| C -
ALL FILMS 2003-6/2009 |
| C.R.A.Z.Y.
(d. Jean-Marc Vallée) V. 2nd time around this time on video. Why is
this masterpiece not getting released in the U.S.? *** 3/4 |
| C.R.A.Z.Y.
(d. Jean-Marc Vallée) V.+++ Still one of the best coming-of-age gay films
ever made. *** 3/4 |
| C.R.A.Z.Y.
(d. Jean-Marc Vallée; Canada) *** 3/4 |
| CA-BAU-KAN
(d. Nia Dinata) Indonesia AFF. Historical drama about a beautiful
pleasure girl who marries a shady businessman. * 1/2 |
| CADILLAC RECORDS (d. Darnell Martin) Interesting biopic of Chess recording
artists. Nice musical numbers, esp. Beyoncé's Etta James. ** 3/4 |
| CAESAR
(d. Uli Edel)V. ** 3/4 |
| CAKE EATERS, THE (d. Mary Stuart Masterson) Quirky, realistic contemporary
heart tugger with some really wonderful perfs & assured direction.
*** 1/4 |
| CALENDAR
GIRLS (d. Nigel Cole) Mediocre female version of The Full Monty. ** |
| CALIFORNIA
DREAMIN' (ENDLESS) (d. Cristian Nemescu) *** 1/4 |
| CALL ME TROY (d. Scott
Bloom) *** |
| CAMILLE (d. Gregory
Mackenzie) * 3/4 |
| CAMP (d.
Todd Graff) V.++ Still more entertaining than American Idol! Guilty
pleasure; but very much a pleasure. *** |
| CAMP
HOLLYWOOD (d. Steve Markle)V. Superb personal DV docu about a nearby hotel
& its denizens, many trying to make it in Hollywood. *** 1/2 |
| CAMP (d.
Todd Graff) + Just hits me squarely in my wheelhouse. 2nd viewing confirms
its cleverness & skills of the cast despite inherent clichés. *** |
| CAMP
(US d. Todd Graff) Aimiable, but predictable (we've seen it
before), musical comedy about a summer camp for budding entertainers.
** 1/2 |
| CAMPFIRE
(d. Joseph Cedar) Involving family drama about a woman with 2 daughters
coping with social and relational problems. Nicely acted. *** |
| CAN GO THROUGH SKIN (d. Esther Rots) **
1/2 |
| CAN MR. SMITH GET TO
WASHINGTON ANY MORE? (d. Frank Popper) V. Absorbing docu
of empassioned run for Congress. *** 1/2 |
| CAPE NO. 7
(d. Te-Sheng Wei; Taiwan) ** |
| CAPE
OF GOOD HOPE (d. Mark Bamford) Harmless S.African ecuminical romantic
comedy, sort of predictable. ** 1/2 |
| CAPITOL CRIMES (p. Bill Moyers) V. Surgical dissection of the Jack
Abramoff/Tom de Lay scandals. Great tv journalism. *** 1/4 |
| CAPONE (d. Jean
Marc Brandolo) Buddy road trip film...two lost souls taking a race horse from
Paris to Finland. Good film, but I dozed. ** 3/4 |
| CAPOTE
(d. Bennett Miller) *** 1/4 |
| CAPTAIN ABU RAED
(d. Amin Matalqa) *** |
| CAPTAIN AHAB (Captaine Achab) (d. Philippe Ramos) ** 1/4 |
| CAPTIVE (d.
Gastón Biraben) Moving & beautifully acted film about an Argentine
teenage girl who discovers her parents are not her real parents. ***
1/4 |
| CAPTIVE (d.
Aleksei Uchitel) ** 3/4 |
| CAPTURE OF THE GREEN RIVER
KILLER, THE (d. Norma Bailey) V. Zodiac lite. Very well made &
acted. *** |
| CAPTURING
THE FRIEDMANS (US doc. d. Andrew Jarecki) A great
documentary which peels the layers off of a family's secrets & justice
mislaid. **** |
| CARAMEL
(d. Nadine Labaki; Lebanon) ** 1/2 |
| CARANDIRU
(d. Hector Babenco) A Brazilian prison worse than Oz, from doctor's pov.
