�Dude Where�s My Metaphysical Dilemma?�
Calendar Girls
�celebrates all of our wrinkly, ordinary destinies�
Capote
�we hate it when our friends become successful�
Cannibal Ferox
�that was a bad idea�
Catch Me If You Can
�playful romp�
Carnival of Souls (1962)
�we�re not the biggest church in town.�
The Cell
�like an episode of �The Outer Limits� or �The Twilight Zone�� presto!�you�re inside his dreams.�
Changing Lanes
�despite its gritty, urban look�is a fable.�
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
�don�t touch that squirrel�s nuts!�
Chicago (2002)
�shameless, hopelessly despicable characters do one shameless, hopelessly despicable thing after another.�
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005)
�all guns and no mantelpieces�
Citizen Kane
�what more can be said?�
Citizen X
�the world�s most prolific serial killer.�
City of God (2002)
�uses every trick and contrivance in the moviemaking arsenal�to tell a story that includes literally dozens of characters over about 25 years�
City of Lost Children
�what it was like to be a child and afraid.�
Click (2006)
�extra juicy�
Closer (2004)
�Clive is the villain of the year�
Code 46
�anecdote of little people suffering at the hands of big machines in a future world�
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
�picks its foible and showcases it affectionately.�
Cold Comfort Farm
�I saw something nasty in the woodshed!�
Cold Mountain
�captures both the grime and the splendor of wilderness�
Collateral
�Mann�s latest ode to the city is an atmospheric and nocturnal look at Los Angeles�
Constantine (2005)
�Even if you�re dumb enough to declare war on God, that�s an awful long time to be brooding and then still get outsmarted by a guy who starred in �Bill & Ted�s Bogus Journey.��
The Conversation (1974)
�that wacky toilet!�
The Cooler (2003)
�This place isn't faux dive. It's a real dive!�
The Corporation (2003)
�where�s the money, Lebowski?�
Cowards Bend the Knee
�Guy Maddin, Insane Canadian�
Creature Comforts (1989)
�cavalcade of whimsy�
"How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass."
Bad Santa
�sublime flatulence epic�
The Banger Sisters
"a good movie trapped in a formula."
Barry Lyndon
�one of the best-looking movies ever made.�
Batman (1989)
�a lonely boy, misunderstood by others and unable to understand them�
Batman Begins
�a man�s character is presented not as a rich tapestry drawn from a lifetime, but the result of a two isolated incidents�
A Beautiful Mind
�well-crafted mainstream film�appreciation for the mentally ill.�
Bedazzled (2000)
�through the supernatural, we are able to glimpse several different versions of their lives and relationships.�
Before Sunrise
�How many conversations have we started up on airplanes, bus stations, waiting in lines?�
Before Sunset
�Wondering how life might have turned out differently is not the healthiest way to spend your time, but everybody does it, probably more than we ought, so it�s worth making a movie about.�
The Best of the 2004 Ottawa International Animation Festival
�Hooray!�
Better Luck Tomorrow
�a warning to soccer moms and other overbearing parents�who seek to rob their children of a childhood in the name of �doing what�s best for them.��
Big Fish (2003)
�all of Bloom�s stories follow tall tale logic�
The Big Hit
�this should be a bad movie�but I had fun watching it.�
Big Trouble in Little China
�sonuvabitch must pay!�
The Birds (1963)
�and then the birds attack�
Black Hawk Down
�like reading the best chapter in a very long history book�what is remembered is the courage of the few who stood against the many.�
Blackmail (1929)
�the United Kingdom�s first talking picture�
Blade Trinity
�every movie nowadays has kung-fu, but only �Blade� has the temerity to use body slams.�
The Blair Witch Project
�stupid woods�
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2004)
�out come the swords�
Blood Diamond
�I�m gonna tell the audience its lesson�
Blow Out
�feathered early �80s proto-mullet�
Blow-Up
�is the filmmaker�s duty to recreate reality or to impose his will upon an artificial reality?�
Blue Steel (1990)
�battle of wills between two imbalanced people�
�romance explosion�
The Bourne Identity (2002)
�like a stone skipped across a pond�
Bowling for Columbine
�even if you can think of cogent reasons to disagree with everything Moore has said you�ll have gotten your money�s worth.�
Bram Stoker�s Dracula (1992)
�a series of free associations beginning with the word �vampire��
Breakfast with Hunter
�a great American eccentric, finding the limits of the human psyche so that the rest of us don�t have to�
The Break-Up (2006)
�30 or 40 really good minutes�
Brick (2006)
�I�m going home � I have knives in my eyes�
Bride and Prejudice
�disappointing�
Brokeback Mountain
�homosexuality as�hyper-masculine, even bordering on misogyny�
The Brothers Grimm
�There IS a good movie in here.�
Bridget Jones�s Diary
�she just wants to feel loved.�
Bubba Ho-Tep
�absolutely ludicrous, yet genuinely moving�
Bubble (2005)
�I don�t know what to make of Steven Soderbergh