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a hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of claude chabrol .

the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul .

grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length

feels slight , as if it were an extended short , albeit one made by the smartest kids in class .

definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category , reign of fire is so incredibly inane that it is laughingly enjoyable .

it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate .

as simple and innocent a movie as you can imagine .

as we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . '

extremely bad .

a relatively effective little potboiler until its absurd , contrived , overblown , and entirely implausible finale .

although disney follows its standard formula in this animated adventure , it feels more forced than usual .

deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history .

a solid piece of journalistic work that draws a picture of a man for whom political expedience became a deadly foreign policy .

what 's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens ' deviant behaviour .

any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap .

it 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .

cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most .

it made me want to get made-up and go see this movie with my sisters .

argento , at only 26 , brings a youthful , out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project , as if she 's cut open a vein and bled the raw film stock .

as refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream .

... a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame .

beautifully directed and convincingly acted .

it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual

ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous .

the movie strains to stay on the light , comic side of the issue , despite the difficulty of doing so when dealing with the destruction of property and , potentially , of life itself .

the charm of the first movie is still there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids .

depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .

despite a performance of sustained intelligence from stanford and another of subtle humour from bebe neuwirth , as an older woman who seduces oscar , the film founders on its lack of empathy for the social milieu - rich new york intelligentsia - and its off

purports to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging .

any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .

an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .

halfway through the movie , the humor dwindles .

the magic -lrb- and original running time -rrb- of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away survives intact in bv 's re-voiced version .

michael moore has perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making , and he 's got as potent a topic as ever here .

frei assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic , and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him .

predictable and cloying , though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle .

sadly , though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .

such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show .

a modest masterpiece .

neil burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present .

and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .

it 's still a comic book , but maguire makes it a comic book with soul .

shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience .

seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .

takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze .

but it does n't leave you with much .

the trick when watching godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .

broomfield has a rather unique approach to documentary .

as the mediterranean sparkles , ` swept away ' sinks .

two-bit potboiler .

a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .

mushes the college-friends genre -lrb- the big chill -rrb- together with the contrivances and overwrought emotion of soap operas .

an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension .

a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic .

at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and heavy-handed in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance .

it 's just rather leaden and dull .

problem is , we have no idea what in creation is going on .

the movie is a mess from start to finish .

its rawness and vitality give it considerable punch .

one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever .

but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .

a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .

the best animated feature to hit theaters since beauty and the beast 11 years ago .

the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .

scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company .

i was hoping that it would be sleazy and fun , but it was neither .

a beautifully observed character piece .

compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , runteldat is something of a triumph .

as plain and pedestrian as catsup --

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 .

that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .

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 .

if borstal boy is n't especially realistic , it is an engaging nostalgia piece .

a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !

a loquacious and dreary piece of business .

behan 's memoir is great material for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense -- but sheridan has settled for a lugubrious romance .

a rather tired exercise in nostalgia .

` linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... '

there 's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity .

certainly beautiful to look at , but its not very informative about its titular character and no more challenging than your average television biopic .

one lousy movie .

it 's such a mechanical endeavor -lrb- that -rrb- it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it .

a blair witch - style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast .

until its final minutes this is a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity .

abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed .

needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism .

watching harris ham it up while physically and emotionally disintegrating over the course of the movie has a certain poignancy in light of his recent death , but boyd 's film offers little else of consequence .

with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative .

where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable .

a highly watchable , giggly little story with a sweet edge to it .

skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise .

-lrb- soderbergh -rrb- tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness .

writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .

the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea .

falls short in explaining the music and its roots .

each story is built on a potentially interesting idea , but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting , while the third feels limited by its short running time .

a fascinating but choppy documentary .

sweetly sexy , funny and touching .

like all of egoyan 's work , ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious .

even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski , it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .