L'Enfant (2006)

""L'Enfant" follows in their fierce and unsparing tradition, a tale of a destitute young couple under extraordinary pressure from without and within. "

La Femme Nikita (1990)

"Very stylish and wicked, but it's the magnetic title performance that makes it a classic."

Ladies in Lavender (2005)

"Dance is so tentative and tasteful in his direction that he never draws out the underlying emotions beneath the polite exteriors."

Lady Vengeance (2005)

"may be the most emotionally affecting, perversely amusing and deeply disturbing of the trilogy."

The Last Action Hero (1993)

"The action film goes postmodern, with results that satisfy nobody."

The Last Mimzy (2007)

"Perhaps those futuristic folks could send another Mimzy back in time to a better filmmaker like Joe Dante, who can do a better film adaptation of Padgett's story and beat Shaye to the punch."

The Last Mogul (2005)

"The jazzy credit sequence uses Wasserman’s trademark big black eyeglasses as a playful motif, but the film itself is all business"

The Last Winter (1984)

"The movie could use a little more juice in the scare department, but overall it's a pretty clever way to repackage the global warming threat for the average audience."

Layer Cake (2005)

"A great ride, full of menace and sharp dialogue and colorful gangster characters with names like Crazy Larry, The Duke and the inaccurately-named Mr. Lucky."

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)

"When placed next to other recent comic-book movies like "Spider-Man" or the "X-Men" films, it seems extra ordinary."

A League of Their Own (1992)

"Enjoyable enough as a baseball comedy, even though Marshall overplays the drama."

Legend of Suriyothai (2003)

"What pieces of the story you do manage to figure out don’t carry any emotional weight."

The Lemon Tree (2008)

"Writer-director Eran Riklis handles these questions subtly and thoughtfully, tying the little struggle over the trees to larger issues without turning "Lemon Tree" into a parable."

Let the Right One In (2008)

""Let the Right One In" is a much scarier vampire movie than the megahit "Twilight," but that's no great shakes. Would you believe, though, that it's also a much better love story?"

Letters From Iwo Jima (2006)

"Eastwood has crafted the best war movie since "Saving Private Ryan.""

The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)

"That the ending doesn't play fair with the audience is a misdemeanor; the felony is that the filmmakers don't seem to realize what an ugly moral statement they're making with it."

Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

"Atmospheric but watery romantic melodrama"

The Little Mermaid (1989)

"The start of a run of modern Disney animated classics."

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

"Both exuberant and mean-spirited, it's just a great musical comedy."

Loggerheads (2005)

""Loggerheads" is like a person who never raises her voice, yet somehow you know to pay attention to every word she says."

The Longest Yard (1974)

"Reynolds brings his "A" game to this semi-tough crowd pleaser."

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

"A rough, tough ride, with a surprisingly edgy Keaton performance."

Love Actually (2003)

"So overstuffed with good things and wrapped in such a cheerful package that it’s hard to resist."

The Love Bug (1969)

"I'm a hopeless sucker for live-action '60s Disney, and this one is a classic."

A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

"This, incidentally, is one of the rare movies about authors in which the character’s writing actually seems good enough to be publishable."