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Sort by RATING      Sort by TITLE/YEAR      Sort by QUOTE      Sort by SOURCE            S1m0ne (2002)      "In the movie, fictional director Viktor Taransky has a CGI actress that he bills as flesh and blood; in real life, director Andrew Nichol has a flesh-and-blood actress that he bills as CGI." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Sabrina (1954)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      The Sacrifice (1986)      "To awaken the spiritual hunger for something beyond materialistic, desacrilized modern existence was the burden of Tarkovsky, cinematic poet laureate of the Russian soul." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Sahara (1943)      "One of the best WWII-era WWII movies… a thoroughly entertaining war actioner starring Humphrey Bogart as a tough American sergeant commanding a tank crew in the Libyan desert." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       D      Salton Sea (2002)      "What the director can’t do is make either of Val Kilmer’s two personas interesting or worth caring about." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       C-      The Santa Clause 2 (2002)      "Suggests that if Santa can't deliver presents, it means no Christmas. Didn't Dr. Seuss teach us a long time ago that even if you stop the presents, you don't stop Christmas?" [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Say Amen, Somebody (1983)      "Engaging, gospel-infused tribute to the black men and women who first began combining the heart and soul of Negro spirituals with the infectious rhythms of jazz and blues." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A+      Schindler's List (1993)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       C      School of Rock (2003)      "Almost entertaining enough and harmless enough for a pass… More interesting than the film, perhaps, are the comparisons and contrasts to another current music-themed hit comedy: The Fighting Temptations." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      Seabiscuit (2003)      "Seabiscuit canters handsomely around the track less like a scrappy race horse than a slightly overfed show horse, playing to the crowd, confident that there's no real competition breathing down its neck. It is right." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      Secondhand Lions (2003)      "Like Hub, [writer-director] McCanlies’s heart is in the right place, but his head could use a little straightening out… a decent but flawed film that had the potential to be a very good one." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII (2002)      "Slesin records these difficult and ambiguous circumstances with clear-eyed sobriety, yet in the end her film remains a testimonial to human goodness." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Serenity (2005)      "Even if you aren't one of the 'Firefly' faithful, Serenity will give you some insight into why other people are." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      The Seventh Seal (1957)      "Starkly existential, boldly poetic, slow and grim… has haunted film aficionados, baffled and bored college students, inspired innumerable parodists, and challenged both believers and unbelievers for nearly half a century." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       C+      Shadow of the Vampire (2000)      "It is, essentially, a goof. A meticulously crafted and exuberantly acted goof, but in the end no more than that." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Shadowlands (1993)      Click here to see the review! [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B-      Shall We Dance? (2004)      "A movie with no particular reason to exist, which is not to say that it's all bad… Couples looking for an enjoyable date-night flick could do worse." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A+      Shane (1953)      "If the Western is the quintessential American mythology, Shane is its great knight-samurai archetype: stern in battle, mild with women and children, siding with the wronged." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       C+      Shanghai Knights (2003)      "More inspired action nuttiness and brilliant slapstick than all of Jackie’s previous Hollywood buddy movies combined, framed in a story that’s lamer and less funny than almost any of these previous outings." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      Shark Tale (2004)      "While it's no Finding Nemo (and isn't trying to be), it's the wackiest, most energetic, and possibly most entertaining effort to date from DreamWorks' CGI animators." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Shattered Glass (2003)      "Glass's pattern of deceit is queasily persuasive; adding Catch Me If You Can psychologizing would only diminish the film's truthfulness, not enhance it." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)      "A curious, at times almost prescient anticipation of the reign of John Paul II, filtered partly through the lens of the Silly Sixties." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A      The Shop Around the Corner (1940)      "Who but Lubitsch could have pulled off such a winning romantic comedy that dares to include, but is not marred by, such tragic undercurrents… adultery, attempted suicide?" [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Shrek (2001)      "Sort of like The Princess Bride, if André the Giant had been the hero, and had worn Lou Ferrigno body paint." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      Shrek 2 (2004)      "If Pixar's Toy Story movies connect with the inner child in all of us, DreamWorks' Shrek pictures are aimed squarely at our inner adolescent." