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exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling .
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in all , the film examines a destructive relationship that struggles with even the simplest decisions .
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imperfect ? yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .
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the year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible , but take care of my cat emerges as the very best of them .
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harry , it turns out , is a parsel-tongue .
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john connor ( nick stahl ) is living in the streets as a hacker .
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looking at the posters for blue crush , which show bosworth , rodriguez and lake posing with bikinis and surfboards , i expected another mindless surfing movie . blue crush is anything but .
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ever since her new neighbor , mr . mackenheim , the former ruler of a distant alien planet , moved in , all the cats in the neighborhood have been disappearing .
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oh yes , and there are no rules in the game .
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to lena , vaughn represents the life she is running away from .
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five men and women race against time ( and sometimes their own knack for self-sabotage ) to save the consummate southern , rowdy group house from the academic upper crust and a vindictive sorority .
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about schmidt is a curious slice of americana . . . the characters are so clearly drawn and the dialogue so rich , you are immediately hooked .
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10 minutes into the film you 'll be white-knuckled and unable to look away .
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many of benjamins ' elements feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of miami vice .
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narrated by james ellroy , stan brakhage , and dr . roy menninger .
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the characters ' connect in a maze of situations , underpinning the idea that 'geography is destiny ' and that each of us has our own 'republic ' , where lives intersect .
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agency owner/president , claire upton , has put together a 6 minute training video designed to help you gain job satisfaction as a contingent employee .
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watching trouble every day , at least if you do n't know what 's coming , is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms .
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`` the bride `` was once part of a group of world class female assassins , until the group leader , `` bill `` and the other assassins turn against her .
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drumline is a movie that treats its characters and audience with respect ; it ca n't be accused of being a dumbed-down teen comedy .
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there 's lots of cool stuff packed into espn 's ultimate x .
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the film takes place over the course of a day as anthony , victoria , michael and his wife , sarah , spend the afternoon dining , drinking , and soaking in the hot tub .
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in a classic homage to chinese martial arts films , he is involved in intense hand to hand combat including sword fighting , guns , car chases , and other ingenious forms of fighting to mame and kill these tong members .
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it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice .
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enough to ensure adrien 's family 's future and to give werner one last opportunity to face death head on . . .
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there 's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it 's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted .
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the saturation bombing of reggio 's images and glass ' evocative music . . . ultimately leaves viewers with the task of divining meaning .
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no worse than a lot of the crap we 've been offered this summer , and slightly better than men in black 2 as far as slapdash extraterrestrial comedies go .
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matt was drunk and as he reached for the car radio , he struck the girl as she crossed the road .
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even if you feel like you 've seen this movie a thousand times before , it is kind of enjoyable thanks mainly to belushi 's easy-going likableness .
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haris embarks on a journey through the world of afghan-americans to learn more about their culture , and there he finds both humor and tragedy .
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at this far away place he bares his inside .
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what lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america . . . sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight
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a close acquaintance overhears their conversation , and , promised a fee , reports the win to max ( david winburn ) , smooth-talking but deadly leader of a hoodlum gang , who sends his beautiful paramour , cindy ( kelly taylor ) , to seduce jose , if necessary , to get her hands on the winning ticket .
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enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre . the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody .
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although estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .
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without resorting to hyperbole , i can state that kissing jessica stein may be the best same-sex romance i have seen .
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the film has a few cute ideas and several modest chuckles but it is n't exactly kiddie-friendlyM-^E alas , santa is more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho and the snowman ( who never gets to play that flute ) has all the charm of a meltdown .
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what begins as a friendly 'extreme ' week long camping trip goes from a warm 'big chill ' into a chilling 'deliverance ' as old wounds unsurface , passions rise and personalities unravel .
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but the break turns into a nightmare when sanjana starts hearing screams .
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little do they know but help is on the way and this friday will get freaky !
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a charming and funny story of clashing cultures and a clashing mother/daughter relationship .
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years later , on a hunting trip in the maine woods , they are overtaken by a blizzard , a vicious storm in which something much more ominous moves .
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he can not explain her intermittent crying and disturbed reactions .
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the assasins force walter to drive their escape car .
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the characters are so generic and the plot so bland that even as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac , we do n't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament .
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now the monk must look for a new scrollkeeper .
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purpo $ e is a story about business in the new millenium , and a world shifted away from quality to quantity .
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it is not long before the doctor realizes that his underworld patient is in love with his own sister , so he decides to take her to malaysia and get her married off .
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despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .
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we 've seen it all before in one form or another , but director hoffman , with great help from kevin kline , makes us care about this latest reincarnation of the world 's greatest teacher .
