Unlike the sketchy but inspired Marci X, the misguided White Girls doesn’t seem to have anything relevant to say about race relations.
This predictable but heartwarming comedy plays out like an antidote to films like About Schmidt and Napoleon Dynamite.
Jeremy Northam’s character may be lucky enough to find himself, but Cypher itself never finds its soul.
Michael Haussman’s over-directed conspiracy thriller recalls a bad episode of The X-Files.
Riding Giants is a boy’s club chronicle of surfing that, while gnarly to look at, feels like too much homework.
Every bit as self-referential as Storytelling, the smug dot the i is only too happy to fuck with your mind.
The good news here is that Michael Moore spends very little time on screen.
Remember, Catherine: It must show and not show.
This sequel banks on its cast of squealing queens to make complete and utter jackasses of themselves.
A more considerate Erik Skjoldbjærg could have made a better picture had he not watched Requiem for a Dream prior to shooting.
The film is the equivalent of watching a man walk into quicksand knowing perfectly well that he will sink to his death.
Marco Tullio Giordana’s aesthetic is neither rigorous nor carefree, but it’s not anonymous.
The red, white, and blue barber’s pole is getting a little rusty, but fans of the wholesome franchise probably couldn’t care less.
Anyone looking for a woodwind buddy? Look no further than Agent Cody Banks.
It’s impossible to imagine anyone who scored at least a 500 on the verbal section of the SAT wanting to sit though this tripe.
This unbearably sweet dramedy is liable to get by on its surface pleasures.
The film is unevenly pitched somewhere between a straight-faced Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and a magical-realist Big Fish.
Though the film threatens to run out of steam at each and every turn, it never runs out of ideas.
This trilogy of films proves that that the exchange of pop-cultural parts works in multiple directions.
Repeat after me: I’ll just die if I don’t get this recipe. I’ll just die if I don’t get this recipe. I’ll just die if I don’t get this recipe.