Cohen's act wears thin...still, The Dictator has several memorable moments... 

You'll empathize with Plowright's appropriation from Dorothy Parker: 'What fresh hell is this?' 

By asking the audience to take far too much on faith, Dark Shadows can only be an interesting failure. 

Currish...the film's niche audience is indiscriminate aging dog lovers; people lovers should look elsewhere.     

"Eat Gray Love"...the whole enterprise [is] too platitudinous, but with powerhouse actors like Dench, Nighy and Wilkinson, even a critic can agree it's better to be plucky than a sour stick-in-the-mud. 

Plenty fun: as per the Jackie Chan standard, it's total nonsense, but unpretentiously entertaining and occasionally ingenious. 

A mood piece, as abstract and engrossing as the many Bach piano selections laid on the soundtrack. 

It's quite possible that The Avengers has more action than any movie ever made...[but] for all its thrill-ride clutter, The Avengers is just about as simplistic as them fightin'-robot pictures... 

Pessimism, sweetness, raunch and loopiness make for a pleasantly offbeat blend. 

Eighty-eight minutes of sublime silliness...should appeal in equal measure to adults as to children. 

The airy Novak makes a strong impression, Stewart's comic chops remain in fine fettle, and the distinctive supporting cast can't be beat... 

This story framed as a historical account of the only woman to stand up to Napoleon doesn't quite conquer our interest, though it is itself an intriguing piece of Hollywood history due to the presence of Brando in an iconic role. 

Decide for yourself if the narration is a necessary concession for kids: it's a take-it-or-leave-it proposition that doesn't make but also doesn't quite break Chimpanzee. 

A sensitive and fairly subtle work, with the deceptive simplicity of a well-honed short story. 

Those who identify as fans of the Halloween films will want to see Halloween: Resurrection, the eighth in the series; those who don't care about Halloween won't. That said, Halloween: Resurrection co... 

A reasonably entertaining miniseries...made with obvious attention to (if not always success in) pleasing genre fans. 

A next-generation Scream, a self-referential horror film that tongue-in-cheekily deconstructs its own genre. 

Since the halfwitty Damsels in Distress wants to have it both ways, its satire is about as cutting as a plastic knife through a porterhouse. 

'How Green Was My Valley, How Smart Was My Horse.' 

Predictability is the fatal flaw of any American sequel, and while this one comes closest in tone to the original film, that's a decidedly double-edged sword. 

The surprise every morning of when that face was finally on: it was somebody that wasn't me. You know, I never thought of how masculine or feminine she was. 

Jim used to always con you into doing things by saying, 'Oh no, it'll be great. It'll be really nice.' 

You know, 'I'm gonna direct this film about a woman and her struggle to conceptualize God'...It's like, 'Are you insane?  Are you possessed?' 

I have no interest in manipulating a performance. I want to unleash a performance. And I want to witness a performance. And obviously use my camera as tellingly as I can to capture that. 

There is a certain level of privacy that leaves immediately when you set foot in this small town, y'know? Everybody heard what you had for dinner last night and who you had over. 

[Spencer:] Long before...people who were housekeepers and perhaps felt invisible, I think it is always a gracious thing to acknowledge someone’s influence and going out of their way to help you. So, absolutely. I will always say, 'Thank you.' 

[Ansari:] The worst job I ever had was I used to make crystal meth, and it was really hard because the lab would just explode all the time, and it was a lot of cleanup. 

I’m a big fan of those...late '60s, early '70s movies that all had this...anti-authoritarian edge to them as well. So there are a lot of dumb jokes in the movie, but there are other jokes that are...a bit more pointed and confrontational. 

I never wanted to make a smear piece or a derogatory look at the group...At the end of the day, I’m always going to be a fan of A Tribe Called Quest. 

[Michael Biehn:] I watched T4 about a year ago or whenever it came out...it didn’t appeal to me at all. You know, at all. But, if they came to me and said, 'Here’s a check...'