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Never Say Never Again (1983)

Connery proved plenty fit for one more outing...a likeable but somewhat mediocre adventure handsomely mounted in the traditional Bond style...
8 Mile (2002)

You can't stop him or crop him/He's in widescreen and large/
He ain't playing when he's baggin' Curtis Hanson for Sarge...
Gigi (1958)

Given the shortage of dancing and soaring vocal melodies...Minnelli must lean heavily on personality and a spectacle defined by the pageantry of historic locations, sets and costumes.
Doubt (2008)

Good to the last drop: the guilt-drenched final line is a prism revealing new facets of character and theme to ponder on the way out of the theater.
No Country for Old Men (2007)

The most fascinating element of the film is its formal linking of its multiple, no-nonsense protagonists.
The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Guilty-pleasure action sequences...amped-up visuals and hearty, young stars...the problem is that the stilted dialogue and style-over-substance form seem instantly dated.
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)

With its ballsy, bar-raising disregard of sense, this solid sequel mildly improves upon the original...summer movie camp 2 gleefully preposterous 2 be dismissed.
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)

On par with the rest of the series....it's all fun and games until someone gets hurt, and then it's off the hook!
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)

Vainly attempts to elevate Riddick into a mythological hero in a political-intrigue contest meant to be Dune in an action context, though it's a lot more like Stargate in a crap context.
An American in Paris (1951)

A triumph for tireless dance advocate Kelly, the Freed Unit, and the American musical itself.
Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut (2004)

A masterpiece of mood...Donnie Darko is made less obscure—for better or worse—in Kelly's expanded director's cut.
A Mighty Heart (2007)

A docudramatic TV movie at heart, and there's something unseemly about the film's inherently predictable build to Pearl's climactic grief.
South Park: The Complete Twelfth Season (2008)

This batch of fourteen episodes doesn't mess with a proven, winning formula: a balance of parody, satire, and Peanuts-esque observation about being a kid.
The Kite Runner (2007)

It's the workmanlike Forster who evinces a lack of feel for the material, shooting the kite competitions like WWI dogfights and applying an overbearing score by Alberto Iglesias.
The Last Metro (1980)

A loving account of the literal and figurative romance of the stage, even under the most trying of social circumstances.
The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) (1959)

An enduring masterpiece...Truffaut's autobiographical fiction shows an admirable equanimity by depicting the highs and lows of boyhood.
Quantum of Solace (2008)

The 22nd Bond film too often seems like an old friend on the wrong anti-depressant: still the person you love, but the rhythm's off and the precious moments fewer and further between.
Batman & Robin (1997)

Alfred posits, "For what is Batman if not an effort to master the chaos that sweeps our world? An attempt to control death itself." Okay, fine, but we get this and dick jokes?
Batman Forever (1995)

The fatuousness of that title sums up Schumacher's approach. The director allows his few scrupulous choices to be overwhelmed by garish vaudeville.
Batman Returns (1992)

Burton['s] staging is expert, and his character conceptions are distinctive and gratifying.
Batman (1989)

Despite its failings...a hugely influential movie with literally towering design, mordant wit, and a hall-of-fame performance by Jack Nicholson.
Primal Fear (1996)

An unfolding mystery in which truth is elusive, and twists are the order of the day...gives Norton a career-making opportunity to strut his stuff.
Vanishing Point (1971)

Merged the appeal of Bullitt with that of, say, Zabriskie Point...fast cars and dusty existentialism.
The Who at the Isle of Wight (1970)

An electrifying performance that set a high standard plugged-in rockers continue to pursue.
Wonder Woman (DTV) (2009)

A fast-paced feature sure to satisfy fans and win a generation of new ones.
Milk (2008)

That Milk is merely excellent and not transcendent should not obscure its importance to popular culture...
Brokeback Mountain (2005)

With Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee paints...symbolist drama (is it coincidental that the film begins in Signal, Wyoming?).
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience (2009)

As sunglasses and guitar picks fly, cello bows jut, and mics and pointed drumsticks thrust out of the screen, it's a sort of metaphor for the...film (and the band it captures) to ponder which effects are 'real' and which are manufactured in a computer.
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (DTV) (2009)

Groening’s notoriously prickly fanbase may well overlook the inclusion of nearly the entire extended universe of Futurama characters and focus on the negative: the warmed-over story and jokes.
Sex Drive (2008)

Likeable enough, and even amusing for stretches, but ultimately too generic for a recommendation.
Groundhog Day (1993)

A memorable comedy for the ages, Groundhog Day digs deeper than most magic-realist comedies...
The French Connection II (1975)

More conventional than its predecessor, but it's still unconventional by the cop thriller standard set by a wash of anonymous, lesser films.
Amadeus (1984)

A witty and highly imaginative historical fiction, well adapted by screenwriter Peter Shaffer from his own hit play.
13 Going on 30 (2004)

Naive as its young heroine, but also as good-natured.
The Pink Panther (2006)

Martin's innate verbal panache is the only asset that shows any reliability here.
A History of Violence (2005)

[Cronenberg] investigates his own cinematic propensity for violence and skill at purveying it...sex and violence can be random, can be animal, and certainly can be satisfying.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

Knows its priorities: to make the legions of High School Musical fans dewy-eyed, toe-tapping, soul-soaring happy, and to pave the way for High School Musical 4.
Pretty Woman (1990)

Believing in love is swell and all, but maybe we're better off not buying the brand Pretty Woman is selling.
The Rundown (2003)

I think you can smell what the Rock is cooking: a dish that'll fatten your head but pleasantly plump your gut.
Appaloosa (2008)

Harris has made himself a reputation as a mark of quality...Like Pollack, Appaloosa has the best of both worlds, with Harris both in front of and behind the camera.

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