The Jacket "The filmmakers make a point of calling this a "genre-less" project, and indeed it is, but for most viewers I think you can throw this in the same bag with "The Sixth Sense", "The Village", and "Boogeyman"; It's a fun watch, some of the acting is really great, but it is lacking in depth and originality what it makes up for in budget and talent..." (full review)
"The Jacket" is a fairly good thriller, it's just not great. While it has many elements of originality, such as the frighteningly claustrophobic scenes with Adrien Brody trapped in a morgue drawer, the film feels like a conglomeration of countless other thriller movies..." (full review)
"I really liked this film, because even though it has its own problems, it doesn't follow the norm, it actually asks the viewer to pay attention to the plot, it fucks with the head and it doesn't end things in a tightly wound bow. In other words, it's an original film that demands a little more from the viewer who demands a little more from movies..." (full review)
A History of Violence "Nothing about this movie feels like a David Cronenberg movie, but it fits into his resume perfectly, somehow. It's all about violence and what growns underneath the normal world. Viggo [Mortensen] gives an amazing performance..." (full review)
Fever Pitch "I always knew the Farrellys were die-hard Red Sox fans, and there's no doubt this film's from the heart. What I didn't know is that the Farrellys were capable of making a romance that was this charming and honest but that didn't at all feel like a corruption of who they were. The movie I saw last night is the guys at their best..." (full review)
Melinda and Melinda "Thoroughly Modern Melinda and Melinda, with its intelligent, perceptive and witty script, its high production values and stout acting is certainly among the highlights of Allen's last ten years of output..." (full review)
Millions "It's tough - I really wanted to enjoy this film much more than I did. The cast is great, the photography is serviceable and at times beautiful, and the visual flourishes are clever enough, but aren't consistent enough to feel like they really belong..." (full review)
Nightwatch "Americans haven't really worried about the Russians since the Cold War ended. But if Night Watch really is, as the trailer suggests, "the breakthrough film of modern Russian cinema," Hollywood may well have reason to..." (full review)
Mail Order Wife "As Andrew grapples with his subject (in more than one sense of the word), the story becomes more about him than about Lichi, to generally amusing effect. We come to learn that this guy is basically a self-centered ass, all things told, and is all too willing to turn the camera on himself, as "himself" is really what he finds interesting..." (full review)
Steamboy "I'm not kidding when I say this is easily some of the best animation since his earlier film Akira. The layers upon layers of clouds and dust and machinery are perplexing. The film features some of the incredible designs for machines I've ever seen. The details animated into the giant devices make it clear why it took ten years to make this film..." (full review)
Wong Kar Wei's "2046" "There is a 90 minutes instant classic hiding somewhere in this good (but not great) 2 hour plus film..." (full review)
