescue workers has been laboring all night to save people caught in a massive flash flood in the desert .


koishi also has a personal mission to fulfil in malaya to find the malay man who married his mother ( in other words , his father ) when she served as a japanese spy prior to the occupation .


with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele 's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .


ratliff speaks the truth about these pentecostal extremists with fairness and compassion , while the well-intentioned churchgoers shout only semi-truths in a frightfully un-christlike fashion .


not that it 's been easy - every day ben juggles countless hours in the pool ( training for a critical swim meet ) , with a job at the local hospital , and finding quality time with his high school sweetheart , amy .


however , none of the events of either stories crossover or effect the other in any way .


a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia 's film history .


both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .


the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer `` ) wears its heart on its sleeve .


the history of psychoanalysis is littered with the discarded psyches of the women whose diagnoses were key to the fame of the great masters .


the story follows them and the people they encounter on their way to their destination .


trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness .


chris columbus , the director , does a real wonderful job of being faithful to the story but also taking it into a cinematic era .


her dysfunctional family , consisting only of lilo and her sister nani , is about to be ripped apart by social worker cobra bubbles .


eccentric enough to stave off doldrums , caruso 's self-conscious debut is also eminently forgettable .


sam roberts thinks he has all the answers : the purpose of life , the meaning of love , the plan for a perfect future .


despite bearing the paramount imprint , it 's a bargain-basement european pickup . what 's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up . wiser souls would have tactfully pretended not to see it and left it lying there


. . . flat-out amusing , sometimes endearing and often fabulous , with a solid cast , noteworthy characters , delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags .


drags along in a dazed and enervated , drenched-in-the- past numbness .


the film is directed by wally wolodarsky from a script by joe jarvis and greg coolidge . these are names to remember , in order to avoid them in the future .


all are endeavoring to remove the stones that insistently appear in their path or , worst , that are in their shoes .


a diverting detour into the gonzo outlook of a humorist who actually has something on his mind .


meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment .


what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .


an overemphatic , would-be wacky , ultimately tedious sex farce .


the video work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being 'naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch .


based on a philip k . dick short story , minority report is about a cop in the future working in a division of the police department that arrests killers before they commit the crimes courtesy of some future viewing technology .


a soggy , shapeless mess . . . just a dumb excuse for a waterlogged equivalent of a haunted-house movie .


it 's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infectious .


they decide to celebrate digger 's 18th birthday by breaking every rule of what they consider a `` shallow and hypocritical society `` by planning a suicide as a manifestation of their eternal freedom , thus `` to die and become immortal . ``


'the count of monte cristo ' is a remake of the alexander dumas tale by the same name .


sex , lies & # 38 ; superheroes features the writers and artists who have helped make comic books a medium for sophisticated stories and artwork .


it tells a hard-hitting story of some of the people 's lives which are affected by letters delivered by `` the lady in red `` night mail train from london to scotland .


b-type dialogue -- dirty jokes , overly emphatic declarations and other ripe lines -- make the movie camp fun .


a merciless thriller , threateningly beautiful to look at and eerie to behold .


laced with liberal doses of dark humor , gorgeous exterior photography , and a stable-full of solid performances , no such thing is a fascinating little tale .


a film that deserves to be seen regardless of the misgivings .


the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .


some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options .


more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are . . . an amusing little catch .


they do n't realize until it is too late that the party they are having is , in fact , a wake .


pete 's screenplay manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .


on their way to riker 's and troi 's honeymoon , the enterprise is sent near the neutral zone to romulan space , and picks up a prototypic twin of android data .


their parents , miffed by this , decide to go and kidnap st . nick , unaware that their plan will soon backfire upon them in fun and happy ways .


kali is a smart , beautiful , yoga-teaching social worker .


a showcase for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault , the film is less successful on other levels .


the company offered `` ice in an hour `` delivery and ice-related accessories , like tongs , buckets and gourmet ice .


after his wife is murdered , karl loses his fire and disappears into underground munich .


abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed . the only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .


in the middle of world war i , nine british soldiers caught behind enemy lines seek refuge in a complex network of german trenches .


