Baadasssss! (2004)

"both as an atmospheric, often funny look at the wild world of independent moviemaking and as a surprisingly touching story of father/son bonding."

Babe: Pig in the City (1998)

"Despite its G-rating, the movie includes numerous scenes of animals in peril, including a pit bull that nearly hangs himself, a crippled dog that gets thrown into a wall and a goldfish that almost suffocates... Happy holidays, kids!"

Babes in Arms (1939)

"Full of vim and vigor -- maybe a little too much for some viewers"

Baby Face (1933)

"The peppy title tune over the opening credits hardly prepares you for the sordid story that follows..."

Baby's Day Out (1994)

"OK slapstick in the "Home Alone" vein"

Backbeat (1994)

"interesting, colorful backstage Beatles chronicle"

Bad Education (2004)

"Almodovar's transitions in tone and mood are so slyly executed it's only afterward that the viewer realizes how much ground this ambitious, brain-teasing movie has covered."

Bad News Bears (2005)

"nobody could have filled Matthau's battered sneakers more capably than Billy Bob Thornton... it's a rare actor who can make such a lowdown slob into a source of high comedy."

Ball of Fire (1941)

"What a team: Stanwyck was rarely sexier, Cooper never more endearing. A jewel of a comedy."

Bambi (1942)

"sad beyond belief, but lovely to look at and listen to"

Bandits (2001)

"clearly the work of a guy who shows up and does his job with one eye on the clock. ... the promised fireworks never materialize, partly because Willis is constantly blown away by Blanchett and Thornton's vigorous comic turns..."

Barnyard: The Original Party Animals (2006)

"... spends at least half of its running time ambling around in search of a plot. By the time it finds one -- ...'Hey, I know! We'll rip off 'The Lion King,' and put cows in it!' -- the movie has already bought the farm."

Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

"Numbingly dull when it isn't unintentionally laugh-out-loud funny, this pitiful sequel has almost none of the cheesy/sleazy appeal of the 1992 blockbuster. Michael Douglas stayed away, and so should you."

Batman Begins (2005)

"Nolan takes Batman back to basics... this is Batman for adults, a fascinating thriller that's grounded in angst. ...a superb start to a new volume of the Batman chronicles."

Be Cool (2005)

"an uneven tale... nearly everyone attempts to upstage everyone else. (Director) Gray, the ostensible ringmaster, is trampled by his own circus clowns."

Beautiful (2000)

"When a person is suffering deeply, Field cues you in to what they're thinking by having voices from the past echoing all around them, a technique that's more often used in cautionary drivers' ed documentaries..."

Beauty and the Beast (1946)

"Amazing, enchanting, a masterpiece"

Because I Said So (2007)

"Keaton capably pulls off even the silliest slapstick... (but) practically everything in 'Because' is spelled out in the simplest terms, set in bold typeface and then marked with a highlighter pen, lest we miss the meaning."

Becoming Jane (2007)

"Utilizing a lovely British accent and a graceful way with words, Hathaway communicates Austen's predicament beautifully. When she was creating her immortal heroines... the real Jane Austen must have pictured someone like Hathaway."

Bee Season (2005)

"fragmented, a film with several provocative ideas and a few strong scenes but no sense of fulfillment and considerably less emotional impact than it should have."

Before Sunset (2004)

"an immensely satisfying sequel that carefully treads the line between the comic and the tragic while detailing the pros and cons of maturity. "

The Believers (1987)

"a few shocks amid a lot of voodoo hoodoo"

Best in Show (2000)

"If it doesn't sustain the high level of lunacy "Guffman" did, it's still a delight. Like the best comedies, it plants its jokes deep in your brain and you find yourself laughing at them again hours after the film has ended."

Better Off Dead (1985)

"strives to be offbeat and sometimes works itself into a sweat doing so. The humor often hits the bullseye, however..."

Beyond the Mat (1999)

"turns out to be less interested in the cartoonish brutality of pro wrestling than it is with the lives of the people who make their living in the ring."