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The belle boy

Audrey Tautou goes slumming in Hors de prix
Precious, rather than priceless, is the word that comes to mind when describing Audrey Tautou.

By: PETER KEOUGH | April 09, 2008

Nim's Island

Ubiquitous Abigail Breslin in a mildly diverting adventure
Nim is home-schooled, her covert classroom an uncharted isle she inhabits with her scientist father, Jack.

By: BRETT MICHEL | April 09, 2008

Leatherheads

A plucky play that takes its eyes off the ball
Behind the camera and in front of it, George Clooney has glorified screwjobs (Chuck Barris) and romanticized bygone eras.

By: TOM MEEK | April 09, 2008

Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman

Exploring the modern female life
At six hours, with its deliberate pacing and thoughtful editing, Flying makes for an absorbing viewing experience.

By: PEG ALOI | April 09, 2008

Dark matter

An astonishingly unpredictable ending
This first film by Chinese director Chen Shi-Zheng and American screenwriter Billy Shebar is an intelligent, well-acted TV-level movie.

By: GERALD PEARY | April 09, 2008

Chaos Theory

A plot centered around one man's penis
Are you ready for the Truth? Here goes: it’s the name given by over-wound human clock Frank to his penis.

By: BRETT MICHEL | April 09, 2008

Body of War

Poetic Americana
Tomas Young volunteered for the US Army right after 9/11, hoping to be sent to Afghanistan and chase down Osama bin Laden.

By: GERALD PEARY | April 09, 2008

La Misma Luna | Under the Same Moon

Irresistibly good
This uplifting debut from Patricia Riggen tells the story of young single mother Rosario and nine-year-old son Carlitos.

By: PEG ALOI | April 02, 2008

Retire the breakdance, already
Breakdancing seemed over and done in the ’80s, but hip-hop culture has pumped it alive, combining the original head-spinning street maves with rap, gymnastics, kung fu, MTV, and Broadway.

By: GERALD PEARY | April 02, 2008

Superhero Movie

Relentless sadism and farts
There are some chuckles — okay, two — but the film’s big accomplishment is that it elevates the “spoof” genre from ludicrously awful to just plain bad.

By: JASON O'BRYAN | April 02, 2008

The Grand

Painfully funny poker fanatics
Having followed this band of winners and losers as they sort out their cards and their problems, you may just find yourself caring who wins in the final showdown.

By: ELIZABETH FLOCK | April 02, 2008

O Ano Em Que Meus Pais Saíram De Férias | The Year My Parents Went Away on Vacation

Unbalanced and unoriginal
It’s Brazil 1970, and 12-year-old Mauro is too obsessed with Pelé to notice that his left-wing parents are flipping out over the country’s military regime.

By: GERALD PEARY | April 02, 2008

Monkey Warfare

Love and politics
On weekends, they become a two-person team of petty-bourgeois capitalists, sniffing out yard sales, looking for pop-culture items that they can spiff up and sell on the Web.

By: GERALD PEARY | April 02, 2008

Rock of ages

The Stones find satisfaction in Martin Scorsese’s Shine a Light
What a difference four decades make.

By: PETER KEOUGH | April 03, 2008

Quantum Hoops

More gripping than highlight reels
“To lose by 60 points, on average? It sounds impossible,” says Coach Roy Dow. “It’s not.”

By: MIKE MILIARD | March 25, 2008

Shutter

Not scary and a measly PG-13
How frightening is this? A vengeful spirit begins turning up in pictures taken by a pair of newlyweds, ruining many a wedding and honeymoon photo.

By: BRETT MICHEL | March 25, 2008

Stop-loss

Predictable, pointless, and sad
It took a war to bring Kimberly Peirce back to the screen after her impressive 1999 debut, Boys Don’t Cry .

By: PETER KEOUGH | March 25, 2008

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

Repackaged stereotypes
Brenda is a newly jobless mother of three, and she’s getting no child support from her baby daddies.

By: CHRIS WANGLER | March 25, 2008

Shelter

Everyone calls you "dude"
Short-order cook Zack skateboards, surfs, babysits, and dreams of attending Caltech to be an artist.

By: GERALD PEARY | March 25, 2008

Run, Fat Boy, Run

Cold feet and Nikes
Not even new leather can hide the sweat and desperation of this non-starting shill.

By: BRETT MICHEL | March 25, 2008

Flawless

Strange but slickly done
Demi Moore in a British heist caper and dressed like Jackie O?

By: TOM MEEK | March 27, 2008

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