everything that was right about blade is wrong in its sequel .


a father meets his lost but still beautiful love of the high school while his daughter wants to become a television star runaways is steve moore 's ( austin o'brien ) story .


the fact that the rookie is a nearly impeccable cinematic experience -- and a wonderful all-ages triumph besides -- is a miracle akin to the story the film portrays .


if signs is a good film , and it is , the essence of a great one is in there somewhere .


represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging indian american cinema .


shot in the spectacular sierra nevada mountains , `` the last place on earth `` is a funny , moving film about food , passion , love and a one eared dog .


sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small alaska town , a police detective ( pacino ) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect .


will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings .


whatever eyre 's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place .


unable to let her go quite yet , duncan mimics his dead mother .


the two wind up in a deserted warehouse where they witness a diamond scam in action , caught in the midst they put their differences aside to team up and detain the looters .


academy award winner angelina jolie stars as sarah jordan , an american living in london in 1984 .


when her aunt sends her a pair of shoes instead of the money to start up the restaurant , she angrily sells the useless gift for spare change .


along the way she must fend off the unwelcome advances of national tv talk-show host krystal ( with a k ) , her seedy pop svengali phil spectacle , and her enigmatic live-in sidekick dromedary girl ; as well as avoiding detection by natasha , the bewildered international spy with a penchant for inner monologues , who in turn may just bring reinalda 's mysterious past back to haunt her one final time . . .


there 's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career .


with no other leads , claire warily sets out with miles towards tiburon , a secret community outside the city that may be the last hold-out against the drug . . .


M-^Ea big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason .


it would be a mistake to write this movie off as yet another star is born-type biopic about the rise and fall of a latter & # 8209 ; day celebrity . schrader is after something deeper here and even when he misses the mark , the film remains involving .


the first half is a hilariously on-target send-up of `` barbarella `` -style flicks and the larger-than-life egos that propelled them , the second half is a ponderously self-absorbed meditation on the angst of a budding artiste .


`` the tuxedo `` should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask `` was for jim carrey . alas , it 's the man that makes the clothes .


the super 16mm black and white film was shot in a remote farm in argentina .


the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds .


what 's most refreshing about real women have curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors .


a theme park owned by a man named , mondavarious .


approaching his 18th birthday , david drops out of school and runs away from home and from a conflicting relationship with his mother elena .


[ javier bardem is ] one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama .


anita is 14 , blonde and beautiful - exactly what meena thinks she wants to be .


only the charm and attractiveness of the cast keeps this movie from the remainder bin .


adam fields is a rage-filled u . s . border patrol agent who often crosses the line in his job .


for most of the distance the picture provides a satisfyingly unsettling ride into the dark places of our national psyche .


this ensemble comedy tells ten separate ( but intertwining ) stories of love in london ( with a small portion set in france ) , leading up to a big climax on christmas eve .


shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral . extraordinary debut from josh koury .


while gypsy 's unprecedented disappearance perplexes the entire music industry , she retreats with her husband to the desolation of cape cod in winter . . .


dr . tess coleman ( jamie lee curtis ) and her fifteen-year-old daughter , anna ( lindsay lohan ) , are not getting along .


following ram dass down from his pedestal gives mr . lemle a way into his subject that will compel the viewer .


a young man chasing his dream is hunted by his solitude when he finds he just made the wrong decisions .


has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies . . .


bruce nolan ( carrey ) , a television reporter in buffalo , n . y . , is discontented with almost everything in life despite his popularity and the love of his girlfriend , grace ( aniston ) .


no , it 's not as single-minded as john carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels .


now with the help of the trixter arpid , tribal leader balthazar and an unexpected ally , it 's up to mathayus to fufill his destiny and become the great scorpion king .


sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?


in the end , alex unveils her secret , an act of truth , which forces this crazed cast of characters to re-examine their own lives .


roland enlists the aid of a dr . maud bailey , an expert on the life of the woman in question .


as it turns out , you can go home again .


on top of a foundering performance , [ madonna 's ] denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .


there are a couple of things that elevate `` glory `` above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall .


in fact , she puts her nuptial plans on hold to head to washington d . c . to get an anti-animal testing bill passed .


there 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .


during the war between iran and iraq , a group of iranian kurd musicians set off on an almost impossible mission .


as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism .


the warnings to resist temptation in this film . . . are blunt and challenging and offer no easy rewards for staying clean .


casting its gaze on painting masterworks and thousands of jewel-encrusted , elaborately costumed extras , russian ark is like nothing you 've ever seen .


but things go very wrong when he tries this scheme on the jennings family , in part because their daughter abby is asthmatic , and in part because the jennings ' find out more than hickley wants them to know .


proof that a thriller can be sleekly shot , expertly cast , paced with crisp professionalism . . . and still be a letdown if its twists and turns hold no more surprise than yesterday 's weather report .


the chateau . . . is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .


the search takes vir to bombay where he soon regains his memory and finds his real name to be a muslim game marksman named ali and is targed by criminal bigwigs and corrupt government officials whom he used to work for and betrayed him after hiring him to assasinate various underworld criminals and then framed him for the murder of an innocent chief minister .


soon , he finds that his fellow patients are being murdered one by one .


`` the emperor 's new clothes `` begins with a simple plan . . . . well , at least that 's the plan .


it 's a fascinating look into what spielberg truly loves , but it 's not so much a masterpiece as a nice milestone .


two hours of sepia-tinted heavy metal images and surround sound effects of people moaning .


twists are so bizarre , and the story so worth documenting , that it 's easy to forget this film 's shortcomings .


the conflict arose because selling rights to the land that is now vermont was given to both new hampshire and new york .


does what a fine documentary does best : it extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively .


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


the land has been in the grip of a ravaging drought for 10 years .


'de niro . . . is a veritable source of sincere passion that this hollywood contrivance orbits around . '


jake , a . k . a . michael turner , has nine days to fill his brother 's place .


desmond doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after christmas .


. . . there is enough originality in 'life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .


a romantic comedy enriched by a sharp eye for manners and mores .


in the end , they discover that balance in life , similar to a well-balanced and sculpted anatomy , is the ultimate achievement .


not only does the movie fail to make us part of its reality , it fails the most basic relevancy test as well .


for all the realpolitik underpinnings , this is less john le carre than a tech noir `` die hard `` in downtown seoul .


a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who 's ever waited in a doctor 's office , emergency room , hospital bed or insurance company office .


mois & # 233 ; s kaufman and members of new york 's tectonic theater project went to laramie , wyoming after the murder of matthew shepard .


disregarding the fbi 's warning , rachel probes into her sisters disappearance .


but while no one wants to do the time for cosimo 's crime , everybody seems to know a guy who will - and for a share , they 're willing to track him down .


based on the bram stoker award nominee short story by cult author joe r . lansdale , bubba ho-tep tells the `` true `` story of what really did become of elvis presley .


anderson has created the kind of unconventional 'romantic comedy ' we might expect from him .


[ villeneuve ] seems to realize intuitively that even morality is reduced to an option by the ultimate mysteries of life and death .


skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics , but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults .


the question hanging over the time machine is not , as the main character suggests , 'what if ? ' but rather , 'how can you charge money for this ? '


showtime 's starry cast could be both an asset and a detriment . those who trek to the 'plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves . but ticket-buyers with great expectations will wind up as glum as mr . de niro .


when her girlfriend decides to move away and lucy ca n't find the courage to go with her , she winds up in bed with her best friend from high school , dante .


saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory .


on scene is a famous greek actress , marina , who is to play the main role , a character based on the life of lilly , a woman from athens who played an outstanding role in the resistance , but later arrested by the bureau of security police , a notorious torture center .


unlike their sons , eddie and sean are immigrants , or children of immigrants , who have made peace with their unfulfilled dreams .


without resorting to camp or parody , haynes ( like sirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .


an astute teenager has a major problem that might jeopardize her promising future .


on an african safari , eliza thornberry discovers that thanks to a shaman , she can now talk to animals .


despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .


the sister kills herself when she finds out there is no money to pay for her transplant , and while he is burying her body near the stream they used to play in , the daughter accidentally drowns .


