So exploitative and misogynistic that its last-minute dramatic turns and pleas for tolerance and understanding come off as manipulative as its heroine.

Pleasantly free of blood and guts, with Kurosawa using instead the mighty power of suggestion to give Pulse an invigorating aura of menace.

Cheung and Nick Nolte seem unlikely co-stars, but co-star they do in Clean, giving gritty performances under the direction of Frenchman Olivier Assayas.

Has two especially memorable sequences: the eye-popping Mass Games and a visit by a group of schoolgirls to incredibly beautiful Mount Paekdu, which is revered by Koreans on both sides of the DMZ.

A lot of its jokes sputter and it doesn't contain even a hint of a chick movie, but The Dukes of Hazzard has some of the same fratty energy as "Wedding Crashers."

Audiences will laugh, mainly to prove they're awake, but the humor is pretty thin.

2046 is a bit overlong and not for all tastes, but fans of "In the Mood for Love" will relish this second helping, which is more emotionally substantial than the first.

Herzlinger is a flack, not a filmmaker.

All of this is punctuated with refreshingly strange wit.

There's nary a dull moment in the semi-autobiographical Secuestro Express (secuestro means kidnap), as Jakubowicz pleases the eyes with closeups, sped-up scenes, hand-held camerawork and other stylized tricks.

A pleasing fable reminiscent of G-rated nature movies of the '60s and '70s, before kiddie cinema required CGI or hip cultural references.

Sensitive and sincere and has a talented ensemble cast.

A labor of love, Young Rebels is essential viewing for anyone who wants to stay ahead of the hip-hop curve.

The documentary tries to pin Africa's suffering on capitalism, but dances around the real problem. Africa starves because corrupt governments own the natural resources and export them to buy weapons to keep their people at bay.

This movie is never more than a one-liner away from sitcom, yet it goes down like ice cream.

Here's a tagline for Disney's Sky High: "Like Harry Potter, only stupider!"

The scene where a pilot bails out in Stealth is so over-painted with CGI that it doesn't look as real as the sequence starring Shepard that inspired it in "The Right Stuff," a movie made with model airplanes.

You'll either be screaming with laughter - or be incredibly offended.

There are the makings of a funny movie here, but novice director-writer Anna Reeves isn't up to the job. While her cast is talented, Reeves doesn't concentrate long enough on any plotline or character to build viewer interest.

No adventurous filmgoer will want to miss Tony Takitani.

A meditation on literature, love and remembrance that is able to find humor and hope in the dark days of the Cultural Revolution.

An achingly beautiful look at the most tragic victims of the longtime war in Chechnya: children.

Filled with nostalgia for old Chinese movies, respectable performances and lively kung-fu slapstick.

Hustle & Flow promises gritty street drama but delivers "Pretty Woman" with crunk instead of Roxette.

Bay's best film since "The Rock."

Merely a passably amusing excuse to pass a couple of hours in an air-conditioned theater.

A yellow dog of a movie that delights in offending the offendable. It's also a whitesploitation classic, from its menacing sideburns to its demented laughter.

The film accurately reminds you, if you need reminding, what it's like to have your mind hijacked by somebody's body.