muccino is honest in the emotional damage left by his immature men and passionate in his portraits of twentysomething commitment-phobes struggling against growing up .	0
robinson's web of suspense matches the page-turning frenzy that clancy creates .	0
twists of fate along the way test and strain their relationship even further .	1
leave it to rohmer , now 82 , to find a way to bend current technique to the service of a vision of the past that is faithful to both architectural glories and commanding open spaces of the city as it was more than two centuries ago .	0
perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that isn't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .	0
we never really feel involved with the story , as all of its ideas remain just that : abstract ideas .	0
it soon becomes obvious that blossom , bubbles , and buttercup are not normal girls , they have superpowers and have not yet learned to control .	1
along the way , they get tips from various experts , which include performances from george kennedy , tippi hedren , erick avari , and stephen furst .	1
an odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it didn't try to .	0
sumo is not only the national sport of japan but a centuries-old cultural treasure that is literally part of the shinto religion .	1
he initially flounders in his new world , before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top .	1
if no one singles out any of these performances as award-worthy , it's only because we would expect nothing less from this bunch .	0
in singapore , that means that at the age of 12 , the government has decided that they are not as academically inclined as their peers .	1
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercialism .	0
i'll go out on a limb . it isn't quite one of the worst movies of the year . it's just merely very bad .	0
in cinemania , hollywood's biggest fans become the true stars .	1
anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly .	0
in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century . . . takes kurys' career to a whole new level .	0
the acting alone is worth the price of admission .	0
it may not be art , but it's vastly more entertaining than anything coppola senior has done in far too long .	0
every single scene conveys a significant and concise narrative development , yet does so in an unassuming , patient fashion that emphasizes detail .	0
the unluckiest man in vegas ( william h . macy ) - a guy whose bad luck is contagious - is used by the last of the old time mob run casinos to kill high rollers' action .	1
red dragon makes one appreciate silence of the lambs .	0
just like any other elevator in any old building .	1
chandramukhi , a stunning courtesan instantly lost her heart to devdas .	1
lucy tries to forget about tracy , and continue her friendship with dante , leaving the affair behind , but to no avail when she discovers she is pregnant .	1
fessenden continues to do interesting work , and it would be nice to see what he could make with a decent budget . but the problem with wendigo , for all its effective moments , isn't really one of resources .	0
sunshine state is a fine example of a carefully written film . but you shouldn't be too aware that a movie is well-written .	0
on his way he gets again and again into situations of obsessive self-uncovering .	1
shanghai ghetto , much stranger than any fiction , brings this unknown slice of history affectingly to life .	0
the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies' end you'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others .	0
adding to the situation is a killer hurricane bearing down on the island .	1
ultimately , quinn rescues tasha from the hands of another assassin and takes her into his protection .	1
an efficient , exceedingly likable family film about orphans and sports that comes with equal doses of sentimentality , corny jokes and life lessons .	0
alternately hilarious and sad , aggravating and soulful , scathing and joyous . it's a masterpeice .	0
frustratingly , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music .	0
beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce . . . lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .	0
here , in the smallest quietest corner of new england unfolds a disquieting tale of what happens when music meets murder . . .	1
he's lost his super powers , and it will take all of bachelorman's skill and cunning to get his lois lane back .	1
if an oscar category existed for ensemble acting , the hours would unquestionably earn it . watching a trio of actors at the top of their game is a delight .	0
making matters worse , vince is having trouble discerning reality from memory .	1
after baptizing their amnesiac boy-toy chris , the infamous pair takes him on a grand tour of their wild nightlife frolic , their spontaneous media extravaganza and their dazzling diva lifestyle in order to help him find his identity and his way home .	1
the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies .	0
credit director ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic .	0
jacki ( gina gershon ) , sexy punk rocker and lead singer of the all-girl band clamdandy , is at a crossroads .	1
the case is re-opened when two more bodies are discovered , both pregnant women .	1
dogville may regret it ever began to bare its teeth . . .	1
despite its title , punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed . the jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center .	0
based on a philip k . dick short story , minority report is about a cop in the future working in a division of the police department that arrests killers before they commit the crimes courtesy of some future viewing technology .	1
in the partnership , israeli settlers arrange permits from the israeli military , allowing palestinians to work from the area k beach .	1
the five main characters are 20-year-olds who are close friends and always hang out together at each others' homes and at their favorite coffeehouse .	1
