�a tour of an exaggerated interpretation of Victorian London using the Jack the Ripper murders as an entry point.�
From Justin to Kelly
�inept�but harmless.�
Gangs of New York
�like any good opera�
Garden State
�an arthouse movie for people who think they don�t like arthouse movies�
Ghost in the Shell
�where flesh-based life ends and computer-based life begins.�
Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence
�like an anime made by Bergman or Tarkovsky�
Ghost World
�a good movie about annoying people.�
Giant (1956)
�uses a drawn-out runtime to emphasize the passage of history, the change of social mores, and the young becoming old and a bit confused�
Girl with a Pearl Earring
�The master and the maid�is the oldest story�
Gladiator
�big dumb adventure trying to disguise itself as an epic.�
Go
��Pulp Fiction� recast with college drop-outs, for people who drink, dance, party, get paid by the hour, routinely fight with their parents, and think it�s cool to know drug dealers even if they don�t do drugs themselves.�
The Good German
�OMG shoes!�
Good Night, and Good Luck
�no man as ugly, jiggly, and sweaty as Joe McCarthy could become powerful today�
The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
�Italians�
The Great Escape (1963)
�a Movie, in the truest sense of the word.�
Greenfingers
�heart is in the right place�sincere about responsibility, self-respect, and self-direction coming from watching pretty things grow�dampened by a routine treatment of the storyline.�
Grindhouse (2007)
"I never miss"
The Dancer Upstairs �more politics than the average American thriller.�
Daredevil (2003) �competent but unremarkable�
The Da Vinci Code �it drags on and on and on.�
Dawn of the Dead (2004) �when there�s no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.�
Days of Heaven (1978) �deflates the good old days�
Dead Again �There�s a private eye, amnesia, opera, past lives, hypnosis, an electrocution, sweeping romantic gestures, someone pulling scissors out of his own back, a costume ball a la �Eyes Wide Shut,� lots of candles, and a great way to quit smoking.�
Die Another Day �usual nonsense about a wealthy madman out to blow
up or rule the world, whichever comes first.�
Downfall (2004) �what a bunch of quitters�
Down with Love �my name is Zip Martinez�
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin�s Diary �a terrific dirty joke�
Dreamgirls (2006) �horribly Satanic�
Electric Dragon 80,000 Volts �GUITAR!!�
Elizabeth (1998) �head on pikes�
Enigma (2001) �gadgets of spycraft do not take center stage.�
Entropy �it doesn�t have anything new to say about Hollywood, or about the romance of its lead characters, and then�takes forever to get there.�
Escape from Alcatraz (1979) �how did they do it?�
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind �a parable for intimacy in an age that encourages us not to share our toys�
eXistenZ �great, sick joke, or an above-average mind-game.�
The Exorcist (1973) �the power of Christ compels you!�
Fahrenheit 9/11 "like a newspaper editorial."
Far From Heaven �experiment in which [director Haynes] recreates the filmmaking style of the 1950s�
The Fast Runner �rarely has any film taken us to, and inside, a land as remote�
Fatal Attraction (1987) �only one place to go and takes forever to get there�
Femme Fatale (2002) "a delightful throwback to 'Dressed to Kill.'"
The Fifth Element �the right tone to all its absurdity.�
Finding Nemo �packed with all sorts of great details.�
Finding Neverland �Lofty visions of adulthood are portrayed as escape for children, just as a gauzily mis-remembered childhood is an escape for adults�
The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara �utterly fascinating�
Following �engrossing, almost hypnotic examination of voyeurism and film noir.�
Formula 51 �phony eccentricities thrown together around nothing.�
Four Weddings and a Funeral �charming British comedy-of-manners with a dumb American romance tacked on�
Frailty �an effective thriller . . . and a genuine concern for religion.