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10,000 BC
This sprawling epic is as lively as a natural history museum diorama. Beware the woolly mammoth!
By Stephanie ZacharekMar 7, 2008
102 Dalmatians
Glenn Close overacts grotesquely in this charmless Disney sequel.
By Charles TaylorNov 22, 2000
10 from Cannes, with love
From "Che" to a rowdy Paris high school to a murderous "Tony Manero," here are Cannes' 2008 hits-in-waiting -- and a few more that deserve a second look.
Andrew O'HehirMay 27, 2008
10 Items or Less
This intimate, actor-centric movie's bare-boned simplicity is its greatest strength.
By Stephanie ZacharekDec 1, 2006
10 to watch from Tribeca
A hot Swedish girlfriend (who's undead), a Spanish math thriller, getting high with Ben Kingsley and the rest of the best from NYC's spring fest.
Andrew O'HehirMay 5, 2008
13 Going on 30
Early on, "13 Going on 30" raises hopes that its message will be "It's great to be different." So why does it dash those hopes so cruelly?
By Stephanie ZacharekApr 23, 2004
1408
In this quirky horror chiller, John Cusack plays a ghost-guide writer who checks into a seriously creepy hotel room.
By Stephanie ZacharekJun 22, 2007
15 Minutes
Media: Bad. Violence: Bad, but exciting. Robert De Niro: Good.
By Stephanie ZacharekMar 9, 2001
16 Blocks
Bruce Willis may be the star of this sturdy cop thriller, but it's Mos Def who runs off with the film.
By Stephanie ZacharekMar 3, 2006
2001: A great year for movies
While the studios distracted us with big-budget behemoths, a renaissance in art film unfolded before our eyes.
By Andrew O'HehirNov 16, 2001
200 Cigarettes
In '200 Cigarettes,' the nostalgic '80s new wave soundtrack is the star, but the love stories get lost in shuffle-play.
By Mary Elizabeth WilliamsFeb 26, 1999
2046
Wong Kar Wai's mesmerizingly beautiful "sequel" to "In the Mood for Love" may not really make sense, but it's so intoxicatingly overripe that you don't care.
By Andrew O'HehirAug 5, 2005
21
This movie about card-counting MIT math geniuses in Vegas looks like a good bet, but don't double down.
By Stephanie ZacharekMar 28, 2008
21 Grams
This dark meditation on death and fate by the director of "Amores Perros" is admirable despite its flaws -- and Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro and Naomi Watts deliver knockout performances.
By Andrew O'HehirNov 21, 2003
24 Hour Party People
This dizzying saga of the '80s Manchester music scene is garish, reckless, endlessly self-indulgent and totally untrustworthy. What a blast!
By Jeff StarkAug 9, 2002
25th Hour
Of course Spike Lee has the right to transcend movies about race. He also has the talent to do better than this plodding moral fable about a prison-bound Edward Norton.
By Jeff StarkDec 20, 2002
27 Dresses
We now pronounce this wedding-centric romantic comedy as subtle as a stripper at a bachelor party.
By Mary Elizabeth WilliamsJan 18, 2008
28 Days Later
This apocalypse flick from director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland offers astonishing images of Britain devastated by plague-ridden zombies. But it lacks the maniacal airlessness of the "Living Dead" series it rips off.
By Andrew O'HehirJun 27, 2003
2 Fast 2 Furious
John Singleton's sequel to the brainless but exciting "The Fast and the Furious" is utterly indefensible -- and no fun either.
By Charles TaylorJun 6, 2003
300
The world may wonder which character in this computer-generated extravaganza is President Bush's stand-in -- but that's the wrong question to ask.
By Stephanie ZacharekMar 9, 2007
3,000 Miles to Graceland
Even with Vegas showgirls, Elvises with guns and trashy blow jobs, this tribute is hardly fit for a cretin -- much less a King.
By Stephanie ZacharekFeb 23, 2001
3:10 to Yuma
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale slide into this western remake like it was a favorite pair of chaps.
By Stephanie ZacharekSep 7, 2007
3-D is back!
The magic of stereoscope has returned in movies like "Hannah Montana" and "U23D." Is this a return to the cheeseball glory of the '50s, or just desperation?
Mar 14, 2008
40 Days and 40 Nights
Young stud Josh Hartnett goes celibate for Lent in an impotent anti-sex sex comedy.
By Charles TaylorMar 1, 2002
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days"
Don't call it the Romanian abortion movie! Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or-winner is a tense, brilliantly constructed thriller with a female hero.
Andrew O'HehirJan 28, 2008
50 First Dates
"The Wedding Singer" meets "Groundhog Day"? Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore shine in this sweet, flirty comedy about a man who falls for a woman with short-term memory loss.
By Stephanie ZacharekFeb 13, 2004
61*
Billy Crystal directs two relative unknowns as Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in maybe the best baseball movie since "Bull Durham."
By Allen BarraApr 26, 2001
88 Minutes
Al Pacino tries hard to make this squirrelly thriller worth your time.
By Stephanie ZacharekApr 18, 2008
8 Women
Despite the all-star cast of beautiful, talented actresses, this French whodunit never lives up to the grand musicals it rips off.
By Stephanie ZacharekSep 25, 2002
9 Songs
Yes, this movie contains real sex, not simulated. It's also a real love story about real characters and is really fascinating to watch.
By Stephanie ZacharekJul 22, 2005