Desson Thomson

Isn't just a fabulous seagoing spectacle. It's one for the ages.

Manchurian, with its fatalistic, dreamlike quality, comprises two of [Frankenheimer's] finest hours. [Re-release]

Eastwood's elegantly directed Mystic River, a deeply textured drama in which the sins (or perceived sins) of the past weigh heavily on the present.

As rich and fun as it was in post-Depression 1937 -- yes, 1937. And the seven dwarfs (Doc, Happy, Sneezy, Sleepy, Bashful, Grumpy and Dopey) are every bit as charming as they "Hi-ho" to work at the diamond mine.

The movie equivalent of a great read. It's a masterfully conducted concert of characters...already head and shoulders above most of the competition.

You're exhilarated from beginning to end.

An extraordinary film ... that's impossible to dismiss or leave unmoved.

As viscerally compelling as smash-mouth filmmaking gets.

A humanistic gem of a movie, with unforgettable performances from Linney and Ruffalo.

Magnificently nonchalant about its magic.

Its themes of passion, heartbreak and the inexorable passage of time are eternal.

One of the most pleasurable movies of the year.

An extraordinarily riveting drama.

Watching this masterwork allows you to return to the filmmaking sensibility of the 1960s, when epics looked like epics.

The most eloquent and exacting vision of the war to date... Inspired with technique rather than overblown with it, Kubrick, the filmmaker's filmmaker, lays one on you.

A story that rips fleshy holes through your heart.

Something to treasure: a thriller whose style, structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story, you cannot separate them.

A sequel that eclipses the original. The toys are back with even more hilarious vengeance. The story's twice as inventive as its predecessor.

A movie that appeals to the eye, mind, heart and funny bone; that's a pretty good quadruple for any movie.

To watch "Lives" is not just to enjoy a fabulously constructed timepiece; it's to appreciate a deft cautionary tale.

May not be the first movie to examine the creative process. But it's the most playfully brilliant.

A small masterpiece of a documentary that takes us into the heart of a complex darkness.

Keeper is nonfiction in name only. Unabashedly subjective and dramaturgically conscious, it squeezes reality until the drama collects. Luckily for filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, this reality was juicy stuff.

It's one of the most powerful films of the year.

If you don't like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, have your pulse checked... You'll forget yourself right through to the end when Porky Pig, dressed as a cop, says "M-move along, there's n-nothing more to s-see folks." [24 June 1988]

His (Tarkovsky's) pictures, and his sounds -- such as the symphonic drip of raindrops in a wooded pond -- tell more than just the immediate story; they rejuvenate the mind.

A great American picture, full of incredible images and lasting moments.

You believe in everything.