more than the last time around , it has elements that might help divert those bigger people who find themselves unavoidably in attendance .	0
a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers' hearts .	0
but zamindar narayan mukherjee ( vijay crishna ) , devdas' father , met paro's mother sumitra's ( kiran kher ) marriage proposal with condescending arrogance .	1
painfully bleak and disheartening . . . brilliantly made and uncompromising	0
though frodo's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle .	0
because of his shame , bobby undergoes a type of 'splitting' where a decrepit , ghoulish version of him is separated from his healthy self .	1
"it's "" best in show "" meets "" strictly ballroom "" via "" kids in the hall "" ."	1
the two meet after years of separation when clara returns to the barrio to visit her father , roman ( ricky davao ) .	1
there's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale .	0
a man ( phillipe ) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things from his past he discovers his ability to move from the year 2002 to the year 1999 .	1
women prisoners strike up a friendship with a young law student who works as a part-time prison guard .	1
henrik meets the mysterious bag lady , who gives him a pair of magic shoes that make him dance like a dream .	1
in mid-1970s savannah , two bright but rebellious boys , francis doyle and tim sullivan , fight boredom , hormones and harsh teachers as they struggle to find something meaningful beyond the walls of their parish school .	1
jackson , a cute , lanky , blue-haired poet who works in a record store , is at the center of everett lewis' twisted black la comedy .	1
for the most part , i spy was an amusing lark that will probably rank as one of murphy's better performances in one of his lesser-praised movies .	0
holmes</a> was the worlds best known male actor in the adult industry .	1
when valento lets his temper get the better of him , he needs a fall guy , and everyone's favorite dupe rises to the top .	1
screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite .	0
it's endlessly inventive , consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage .	0
the fortune-teller's mentally retarded nephew , who comes to hear the prophesy , follows the girl .	1
not a bad way to spend a couple of hours .	0
high powered lawyer claire kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband , who she thought was tom kubik , is arrested and is revealed to be ron chapman .	1
by abstracting and showing extreme details and connecting routines with themes and emotions , liesbeth worm gives a whole new perspective on day to day life .	1
anything anyone tells her to do , she must obey .	1
as their adopted identity grows , the gang tumbles into a downward spiral of excitement , excess and fun .	1
this movie seems to have been written using mad-libs . there can be no other explanation . hilariously inept and ridiculous .	0
he meets up with the country bears , a long-since broken-up band , a parody of bands like the eagles .	1
meena , a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the english midlands in 1972 , is the daughter of indian parents who've come to england to give her a better life .	1
while some of the subplots are very sketchy and the motivations of some of the characters are not clear , it is a journey worth taking because of the wondrous imagery .	0
when their house is robbed on christmas eve they team up to track him down .	1
craig is an older , average-looking man who isn't handling aging well .	1
in the end there is one word that best describes this film : honest .	0
davis' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort .	0
ranks with such films as in the bedroom , ordinary people , and terms of endearment in the sensitivity with which it observes the effect a child's death on the remaining members of the family .	0
told from the point of view from archie ( qualls ) , a comic book collector , this is the story of a rivalry between two comic book shop owners .	1
little more than a super-sized infomercial for the cable-sports channel and its summer x games .	0
re-formed by a coded message to their web site , a group of animal rights activists set off to free an imprisoned colleague from a terrifying ordeal .	1
louis is a struggling painter whose life is turned upside down when his wish comes true and he becomes trapped in his own paintings .	1
can't kick about the assembled talent and the russos show genuine promise as comic filmmakers . still , this thing feels flimsy and ephemeral .	0
the very definition of the 'small' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher .	0
the weird thing about the santa clause 2 , purportedly a children's movie , is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally .	0
the correspondence between spielrein , freud and jung discovered that day in the geneva basement has become essential to understanding the evolution of psychoanalysis ^&#214 ; and the virtually insurmountable challenges facing women who sought to contribute in any role other than that of patient .	1
his next target is a russian immigrant named tasha , whom quinn is misled into believing is a drug courier .	1
"she's willing to put him through just about anything to "" cure "" him of t . s . , with pills , counseling , electro-shock therapy , etc . mom's also concerned about finn's future - who will care for him ?"	1
red and the boys embark on a road trip across the country , en route to a duct tape festival in the usa , where they intend to win first prize by creating a sculpture made of at least 50% duct tape .	1
and although billy doesn't want jackson , two other guys do : derek , a clean-cut record store customer , and sam , the straight record store owner .	1
five screenwriters are credited with the clichй-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before .	0
