We Own the Night is a compelling if conventional cops and dealers story that hits enough high points to make it shine, if not soar
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street just might be director Tim Burton’s masterpiece
Home follows the director as she attempts to explore the disintegration of her family and find her own place in life
Citizen Havel is a fascinating, revealing documentary, that shows Czech president Václav Havel in rare form
Atonement seduces the audience with breathtaking visuals while providing a devastating emotional ride
Cloverfield makes extensive use of its admittedly brilliant core idea though it often comes across as gimmicky
The Darjeeling Limited has been passed over by critics and audiences alike, which is a cryin’ shame
Mike Newell’s Love in the Time of Cholera is a chore to sit through and an insult to most
Ang Lee´s Lust, Caution tells an intimate-yet-detached story of seduction
Tony Gilroy´s Michael Clayton avoids the usual clichés while becoming that rare film that perfectly balances suspense with dramatic content
For two-thirds of its running time, Francis Lawrence´s I Am Legend packs one hell of a punch
Director David Cronenberg re-teams with A History of Violence star Viggo Mortensen in Eastern Promises
American Gangster comes so close to becoming a masterpiece that one can almost taste it
P.S. I Love You comes manufactured to forcibly extract tears directly from the ocular cavities of its viewers
Lackluster doc presents a nice overview of John Lennon´s post-Beatles life, but glosses over most of it and offers nothing new
Hitman should’ve and would’ve premiered on a lesser medium if it weren’t based on the popular video game series of the same name
The Golden Compass takes us to a wonderful, original mythological world but fails to present any kind of isolated story to take us through
Rob Zombie’s wretched remake of the 1978 horror masterpiece reaches depths previously explored only by Van Sant’s Psycho.
Balls of Fury coasts along on oddball charm till it runs out of steam during a protracted and predictable ending
There’s a level of art in Beowolf sorely missing from most computer-generated animation
Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe is a wonderful low-key musical comprised solely of Beatles music
Michael Davis’ Shoot ‘Em Up is perfectly summarized by its title: 90 minutes of gunplay and dead bodies
Resident Evil: Extinction, the third entry in the increasingly tiresome series, no longer resembles its video game roots
The Heartbreak Kid doesn’t quite recapture some of the magic of the Farrelly Bros.’ There´s Something About Mary