The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

"Underneath all this idiotic crap, inconsistent characterizations, and plot points that are never developed, there is actually a warm, moving story"

Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006)

"If in 20 or 30 years, Daniel Craig has retired from playing Ian Fleming's stalwart secret agent, the series' producers need look no further than Alex Pettyfer for their new man."

And Then Came Love (2007)

"Any fans of Oscar Wilde, run for the hills!"

Beaufort (2008)

"A Tree Grows in Israel: Joseph Cedar and his Beaufort"

Beautiful Boxer (2005)

"Beautiful Boxer: Boys Do Cry"

The Black Dahlia (2006)

"most fun is the high priestess of British stage, Fiona Shaw, who goes over the top as Madeleine's unbalanced mom. Her dinner scene alone with all of her epileptic-like tics and scowls is the grandest of Grand Guignol"

Bon Voyage (2004)

"Are you ready for a World War II, romantic, murder-in-Act-One, escape-from-the-Nazis, French farce?"

Broken English (2007)

"Posey's admirers will experience a sensual intoxication that fans always experience when their film goddesses are at their very best."

But Forever In My Mind (1999)

"One of the more outstanding films about ungovernable teen hormones . . ."

Casanova (2005)

"With a vacuum in the lead, uninspired direction, mediocre sword fights, and about as much sexual content as an episode of "The King of Queens," if you feel you have to check this one out, await its DVD release."

Comme t'y es belle! (2006)

"delightfully acted, entertaining, Franco take on the "Sex in the City" lifestyle among the kosher set."

The Da Vinci Code (2006)

"Voltaire, never a huge advocate of organized religion, would be having a fine chuckle nowadays over the current Dan Brown brouhaha."

Dark Days (2000)

"One of the best films about the homeless ever made."

Drum (2004)

"...a harrowing, enlightening venture where 'We live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse,' sadly isn't just a throwaway line uttered early in a bar scene. It's an epigraph."

Factotum (2006)

"The unsightly Bukowski, in his rumpled attire, and his lead characters (who are most often spins on himself) are fascinating personalities to watch, sort of like little tornados which are more destructive to themselves than to society at large."

Happy Birthday (2003)

"Cutting from one angst-filled moment to another, Malaysian-born Tan has created an honest exploration of what it is to be gay and have more on your mind than creatine, Ellen's talk show, and Queer Eye on the Straight Butt. "

Happy Endings (2005)

"And you know I think it's so easy to characterize people as gay or straight, but there's a whole spectrum of different ways that homosexuality is manifested in people . . ."

Henry Rollins - Live At Luna Park (2003)

"Animal House gave me the guts to get through high school. I went to a fairly oppressive place."

Hot House (2006)

"Essential viewing for any student of Middle-Eastern affairs and scholar of human nature."

I Think I Love My Wife (2007)

"Rock seems to be unintentionally arguing that a black male of any economic class will still go through life with the thought and speech patterns of an uneducated juvenile delinquent who's ready for lockup on "Law and Order.""

Irangeles (2003)

"Dan Well's Kip is completely believable as an innocent, transplanted Kansan, although I'm not speaking from too much experience. Other than Dorothy and Toto, I can't think of any other Kansans I've ever interacted with."

Jargo (2005)

"A mind-numbing feature that will have you disparaging the future of Teutonic youth."

Keeping Mum (2006)

"Just when I thought I'd bore myself to death, having to tell yet another inquirer that the only must-see comedy of the moment was "Little Miss Sunshine," an almost equally fine option has arisen."

Macbeth (2007)

"this production gives The Sopranos a run for the money when it comes to blood-laden butchery. Not once but twice does this Macbeth saunter about splattered with hemoglobin from head to foot, looking very Carrie-like, post-bucket spilling."

My Father My Lord (2008)

"Not unlike Amos Gitai's Kadosh (1999), this is a saga of how an unconscious misinterpretation of religion can disintegrate a family instead of enhancing its life experience."