Winterbottom ("Welcome to Sarajevo," "Go Now") has filmed Wonderland with a hand-held 16 millimeter camera, lending the production an air of scrappy immediacy that is often arrestingly at odds with Michael Nyman's overheated musical score.

A listless, disjointed collegiate opposites-attract comedy.

If The Eyes of Tammy Faye is skimpy, it's still an important correction to the record about this fascinating and misunderstood woman, who turns out to be much more than just her makeup.

It's one of those movies whose appeal depends on the viewer's tolerance for watching French people suffer, smoke and sigh prettily.

Until the last 15 minutes, What Lies Beneath is a well-paced maze that earns every gasp from its audience.

Rififi, with its stark visuals, dark humor and constrained performances, earned Dassin the Best Director nod at the Cannes Film Festival and a secure place in film history.

Will keep kids happy and parents mildly entertained.

There's less here than meets the eye, not to mention the ear, nose, tongue and fingertip.

X-Men flies to the rescue with superheroes who have real substance.

Unlike other movies about unpleasant characters, "In the Company of Men," for example, Chuck & Buck doesn't have that sharp observational edge.

A pleasantly lightweight confection.

But there's a discomfiting side to her comic riffs, because in our all-too-concerned-with-image society, they ring far too true.

Shower makes for a lovely and poignant journey.

Tries to be both poignant and wicked, and succeeds at neither.

It's easy to be offensive in a movie; it's much harder to be funny. Which is why Scary Movie emerges as such a waste; when you're so good at the latter, why keep falling back on the former?

Accomplishes a delicate balancing act, that of entertaining the audience with the thrills and adventure of the Andrea Gail's final journey.

Rocky and Bullwinkle have not only returned, but they've been placed in the hands of filmmakers who know what they're doing.

Overblown sanctimony and sentimentalism as corny as the Fourth of July.

At some point the foul language, lascivious sight gags, references to sex toys, violence against animals and cruelty toward children simply ceases to be funny.

That rare kids' movie that may be even more entertaining for its intended audience's adult companions.

Like watching a 90-minute game of the video game Asteroids - all bang and no buck.

There's good trash: throwaway, intellectually undemanding action movies that, despite their heavy body counts and hard edges, are executed with a touch of class and a sunny disposition.

Does it make it as a movie? Only in fits and starts.

Those not familiar with Proust will doubtless feel lost. Unlike the printed word, film does not offer the chance to pause and reflect, or go back and re-read a passage.

A movie of unforced nobility and quiet pleasures, Butterfly works on all sorts of levels.

Turns into an amusing showcase for two of Hollywood's most appealing young actors.

Has a sweetness to it that's irresistible, and its techno, trance and jungle soundtrack is as infectious and hypnotic as a contact high.

A lively, compulsively watchable but ultimately sobering film about the men who make their living off prostitution.