 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
2.75/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"[Jean] Dujardin's good-natured buffoonery rubs off, his behavior carrying the film."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"[Director] Puenzo takes advantage of her young actors' star quality, filming their scenes mostly in intense close-ups"
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"The nastiest transgression committed by this anything-goes romp is its length."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"As raw and a flight of adolescent fancy as Saturday Night Live's "Lazer Cats!" skits."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"In quite a balancing act, [Lelouch] has written a script that's a thriller, somber romantic comedy, and, for the first half, a tense road movie."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(1984) |
|
"Although other cast and crew engagingly recount the filming, there's still a gap with [Judy Davis's] absence."
[dvd review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Played for laughs, [Foster's] neurotic tics become repetitious and more abrasive than humorous%u2014such as her addiction to Purell (hello, product placement!)."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
" A romantic comedy with a sting, Priceless is winsome on its own terms."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"If the political backdrop is not alienating, Accio's actions might be. As he swings from one side of the pendulum to the other, he remains at arm's length"
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Irina Palm is not merely saucy, but unabashedly dodgy."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(1919) |
|
"This disc offers two silent films of America's first Asian film star, both with memorably melodic musical scores."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"For adults, its charms eventually wear thin, but there are enough loud special effects and scary sequences to hold the attention of its preteen audience."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"The film substitutes speed for camaraderie and cleverness."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"[Pierce] Brosnan, by the way, should be happy to have left the bonds of being Bond if he continues picking roles this wisely."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"The invigorating Beyond Belief gets past the anger and exasperation that pervades so many films ... and is still as political as Fahrenheit 9/11 or Why We Fight."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"A psychological prison drama in line with Midnight Express, but the Holocaust is front and center in the viewer's mind, as well as the film's"
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
|
|
"It would be hard to imagine a more eclectic box set."
[dvd review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.75/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"Fans of the books will be pleased with the film version, which is equally as action packed and fast paced. It's doubtful they will begrudge the story changes."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(1978) |
|
"Director Alan Parker's right. His 1978 riveting prison drama still holds up."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(1993) |
|
"The film endures largely because of the appeal of both its story line and the cast."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.75/5 |
|
(2008) |
|
"But one lingering question remains %u2013 why would anyone want to see this, besides film buffs wanting to see last year's Palm d'Or winner?"
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(1961) |
|
"The beautiful last gasp of black-and-white cinematography"
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Together [Day-Lewis and Dano] produce the year's most mercurial moments."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"endlessly fascinating"
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
4/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"The best home movies you'll see. Really."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Satrapi is as engaging and wry a storyteller on the screen as she is on the page. Her most difficult decision must have been deciding what to omit from the books."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"The result of the interviews is the most vivid, and perhaps most damning, portrait of Warhol seen on film."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Put away your picket signs."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"A small-scale film on a grand-sized canvas: director Julian Schnabel and his cinematographer, Janusz Kaminski, meet the challenge of adapting ... Bauby's 1997 memoir."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"For a performer who turned banter into an art form, Reilly's stage production, Save It for the Stage, was the ideal vehicle for his autobiography."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
1.5/5 |
|
(1980) |
|
"Despite the movie, the highlight of this three-disc set is the often hilarious commentary."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Filmed during the first year of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, Meeting Resistance suffers from the same problem as the Iraq-set feature film The Situation %u2013 timeliness."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.75/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"The film itself is staid in comparison to the descriptions of the '70s high life."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"This fascinating documentary is sort of like a radical left-wing "Where's Waldo?""
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.75/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Handled matter-of-factly, the ubiquitous nudity becomes the norm ... and the music takes the spotlight ... it's here where the show becomes a matter of taste."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Although the plot remains essentially the same, little else is left of Cooper's original story, as the film's title implies, and the results are anything but magical."
[movie review] |
|
School Library Journal |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"My Kid Could Paint That is a welcome return to ambiguity in the documentary, while posing perhaps the year's most intriguing mystery."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Lee has outsexed Paul Verhoeven. (Who would have imagined that Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone's f--- of the century could look so tame?)"
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"It's rare when a making-of featurette spills the beans on a production's mishaps and hurdles."
[dvd review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Verhoeven highlights how intricately plotted the script is. Turn away from the screen for a few minutes and a scene later on won't make sense."
[dvd review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"If the blogosphere makes hay from the fact that Radcliffe goes beyond first base in this film, the robotic storytelling will deflate any curiosity."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"PBS, here's your ideal, intelligently made documentary for your fund-raising campaigns."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2006) |
|
"Another apt title for Michael Verhoeven's new film could be It's All True."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Not only is this an incredible saga of Jack London proportions, it's also a great detective tale."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"This do-it-your effort, shot in HD, would be nothing without hazel-eyed Greta Gerwig as Hannah, Meg Ryan-cute with a tousled Jean Seberg hairdo."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2.5/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"DiCaprio's star power probably propelled this film into release, even though Gore has stolen much of his thunder."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Director Daniel Gordon hits a goldmine."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
2/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"Matthew Vaughan's movie version of Neil Gaiman's 1999 Stardust actually attempts to broaden the characters -- when you wish he would just get on with the story."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3.5/5 |
|
(2006) |
|
"That [Kevel's] in almost every frame, with the entire film resting on her shoulders, makes documentarian Gavras's first feature even more remarkable."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
|
|
| |
3/5 |
|
(2007) |
|
"On a flatulence scale of 1 to 10, it's an eight."
[movie review] |
|
Film-Forward.com |
|
|
