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alas , another breathless movie about same !

strange , funny , twisted , brilliant and macabre .

shanghai ghetto , much stranger than any fiction , brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .

a movie that will thrill you , touch you and make you laugh as well .

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

the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart , mind or humor of its own .

cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh .

this is very much of a mixed bag , with enough negatives to outweigh the positives .

ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .

while maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among wiseman 's warmest .

but it would be better to wait for the video .

dreary tale of middle-class angst

though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation .

the byplay and bickering between the now spy-savvy siblings , carmen -lrb- vega -rrb- and juni -lrb- sabara -rrb- cortez , anchor the film in a very real and amusing give-and-take .

it 's sweet , funny , charming , and completely delightful .

seen in that light , moonlight mile should strike a nerve in many .

to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .

the movie 's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story .

none of birthday girl 's calculated events take us by surprise ...

there are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them .

i can easily imagine benigni 's pinocchio becoming a christmas perennial .

this is rote drivel aimed at mom and dad 's wallet .

k 19 stays afloat as decent drama\/action flick

what more can be expected from a college comedy that 's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school ?

it 's quite diverting nonsense .

aggravating and tedious .

i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not , nor will he be , back .

a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation .

formula 51 has dulled your senses faster and deeper than any recreational drug on the market .

more precious than perspicacious

kurys never shows why , of all the period 's volatile romantic lives , sand and musset are worth particular attention .

rarely does such high-profile talent serve such literate material .

a moving picture that does not move .

this ludicrous film is predictable at every turn .

just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm .

-lrb- fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall -rrb- show us the world they love and make us love it , too .

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 .

a fanciful drama about napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .

the superior plotline is n't quite enough to drag along the dead -lrb- water -rrb- weight of the other .

... enthusiastically invokes the percussion rhythm , the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games .

spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : it actually improves upon the original hit movie .

speaks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life .

benigni 's pinocchio is extremely straight and mind-numbingly stilted , its episodic pacing keeping the film from developing any storytelling flow .

audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .

an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .

its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .

a compassionate , moving portrait of an american -lrb- and an america -rrb- always reaching for something just outside his grasp .

-lrb- stephen -rrb- earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones they currently have .

adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book .

if you want a movie time trip , the 1960 version is a far smoother ride .

an older cad instructs a younger lad in zen and the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy .

director-chef gabriele muccino keeps it fast -- zippy , comin ' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale .

with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives .

an occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten .

does what should seem impossible : it makes serial killer jeffrey dahmer boring .

it 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .

a respectable but uninspired thriller that 's intelligent and considered in its details , but ultimately weak in its impact .

-lrb- jeff 's -rrb- gorgeous , fluid compositions , underlined by neil finn and edmund mcwilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent .

one of the pleasures in walter 's documentary ... is the parade of veteran painters , confounded dealers , and miscellaneous bohos who expound upon the subject 's mysterious personality without ever explaining him .

it 's a smart , solid , kinetically-charged spy flick worthy of a couple hours of summertime and a bucket of popcorn .

a violent initiation rite for the audience , as much as it is for angelique , the -lrb- opening -rrb- dance guarantees karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women .

the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .

the heat of the moment prevails .

a beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in korea .

return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb- , but the excitement is missing .

the sight of the name bruce willis brings to mind images of a violent battlefield action picture , but the film has a lot more on its mind -- maybe too much .

the only thing `` swept away '' is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .

the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .

while the importance of being earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles , it does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances .

indeed , none of these words really gets at the very special type of badness that is deuces wild .

contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .

amid the cliché and foreshadowing , cage manages a degree of casual realism ... that is routinely dynamited by blethyn .

broomfield reminds us that beneath the hype , the celebrity , the high life , the conspiracies and the mystery there were once a couple of bright young men -- promising , talented , charismatic and tragically doomed .

offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux .

jolting into charleston rhythms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent -lrb- accurate ?

muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have , and how this gets us in trouble .

this picture is mostly a lump of run-of-the-mill profanity sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer .

my wife is an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy .

a riveting documentary .

while i ca n't say it 's on par with the first one , stuart little 2 is a light , fun cheese puff of a movie .

so boring that even its target audience talked all the way through it .

sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .

it 's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy , but it has its moments .

great character interaction .

louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode , and brother hoffman 's script stumbles over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense .

even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment , spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man .

a meatier deeper beginning and\/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' range , as is , it 's a very very strong `` b + . ''

twist open the ouzo !

the biggest problem with this movie is that it 's not nearly long enough .

funny in a sick , twisted sort of way .

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

nicks refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy .

but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .

it 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death

there are few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending .

the film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .

the rock has a great presence but one battle after another is not the same as one battle followed by killer cgi effects .

birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .

potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .

does n't add up to much .