So satisfying and surprisingly fun.

Spurlock is at his trouble making best throughout the film, especially when he persuades longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader by offering him a free pair of Merrell shoes.

Waltz is the highlight of this glossy but plodding drama, a live wire in a movie that sorely needs a jolt.

Azabal is superb, conveying Nawal's fiery presence, determination and mounting bitterness. The impressive cast includes non-professionals from Jordan, where Incendies was filmed.

Pleasantly old fashioned, with plush period sets of '20s Shanghai and actual hand-to-hand combat.

Lifeless as entertainment and incoherent as ideology.

With perspective firmly confined to the soldiers, Armadillo has inevitably invited many comparisons to "Restrepo," last year's Oscar nominated documentary about Western forces trying to gain ground in Afghanistan. But "Restrepo" is by far the better film.

Directors Keith Scholey (who also wrote the narration) and Alastair Fothergill spent nearly three years capturing this remarkable footage, and have edited it judiciously with an eye to entertainment.

If you're a fan of upper-crust New England intellectuals or one of them yourself, Ceremony is probably your perfect movie.

This handsome period piece should develop a strong afterlife on DVD and in schools.

It's easy to get depressed by much of the behavior depicted in Phillip the Fossil, yet the talents behind the picture are a cause for optimism. The last thing they appear to be is hypocritical.

The first half-hour is as evocative as (and more specific than) Claire Denis' "White Material," a similarly broad treatment of post-colonial chaos. The rest, sadly, falls apart, but Haroun's formal skill confirms his continual promise.

If there was ever a horror film that made fans of the genre feel old, it's Scream 4.

The barely coherent Footprints seems bent on erasing any nostalgia one might have for Hollywood's heyday.

The twists and turns in The Double Hour are not arbitrary; rather, they are well considered and effective, right down to the last frame.

The script does not provide that much illumination, yet the power of the acting and the quality of the visual imagery carry us along.

Both emotionally charged and at times extremely funny, with humor emerging naturally from the characters' predicaments, Meet Monica Velour has the feel-good factor without comprising its ideals.

While it matches "Pygmalion" and "Educating Rita" in topic and pedigree, Queen to Play merely hints at plot points and character development, which leaves it to coasts on the reputations of its stars.

Rio is the biggest and brightest animated triumph since "Toy Story 3."

Strictly for patient, gay-friendly audiences, this drawn-out melodrama about an ageing drag star in overstays its welcome.

With a terrific cast led by Reeves, Vera Farmiga and a splendid James Caan, this is a fun comedy with irresistible heist and heart.

The beauty of the film and what ultimately makes it more timeless than trenchant, is the way it side-steps the entire issue of Hanna's sex.

So thuddingly awful you won't crack a smile.

Parents will want to stay for this one.

This foreign view of the subject is anthropologically useful, however the film's photo animation technique transforms family photos (used extensively to fill in historical plot holes) into something that resembles zombie-resurrection.

This Arthur feels flat and lifeless, especially when compared to its highly successful predecessor.

The result is a lively mix of informative and enlightening storytelling, with a healthy dash of poignancy.

The film is a twisty and playful primer that suggests the best thing to do when beset with ugly forces is to publicly laugh them off. What happens in private is your business.