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along comes sonja , who wants to know how the horny tale he 's now working on will end .
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this is the story of a deaf mute who is laid off , and his sister , who requires a kidney transplant .
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frank capra played this story straight . but the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate 'comedy ' scenes .
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change up is a documentary that follows the lives of best friends , rafael `` pepey `` rodriguez , and alex sosa , two hard throwing pitchers from the economically poor , but baseball rich island of the dominican republic .
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nearly a decade after skynet sent back the t-1000 , john connor faces a female terminator , the t-x , with power over all machines .
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how can neil and stevie get out of their mistaken marriages and into each others arms ?
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harboring a secret , john guides angela to a shocking realization that will uncover the past .
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the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film .
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dude schmitz , an independent filmmaker , attempting to secure funds for his second feature , blows an opportunity at what promises to be a lucrative interview with pop sensation britney spears .
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dealing with the aftermath of the 'accident ' brings out the best and the worst in them .
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daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation .
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they spend their afternoons discussing theater and lucy 's role as antigone in a school loneliness of the city more bearable .
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but again , her guardian angel reactivates her will to live .
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the film is divided into three stories , each associated with one of the three main ideologies of the 20th century : fascism , communism & # 38 ; liberalism .
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a magnificent conjuring act , an eerie historical mirage evoked in a single sweeping wave of the hand by alexander sokurov .
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her loving parents feel helpless as they watch their daughter suffer .
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a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture .
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kyle goes back to darkness falls to face his past , and the woman in the porceline mask ( aka the tooth fairy ) chance barron , a has-been `` cock-rock `` front-man , has wasted nearly eight years of his life working a dead-end job at softwipe incorporated , the world 's second largest manufacturer/distributor of double-plied toliet paper , but things change drastically for mr . barron when he receives a mysterious watch which counts down the number of days he has left to live .
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the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year .
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behind the snow games and lovable siberian huskies ( plus one sheep dog ) , the picture hosts a parka-wrapped dose of heart .
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singer patricia paradise ( dee wallace stone ) has everything : beauty , fame , success , money . . .
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what if jesus were born in the year 2002 to a young jewish couple in new york city , instead of bethlehem two millennia ago ?
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exploits [ headbanger ] stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .
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leading his army of women into the surrounding mountain glens , dionysus casts a spell on the city 's females , who abandon their husbands and fathers in order to engage in forbidden revels .
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the fictional characters become part of the creators world as they appear on the subway with them , imagination becomes reality .
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carefully crafted , notably in its deft dramatic structuring , and has become timely in a way its maker could never have anticipated .
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a comedic short about a man flying through mexico who despite not speaking the language meets a pretty girl only to juggle his attention between her and the world 's worst case of 'montezuma 's revenge ' .
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for all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression .
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follows the original film virtually scene for scene and yet manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor , verve and fun .
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after an ultimatum from his girlfriend tara ( alison eastwood ) , johnny finally commits to a `` real `` job in the construction business , but is soon miserable there .
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while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's film falls short in building the drama of lilia 's journey .
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despite dire warnings from his uncle , dean is seduced by the book 's knowledge .
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keith bennets ( mark thompson ) mother passed away a year ago , and he feels like he has moved on with his life , until one morning his mothers jewellery shows up on keiths bathroom sink .
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despite the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at `` the real americans `` make this a charmer .
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as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters ' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .
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a film so terrifying - even the monsters are frightened !
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romy dispenses orders like a drill sergeant as they scramble southwest to round up the last two surviving members of eagle 's wwii , b-17 bomber crew .
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at best , cletis tout might inspire a trip to the video store -- in search of a better movie experience .
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for a movie about the power of poetry and passion , there is precious little of either .
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he also shies away from the shallow young women that he and his friends micke and mario meet at bars .
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the story is set against a relationship that forms between a runaway american teenage boy and a brazilian teenage girl who meet in the drug and gang controlled slums of rio de janeiro .
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you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report .
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occupied france 1944 : in the castle , their local headquarters , the german officers decide to organize a party .
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but the memories of their time together lingers inside their hearts .
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kids who are into this thornberry stuff will probably be in wedgie heaven . anyone else who may , for whatever reason , be thinking about going to see this movie is hereby given fair warning .
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however , after an inexplicable letter arrives , any signs of normalcy in his life begin to fade .
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jonathan ecks ( antonio banderas ) , an fbi agent , realizes that he must join with his lifelong enemy , agent sever ( lucy liu ) , a rogue dia agent with whom he is in mortal combat , in order to defeat a common enemy .
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completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i 'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .
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as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth .
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