Wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant.

This is pretty much Burton doing an "X-Men" movie, with a plucky yesteryear vibe and evil Samuel L. Jackson thrown in for extra fun.

Coco is one of Pixar’s most gorgeously animated outings in some time.

Every second Helen Mirren is on-screen in The Last Station is a study in peerless talent.

This is the rare screwball comedy that is superbly paced, cleverly plotted and hilarious from start to finish.

The plan in A Simple Plan grows exponentially complex once the first dollar is purloined, an act that makes this unpretentious parable one of the season's better 'what's-going-to-happen-next?' movies.

Like most anthologies, some segments are better than others but they all highlight different inspirations Anderson’s woven together for a delightful cinematic sampler.

Hard Candy, a highly original psychological thriller/revenge fantasy, can be bitterly hard to take and uncomfortably intense, but it's well worth consuming.

On one hand, the core conceit – about elderly people suffering thanks to crooks and legal loopholes – is upsetting and infuriating on the surface. But Blakeson puts such a colorful, over-the-top sheen on it, plus lets Pike and Dinklage loose on each other, that you can’t help but be entertained by the criminal carnage and extreme shenanigans.

The year's most riveting documentary.

Visionary director David O. Russell so deftly weaves the family's story that we, too, are initially seduced by Dicky.

A gut-busting blast of tasteless tomfoolery.

It's also as good as "Out of Africa."

Good Hair is cause for hope that Rock continues to make documentaries. His style is lively, smooth and up-to-date, like the most coveted 'do.

A brilliantly acted and achingly bleak coming-of-age story.

Inside Deep Throat, an NC-17 documentary that deftly chronicles the fallout -- with about 15 seconds of hard-core footage -- has some surprise credits.

An excellent adaptation of a wonderful work of fiction (The Age of Grief).

The acting performances are stellar across the board, though the biggest joy of Little Women is Gerwig’s magnificent screenplay.

Worth seeing not only because it's a highly effective thriller, but also because it's a finely tuned evocation of innocence at the mercy of adult cynicism.

It's the actor/director's best movie - and the best Western by anybody in over 20 years. [7 Aug 1992]

More coming-of-age story than biopic, this Guevara odyssey is a transformative adventure well worth watching.

Like the best French cuisine, Ratatouille is ambitious and delightful.

One small documentary for a filmmaker and one giant leap in inspiration for audiences.

It winds up working as a ominous climax, however, and you’re left wanting to avoid any and all farm animals for a while — which for this excellent piece of filmmaking is high praise.

A Hitchcockian chase...A crowd-pleasing airport-pursuit pic. [27 Dec 1995, p.D1]

Riveting and darkly comic Super Size Me is a whip-smart documentary.

It's a grounded, well-acted ode to the power of journalism and a thought-provoking, visceral fireball of an anti-war movie.

This is a romantic comedy for people who don't like rom-coms. There's no chance of a happy ending, but its tender mercies speak volumes.