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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
As if to mock the film's all-trappings, no-sense agenda, Depp's Sparrow gets off the film's sole sign of verbal wit: 'Look! An undead monkey!'
Shrek the Third (2007)
No one but patrons with fistfuls of dollars can save this cash grab from itself.
Shrek (2001)
As family films have changed to appease jaded audiences, an emphasis has been put on dazzling kiddies while keeping the parents awake. As such, animated adventures have begun to evolve into a strang...
Becket (1964)
A power play about power plays, Jean Anouilh's now-classic
Becket
provided the basis for one of the great screen pairings.
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Go-for-broke pop entertainment...more action, more humor, and more nastiness than either previous installment, often in loopy combinations.
Next (2007)
The earnestness of Cage and tough-as-nails Moore backfires in the face of godawful dialogue and a very poorly established central conceit.
Year of the Dog (2007)
Thrives on bone-dry humor.
Perfect Stranger (2007)
By the time the big finish rolls around, you'll be too jaded-too worn-down by the endless, pointless red herrings--to muster an interest in whodunnit.
Wild Hogs (2007)
If you listen closely, you can hear your brain cells fizzling.
Casino Royale (2006)
Everyone's favorite British agent is still good for a punch, a shag, and a quip...
Casino Royale
gives the reborn franchise a second chance to grow up.
Gothika (2003)
What if Hollywood made a movie with a recent Best Actress which required her, rigorously scantily-clad, to run about screaming "I'm a rational person" as if trying to convince herself it was a good i...
Disturbia (2007)
Fails on the scores of credibility and originality, but since it's nearly as thrilling as it is unlikely, the picture works out to be trashy fun.
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.
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...
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.
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