The Kite Runner succeeds in accurately retelling the book’s compelling story even though it occasionally falters along the way
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
Ang Lee´s Lust, Caution tells an intimate-yet-detached story of seduction
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
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
Sicko contains the strengths and weakness of Michael Moore’s other recent work
The Good Shepherd is richly detailed and expertly produced, if hellishly long and unbearably slow
Produced by Judd Apatow, Superbad makes American Pie look tame by camparison
Touching, heartfelt, irresistible; John Carney´s Once is anything but a traditional musical
Planet Terror has been ripped from its loins and is now presented to international audiences devoid of its original drive-in goodness
Hairspray is so loving and sincere that it´s impossible not to go along with all the silliness
The Simpsons Movie faithfully recreates a typical episode with a flair not seen since the series´ heyday
Surprisingly, Tarantino´s Death Proof is a better standalone film than what was presented in Grindhouse
Live Free or Die Hard might disappoint die-hard fans of the series, but entertains on a grand scale
Curse of the Golden Flower is a visually stunning if emotionally overwrought period piece from director Zhang Yimou
Hot Fuzz is Edgar Wright’s hilarious and highly entertaining follow-up to Shaun of the Dead
A breathtaking, beautiful, highly stylized animated film, Christian Volckman´s Renaissance represents the height of style over substance.
Sunshine is an intelligent, philosophical, and rewarding sci-fi feature
300 is a near-masterpiece that ignores all reasonable aspects of storytelling, such as, say, plot or character development
Rocky Balboa is a rousing return to the once-dead Rocky franchise and a return to form for its director/writer/star
Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett star in Alejandro González Iñárritu’s masterfully directed tale of parallel stores