Involving, occasionally wrenching, well acted, nicely put together. ***
1/4 |
| CARD
PLAYER, THE (d. Dario Argento) Ludicrous, but well directed Italian policier
about a maniac serial woman killer using the internet to play games with
police. * 1/2 |
| CARMEN
IN KHAYELITSHA (d. Mark Dornford-May) ** 1/2 |
| CARMO HIT THE ROAD
(d. Murillo Pasta) ** 1/4 |
| CARNAGE
(d. Delphine Gleize) V. Visually stunning film about, well, bull. And
how all is connected in the world. Or something. *** |
| CARS (d.
John Lassiter) Inventive animation, got better as it went along, but just not
up to its rep. ** 3/4 |
| CASA DE LOS BABYS (d. John Sayles) Intermittently interesting Mexican baby
mill story, unexpectedly flawed by a poorly structured script. ** |
| CASANOVA
(d. Lasse Hallström) *** |
| CASH
TRUCK (d. Nicolas Boukhrief) Effective, beautifully shot film noir,
violent and unpredictable. *** |
| CASHBACK
(d. Sean Ellis) *** |
| CASINO ROYALE (d. Martin Campbell) Nice new Bond; nice physical action
stunts. But the film is as ridiculous as ever. ** 1/4 |
| CASSANDRA'S DREAM (d. Woody Allen) Hitchcockian film with a little Purple Noon thrown in. ** 3/4 |
| CATCH A FIRE (d. Phillip Noyce) Excellent "making of a
terrorist/freedom fighter" film from So. Africa. Derek Luke fine.
*** 1/4 |
| CATCH AND RELEASE (d. Susannah Grant) Predictable but well acted chick flick
which involved me. ** 3/4 |
| CAUCASIA
(d. Farid Gumbatov; Azerbaijan) * 1/4 |
| CAVE
OF THE YELLOW DOG, THE (d. Byambasuren Davaa; Mongolia) |
| CAVEDWELLER
(d. Lisa Cholodenko) Sometimes annoying but satisfying drama about woman who
ran away with a rock band returning home to Georgia. ** 3/4 |
| CAYO
(d. Vincente Juarbe; Puerto Rico) * 3/4 |
| CECILIE
(d. Hans Fabian Wullenweber) ** 3/4 |
| CELESTE
IN THE CITY (d. Larry Shaw) V. Queer Eye for Straight Girl makeover ABC
Family film abounding with simplistic stereotypes. Another great Ethan Embry
role. ** |
| CELLULAR
(d. David Ellis) More plot holes than Swiss cheese in this silly variant on
Phone Booth; but Chris Evans is going to be a star. * 3/4 |
| CHACUN SA
NUIT (d. Jean-Marc Barr, Pascal Arnold) *** 1/4 |
| CHAMPAGNE SPY,
THE (d. Nadav Schirman) *** |
| CHANGE
OF ADDRESS (Changement d'adresse) (d. Emmanuel Mouret) ** 1/2 |
| CHANGELING, THE (d. Clint Eastwood) Schocking true story resonates
emotionally. Jolie's over-the-top perf. is Oscar bait; but Eastwood's clear
vision holds. *** |
| CHANGING
DESTINY (d. Daniele Gaglianone) Jagged, cutty, edgy story of 3 teenage
northern Italian boys who drop out and get into various kinds of trouble. *** |
| CHANGING
TIMES (Les Temps qui changent) (d. André Téchiné) *** 1/4 |
| CHAOTIC ANA
(Caótica Ana) (d. Julio Medem) *** 3/4
|
| CHARITON'S
CHOIR (d. Grigoris Karantinakis; Greece) * 3/4 |
| CHARLEY AND THE CHOCOLATE
FACTORY (d. Tim Burton) V. Amusing with impressive
effects. *** |
| CHARLIE BARTLETT (d. Jon Poll) Anton Yelchin great as a preppy Ferris Bueller
type undermining public school authority. *** |
| CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR (d. Mike Nichols) Simplistic demonizing of enemy turned me
off. ** 3/4 |
| CHARLIE:
THE LIFE & ART OF CHARLES CHAPLIN (d. Richard Schickel) V. Fascinating,
if facile doc about the great film artist. *** 1/4 |
| CHARLIE'S ANGELS FULL
THROTTLE (d. McG) Some inventive stuff, though the
CGI was cheesy; but ultimately tedius and familiar action thriller. **
1/4 |
| CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES (d. Eric Byler) 4 Asian-American characters and their tangled
relationships. Haunting, eliptical, subtle, well played. *** 1/4 |
| CHARLOTTE'S WEB (d. Gary Winick) Nice voice acting, good f/x and a moving
story make for a pleasant film. *** |
| CHASER, THE
(d. Na Hong-jin) *** 1/2 |
| CHE Part 1
(d. Steven Soderbergh) Light on exposition, too many characters to keep
straight, still interesting as docudrama. ** 3/4 |
| CHE Part 2
(d. Steven Soderbergh) Same problesm; but it just works better as futility
and defeat is just more interesting than victory. *** |
| CHEAPER
BY THE DOZEN (d. Shawn Levy) I expected to hate it; but instead I was
enchanted by the story & actors. Funny and emotionally satisfying.
