question: A courtroom drama and an exploration of celebrity and responsibility.

numbered reviews: 1. While not denying the moral issue of a director sleeping with a minor, Zenovich's riveting docu places the controversial case in a broader perspective that emphasizes the obsession with celebs, media circus, legal system and (mis)conduct of judges.
2. Persuasively demonstrates Polanski was guilty as sin, yet his conviction was a miscarriage of justice.
3. Zenovich's zeal exceeds her grasp.
4. In contenting itself with the changing public perception of a long-misunderstood event, Wanted And Desired is compelling enough.
5. There's much material here and it is brilliantly structured.
6. In this documentary, the dwarf finally gets his due, fleshed out as a person rather than simply a media sensation.
7. Seeks to explore both sides of the endless debate and asks all parties to consider every angle before labeling him as a pedophile or misunderstood genius...
8. Its indictment ultimately feels like a secondary issue to Polanski's apparently incontrovertible guilt, which makes him--in this instance--still more victimizer than victim.
9. a great and somewhat Kafkaesque story that Polanski might have enjoyed directing... had it been fiction.
10. Roman Polanski deserves his badge of dishonor, no question about it. This amazing documentary argues that others need to start sporting one as well.


question: Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker is strictly children's fare, as it lacks originality, excitement, and believabiltity.

numbered reviews: 1. Geoffrey Sax makes a good fist of the visuals, mustering plenty of bonkers sets, vehicular action and new-fangled gizmos.
2. Most of the problems with Stormbreaker all boil down to believability.
3. Of the dressed-to-thrill cast, only [Alex] Pettyfer disappoints; he just looks and sounds too bland to be a teen hero. But I'll leave that for the kids to decide.
4. Director Sax is unable to generate much tension in the action scenes, even rendering a nice bit of Donnie Yen martial arts choreography incomprehensible.
5. Stormbreaker isn't a sour film, but it doesn't have a pulse; limping through extended action beats with cookie-cutter authority and often horrific direction.
6. Even fantasies need a nod or a wink to assure viewers, 'Yes, it's ludicrous -- but isn't it fun?'
7. Geoffrey Sax's filmmaking holds few surprises -- Whiz! Bang! Boom! Ha ha ha! -- but it's swift and competent.
8. This lame teenage James Bond will leave audiences neither shaken nor stirred.
9. It's one thing to imagine ordering a shaken martini; it's another to be handed a Shirley Temple.
10. With so much talent involved with this film, the finished product seems like a waste.


question: A sentimental tale that reveals great emotional truths in American history.

numbered reviews: 1. Spielberg's classicism comes to be appreciated in a goosebumps-inducing send-off for Mister.
2. Spielberg's first big drama is often hokey in places but ultimately succeeds.
3. A far better film than is usually thought.
4. Brilliant, disturbing storytelling by Spielberg with standout performances.
5. Overrated, but still a good film.
6. Spielberg may not have been the best choice to direct this feminist text, making a clean, neat movie that lacks authenticity, but the movie has many touching moments and the entire female ensemble is good, particularly Whoopi Goldberg in the second half
7. Inspiring, sentimental tale of survival.
8. ...we can forgive Spielberg his indulgences when the outcome is so profoundly moving.
9. "a should-have-been masterpiece that admittedly has its moments"
10. It is unquestionably overwrought, but it is a truly lovely film with a lot of emotion in it. The meaning of all that emotion is unfortunately still up for grabs.


question: One of the best political allegories of the 1950s, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an efficient, chilling blend of sci-fi and horror.

numbered reviews:
1. The first--and still best--version of the Cold War sci-fi, despite compromised ending that was imposed by producer Walter Wanger on the director to make the tale less downbeat and anarchic.
2. An all time classic. The "message" was lost on most original viewers.
3. Don Siegel's superb little effort, with its matter-of-fact isolation of hero Kevin McCarthy (ironic, no?) from the smarmy complacency of a small town gone to hell -- and way beyond -- points the way to his gripping action films of the 60s and 70s.
4. A superbly crafted film by innovative director Siegel, this low-budget science fiction tale became one of the great cult classics of the genre.
5. Tenso e bem construнdo, conta com uma уtima trilha sonora, a direзгo expressiva de Siegel e com um roteiro que pode ser lido como uma alegoria clara do mccarthismo.
6. Siegel's brilliant movie sits as a perfect bookend to Romero's "Night Of The Living Dead."
7. It's still a chilling picture, gaining over Phil Kaufman's smart remake by virtue of its intimate small town setting, and it has one of the greatest endings ever filmed.
8. Some genuinely creepy moments and good social commentary raise this horror film
9. I still believe in the reality of pod people.
10. Chilling still. Do not fall asleep while watching it!