Too much of the proceedings are silly rather than horrifying, with the nadir being the appearance of some particularly athletic Yetis who briefly pitch in to lend a hand.

Paints a surprisingly sour portrait of nearly all its characters, so much so that even the final-reel redemption rings hollow and forced.

You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy Sixty Six, but it probably wouldn't hurt.

An amusing ensemble piece about the troubles of dislocated twentysomethings attempting to find their way through life and love.

Overall, the film plays like an improbably skewed but comparatively routine criminal procedural that would have served the original show well as an extended season opener or sweeps-week contender.

The only thing that can explain middle-aged men acting like 6-year-olds is mental retardation, and there's nothing funny about that. The idea of middle-aged actors playing adolescents isn't much funnier. Put it this way: Such an idea does not make for an inexhaustible source of comedy.

Although it has its involving moments, the watered-down Waugh fails to make any kind of lasting connection.

Mainly will appeal to devotees, but even nonfans might want to appreciate its visual splendors on the big screen.

Exotic and thoughtful.

For all of its access and exposure, American Teen seems skin-deep. It's well shot, with good production values and lots of cool music. But it's fun and facile in much the same way reality TV is.

The average age of the band's members is 62. They don't even bother to disguise that fact. These men look like your grandfather, right up until the downbeat. Then the magnificence of their playing sweeps away all concepts of age. Rock on.

Bale again brilliantly personifies all the deep traumas and misgivings of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne. A bit of Hamlet is in this Batman.

It's a delightful piece of filmmaking with a marvelous cast topped by Meryl Streep in one of her smartest and most entertaining performances ever.

The CG animation is nothing special, but the characters are surprisingly fun and the story is full of enough puns, wordplay and slapstick to elicit laughs from across the age spectrum.

A Very British Gangster is not only Noonan's story but a profile of a community dealing with poverty and drugs, and seeing no way out. In a sense, Noonan and his cronies are born into a life of crime.

The most startling performance comes from Val Kilmer as Wade's hardened cellmate, a man who combines bitterness with wisdom.

Satisfying for devoted fans and might even win a convert or two.

A vigorous, fast-paced tale that entwines plot with character and psychology set against an incredibly exotic backdrop.

With writer-director del Toro given free license to go where his singular vision takes him, Hellboy II plays like Guillermo's Greatest Hits with even hotter visual effects.

This first feature by veteran visual effects supervisor Eric Brevig has its transporting, if benign, charms.

Eddie Murphy's amusingly out of this world in this otherwise tired vehicle.

Engrossing and well-researched documentary.

Another among this year's crop of features that demonstrates that having a cast with indie cred can sometimes do little to buoy a film's miscalculated execution.

What it lacks is a villain, and magic without danger is simply a parlor trick, which is what the film becomes.

At times "Days" seems more of a social commentary on the shrinking middle class than the will-they-or-won't-they-make-it story at the heart of the film.

It's all a bit bizarre. One soldier tellingly calls it "one big reality TV show," and the movie never makes clear whether such training does any good.

A biographical documentary doesn't get any better than this.

The film is an ambitious mix of slapstick, black comedy and stinging social commentary.