After Midnight (2004)

"Reveals an immense gift for storytelling that blends sentimental quirkiness with wry satire."

After the Sunset (2004)

"The mix of thievery intrigue, humor, exotic slacking and animal attraction are a classy recipe for stealing audience affections."

Aliens of the Deep (2005)

"Even if these plants and animals did not exist, we may have already invented them, courtesy of those sci fi special effects magicians working overtime for the past decades."

Almost Famous (2000)

"Check out Hoffman's upstaging turn as the prophetic rock philosopher thoroughly disgusted by the music's fatal wrong turn from poetry into profit."

Amen (2003)

"The pervasive use of staircases -- whether people are ascending or descending -- lends an interesting leitmotif of class and religious struggle."

An American Affair (2009)

"A dash of Ingmar Bergman and Oliver Stone in this Capitol Hill noir, as kinky DC sexual politics collide with flaky JFK conspiracy theories, and Bay of Pigs CIA boozer masterminds wonder if communists are having more fun."

American Gangster (2007)

"The Russell Crowe Interview: 'Richie told me, I don't want to be portrayed as a womanizer. But lemme tell you about this Supreme Court stenographer in the second-floor broom closet."

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)

"Picks up pretty terrifying momentum once the jungle snakes get an urge to chow down on these humans, even if everyone on the menu is on the lean side"

Antonia (2007)

"Bold and brave soulful female free styling hip hop subversive invasion of jealously guarded machista musical turf, that does battle with feisty attitude and stubborn blossoming feminist pride. And the music isn't half bad either."

Anywhere But Here (1999)

"Portman and Sarandon have been handed an enviable opportunity with this film, and they take full advantage of the showcase."

Are We There Yet? (2005)

"This somewhat schizophrenic comedy may be expressing Cube's own ambivalence about parting ways with his NWA inner bad boy and embracing fatherhood and all of its virtuous authority figure dimensions."

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

"The movie gets that gossip media hook into the mystique of the iconic hunted and the symbiotic hunger of the hunter just right, and doesn't let go."

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)

"The film manages something quite remarkable, both a compassion for Bicke's wounded sense of life's betrayals, and stark revulsion for the personal logic of his bloody remedy."

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

"While the Carpenter 1976 cult classic feasted off the blaxploitation and horror thriller mania of the movie moment back then, French director Richet gets more into character depth, and greater moral ambiguity fueling the social contradictions now."

Assisted Living (2005)

"Sensitively considers the potential for liberation of the mind from the shackles of the aging body, no matter how deteriorated that physical human essence might be."

Asylum (2005)

"A little like Jack the Ripper in outer space."

Awake (2007)

"The Jessica Alba Interview"