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sensitively examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do .

horns and halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .

if you adored the full monty so resoundingly that you 're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting , then this should keep you reasonably entertained .

surprisingly insightful

they crush each other under cars , throw each other out windows , electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness . and we do n't avert our eyes for a moment .

a really good premise is frittered away in middle-of-the-road blandness .

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 .

dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .

the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end .

'yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . '

despite slick production values and director roger michell 's tick-tock pacing , the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours .

there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip . igby goes down is one of those movies .

unwieldy contraption .

the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard .

an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character .

despite the 2-d animation , the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .

'alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .

gloriously straight from the vagina .

with the film 's striking ending , one realizes that we have a long way to go before we fully understand all the sexual permutations involved .

intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject .

alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise .

surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .

when you resurrect a dead man , hard copy should come a-knocking , no ?

while the resident evil games may have set new standards for thrills , suspense , and gore for video games , the movie really only succeeds in the third of these .

i was sent a copyof this film to review on dvd . for free . i still want my money back .

stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes .

thought-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic .

just too silly and sophomoric to ensnare its target audience .

one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .

star wars is back in a major way .

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 .

the parts are better than the whole ( bizarre , funny , tragic - like love in new york ) .

. . . less a story than an inexplicable nightmare , right down to the population 's shrugging acceptance to each new horror .

this is a great subject for a movie , but hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director john woo has built his career on .

the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .

you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars . but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .

showtime is one of the hapless victims of the arrogant `` if we put together a wry white man and a chatty black man and give them guns , the movie will be funny `` syndrome .

a sentimental but entirely irresistible portrait of three aging sisters .

. . . liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character 's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . too bad .

instead of kicking off the intrigue and suspense and mystery of the whole thing , hart 's war , like the st . louis rams in the super bowl , waits until after halftime to get started .

the element of surprise might be the only thing femme fatale has going for it .

what 'blade runner ' would 've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel .

much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged , as if filmed directly from a television monitor , while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome clichM-i .

gere gives a good performance in a film that does n't merit it .

chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them .

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

i would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable .

'anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '

director benoit jacquot , making his first opera-to-film translation with tosca , conveys the heaving passion of puccini 's famous love-jealousy- murder-suicide fandango with great cinematic innovation .

just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name .

films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days . seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many .

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

. . . an incredibly heavy-handed , manipulative dud that feels all too familiar .

it 's sort of a 21st century morality play with a latino hip hop beat . but the second half of the movie really goes downhill .

we know the plot 's a little crazy , but it held my interest from start to finish .

despite the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans `` make this a charmer .

for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .

a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary .

human nature , in short , is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is ; neither is it as smart .

so-so entertainment .

a weird and wonderful comedy .

though overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal , the film does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown 's life .

shankman . . . and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story .

i enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was .

it may be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate .

a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .

for more than two decades mr . nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .

though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .

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

late marriage 's stiffness is unlikely to demonstrate the emotional clout to sweep u . s . viewers off their feet .

mM-|nch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable .

the film exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .

while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place , its brain is a little scattered -- ditsy , even .

the feature-length stretch . . . strains the show 's concept .

some movies are like a tasty hors-d'oeuvre ; this one is a feast .

the movie is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that 's all too rare in hollywood 's hastier productions .

it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags , anatomical humor , or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story .

pretend like your sat scores are below 120 and you might not notice the flaws .

hugh grant , who has a good line in charm , has never been more charming than in about a boy .

una pelM-mcula oscura , precisa , por momentos grandiosa y casi siempre conmovedora .

plays like a checklist of everything rob reiner and his cast were sending up .

. . . a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating , that is , for about ten minutes . after that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .

to blandly go where we went 8 movies ago . . .

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

a thriller without a lot of thrills .

although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .

[ allen 's ] been making piffle for a long while , and hollywood ending may be his way of saying that piffle is all that the airhead movie business deserves from him right now .

there 's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television .

this romantic thriller is steeped in the atmosphere of wartime england , and ably captures the speech patterns , moral codes and ideals of the 1940s .

if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers .

if you value your time and money , find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite , predictable rehash .

the tonal shifts are jolting , and though wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive .

the asylum material is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family .

the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film .

dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the epicenter of percolating mental instability is not easily dismissed or forgotten .

from the dull , surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait .

an inspiring and heart-affecting film about the desperate attempts of vietnamese refugees living in u . s . relocation camps to keep their hopes alive in 1975 .

her fans walked out muttering words like `` horrible `` and `` terrible , `` but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost . in this case zero .

when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs . woo , it looks like woo 's a p . o . w .

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 .