|
4/4
|
93%
|
The Departed (2006) |
"
Even if it had come out nine months ago, there is little doubt that anything you see this year -- frankly, anything of its genre you've seen in any recent year -- could surpass The Departed."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Oct 5, 2006
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
If you haven't read the story before you see the movie, read it after. And then go see what is arguably the year's best movie."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 20, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
58%
|
Last Days (2005) |
"
For those open to the experience, it's a spellbinding, hypnotic masterpiece."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Sep 8, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) |
"
The 40-Year-Old Virgin is one of the best comedies ever made."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Aug 18, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Murderball (2005) |
"
Murderball is foul-mouthed, raucous, obscenely entertaining and profoundly touching."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jul 28, 2005
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Sideways (2004) |
"
Sideways is bound to end up the single funniest movie of the year, although rarely in a laugh-out-loud way."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 11, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Tarnation (2004) |
"
It's one of the best movies of the year, and simultaneously one of its oddest."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 11, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
70%
|
Dogville (2003) |
"
You don't so much enjoy watching it as you simply appreciate the genius that went into its creation."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Apr 22, 2004
|
|
4/4
|
70%
|
Elephant (2003) |
"
Elephant is probably one of the most realistic movies about high school ever made."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 21, 2003
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|
4/4
|
85%
|
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) |
"
One of the most intense, violent and breathtaking American epics ever filmed."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Oct 9, 2003
|
|
3.5/4
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"
The best installment of the saga yet, in large part because its villains are so much more compelling than those past."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted May 3, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Grindhouse (2007) |
"
Further proof that every movie is better when it has zombies in it, Planet Terror also demonstrates that every movie is better when it features a retired stripper/aspiring stand-up comedian with a machine gun in place of her freshly amputated leg."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Apr 5, 2007
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|
3.5/4
|
33%
|
Breaking and Entering (2007) |
"
Deserves to be celebrated as a work that comes closer than any other to achieving what the filmmaker does best: Reminding us that no matter what is happening on a larger scale, we are defined by our interpersonal relationships."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Mar 9, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"
This is the kind of film so joyful you can imagine watching it again and again. Anytime you come away from such ultimately dark subject matter suffused with happy appreciation, you know you've stumbled on something special."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jan 4, 2007
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Volver (2006) |
"
Volver is a rapturous, freewheeling valentine to the [female] gender as a whole, and as luxuriously voluptuous as the women who populate it."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 21, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
47%
|
The Holiday (2006) |
"
Heart ... puddle ... on floor."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 7, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
65%
|
Apocalypto (2006) |
"
You could dog-ear the pages of every thesaurus imaginable, though, and still not be able to capture the visceral power that Gibson presents. You just have to see it."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 7, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006) |
"
... riveting documentary ..."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 16, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
69%
|
Babel (2006) |
"
Gripping, patient and utterly enchanting, it is a marked growth for Iñárritu and Arriaga, who have taken a precarious conceit and transformed it into one of the most powerful movies of the year."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 9, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"
For the viewer with the appropriately inappropriate sense of humor, Borat -- despite being an undeniable novelty -- is also irresistible."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Jesus Camp (2006) |
"
A chilling and fascinating look at the ever-increasing power of the organized Religious Right."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Oct 12, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
69%
|
World Trade Center (2006) |
"
World Trade Center is a commemoration of everyone who lost his or her life in the wreckage of 9-11, but also something more. It's a celebration of living, against all odds."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Aug 8, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
72%
|
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"
Talladega Nights is the rare comedy that manages to be funny and witty."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Aug 3, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) |
"
Saying The Devil Wears Prada is superior to the book on which it is based is like saying that devouring chocolate is better than seeing its grimy residue smudged on a napkin."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jun 29, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
Superman Returns (2006) |
"
At every turn in Superman Returns is a sense of respect for all that's preceded it."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jun 26, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
86%
|
L'Enfant (The Child) (2006) |
"
A searing work about a severely flawed person's heartbreaking stabs at redemption."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted May 11, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"
Dave Chappelle's Block Party is easily the most fun I've had in a movie theater in months."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Mar 2, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006) |
"
A seriously promising directorial debut from an already great actor."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Feb 23, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
The Matador (2006) |
"
The Matador is a superbly cast story that clearly marks Shepard as a filmmaker to watch."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jan 12, 2006
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
Munich (2005) |
"
The rare action film that is as full of heart-rending dialogue as it is explosions and point-blank shootings."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 27, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
53%
|
Wolf Creek (2005) |
"
A lo-fi masterpiece, an intense ride through your worst nightmares."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 22, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (2005) |
"
It achieves an overall epic sweep most movies don't even dare to attempt."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 8, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
61%
|
Shopgirl (2005) |
"
This is easily the best role Danes has had since she broke out a decade ago on TV's My So-Called Life."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 3, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
68%
|
North Country (2005) |
"
Director Niki Caro (Whale Rider) - - can make an intelligent, involving movie about sexism in the workplace without it feeling merely like a screeching, heavy-handed polemic."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Oct 21, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
A History of Violence (2005) |
"
A film that manages to be gorgeous, scary, sexy and vicious, all at once."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Sep 29, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Grizzly Man (2005) |
"
The movie's greatest draw remains the vivid, complex portrait Herzog paints of a man who could have easily been dismissed as a freak."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Sep 22, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
55%
|
Happy Endings (2005) |
"
It will make at least some of us feel happy to be alive, to be a person who is flawed and intolerable and perfectly fabulous just the same."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jul 14, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
74%
|
War of the Worlds (2005) |
"
War of the Worlds is easily the most bone-chillingly scary movie Spielberg has made, but it also taps into an unsettling kind of fear that never goes for the cheap thrill. The dread Spielberg conjures is horribly personal."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jun 28, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
97%
|
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) |
"
This documentary is the most skillful, exhaustive and appealing film so far this century about corporate corruption."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jun 9, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Cinderella Man (2005) |
"
Howard has tapped into a glorious true-life story and wisely chosen Crowe, an unparalleled actor, to embody the hero."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jun 2, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Comme une Image (Look at Me) (Like an Image) (2005) |
"
Look at Me is sly, discomfiting and great exploration of fame and beauty."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted May 5, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Nashan naren nagou (Postmen in the Mountains) (2003) |
"
Look at Me is sly, discomfiting and a great exploration of fame and beauty."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted May 5, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Inside Deep Throat (2005) |
"
[A] wildly, relentlessly entertaining documentary."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Mar 17, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004) |
"
Even when Born Into Brothels shows a world one might rather pretend didn't exist, it is enchanting to view."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Mar 10, 2005
|
|
3.5/4
|
78%
|
A Very Long Engagement (2004) |
"
A breathtaking love story that never wallows too long in its own sweetness, A Very Long Engagement is firmly in touch with its dark side."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 21, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
53%
|
Spanglish (2004) |
"
This is the rare movie with characters whose missteps you can accept, and whose integrity you can admire."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Dec 16, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
97%
|
The Incredibles (2004) |
"
The expressions on the characters' faces are so nuanced and complex you feel like you're watching actual people."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Nov 4, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
The Corporation (2004) |
"
Utterly fascinating, an exhaustive and engaging study of business as it has evolved since the Civil War."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Oct 7, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
86%
|
Garden State (2004) |
"
Unlike so many movies about everything from falling in love to blowing up asteroids, Garden State actually feels like someone's life unfolding."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Aug 12, 2004
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Riding Giants (2004) |
"
Easily one of the best movies about surfing ever made, thanks to the loving and knowledgeable touch of director Stacy Peralta."
—
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted Jul 23, 2004
|
67%
——
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