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Sort by RATING      Sort by TITLE/YEAR      Sort by QUOTE      Sort by SOURCE       B-      Bad News Bears (2005)      "Although Bad News Bears is not a shot-for-shot remake of the original, it is strikingly similar to the point where its existence is hard to defend." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B      The Bank Job (2008)      "Executed with machine-like precision, The Bank Job is a ripping good caper with plenty of interesting twists." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       D+      Be Cool (2005)      "...attempts to look effortless in seeming hip, but the wink-wink, nudge-nudge jokes about sequels, Hollywood, and the music world come off as familiar and self-congratulatory." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C-      Because I Said So (2007)      "Some of the nonsense could be overlooked as part of rom com conventions, but Because I Said So's shrillness makes for an exhausting experience." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B      Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)      "The untidy answers and selfless actions in Because of Winn-Dixie stand out from the family films populated with bratty kids and clueless adults." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C      Being Julia (2004)      "While much of Being Julia's appeal stems from no one being as fabulous as [Julia] is, the lack of a worthy sparring partner diminishes the fun." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C+      The Benchwarmers (2006)      "The Benchwarmers is funnier than it probably had any right to be, but the tedious repetition of the tournament games strands the film on second rather than bringing it in to score." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C+      Big Momma's House 2 (2006)      "Big Momma's House 2 lacks comedic momentum to sustain the ridiculousness of Lawrence as Big Momma, but it's a welcome break from the star's tough cop act and his abominable family film turn in Rebound." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B      Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)      "It raises big, intriguing questions that rarely, if ever, come up in the hubbub about steroid use in professional athletics, particularly Major League Baseball." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C+      Birth (2004)      "Birth channels the style and tone of [Buñuel classics] exceptionally well, but ultimately the dramatic resolution is unsatisfying." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       D      Blade: Trinity (2004)      "This visually flat, dramatically incoherent film puts a stake through the heart of the series." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B-      Blades of Glory (2007)      "Blades of Glory has the sport's absurd elements down cold and skates by on Ferrell's comic bluster. Even the French judge would agree." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       D-      Blood and Chocolate (2007)      "Blood and Chocolate raises questions about the individual versus the group and tradition versus progress but...is more interested in flaunting the film's lame special effects than mining its thematic potential." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       D      Bobby (2006)      "While it includes excerpts of some RFK speeches, Bobby provides no insight into the man and his politics, choosing instead to flit among the insipid soap opera storylines." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       A      Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)      "Borat is the rare comedy that operates without a safety net. Cohen and director Larry Charles' film provides constant laughter and surprises while daring the viewer to be rightfully offended." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B-      Born Into Brothels (2004)      "Born Into Brothels simmers with righteous anger, but it never boils over." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B      The Break-Up (2006)      "While consistently funny, The Break-Up deals in bitterness and revenge, sometimes in ways that cut closer to the bone than most fluffy romantic comedies." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B      Breakfast on Pluto (2005)      "Breakfast on Pluto's novelistic feel can seem disjointed, but ultimately the structure frees the film to flit from one interesting encounter to another with a minimum of connecting material." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       A-      Brick (2006)      "Johnson's sources of inspiration for Brick put forth tough dicks and dames in a cold, uncaring universe. Glum teens are a clever and natural evolution for the genre." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C      Bride and Prejudice (2005)      "There’s much to like about Bride & Prejudice...but the end result looks and feels like a cut-rate version of the Bollywood and Hollywood sensibilities." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C      Bridge to Terabithia (2007)      "While it's admirable that Bridge to Terabithia isn't sugar-coated, more often than not it plays as miserabilism for kids." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B      The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1955)      "The Bridges at Toko-Ri effectively depicts the sacrifices and courage of those who went to war." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       D      Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)      "An over the top, ham-fisted replay of the original." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       B      Brothers (2005)      "Told predominantly through handheld close-ups, Danish director Susanne Bier's intimate drama Brothers examines the cost of war on the domestic front." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       D+      The Brothers Grimm (2005)      "The Brothers Grimm is fascinating but only in the way that watching a good director misfire this badly can be." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C+      The Bucket List (2007)      "Although The Bucket List shouldn't sit well on the stomach, it goes down as easily as meals through an IV." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema       C      Bug (2007)      "Bug straddles the lines of genre seediness and high art pretension, but it's not enough of a cheap thrill or mindbender to succeed at either." [movie review]      Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema

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