A Bizarro-world Frank Capra picture...Though the story deserves more weight...still a pleasing, unusually smart, consistently witty mass entertainment.

Butler, though puportedly attractive, gives a chipmunk-chipper performance that can only be described as supremely annoying.

The cinematic equivalent of the guy who runs up to a cop, grabs the cop's hat, throws it to the ground and takes a shit on it. One is left a bit speechless.

Qualifies as a masterpiece of sensual cinema and poetic subjectivity.

A profound and poignant requiem for our preferred human conditions.

Posh fantasy...the film's dazzling imagery and serviceable story hustle along agreeably, if a bit dourly.

In the story's nooks and crannies are ideas to savor...the human-condition horrors of unpassable distances of space, time, and reconciliation.

Tim Roth: 'Most of what you're trying to do as an actor--I'd say ninety percent--is convince the audience that the dialogue is better than it is. So...you're running a con job on the audience.'

A well-researched model of the true-crime genre...[and] close cinematic relative of Larry Clark's Bully.

"Science-fiction nerds will be in hog heaven with this feature-length indulgence of time travel, and the customary Futurama gag humor rarely disappoints."

Moshe and co-screenwriter Guy Jacobson use their white protagonist not cynically to exploit white guilt, but to excavate it and examine its possibilities and failings with an anthropological eye.

Jennifer Jason Leigh: 'One of the big ones was Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon...it made a huge impression on me.'

Noah Baumbach: 'Margot doesn't come there to wreck anything. She comes there because she loves her sister and wants to support her. She just can't help herself once she sees what the situation is.'

Ang Lee & Tang Wei: "[Lee:] They say, 'No pain, no gain.'...Sometimes I'll have a sleepless night, and in the morning I'll start to cry and I feel like I was in Mr. Yee's torture chamber."

Two gripping hours so richly realized you won't want them to end.

About ethics and personal character as much as it is about the weird world of die-hard arcade gaming.

Gracefully condenses the complicated history of the Irish Troubles in ways both literal and allegorical.

The humor is up to Muppet par, with physical comedy, puns, running jokes, and layered gags...Muppet Treasure Island is grand family entertainment. [new DVD review]

We're a long way from the creative energy, heart, and charm of Henson's Muppet movies, even though I'm not ready for the Henson Company to stop trying.

A brisk and consistently funny family entertainment. [new DVD review]

The series may well have been the last great variety show, weaving running-gag comedy through standards, novelty songs, and sketches performed with impeccable puppetry and alongside entertainment legends.

Few family films have the breadth of appeal of The Muppet Movie, the best screen evidence of the Muppeteers' dedication to magnificent illusion. [new DVD review]

Take two "mahna"s and call me in the morning.

An extraordinary, often mesmerizing achievement of design and performance that's held back by an underdeveloped script and a milquetoast leading character.

The chaotic narrative proceeds in fits and starts, and the sights and sounds are often dated, but somehow the film's wit and wonder linger in the mind.

David Cronenberg & Viggo Mortensen: [Mortensen:] That's a puzzle...if you look at Schopenhauer, he talks about compassion. And why does someone, when it does him no good whatsoever, go and assist someone?

Atkinson's over-the-top clowning is catnip for the wee ones, but adults will find it an acquired taste.

Kidman's psychiatrist is the biggest dolt--err, bolt--in a machine that turns out nothing but phoniness.