when miami dentist ted brooks ( cuba gooding , jr . ) learns that his birth mother has passed away and that he was named in her will , he travels to alaska to claim his inheritance .


a dizzying digital video oddyssey through the snowy woods of upstate new york .


the don 's legal will , which also includes diamonds worth hundred crores kept in a foreign bank , has to be equally divided between these three and to claim the diamonds from the bank all three all three have to be present at the bank and personally sign the papers .


in the partnership , israeli settlers arrange permits from the israeli military , allowing palestinians to work from the area k beach .


they persevere and in the end a startling surprise bubbles to the surface that changes everything .


it is a bitter story about a middle-aged man , who hates his life and other people , including himself .


chotte wants to be medium , while medium wants to be bade and bade has nowhere to go except to hold on .


adam sandler invites you to share some holiday cheer in the new , no-holds-barred musical comedy adam sandler 's 8 crazy nights .


director roger michell mounts this thriller as an action-packed , sometimes tongue-in-cheek celebrity death match .


fearful of the repercussions on his already messed up life , greg flees the scene and manages to hide his clunky damaged truck on the nearby overgrown farm of martha thompson , an aging grouchy widow who lives by the scriptures , ideas of traditional family and her trusty shotgun .


and even if everything goes according to steve 's `` plan , `` is it really enough ?


vince finally arrives at the cemetery the following day .


paul must try to prove to everyone that this time he is in love rather than in lust .


there 's no emotional pulse to solaris . with an emotional sterility to match its outer space setting , soderbergh 's spectacular swing for the fence yields only a spectacular whiff .


their one hope , find the rabbit-proof fence that might just guide them home .


this is a film living far too much in its own head .


this was a time when dialogue became a new challenge .


in a fit of desperation he challenges god and vents that if only he had god 's power , he could solve all his problems .


this picture is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .


never giving up the fight to win the war , mcnamara is silently planning , waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy .


perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .


a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .


the central character is n't complex enough to hold our interest .


this is an exercise not in biography but in hero worship .


some body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .


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


neither juan antonio nor se & # 241 ; or maximiliano know what they are in for when the tables are turned by the sly carmen .


my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake .


the film is way too full of itself ; it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way .


a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man lost in its midst .


however , stacy finds that when someone is out to get you , the outside world is even more dangerous .


now as a young scientist , he is researching healing technology using gamma radiation activated nanomeds .


. . . only bond can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction .


a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system


has an impact that transcends politics and some dramatic overreaching by writer-director randall wallace .


with few tools for an escape , dave instead happens upon a tempestuous beauty in a laundromat named ruby .


a winning crowd-pleaser with more than enough juice to crossover with fans of all stripes , regardless of whether they even know anything about soccer or not .


there 's really only one good idea in this movie , but the director runs with it and presents it with an unforgettable visual panache .


it slowly becomes obvious that alex , the disgruntled maid-of-honor , carries a secret that effects not just the course of her life , but that of almost everyone at the shower .


in this darkly comic short film , a daughter and her elderly dying mother are arguing over a dress .


for years he has been happy here , content and prolific , but now he is at odds with his work and is unable to paint .


there 's something with potential here , but the movie decides , like lavinia , to go the conservative route .


cockettes has the glorious , gaudy benefit of much stock footage of those days , featuring all manner of drag queen , bearded lady and lactating hippie .


a photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .


directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .


penny 's love for her partner , taxi-driver phil , has run dry .


funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking .


today the mighty trident ssbns form a deterrent shield for the united states .


the following morning , cadmus discovers the terrible aftermath : the still-raving agave dancing through the woods , her dead son 's head clutched in her hands .


the egoists is an ensemble piece that reveals the lives of several characters as they are brought together to mount a theatrical production .


jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting .


it 's frustrating to see these guys -- who are obviously pretty clever -- waste their talent on parodies of things they probably thought were funniest when they were high .


matt ( patrick muldoon ) is haunted by the death of a girl from a car accident he caused years ago .


so in order for michael 's quick and complete recovery , john takes the emergency room hostage until the doctors agree to get the transplant successful .


