Has the slapped-together, cheesy look of a porno movie. While this could be distracting, the shoddiness sets the mood for a humorous spin on the European porn industry circa early 1970s.

A surprisingly layered portrait.

Palindromes isn't a wise movie, or a particularly true movie, but it's an honest one and a singular experience.

An adventure in mediocrity that brings together some of the worst current techniques and trends.

A romantic comedy that flirts with something serious but never gets past the flirting stage.

Vivid and madcap but fails to connect on any emotional level.

Director Q. Allan Brocka loads up the screen with eye-candy for every preference -- no one keeps a shirt on for long. Think Skinemax with a gay twist. But his script overdoses on pop culture references and bitchy wisecracks that his trying-too-hard cast can't quite pull off.

It's dreadful, but it's a special kind of dreadful -- the kind designed to appeal to intelligent people on principle.

Overall, it's pretty elementary stuff, along the lines of a Disney Channel TV movie. It's uplifting, and it's in a good cause.

A marital comedy as perceptive as it is delectable.

The three films are watchable but resolutely minor works, though each has something to recommend it.

Potent.

A movie unlike any other.

There are more over-the-top moments, but they never last long. And after every groan-inducing piece of footage, a spectacular near-crash or daring motorcycle chase comes along to leave the movie's shortcomings in a cloud of dust.

A Hungarian film -- an existential thriller, one might call it -- about an intelligent man who happens to have this lowly nuisance of a job.

An engrossing new drama from France.

At its warmhearted center, Beauty Shop is a workshop in how to walk around like Oprah with a feeling of confidence and entitlement.

This nightmarish revenge drama from Korea is grueling, intense, cruel -- the very definition of extreme cinema.

A lot of frivolous but genuine laughs.

A self-conscious attempt at the brass ring.

A lumpy concoction.

At its best, the movie is a collection of entertaining memories from a group of gutsy women.

Straddles the line between dark comedy and deep drama.

It is a boilerplate action comedy.

Overly long and not especially enlightening film.

A cut above most pictures of its type.

Perfunctory, thrill- free sequel.

More accomplished, adventurous and original. Instead of Allen's usual investigation into the nature of existence, this new film looks at the way stories are created, particularly comedies.