*** |
| CHEF'S SPECIAL
(d. Nacho Velilla) ** 1/4 |
CHÉRI
(d. Stephen Frears) Outstanding, lavish evocation of Belle Epoque;
Pfeiffer is radient, Rupert Friend fabulously epicene. Literate
script. *** 1/2
|
| CHERRY BLOSSOMS
- HANAMI (d. Dorris Dorrie) *** 1/4 |
| CHIAVI
DI CASA, LE (d. Gianni Amelio) V.+ Wonderful, moving film with sublime
performances by Rampling, Stuart & Rossi. *** 1/2 |
| CHILD,
THE (L'enfant) (d. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne) *** 1/4 |
| CHILDHOOD
OF MAXIM GORKY (d. Mark Donskoy) Classic Russian film from the writer's
memoire of his peasant Volga family. *** |
| CHILDREN
(d. Ragnar Bragason; Iceland) *** 1/2 |
| CHILDREN
OF HUANG SHI, THE (d. Roger Spottswoode) ** 3/4 |
| CHILDREN OF MEN (d. Alfonso Cuaron) Masterpiece of Gazaian dystopia, Nativity
allegory & Time of the Wolf rolled into one. *** 1/2 |
| CHILDREN OF WAR
(d. Alexandre Fuchs) ** 1/4 |
| CHILDSTAR
(d. Don McKellar) Funny, trenchant and occasionally silly satire about a 12
yr. old movie star & his kooky mom. *** |
| CHINAMAN (Kinamand) (d. Henruk Ruben Genz) Wry Danish comedy. Plumber divorced by
wife marries younger Chinese woman. *** |
| CHINESE
ODYSSEY: 2002 (Hong Kong d. Jeff Lau) Funny and assured
satire of a martial arts, Chinese Emperor's court film. *** 1/4 |
| CHOK-DEE
(d. Xavier Durrenger) The French Rocky, a French street criminal becomes a
world champ Thai boxer...written & acted by the guy himself. ** 1/2 |
| CHOKE (d. Clark Gregg) *
1/2 |
| CHOP
SHOP (d. Ramin Bahrani) *** |
| CHORISTES,
LES (d. Christophe Barratier) Franch AFF: moving drama of a teacher who tames
the boys in a reform school through music. *** 1/2 |
| CHRIS &
DON: A LOVE STORY (d. Guido Sante) *** 1/2 |
| CHRISTMAS TALE,
A (Un conte de Noël) (d. Arnaud Desplechin) *** 1/4 |
| CHRISTMAS TREE
UPSIDE DOWN (d. Ivan Cherkelov and Vassil Jivkov) *** |
| CHRISTMAS
WITH THE KRANKS (d. Joe Roth) Horrendous, embarrassing, utterly offensive (to
this Jewish observer), silly, unfunny. Did I love it? 1/2* |
| CHRONICAL
OF AN ESCAPE (d. Israel Adrián Cactano) ** 3/4 |
| CHRONICALS
(d. Sebastian Cordero) Equador's Acad. entry is a superb psychological
thriller about a child serial killer's manipulation of tv pop news. ***
1/4 |
| CHRONICALS
OF NARNIA (d. Andrew Adamson) ** |
| CHRYSALIS (d. Julien
Leclercq) ** 1/2 |
| CHRYSTAL
(d. Ray McKinnon) Southern gothic story of the effects of an auto accident on
a couple after 20 years of the husband in prison. ** 3/4 |
| CHUMSCRUBBER,
THE (d. Arie Posin) Wonderful suburban satire cult-type film in Donnie Darko
mode. Jamie Bell: #1 actor of his generation. *** 1/2 |
| CIAO (d.
Yen Tan) Touching, arty (in a good way) American indie gay film...Italian man
meets friend on net. *** |
| CINDERELLA
MAN (d. Ron Howard) Moving story of James Braddock with a searingly honest
portrayal by Russell Crowe. *** 1/2 |
| CINEMA,
ASPIRIN & VULTURES (Cinema, Aspirinas e Urubus) (d. Marcelo Gomes) ** 1/4 |
| CITIZEN DUANE (d.