in her desperation she decides to live forever inside the holo-deck .


lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .


i have n't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered .


a chick flick of the first order , disguised by just enough historical detail to elevate the proceedings somewhat .


rounding out the romantic possibilities is bobby , the bartender who flirts with beth .


an entertaining romp that stays true to the material 's television roots , this film is a good starting point for viewers unfamiliar with the series .


a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , read my lips is an original . this is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent .


tragedy strikes , and eve learns her childhood friend arman is killed in armenia , transforming her dreams to nightmares .


it takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what tuck everlasting is about . so here it is : it 's about a family of sour immortals .


in unraveling this mystery , everyone involved is pushed to the limits of human understanding .


you would be better off investing in the worthy emi recording that serves as the soundtrack , or the home video of the 1992 malfitano-domingo production .


an impressive work in many regards -- the acting , the photography , the pace -- but it would 've been even more so had egoyan gone with his gut and been less indulgent of his brain .


i 'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche .


relieved of the action-stalling expository responsibility that dogs so many movies based on superhero comics , blade 2 goes straight for the jugular .


the lack of opposing viewpoints soon grows tiresome -- the film feels more like a series of toasts at a testimonial dinner than a documentary .


a hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as grant 's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones 's diary .


a private eye in the mold of those great 40 's movie detectives .


chomsky , in stark and uncompromising terms , challenges the united states to apply to its own actions the moral standards it demands of others .


in a normal screen process , these bromides would be barely enough to sustain an interstitial program on the discovery channel . but in imax 3-d , the clichM-is disappear into the vertiginous perspectives opened up by the photography .


hey , happy ! is great for stoners , queens , ravers and , yes , parties .


payami is to be applauded for taking biting potshots at such volatile issues as iran 's outmoded electoral process and women 's status as second-class citizens .


through battles and adventures ahas and his companions grow up , but destiny has some bitter surprises to offer .


gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable .


velma is aloof to roxie , however the prison warden mrs morton offers roxie the opportunity of representation by slick chicago lawyer billy flynn .


in a place far , far away , illegal genetic experiment # 626 is detected : ruthless scientist dr . jumba jookiba has created a strong , intelligent , nearly indestructible and aggressive being with only one known weakness : the high density of his body makes it impossible for the experiment to swim in water .


the character is too forced and overwritten to be funny or believable much of the time , and clayburgh does n't always improve the over-the-top mix .


works hard to establish rounded characters , but then has nothing fresh or particularly interesting to say about them .


borrows a bit from the classics `` wait until dark `` and `` extremities `` . . . but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself .


his next target is a russian immigrant named tasha , whom quinn is misled into believing is a drug courier .


things go from bad to worse for the drummer when it comes to his attention that he is being hunted down for execution as a deserter .


seymour polatkin is a successful , gay indian poet from spokane who confronts his past when he returns to his childhood home on the reservation to attend the funeral of a dear friend .


the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot .


an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike .


a rather odd thing has just just occurred in the life of nerdy high school student peter parker ; after being bitten by a radioactive spider , his body chemistry is mutagenically altered in that he can scale walls and ceilings , and he develops a `` spider-sense `` that warns him of approaching danger .


sitting in the third row of the imax cinema at sydney 's darling harbour , but i sometimes felt as though i was in the tiny two seater plane that carried the giant camera around australia , sweeping and gliding , banking and hovering over some of the most not


amerika and zed aim to free their friend from the clutches of his nutburger girlfriend by enlisting the aid of the sappho carpet cleaners for some wet work .


these divisions of play into gender roles cause the girls to start talking as if they were sociologists and psychologists discussing learned behaviors .


she receives a letter of acceptance to a writer 's fellowship across the country , which she burns .


but when he discovers an odd wristwatch amidst his father 's various inventions and slips it on , something very strange happens .


using almost no dialogue , the film follows a number of residents ( both human and animal ) of a small rural community in hungary - an old man with hiccups , a shepherdess and her sheep , an old woman who may or may not be up to no good , some folk-singers at a wedding , etc . while most of the film is a series of vignettes , there is a sinister and often barely perceptible subplot involving murder .


