Rene Rodriguez

"Leaves you in a state of stunned, exhilarated awe, both for what it shows and how it shows it."

"A curiously inert and talky action picture about good-looking mutants on the run from bad (but equally good-looking) ones"

"The dialogue is straight from the school of clever quips and snappy comebacks, and the romantic plotline has been done so many times before, it's beyond cliched"

"A funny and constantly surprising exercise in comic tension."

"Even at the start of his career, Van Sant has always been an artist who has savored the bittersweet pleasure of sadness and pain."

"A joyful romp, devoid of the tiresome pop-culture references."

"Under Leconte's artful direction, a believable bond develops between the men, each envious of the direction the other's life has taken."

"The film is a brutally effective, insanely rousing piece of drama, with enough new wrinkles and ferocious acting to sweep you into its clutches."

"'Criminal' is happy to reprise Fabian Bielinsky's original note for note, and it's a listless, dutiful affair -- a cover version played out of obligation, not inspiration."

"After starring in a string of heavy dramas, Andy Garcia lightens up and goes for the funny in City Island, a breezy comedy that fits the actor like a güayabera."

"It's almost startling to see a film that believes in itself and its characters so deeply."

"McGrath makes literal what the other movie only hinted at -- that Perry falls in love with Capote -- turning the relationship between author and subject into something far less complicated and more mundane."

"Like every war before it, the U.S. invasion of Iraq has generated its share of movies. But The Hurt Locker is the first of them that can properly be called a masterpiece."