Michael Mabbott) ** 3/4 |
| CITY OF BORDERS (d.
Yun Suh) *** |
| CITY OF EMBER (d. Gil Kenan) Superb dystopian heroic fantasy, a live action Wall*E with the visual panache of Brazil. *** 1/2 |
| CITY OF GHOSTS (d. Matt Dillon) Pseudo Graham Greene. Stifling atmosphere
well done, as were characterizations. Story falls down. Good try.
** 1/4 |
| CITY OF MEN
(d. Paolo Morelli) Much better than City of God, imho. Emotionally affecting, driving narrative. *** 1/4 |
| CITY
OF THE SUN, THE (Slunecný Stát) (d. Martin Sulík; Slovak Republic) ** |
| CLAPHAM JUNCTION (d. Adrian Shergold) Terrific British TV movie about contrasts
in modern society (marriage & bashing). *** 1/2 |
| CLASS, THE
(d. Ilmar Raag; Estonia) *** 1/2 |
| CLASS, THE
(Entre les murs) (d. Laurent Cantet; France) *** 3/4 |
| CLASSE TOUS RISQUE (d. Claude Sautet) A terrific classic noir with a star-making
Belmondo perf (if Breathless hadn't hit first). *** 1/2 |
| CLAY
BIRD, THE (d. Tareque Masud) Bangladesh AFF. A family uprooted by
political upheaval in '68. ** 3/4 |
| CLEAN (d. Olivier
Assayas) Maggie Chung is superb as a junkie trying to go clean to reclaim her
son from her inlaws in this wonderful drama. *** 1/2 |
| CLEARING,
THE (d. Pieter Jan Brugge) Hi-gloss kidnap film, Redford victim, Mirren the
suffering wife. "Without a Trace" does it better. ** |
| CLICK
(d. Frank Coraci) Good F/X, lousy script, sort of an It Might Have Been a Wonderful Life.
Not Sandler's finest. * 3/4 |
| CLOSER
(d. Mike Nichols) Four loathsome characters well acted and beautifully
photographed (cf similar Carnal Knowledge!) Portman & Owen never
better. ** 3/4 |
| CLOUD, THE (d. Gregor
Schnitzler) ** 3/4 |
| COAST
GUARD, THE (d. Kim Ki-duk) Overwrought drama about the soldiers who
guard the Korean coastline from spy incursions. Way over the top.
* 3/4 |
| COAST
TO COAST (d. Paul Mazursky) V. Judy Davis & Richard Dreyfuss are
excellent in this moving, adult drama about a couple devastated by their
son's death. *** 1/2 |
| COCHOCHI (d. Israel
Cárdenas & Laura Amelia Guzmán) *** 1/4 |
| COCK COLLEGE (short
films) (d. various) |
| CODE
46 (d. Michael Winterbottom) One, of the greatest examples of
cyberpunk ever put on film. Winterbottom's future imagery is amazing.
*** 3/4 |
| COFFEE DATE (d. Stewart Wade) Amusing comedy about sexual confusions,
really well written script. *** |
| COLD
LIGHT (d. Hilmar Oddsson) Iceland's AFF is a dour tragedy about a 40ish man
finally facing a tragedy of his youth. *** |
| COLD MOUNTAIN (d. Anthony Minghella) Fine production, good acting, but the
"well made" story was too predictable. Jude Law is a bonafide star.
*** |
| COLD
SHOWERS (Douches froides) (d. Antony Cordier) *** |
| COLD SOULS (d.
Sophie Barthes) ** 1/2 |
| COLDEST
DAY, THE (d. Xie Dong) A somewhat boring film about mutual infidelity in a
modern Chinese marriage. ** |
| COLLATERAL
(d. Michael Mann) L.A. is the star here; and Mann doesn't cheat the
geography. Mann's best film in a while. *** |
| COLLECTOR,
THE (Komornik) (d. Feliks Falk; Poland) ** 1/4 |
| COLMA: THE MUSICAL (d. Richard Wong) Strictly amateurville musical, but
charming, simple story. ** 1/2 |
| COLOR
OF FAME, THE (d.Alesandro Bellame Palacios; Venezuela) *** |
| COMANCHE MOON (d. Simon Wincer) V. Nicely played, if choppy,
miniseries. Val Kilmer? weird. ** 3/4 |
| COMBAT (d.
