Although the film is, by design, an unwatchable mess on one level and its one joke about 8 mm filmmaking would play better as a music video or a TV commercial, there's no denying the crazed dedication to detail.

A movie steeped in sin that squats awkwardly in a cinematic purgatory between tawdry and talky.

If you find hedge funds hard to wrap your head around, the movie Human Capital won’t do much to ease the confusion.

Oh, and one more thing the comedy of Jackass 3D has in common with "The Divine Comedy": Neither of them is funny.

Red has more snappy joy in store than practically all of last summer's busted blockbusters.

It's full of funny stuff, from a hitman forced to drag along his 3-year-old when he can't get a sitter, to one of the goons being asked, "Do you have a Web presence?"

Carlos is exciting entertainment, even if its subject's two-decade reign of terror is reprehensible.

Secretariat ultimately delivers where it matters, in the home stretch.

Possibly because Heigl is one of the producers, the most beautiful woman in the film -- the stunning Christina Hendricks of "Mad Men" -- dies in an off-screen car crash barely before the opening credits are over.

There's not a moment of true wildness in It's Kind of a Funny Story, which never gets any more outrageous than projective vomiting.

Name names, please. Or shut up.

It's strange enough to be raised by your aunt. For young John Lennon, things get stranger still when he finds himself dating his mother.

First-time director Jeff Malmberg tells Hogancamp's fascinating story with sensitivity, never resorting to exploitation.

Exploitation pure and simple. But it's artistically redeeming exploitation. If you can handle it, see it.

Letters could be dismissed as a soap opera, but that would be unfair to this beautiful work. It features tender performances by Kaarina Hazard (Leila) and Jukka Keinonen (Jacob), as well as beautiful cinematography by Tuomo Hutri.

Quite possibly the first truly great fact-based movie of the 21st century.

The scariest, creepiest and most elegantly filmed horror movie I've seen in years - it positively drives a stake through the competition.

An invigorating and surprising journey.

Douchebag belies its abrasive title with a soft touch for two wobbly souls.

The plot isn't a new one (remember Lady Chatterley?), but Corsini gives it a few twists and turns that keep matters fresh and suspenseful.

If you're looking for great action scenes, you've found them. But if you desire more than eye candy, such as character and plot development and historical accuracy, you'll have to look elsewhere.

This movie is so self- combustingly bad it could never be good. But it's damn great fun to watch the thing go up in flames anyway.

Say a prayer that there's no "Hatchet III" in the future.

Hot Summer Days makes a lukewarm case for global warming. It's a better argument that the production of mindless fluff is not just limited to Hollywood.

The movie is at its best when Gekko gets back into the game, with his impish smile and his perfect hair.

You Again could be taught at film schools as an example of how not to make a movie. And how not to humiliate veteran actors.

As a former president of the United States remarked, "Childrens do learn," and what they learn in the heartbreaking yet thrillingly hopeful documentary Waiting for 'Superman' is that adults are finally starting to notice how badly kids have been betrayed by teachers unions.

On a technical level Buried is impressive, at times blisteringly suspenseful.