it's rare to find a film to which the adjective 'gentle' applies , but the word perfectly describes pauline & paulette .	0
will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . but mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .	0
they wander around japan in panda outfits , wreak havoc on a once civilized golf court , they even do stunts involving live alligators , and so on .	1
when lapd computer expert peter fowler investigates the killing of an old man in chinatown , he finds the only witness is his dog , cho cho .	1
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies .	0
crazy jones is the story of finnigan jones , a depressed , semi-suicidal leaf-blower with tourette's syndrome ( t . s . ) .	1
when his only friend and co-worker dies , a young man born with dwarfism moves to an abandoned train depot in rural new jersey .	1
it somehow managed to make its way past my crappola radar and find a small place in my heart	0
" "" catch me "" feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark ."	0
the story really has no place to go since simone is not realЧshe can't provide any conflict .	0
to portray modern women the way director davis has done is just unthinkable .	0
a documentary , this film , co-produced by several countries finally became reality .	1
craig and day day have finally moved out of their parents houses and into their own crib .	1
"his darkly comic trip--shared by a deviant cast of characters , including his terminally bored , part-time lover sookie , his godfater's trophy mistress rachel , and smack-dealing performance artists russel--veers from bizarre to tragic in igby's ultimately noble attempt to keep himself from "" going down . "" igby goes down is a personal tale about a 17 year old misfit boy who copes with his mother's cancer and his father's insanity by pursuing relationships with older women ."	1
guaranteed to move anyone who ever shook , rattled , or rolled .	0
the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide .	0
winnie is a free-spirited 15-year-old in a stuffy victorian household who stumbles on the tucks , a strange family hiding out on the family grounds .	1
time changer may not be the most memorable cinema session but its profound self-evaluation message about our fragile existence and the absence of spiritual guidance should at least invade an abundance of mindsets	0
hardly a masterpiece , but it introduces viewers to a good charitable enterprise and some interesting real people .	0
who knows what may be down the next block , or what lies in store for gigi at the end of the walk ?	1
 . . . the movie is just a plain old monster .	0
with an expressive face reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality like zhang ziyi's , dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .	0
by the final whistle you're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just doesn't have big screen magic .	0
grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length	0
when she's approached one day by a handsome stranger while trying to hail a taxi , she becomes obsessed with him and eventually starts an affair .	1
it's at this point that he buys a pirate record whose magical powers bring him the success he's longed for .	1
he faces the hostility and malice of the modern world .	1
nete's husband seeks comfort outside of their home , her daughter begins to rebel , and as the relationship between nete and her father has not been too good for years , things are bound to explode .	1
a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichйs and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood .	0
in comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title . . . amounts to surprisingly little .	0
they do this by planning india's biggest bank heist and then de-camping with the loot .	1
one afternoon they discover the corpse of a young woman floating in the water .	1
nothing is what it seems , and no one will be the same again , as the truth begins to surface in very dangerous circumstances .	1
but when the substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice , putting christmas at risk , it's up to scott to return with a new bag of magic to try to save christmas .	1
the movie just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time .	0
charlie decides it's time to take action to recover his lost love : he secretly befriends her new boyfriend and attempts to sabotage their relationship by introducing temptation , mistrust - and jennifer . . .	1
but it seems they are brought back as one for more than just solving a case .	1
a washed-up 80's pop star ( ferguson ) suddenly has a new direction in life when he discovers that he has a teenage daughter , olivia , ( church ) , in cardiff , wales .	1
it's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah .	0
the only thing that can help him is a very expensive operation , an operation their family can in no way afford .	1
he falls in love with christine and wants her for his own , but she only has eyes for raoul viscount de chagny .	1
primarily , the audience is wealthy , bored executives .	1
a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special .	0
amongst the excitement of rediscovering old friendships , no one minds that a snowstorm has cut them off from the rest of the outside world .	1
a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho's fans .	0
connie sumner has a loving husband , a beautiful home , and a wonderful son , but she wants more .	1
though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking .	0
the eccentric stories of a free spirited couple , the husband's brother , a basket ball game , a bookie named dutch , two sinister , corrupt twins conniving over a faberge' egg for their wife's anniversary , a business is business hit-man , and an ex-con that has nothing to do with this story .	1
does what a fine documentary does best : it extends a warm invitation into an unfamiliar world , then illuminates it fully and allows the larger implications of the journey to sink in unobtrusively .	0