Patrick Carpentier) * |
| COME
EARLY MORNING (d. Joey Lauren Adams) *** |
| COME
INTO THE LIGHT (Alla Luce Del Sol) (d. Roberto Faenza) ** 1/2 |
| COMEDY
OF POWER, A (d. Claud Chabrol) ** 3/4 |
| COMIC
EVANGELISTS (d. Daniel Jones, Dann Sytsma) *** |
| COMPANY, THE (d. Mikael
Salomon) V. *** 1/2 |
| COMPANY, THE (d. Robert Altman) Little narrative, lots of good
dancing. Neve impresses, and James Franco underplays to splendid
effect. *** 1/4 |
| CONDOR:
AXIS OF EVIL (d. Rodrigo Vasquez) A doc linking the U.S. to South American
dictators and disappearances of the '70s. Too unstructured. **
1/4 |
| CONFESSIONS
OF PAIN (d. Andrew Lau & Alan Mak) *** 1/4 |
| CONFIDENCE
(d. James Foley) Foley has style to burn. Too bad he didn't burn this
derivative script. Why I like Ed Burns is the question. ** 1/2 |
| CONGORAMA (d.
Philippe Falardeau) ** 3/4 |
| CONNIE
AND CARLA (d. Michael Lembeck) Silly, if intermittantly funny, script. I
liked the music; but the film is excessivly clichéd. * 3/4 |
| CONSPIRACY
OF SILENCE (d. John Deery) Ernest, polemic drama: celebacy and the Catholic
church. Nice production, but too on-point for good drama. ** |
| CONSTANT
GARDNER, THE (d. Fernando Meirelles) *** |
| CONSTANTINE (d. Francis Lawrence) V. Looks good with graphic novel feel,
nice f/x, absurd plot. ** 1/4 |
| CONTAINER (d.
Lukas Moodysson) * 3/4 |
| CONTINENTAL, A FILM
WITHOUT GUNS (d. Stéphane Lafleur) ** 1/2 |
| CONTROL (d. Anton
Corbijn) *** |
| CONTROL ALT DELETE (d. Cameron Labine) ** 3/4 |
| CONTROL
ROOM (d. Jehane Noujaim) Doc. about Al-Jezeera's coverage of the current Iraq
War. Good footage, though repetitive. ** 3/4 |
| CONVERSATIONS
WITH OTHER WOMEN (d. Hans Canosa) *** 1/4 |
| COOL
MONEY (d. Gary Burns ) V. Modestly involving TV caper film about some losers
knocking off N.Y. hotels. ** 1/2 |
| COOLER, THE
(d. Wayne Kramer) The acting's pretty good, especially Alec Baldwin; but the
plot, direction & cinematography pretty well suck. ** |
| COPYING BEETHOVEN (d. Agnieszka Holland) Overwrought, overacted. Sublime music
(though weirdly edited). ** |
| CORE, THE
(d. Jon Amiel) F/x end-of-world flick fun enough to overcome
implausibilities. First hour great & then film degrades to
clichés. ** 3/4 |
| CORPORATION,
THE (d. Achbar & Abbott) Overlong but fascinating Canadian documentary
about "corporations" as psychotic people. *** 1/2 |
| CORRECTION
(Diorthosi) (d. Thanos Anastopoulos, Greece) ** 1/4 |
| CORTEX (d.
Nicolas Boukhrief) *** |
| COST
OF LIVING (d. Phillippe Le Guay) Vivid, beautifully realized
multi-character story connected by the theme money for love. *** 1/4 |
| COTE
D'AZURE (d. Ducastel & Martineau) Entertaining French farce about an
family on vacation whose sexuality is mutable & evolving. ** 3/4 |
| COUNTER
INVESTIGATION (Contre-enquête) (d. Franck Mancusco) *** 1/2 |
| COUNTERFEITERS,
THE (Die Falscher) (d. Stefan Ruzowitzky; Austria) *** 1/2 |
| COUNTRY
TEACHER, THE (d. Bohdan Sláma) *** 3/4 |
| COUNTRY WEDDING (d.
Vladis Öskarsdóttir) *** |
| COUPERET,
LE (d. Costa-Gavras) More black comedy than the usual Costa-Gavras,
entertaining film which takes Time Out to a higher level. *** |
| COVE, THE (d. Louie Psihoyos) ** 3/4 |
| COVERBOY (d. Carmine
Amoroso) *** |
| COWBOYS
AND ANGELS (d. David Gleeson) Beautifully written & acted Irish
coming-of-age gay/straight romantic comedy. Michael Legge is wonderful.