were it not for a sentimental resolution that explains way more about cal than does the movie or the character any good , freundlich 's world traveler might have been one of the more daring and surprising american movies of the year .


i was amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky 's cleverly constructed scenario , and greatly impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise .


when the ultra-strict sister assumpta seizes their artwork one day , the boys embark upon an obsessed trail of revenge that ultimately changes their lives .


maenwhile , amelia and father amaro have fallen in love and have begun a passionate sexual relationship .


peter jackson has done the nearly impossible . he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further , richer and deeper . what jackson has done is proven that no amount of imagination , no creature , no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery


the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big . . . and the setting remains indistinct .


with just hours left , can the code be broken to save the world from total annihilation ?


[ dong ] makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up .


the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .


when lapd computer expert peter fowler investigates the killing of an old man in chinatown , he finds the only witness is his dog , cho cho .


a lot of people go missing in his movie and nobody ever shows back up .


immediately there is bad blood with chambers not wanting to be second to no one which leads to a lunch room fight between the men .


setting accounts with shaman - a big criminal boss , who ordered the evidence planted and also with his former colleagues was not a part of korenev 's agenda .


unknown to anyone , inez has begun a secret tryst with druden ( james urbaniak ) , a sweet-spirited , oddly-romantic , and wealthy young lawyer in town .


film school confidential chronicles five film students over the course of one school year : sara , an intellectual , sal , who makes an earnest first film , mark , who shoots wild , psychedelic images , greg , who works hard at cinematography , and marta , sara 's quiet freshman roommate .


the movie is never less than watchable and consistently entertaining , but the need to push gags too far keeps tripping it up .


the film , staged among some of the western art tradition 's greatest masterpieces , climaxes in a pageant of color , motion , and music .


scientific ambition turns deadly , however , when the creature escapes and begins savagely stalking its prey - the human race .


yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack . . . and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable .


lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings .


even if it ultimately disappoints , the picture does have about a matinee admission 's worth of funny to keep it afloat .


he accidentally discovers that the chinese mafia , the tong , is using his newly discovered ancient chinese artifacts to hide and smuggle narcotics across the border .


a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l . a . 's show-biz and media subcultures . but it does n't leave you with much .


ray misses a chance to see his brother paul before he dies of cancer .


they get away in their mini coopers , which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears .


he deciphers their ancient coded tong tattoos which leads him to their don , wong dai- the emperor ; the man who controls an empire of crime and corruption across many borders .


regulus features recently declassified footage , as well as interviews with the submariners , rocket scientists , and test pilots involved in the development and deployment of the weapon .


not exactly worth a drum roll but a movie with enough collegiate ka-boom to earn its title , drumline is a percussion-driven musical variation on every sports pic you 've seen about the talented hot dog who eventually learns to become a team player .


by the final whistle you 're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic .


makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place .


everyone involved starts getting killed , with mitchell being the next in line .


forty-one years after they played their first note on a motown record and three decades since they were all together , the funk brothers reunited back in detroit to play their music and tell their unforgettable story , with the help of archival footage , still photos , narration , interviews , re-creation scenes , 20 motown master tracks , and twelve new live performances of motown classics with the brothers backing up contemporary performers .


mrs meitlemeihr is a film that dares to ask one of the greatest what-if-questions of the century .


the symbols float like butterflies and the spinning styx sting like bees . i wanted more .


i like it . no , i hate it . no , i love it . . . hell , i dunno .


a princess is kidnapped by a sorceress , her fate is to be sacrificed to the evil demon verik .


first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb . and second , what 's with all the shooting ?


this being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidize their respective giros .


he lives his life in solitude , keeping his girlfriend at arm 's length ; the closest relationship he maintains is with his partner , reg -- and vincent makes sure that stops at the precinct door .


when reuben buys a black-market cure for his unusual chest complaint , jenny is forced to make a terrible sacrifice .


nicklas passes out , and the next day when he returns to school he notices that nobody seems to notice him .


for its seriousness , high literary aspirations and stunning acting , the film can only be applauded .