McKay's performance is a revelation. He nails Welles' imperiousness, charm and vocal cadences, and even bears a strong resemblance to the iconic actor/director. He is thoroughly convincing as Welles and electrifies the screen when he's on it.

The werewolves have it all over the blood-suckers in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. When these oversize, hirsute creatures burst onto the screen, they inject life into a rather inert story.

Has strong performances and stirring football scenes.

It's a maniacal performance, complete with mad gales of laughter and insane bouts of temper. Cage doesn't go over the top, but he teeters darn close.

As a film that pays tribute to vintage '50s Hollywood, Broken Embraces is a visual delight.

The movie is an undeniable visual spectacle, but just as unequivocally a cheesy, ridiculous story.

It's an intriguing match of material and filmmaker. Dahl's distinctive, edgy storytelling seems to fit well with Anderson's idiosyncratic worldview and visuals.

This heart-rending tale also is a mesmerizing one because of several superb performances, particularly those of Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson.

Classic rock enthusiasts will want to stick around through the end credit sequence, which features an array of album covers.

The characters in The Box are like cardboard cutouts: Some have "foolish victim" labeled on them, and others fall into the category of absurdly creepy villain.

Despite its melodramatic moments, remarkable performances drive home the film's inspiring message.

You don't have to believe in far-fetched tales of mysterious beams of light and alien abductions to get caught up in The Fourth Kind.

This Christmas Carol seems like a pale ghost of Dickens' magical Christmas classic.

This is the anti-"Hurt Locker" experience: Where that Iraq War film was absorbing and deadly serious, The Men Who Stare at Goats is irreverent and lighthearted. One only wishes it were a more consistently funny film.

If you didn't know otherwise, you'd swear that Gentlemen Broncos was made by a disaffected high school student – and not a particularly talented one.

The result can be palpably unnerving.

If This Is It doesn't miraculously restore the middle-aged Jackson to his past glory, it at least offers glimpses of his bygone greatness, and poignant suggestions of what might have been.

Though some scenes may be too intense for children, the action is slick, with robot clashes and airborne chases leaving the strongest impression.

Amelia goes airborne but never fully soars.

It's creepy but tinged with sarcasm and infused with silly fun.

Antichrist is probably the most disturbing, bleak and self-indulgent film ever made.

When it aims for humor, it feels overwrought and clichéd.

Like the book, the movie blends a primitive quality with an imaginative artfulness. It also amplifies upon the story's gentle, sly wit.

Deep within Law Abiding Citizen lurks a thought-provoking movie. But most of what we see on the screen is implausible, superficial and only marginally involving.

If you're not a stickler for consistency, this is an effective pastiche and tribute to one of the world's most enticing cities.

Tedious, unromantic, sophomoric and only sporadically funny.

Through stellar performances, clever writing and exquisite cinematography, the story is fresh and thoroughly captivating.

What vaults the film above the standard sports movie is the stellar performance by Michael Sheen.