J.R. Jones

"The production numbers in this Bollywood musical take an extravagant delight in color, rhythm, and geometric design"  

"The characters quickly succumb to stereotype"

I"t's a powerful psychological conceit, but Samuell subverts it at every turn with his carnivalesque style"

"As summer shoot-'em-ups go, this is pretty well executed, with plenty of macho posing and gunfire"

"After decades of revisionist westerns, this drama by TV veteran David Von Ancken is impressive for its stubborn classicism"

"Written and directed by Tom Six--who doesn't seem to realize that movie theaters rely on popcorn sales--this nasty stuff plays like a cross between 'Saw,' 'Naked Lunch,' and 'Bride of the Monster.'"  

"The best thing I can say about this limp prequel to the Farrelly brothers' 'Dumb & Dumber' is that it obliged me to check out the original, which I'd been studiously avoiding for years"

"Any guy who sits through this date movie deserves to get to third base at least."

"This is loads of fun in the early stretch, as the characters are being introduced, but the story never really goes anywhere."

"Unfortunately I can't give this a thumbs-up or thumbs-down; I haven't yet developed an aesthetic that will accommodate a guy firing a bottle rocket from his ass."

"This ensemble drama by screenwriter David Hubbard isn't perfect, but its harsh honesty and sincere faith in humanity make it genuinely uplifting"

"In essence this is a celebrity revenge fantasy, something few of us can relate to, but director Paul Abascal has the sense to keep the homilies short and the pacing fast"

"Like so many satires in the Strangelove mold, this never comes close to working as a story, but its lampoon of U.S. imperialism and military privatization is so bracingly obnoxious I didn't really care"

"Actor David Morse establishes himself as a truly formidable presence in this powerful first feature by Alex and Andrew Smith."

"'American Casino' and Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' offered more striking images of the human wreckage, but Ferguson is more successful at nailing the perpetrators in New York"  

"Chen Shi-Zheng shows great sensitivity to the pressure and isolation felt by Chinese brains at American universities"

"Alison Eastwood, whose good looks and last name have served her well as a Hollywood actress, makes her directing debut with this mediocre cancer drama."

"A suitable mainstream vehicle for Malkovich's bruised aloofness."

"After the portentous 'No Country for Old Men,' Joel and Ethan Coen return to their trademark brand of cruel, misanthropic farce, and for dark laughs and hurtling narrative momentum this spy caper is their best work since 'Fargo'"

"The live sets by X, Black Flag, the Circle Jerks, the Germs, and Fear, recorded between December 1979 and May 1980, still thunder after all these years; unfortunately so do the scene's racism, queer baiting, and utter despair."