*** 1/4 |
| COWBOYS
AND ANGELS (d. David Gleeson)V.+ *** |
| CRACKER: A NEW TERROR (d. Antonia Bird) V. Excellent tv film about a killer
British cop driven crazy in the "troubles". *** |
| CRANE WORLD
(d. Pablo Trapero) Slow, Argentine neo-realist B&W film about a 49 yr.
old construction worker ex-rock guitarist. ** 1/2 |
| CRANFORD
(d. Simon Curtis) V. Superb British early Victorian mini-series which just
got better & better. The final part blew me away. *** 1/2 |
| CRASH
(d. Paul Haggis) Superb Short Cuts type multi-character, roundabout
drama...modern day L.A. as racial dystopia. I need to leave L.A.! ***
1/2 |
| CRAZY LOVE (d. Dan
Klores & Fisher Stevens) *** 1/4 |
| CREATIVE NATURE
(d. John Andres) ** 1/4 |
| CRIME NOVEL
(d. Michele Placido) *** 1/4 |
| CRIMINAL (d.
Gregory Jacobs) A faithful remake of Nine Queens, which means a good, if
familiar script. A sympathetic cast, still this one doesn't quite jell.
** 1/2 |
| CROOKED E, THE (d. Penelope Spheeris) V. CBS film docudrama about
fall of Enron. Predictable script, Christian Kane actor to watch.
** |
| CROSSING
A SHADOW (d. Augusto Tamayo; Peru) ** 1/2 |
| CROSSING BORDERS (d. Arnd Wächter) Hopeful, moving docu feels like "Real
World Morocco", 4 American & 4 Moroccan students live together for a
week and keep it real. *** 1/4 |
| CROSSING OVER (d. Wayne Kramer) Like Crash, only better, this is an involving ensemble drama about
distressed immigrants in L.A. *** 1/4 |
| CROSSING
THE BORDER (Un Franco 14 Pesetas) (d. Carlos Iglesias) *** |
| CROSSING THE BRIDGE:
THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL (d. Fatih Aiken) V. Music
docu, sporadically good music, nice photog. ** 1/2 |
| CROSSING (d.
Kim Tae-kyun; Republic of Korea) ** 3/4 |
| CRUDE
(Turkey d. Paxton Winters) Road film about 2 young American guys
and their travels through Turkey looking for fame & fortune. ** 3/4 |
| CRUEL
BUT NECESSARY (d. Saul Rubinek) Innovative video about a woman secretly
recording her life for 2 years on a hidden camera. ** 3/4 |
| CRUEL
JOYS (d. Juraj Nvota) Slovakia AFF. Relationship drama in pre-war
small Slovak town. ** 3/4 |
| CRYING
LADIES (d. Mark Meily) Three Philippine women hired as cryers for a Chinese
funeral. I was uninvolved; but the film wasn't that bad. W/O |
| CSI:
GRAVE DANGER 1 & 2 (d. Quentin Tarantino)V. ** 3/4 |
| CUBA
LIBRA (d. Juan Gerard) Nostalgic, but too pat, reminiscence of an 11 yr. old
boy coming of age in '58 small town Cuba prior to revolution. ** |
| CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN
BUTTON, THE (d. David Fincher) + Even more moving 2nd
time around. Epic, emotional, great film. *** 3/4 |
| CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN
BUTTON, THE (d. David Fincher) Moving, epic filmmaking
which works at all levels. Nearly a masterpiece. *** 1/2 |
| CURSE
OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER (d. Zhang Yimou; China) *** |
| CURSED
(d. Wes Craven) V. Campy parody of werewolf stories with a great cast (Jesse
Eisenberg & Milo Ventimiglia are wonderful). Ridiculous; but clever &
fun. *** |
| CUT SLEEVE BOYS (d. Ray Yeung) ** 3/4 |
| CUTTING EDGE 3, THE (d. Stuart Gillard) V. Surprisingly not bad, although
predictable. Matt Lanter is good! ** 1/2 |
| CUTTING EDGE, THE (d. Paul Michael Glaser) V. Moira Kelly & D.B. Sweeney
have good chemistry. Otherwise clichéd. ** 1/2 |
| CYCLES (d. Cyril
Gelblat) *** 1/2 |
|