question: Though not highly original, Vitus is slightly redeemed by its charm and compelling performances.

numbered reviews: 1. This was Switzerland's entry for the 2006 Oscars, and you can see why. Like most award-seeking crowd-pleasers, it places uncomfortable impulses in opposition then dramatizes them in the most unchallenging way imaginable.
2. Veteran Swiss filmmaker Fredi M. Murer's sentimental fable about a child prodigy and his difficulty fitting in with a world of ordinary people is poised somewhere between Searching For Bobby Fisher and Little Man Tate.
3. Genius weighs heavily on a child prodigy who longs to be 'normal' in this charming Swiss import from veteran director Fredi M. Murer.
4. considers the adult world, and the genius coming of age in it, with delicacy, compassion, and the subtle humor of the human comedy at large.
5. A good last half makes up for a slow first half...watching the incredibly talented Gheorghiu play the piano (is) worth the price of admission.
6. Murer is a skillful director and has crafted a crowd-pleasing story that will have particular appeal to mature 'tweeners.
7. A lot more interesting, and challenging, than its premise suggests.
8. Some of the moments of whimsy seem calculated specifically to cut together a theatrical trailer.
9. Vitus's cool intelligence, knotty narrative and precise performances make it a pleasure to watch even when it sends mixed messages about the true nature of its protagonist.
10. Vitus, a fizzy domestic fairy tale from Switzerland, gives you a lift, as it revels in the oddball joy of genius as kid power.


question: With middling CG effects and a distinct lack of fun, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor finds the series past its prime.

numbered reviews: 1. This reawakens but doesn't reinvigorate a franchise that was already curling at the edges seven years ago, with The Mummy Returns.
2. If you wanted to be totally accurate it should be The Mummy With The Same Formula As Before Except In China And Without Any Mummies. It's only slightly less catchy than the current title.
3. Although the formula remains much the same tanna leave concoction as before, there are a indeed few new wrinkles on the dessicated old corpse, just enough to make this pleasant popcorn movie for viewers seeking action and adventure.
4. ...passable popcorn entertainment, it's just disappointing that they couldn't find anything new or original.
5. I know The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is nothing more than a popcorn movie... But even silly pop movies have standards and this one falls short of those.
6. It's one thing to make a film for the pre-teen market, it's quite another to make a film that sounds like it was written by one.
7. Disappointing threequel with a badly written script, irritating characters, dodgy CGI work, a miscast Maria Bello and an underused Jet Li.
8. The whole thing, despite its decent start and $100 million, looks a bit of a mess to me. An entertaining one, no doubt, for those who love the franchise, but a bore for those who don't much care but would have preferred a more well organised film
9. A crazy-quilt comic book with Michelle Yeoh as a sorceress, a tribe of Abominable Snowmen, a visit to Shangri-La, a three-headed dragon, and Hong Kong's most honored actor, Anthony Wong, as a nutcase general. Kids should love it
10. None of the action sequences generate any excitement at all and the in-between stuff is so wilfully nutty that it falls completely flat.


question: This chilling, unsettling documentary provides an eye-opening look at both Wuornos and the American justice system.

numbered reviews: 1. Broomfield frequently seems as willing as his subject to indulge in conspiracy theories and there often exists the queasy hunch that his interest in her feeds her sickness.
2. As much a pointed and wise exploration of a documentarian's involvement in his subject matter as it is an angry indictment of the American judicial system.
3. A profoundly disturbing film.
4. It makes for a tabloid account, albeit a deliciously droll sidebar to The Selling Of A Serial Killer.
5. This is a chilling, extremely insightful documentary--not so much for what it tells us about Aileen Wuornos as for what it says about our society.
6. A fascinating portrait of the woman, and a damning one of the society in which she lived.
7. It's clear Theron didn't so much resemble [Wuornos] as she did channel her deeply tormented soul, in a way that Broomfield never manages to do.
8. This compassionate documentary should be of strong interest to viewers of the previous Wuornos film or the current Monster.
9. Even as Broomfield inserts himself (as usual) into the narrative, Wuornos grabs the spotlight with all of her wild-eyed fury.
10. The director ... makes a compelling argument that Wuornos never got a fair deal from the legal system and that she should have been spared death because of insanity.


question: Considered by many fans to be the best of the Star Trek movies, Khan features a strong plot, increased tension, and a sharp supporting performance from Ricardo Montalban.

numbered reviews:
1. Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!
2. Masterful... classic.
3. Here comes a sequel that's worth its salt. The second Star Trek movie is swift, droll and adventurous, not to mention appealingly gadget-happy. It's everything the first one should have been and wasn't.
4. Arguably the best of the Star Trek movies.
5. probably the best-ever trek movie
6. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan works as both a science fiction adventure story and as a thematically rich drama.
7. Ricardo Montalban plays the badass Khan in one of the most commanding performances of his career.
8. Has everything you could ask for in a good sci‑fi action-adventure: well-drawn heroes, a terrific villain, exciting outer-space showdowns… and a touch of reflective depth.
9. What movie would be complete without an incredible villain? In Khan, Ricardo Montalban created a villain of legendary proportions.
10. Still the best "Trek" film. KHAN!!!!