Sarah Silverman: Jesus is Magic (2005)

"Here, in her own vehicle, Silverman veers from the faux-naive mockery of minorities into an oncoming collision with white liberal guilt and condescension . . . stand-up [that] makes you sit and think."

Save The Green Planet! (2005)

"All this melodramatic wackiness might be entertaining B-movie material if it weren’t dragged down by boringly deadly battles between cartoon characters."

Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus (2005)

"The stories, usually told by white men, grow banal, and the richness of White's world increasingly seems limited in scope . . . seems racially myopic. "

Secret of Roan Inish (1995)

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Seven Pounds (2008)

"SideVue: Where There's A Will . . . Considers Will Smith's career and his formula for Hollywood success."

Shallow Grave (1995)

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Shirley Valentine (1989)

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Sicko (2007)

"Moore mostly lets the sufferers speak, their stories revealing the deep, oozing wounds of a broken healthcare system. . . . deliver[s] an adrenal shot, a strangely enervating mix of anger, shame and hope."

La Sierra (2005)

"This is no well-meaning, Western-interventionist Born Into Barrios with a sweet ending. . . . La Sierra is devastating, mournful, and unshakeable."

Silent Waters (2004)

"Swirls amid memory and dreams while reflecting how much is masked by two-faced rhetoric, and how overlooked the victims of patriarchal nationalism and Islamism are."

Since Otar Left (2004)

"Bertuccelli neatly unpacks these three women’s burdened lives and leaves us with a haunting souvenir—the last scene is a shimmering revelation."

Sir! No Sir! (2006)

"Not only a fascinating illumination of a blotted-out part of the counter-cultural, popular-protest '60s, but a timely questioning of patriotism and duty in the midst of an increasingly unjustifiable war."

Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)

"An allusive and elusive tracing of the man and his work that also offers a rueful rumination on the artistic process."

Some Mother's Son (1996)

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A Song for Martin (2002)

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Sorority Row (2009)

"After these Bratz dolls dump the Corpsey One down a mine shaft, the plot follows, dropping us into dark spaces without any emotional gravitas, real scares, smart twists or even B-movie fun."

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

"Just about the surest bet for an all-around good time at the movies this summer."

Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

"Standing in the Shadows of Motown takes one of the great unknown stories in music history and translates it to the screen in the blandest way possible."

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

"Instead of contriving a climactic hero's death for the beloved-major- character-who-shall- remain-nameless, why not invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens' laser guns actually hit something for once?"

State of Play (2009)

"Both work and play--camerawork and screenplay--elevate Kevin Macdonald's State of Play from the usual conspiracy flick into a smart thriller."

The Station Agent (2003)

"Observant and whimsical, [McCarthy's film] often has a slyly humourous, lively tone. But this is not a lightweight movie. . . . The Station Agent is an affecting drama."

The Stepfather (2009)

"As characters get startled but you don't and you suspenselessly wait for everyone to figure out what we realized long ago (Mr. Harris kills people, then 105 minutes of your life), you may well wonder about the bloody point of it all."

Strangers With Candy (2006)

"Colbert steals scenes as Chuck Noblet . . . The cracked, sordid style of Strangers with Candy half-bewilders and half-appalls you into laughing."

Stuck on You (2003)

"Stuck on You is pretty much impossible not to like, with its pleasant charm and plenty of laughs supporting a sentimental message. "

Suspicion (1941)

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