arvasu prepares to marry outside his brahmin caste - but for this , according to the tribal custom , he has to present himself before nittilai's village elders .	1
guru gulab leaves india for america and comes to stay in the neighbourhood of dr . anmol acharya ( aftab shivdasani ) .	1
shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that's something i would rather live in denial about	0
this is riveting stuff , especially in its account of how refugee culture and community spring up almost overnight .	0
young cop kong yat hong ( karen mok ) and her partner mark are put on the case .	1
he has to learn to accept ian ; ian has to learn to accept toula's huge family , and toula has to learn to accept herself .	1
along the way , they discover a sinister conspiracy that reaches to the police department and even the highest level of government .	1
" "" it's like those monster vampire high school kind of movies , only here the monsters are jesus-freak teenagers , "" says michael stipe , the former r . e . m ."	1
an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .	0
the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .	0
offers a quieter version of the midlife-crisis roller coaster .	0
"susie is obsessed about losing weight , thus being "" bonita "" and not "" gorda "" - the two keywords in the original spanish title ."	1
moore's performance impresses almost as much as her work with haynes in 1995's safe .	0
then after rumers spread that he was a communist he was blacklisted from hollywood forever .	1
together they set off from minneapolis to duluth on what they think will be a redemptive and romantic road trip to the north shore .	1
"viewers of "" the ring "" are more likely to remember the haunting images than the plot holes ."	0
the movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs .	0
slim , otis , frank and alex ( three boys and a girl ) form a group of snowboard and skate young bank robbers .	1
in keeping with the holiday spirit , the judge gives davey one last chance at redemption-spend the holiday performing community service as the assistant referee for the youth basketball league or go to jail .	1
director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film's music than to the story line ; what's best about drumline is its energy .	0
joanna , a young wife and mother , moves from manhattan to the upper-class suburb of stepford , connecticut .	1
the grey zone gives voice to a story that needs to be heard in the sea of holocaust movies . . . but the film suffers from its own difficulties .	0
k-19 : the widowmaker is derivative , overlong , and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining .	0
filippo , the official translator , believes in her innocence , and conceives a plan for her escape .	1
eddie is investigated and forced to exile himself from his family until the matter is dealt with .	1
hong has a brilliant mind and immediately senses she's dealing with a killer with very special skills .	1
[diaz] can blunder into the crudest situations with such sweet innocence as to inspire giggles rather than groans .	0
the case gets more complicated , when even the police themselves appear to become suspects in the murders .	1
their relationship has seen better days and jessica acquiring a clapped-out 1984 skoda doesn't make things easier .	1
it's often faintly amusing , but the problems of the characters never become important to us , and the story never takes hold .	0
there is no pleasure in watching a child suffer . just embarrassment and a vague sense of shame .	0
queen of the damned as you might have guessed , makes sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role -- she does little here but point at things that explode into flame .	0
like being trapped inside a huge video game , where exciting , inane images keep popping past your head and the same illogical things keep happening over and over again .	0
the crassness of this reactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise .	0
diana seeks to escape the wasteland of lies she can't stop telling .	1
missteps take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane .	0
"that is , until he falls in love with a cocktail waitress ( maria bello ) and gets "" lady luck , "" which throws the situation into reverse ."	1
the angel has already gotten to her and taken her into hiding .	1
this includes never-before-seen images of tests of modified v-1s at point mugu naval air station , and the flight test program for regulus at edwards air force base in 1950 .	1
disillusioned and with no money the secret knight joins the crusaders and embarks on new adventures .	1
starry-eyed forest ranger , jackie , rescues the hunk of her dreams from a cliff side motorcycle accident .	1
there starts a dangerous game where the two teenagers that graham is protecting will be implied .	1
twists are so bizarre , and the story so worth documenting , that it's easy to forget this film's shortcomings .	0
danny is antagonized by undercover narcotics agents ( anthony lapaglia and doug hutchison ) and sadistic dealer pooh bear ( vincent d'onfronio ) .	1
the pianist is the film roman polanski may have been born to make .	0
will probably stay in the shadow of its two older , more accessible qatsi siblings .	0
the characters are never more than sketches . . . which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach .	0
there's more scatological action in 8 crazy nights than a proctologist is apt to encounter in an entire career .	0
a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession Ц one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom .	0
the film is exhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor .	0
a vivid reminder of the true nature of chemistry between lovers , and the rarity with which we see it on the screen .	0
moreover , he strongly believes in moulding his students by using principles .	1
worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames .	0
