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It is so propulsive so much of the time, it almost looks as if it's going to go the distance. If Washington & Co. don't quite manage to bring it home, the getting there sure is something.

Goes Hitchcock one better by imagining what it would be like if the master had the advantage of digital technology.

What makes it interesting is the story that the viewer must put together, of a model who lives her entire life -- or at least what we see of it -- in front of the camera.

Jim Jarmusch has come up with something strange and amazing.

He (Aronofsky) has put together a phantasmagoria of self-destructive obsession that is so visually astounding it becomes its own saving grace. Otherwise, we might not be able to bear it.

The stuff of high romance, brought off with considerable wit, too. People are going to love it.

This warm, celebratory and very public film is punctuated by sudden and luminous private visualizations.

This movie can be recommended only to dyed-in-the-wool fans of the genre. Anyone who goes into one of Miike's films must be prepared to be put through the wringer.

I Stand Alone ("Seul contre tous" in French) is a portrait of a pathetic soul, but it is also a cautionary tale. The butcher cannot be dismissed as a monster, nor is this a creep show. Something like the butcher's story can be found almost every day in newspaper crime reports.

A venemous Valentine to Hollywood sugarcoated with laughs.

Claude Rains' performance in the title role of The Invisible Man may be outtasight, but you can still see the hand of director James Whale.

The class act of action movies.

The new Planet of the Apes is not a remake, and it's not a sequel. It is an amazing display of imagination.

Delivers plenty of laughs and succeeds on a level that recent ``SNL'' movies (``It's Pat!'' and ``A Night at the Roxbury'') didn't.

Potentially oppressive subject matter is redeemed by impeccable moral integrity and stunning artistry.

In Ran, the horrors of life are transformed by art into beauty. It is finally so moving that the only appropriate response is silence.

At times, Anderson may be too brilliant for his own good, and there is a risk that viewers will tire of the director's relentlessly prowling camera.

All bets are off. For my money, Vincent Gallo wins the Triple Crown of indie filmmaking -- for writing, directing and starring in Buffalo '66.

It is described as about a guy who came back to life, and clearly one of Dumont's aims in The Life of Jesus is to express a spirit of charity for flawed humanity amid the rhythms of ordinary life.

Perfect Blue manages, through animation, to take the thriller, media fascination, psychological insight and pop culture and stand them all on their heads.

It is impossible to take your eyes off the screen.

Needs to be seen and savored.

It's got unpredictable plot twists and unexpected laughs coming out of dark corners. The sharp-edged film also looks terrific.

It's hardly possible to overstate what a welcome change of pace The Shipping News is for admirers of Kevin Spacey.

Isn't vicious. It's just cheerfully mocking as it courses the canyons and flatlands of Los Angeles.

Where it really counts, though, it's the same good old comic action fantasy.

Don't be too quick to jump on Hurt with complaints of old-fashioned gay stereotyping. Only with a development well into the movie will the audience realize the layers he brought to Molina's role-playing.

Love and basketball -- if you like either one, here is a movie for you.