Grindhouse isn't great cinema, but it is a genuine event picture, a rare good reason to venture out on a Friday night with a big crowd and the necessary wad of cash. 
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Grindhouse (2007)
Grindhouse isn't great cinema, but it is a genuine event picture, a rare good reason to venture out on a Friday night with a big crowd and the necessary wad of cash. -
First Snow (2007)
The idea of fate having a grip on our lives hasn't exactly gone out of vogue since the days of Oedipus Rex, but the notion has been relegated mostly to romantic comedies promoting the existence of so... -
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
Ostensibly, the message...is the difference between an expensive house and a priceless home, but since the message is taught by a greedy psychopath, it rings a bit hollow. -
The Hoax (2007)
What should we expect...other than being taken for a ride? Just as Irving does, Hallstrom picks out a sexy convertible for the job. -
Amazing Grace (2007)
A creditable historical drama about those who choose to be in the world, not merely of it. -
Blades of Glory (2007)
The script's failure leaves a heavy burden on the cast, and how well they compensate is both a testament to their talent and a waste of it. -
Bewitched (2005)
Nicole Kidman tells the ubiquitous Will Farrell, "I think the fact that you're a hopeless mess is very refreshing," but critics are not so charitable about bad movies. -
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Zhang Yimou is back with the latest Chinese competitor in the Opulence Olympics, and not a moment too soon. -
Reign Over Me (2007)
Builds up a nice head of steam...as a warm and quirky comedy of men trying to be men in a post-feminist world...also succumbs to niggling artificialities that drain the story of credibility and genuine heft. -
300 (2007)
Primally, 300 has a grunting, gut impact...Primarily, it's constructed of fudged history and creative slaughtering, making it a somewhat disturbing American busman's holiday. -
Zodiac (2007)
Reverent docudrama...to those completely unfamiliar with the case, Zodiac should be every bit as satisfying as a true-crime paperback. -
Black Snake Moan (2007)
Welcome to the Lazarus Rehabilitation Center, where tarts become dear hearts since 2007...Mandinga to Maria--that's our motto. -
The Prestige (2006)
Nolan's supreme confidence, narrative skill, and taste for complexity make for unusually rich popular entertainment. Where was The Prestige this summer when we needed it most? -
Indigènes (Days of Glory) (2006)
Ably performed and effective as an old-fashioned war movie. -
Reno 911!: Miami (2007)
While it's intermittently amusing, none of this was appointment television to begin with, so it's hard to imagine big crowds shelling out for it at the multiplex. -
The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
The perfect film for all those delusional, self-entitled American Idol rejects...darn it, this is America, where any man can lead a horse around his ranch in a spacesuit... -
The Number 23 (2007)
Though the holes were rather small, I had to count them all. Now we know how many holes it takes to fill The Number 23. -
Gray Matters (2007)
If you've ever stared into the Stepford-blank visage of a beauty-pageant competitor--with its frozen, unyielding smile--you may have some idea of what to expect. -
The Zodiac (2006)
The Bulk(e)ly brothers repeat The Zodiac's famous quotation "I am waiting for a good movie about me" with an ironic lack of self-reflection. -
The Quiet (2006)
Meanders at times, and stretches credibility...[but] The Quiet's creepy character study reaches an emotionally satisfying conclusion. -
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2006)
Returning to a sentimental mode, Zhang Yimou brings us Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, a hard-to-resist emotional journey graced with near-epic visual appeal and subtle lost-in-translation humor... -
The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
As a look at the injustices blithely wrought in the name of democracy, The Road to Guantanamo comes none too soon. -
Breach (2007)
Ray isn't beyond teasing out implications from his true stories, but he's also smart enough to know where to quit, allowing the viewer to resolve the whys and wherefores. -
Ghost Rider (2007)
Call this the Legend of the 500-Mile Pothole. -
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Undeniably breezy thanks to a quality star pairing. -
Factory Girl (2007)
Sedgwick's thoroughly photographed life would doubtless make an engrossing documentary (a genre to which Hickenlooper ought to stick)... -
Norbit (2007)
Eddie Murphy's latest laffer is hysterical, all right, but in all the wrong ways. A kitchen-sink comedy (as in everything but), Norbit is a broad, low-comedy spectacle with grotesque cartoon caricatu... -
The Dead Girl (2006)
There's an underlying, unifying power and credibility to Moncrieff's cumulative assertion that degradation is expected of too many women, and too often expected by themselves. -
Venus (2006)
O'Toole gives a magnificent old-lion performance...in a role that allows both subtlety and theatrical vigor. -
God Grew Tired of Us (2006)
More Lost Boys of Sudan come to the screen in Christopher Quinn's documentary God Grew Tired of Us. Produced by Brad Pitt and narrated by Nicole Kidman, the film traces the paths of lost boys attempt... -
Children of Men (2006)
In Cuarón's highly-skilled hands, Children of Men continuously threatens to develop into something more fascinating than it is. -
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
By the time the mad finale rolls around, the viewer will feel had, for Perfume grasps for significance where there is none to be found. -
Miss Potter (2006)
Labors mightily to present world-famous children's author Beatrix Potter as a preternaturally free spirit. -
The Good Shepherd (2006)
The film finally resembles nothing so much as its most persistent symbol: an objet d'art crafted to impress with empty trickery. -
El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) (2006)
A fresh opportunity to revel in the darkly beautiful dreamscapes unleashed by the increasingly masterful del Toro. -
The Painted Veil (2006)
Like a long-term relationship, The Painted Veil is well-intentioned and not particularly sexy, but understands duties of forgiveness, sacrifice, and commitment. -
We Are Marshall (2006)
I suppose there's a place for this studio picture's brand of popcorn catharsis. One just wishes the powerful story at its heart felt more genuine and less manipulative. -
Breaking and Entering (2006)
A clumsily symbolic tale comparing actual theft to crimes of the heart, Breaking and Entering finds writer-director Anthony Minghella meandering for a full two hours through bafflingly unrealistic be... -
The Good German (2006)
Still-relevant political observation...[and] a nifty mystery that's a bit too self-conscious for its own good. -
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)
Unfortunately, Letters shares with Flags an awkward flashback structure and a patronizing tone.