Tom Keogh

All fleeting charm where it could have been one of the most memorable films of the decade.

This is pretty much a lazy film with a few lighthearted moments and no substance.

A careful, intelligent, and seamless design that makes room for a couple of unexpected twists.

Drama, swift action, and low-key, character-driven comedy.

Looks and moves like a film whose vital organs were yanked before shooting commenced.

One can be forgiven for leaving the theater feeling a modicum of hope, and for that we owe Warren Beatty something.

An excruciating misfire.

A wonderfully witty homage to the very king of disco movies -- "Saturday Night Fever."

A satisfying love story about two very different people with a common cause, people who endure trials of trust and faith in each other.

Don't be surprised if you exit Here On Earth feeling both moved and incredulous.

It is unusually but effectively organized as an almost unbroken chain of intimacies between the small and large players in this story.

It's possible that Ritchie's most important asset is the comic constant within his characters' existential dilemmas. To a man (and, indeed, they're all men), Ritchie's anti-heroes are at odds, in either large or small ways, with their own natures.

Miyazaki's films never stop at their brilliant surfaces. Spirited Away is a fairy tale in the classic tradition, a growing-up fantasy riding the rapids of the subconscious.

An authentically spirited popcorn movie.

An unusually clear, compassionate, and grownup satire about a rare subject: the true psychological underpinnings of young manhood.

Don't let Croupier go by without a look.

A painfully unfunny movie.

Finally, there's a female action hero for the summer of 2000, and she's a . . . chicken. But a chicken to believe in.

Quite smart, sensitive, and relatively sophisticated.

As with Bill Clinton himself, Primary Colors forces one to take the disappointing with the good, the letdown with the promise, the compromises with the hope.

A very pleasant experience in watching life unfold in its own direction and time.

As with most non-Disney animated features, Trumpet of the Swan does make the Mouse look like a genius.

An accessible but savvy political satire.

A wondrous honesty.

What we have here is a small story in an oversized setting.

Ross might have been better served by dismissing verisimilitude altogether and going for a real fable-fable to make what is essentially a very simple point about the dangers and rewards of accepting life's beautiful risks.

The film's very premise, while initially promising, doesn't hold up to lengthy scrutiny.

I don't like Say It Isn't So, but I understand its karmic inevitability.