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       C      Shrek the Third (2007)      "Continues the deliberate bad taste that is the franchise’s hallmark, with the usual hit-and-miss results… What’s missing is the heart that leavened the first two films." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B-      Signs (2002)      "Signs has the heart that was lacking in Unbreakable, but stumbles badly in its treatment of the paranormal, in this case "X-Files" / "Twilight Zone" sci-fi." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Silence of the Lambs (1991)      "Lecter fascinates us because he embodies qualities that we associate with civilized, reasonable existence, yet he is murderously sociopathic." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A      Silverado (1985)      "By the time the credits roll, we’ve had a whirlwind tour of virtually everything you can do in a Western." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)      "Handily outdoes [Treasure Planet], with bravura action set pieces, a surprisingly complex romantic triangle, and thoughtful exploration of moral issues and character." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A+      Singin' in the Rain (1952)      "People who say they don’t like musicals should watch Singin’ in the Rain, and find out how sweet eating one’s words can be." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Sister Helen (2004)      "God bless Sister Helen Travis, with her foul mouth, black wimple… and irascible, abrasive attitude. She might be a bit crazy… but she's also the best thing that's happened to [her charges] in a long time." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      The Sixth Sense (1999)      "Much more than a one-trick puzzle movie… the logic holds emotionally and narratively, and Shyamalan brings satisfying closure to all his characters and their sorrows." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)      "A beguilingly unreal excursion into the imaginative world of another age… must viewing for golden-age Hollywood buffs… impresses without becoming truly engaging." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B-      Sky High (2005)      "Carefully pitched to be watchable by the Breakfast Club generation and their young kids." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      Slapstick Symposium - The Harold Lloyd Collection (1922)      "Grandma's Boy is an apparently odd choice [for the series], since its somewhat tacked-on comedy makes it one of the least slapstick films in Lloyd's oeuvre." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Sleeping Beauty (1959)      "Disney's last great fairy tale adaptation for more than thirty years, until Beauty and the Beast… a worthy successor to Snow White and Pinocchio." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       D      Solaris (2002)      "Some viewers will find Solaris difficult or dull. My complaint is different: I think it’s dishonest." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B-      The Soloist (2009)      "The basic contours of the story do emerge from the ill-advised Hollywood stylings … Does Lopez help Ayers? Does Ayers help Lopez? It's messy." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)      "Bradbury's tale connects fear and dread to concupiscent desire and disordered regret — fantasies of wealth or women, preoccupation with lost beauty or physical ability." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Sometimes in April      "Opts for a broader canvas [than Hotel Rwanda] both in time and space, exchanging a strong dramatic center for increased depth of detail and insight." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A+      The Son (2003)      "Actions, not words or feelings, are at the center of The Son, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's challenging, nearly religious parable of humanity, fallenness, and grace." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Son of Rambow (2008)      "After making his feature debut with the rather inspiration-challenged big-screen Hitchhiker's Guide, director Garth Jennings wisely shifts to a more intimate and personal canvas." [movie review]      Christianity Today       A+      The Song of Bernadette (1943)      "Based on the historical novel by Jewish author Franz Werfel, the beloved classic The Song of Bernadette stands head and shoulders over most religiously themed fare from Hollywood’s golden age." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A+      Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)      "One of a very few films that accomplishes one of the rarest and most valuable of cinematic achievements: It makes heroic goodness not just admirable, but attractive and interesting." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A      The Sound of Music (1965)      "Other than The Wizard of Oz, no Hollywood musical is as familiar, reassuring, and beloved of all ages… Andrews anchors the film… her sincerity is absolute." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B      Space Cowboys (2000)      "Where Armageddon merely strutted, Cowboys swaggers. What’s the difference? Style." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       B+      Spartacus (1960)      "The comparative frankness of the politics, sexuality, and violence, and especially the downbeat third act and memorable finale give it a dramatic heft beyond its predecessors." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide       A-      Spellbound (2003)      "A tribute to old-fashioned virtues of hard work, education, competition — and good spelling in a spellchecker age." [movie review]      The Decent Films Guide

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