21 Grams (2003)

"21 Grams of Guillermo Arriaga"

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."

Beautiful Boxer (2005)

"Beautiful Boxer: Boys Do Cry"

Blade Runner (1982)

"This is the tenth final version of the Blade Runner. This version is the best. It goes snap . . .snap . . . snap."

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 . . ."

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."

Freshman Orientation (2007)

"You enter expecting something really stupid, and you wind up with something really clever . . . hysterical . . . wise."

Happy Endings (2005)

"I don't want to do a politically correct portrayal of gay characters, but I do want them to feel real."

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)

"Apparently, wizards are no more exempt from the trauma of puberty than Muggles. So much for the power of Magic."

Hot House (2006)

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

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."

Old Joy (2006)

"if you are not afraid of tranquility, if your favorite part of Antonioni's "Blowup" is the tennis game with the imaginary ball, or if you carry a joint in your Velamints tin, "Old Joy" will be your joy."

The Price of Sugar (2007)

"In the end, this is a fevered tale of an outsider, spurred on by his belief in God, who believes his role in life is to save a people, and for a while it seems he is making a difference. What film can top that nowadays?"

Sicko (2007)

"SiCKO is, without argument, one of the most important films you'll ever see in your lifetime, which might be rather short depending upon your HMO."

Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006)

"John Waters Meets "Sleepless in Seattle" in this sweet, at-times "tasteless" comic concoction about romance, reputation, the need to confess, and the yearning of society to pigeonhole everyone with a one-dimensional label."

Tsotsi (2006)

"Athol Fugard, not an objective observer here, has written that "Tsotsi" just might "rank as one of the best films ever to come out of South Africa," but he may be right."

V For Vendetta (2005)

"Not unlike "Gattaca" and "Dark City," V for Vendetta" will assuredly bomb its way into a thinking man's cult film status. "

Venus (2006)

"What makes Venus unforgettable is not the fine direction and script, or Vanessa Redgrave's startling cameo as Maurice's suffering ex-wife, or Whittaker's award-worthy debut; it's that the viewer can't draw a line between O'Toole's career and Maurice's."

Volver (2006)

"what we have here is an at-times plaintive love letter to women: a paean to their humor, their loyalty, and especially their ability to survive their encounters with cheating, lying fornicators who employ their penises as weapons of submission."