1. Bigger, better, faster, wiser and funnier than its predecessor!
2. This 1980 sequel is a stronger film with cooler effects, more action, a better storyline and superior wisecracks.
3. The greatest episode of the Star Wars Trilogy!
4. I think I can recite most of the dialogue from The Empire Strikes Back -- I mean, even R2's clicks and beeps. Isn't that sad?
5. Nothing in the Star Wars canon betters this.
6. may always be the middle child of the Star Wars Trilogy, but it will always remain the stronges
7. A superior motion picture!
8. The script again is imaginative and full of laughs. Poor Chewy remains the brunt of the many of the jokes.
9. It balances bloodshed with charm, spectacle with childlike glee. It's a near flawless movie of its kind.
10. Colorful, exciting, witty and adventuresome!
Dark, sinister, but ultimately even more involving than A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back defies viewer expectations and takes the series to heightened emotional levels.

1. Brian De Palma's version blends style, violence and a host of fine character portrayals into a rousing, point-blank period film.
2. For many the main attraction of this modern classic is Sean Connery's Oscar-winning turn as the veteran Irish cop who shows Costner the ropes.
3. De Palma's style rides substance out of town to leave a glorious compendium of genre cool, remixing the original '50s TV series just as Indiana Jones took a whip to '30s serial adventures.
4. From a director of De Palma's resources -- both aesthetic and, these days, financial -- it's fair to expect something more than just not being bored.
5. The best cop/mob movie remains decidedly untouchable.
6. A deeply satisfying and entertaining Prohibition gang-buster directed with a Tommy gun's rat-tat-tat.
7. De Palma does superb job with the action sequences, which are choreographed, paced and acted out so well that they don't leave a palm dry in the house.
8. The Untouchables could be the breakthrough movie for Kevin Costner, a folksy, Gary Cooperish actor who holds center stage as Eliot Ness.
9. Where, under his stainless-steel incorruptibility, was Ness' gnawing flaw? To Mamet and De Palma, goodness and dullness seem inseparable.
10. Unlike some past De Palma films, though, The Untouchables makes some of its strongest impressions in sequences that build suspense and characterization without readily resorting to mayhem.
Slick on the surface but loaded with artful touches, Brian DePalma's classical gangster thriller is a sharp look at period Chicago crime, featuring excellent performances from a top-notch cast.

1. While the animation, particularly in the action set pieces, is indeed well done, it's nothing revolutionary nor imaginative that stands out from the rest in this CG-feature-a-week marketplace.
2. Isn't clever or inventive enough to make up for its repetitive and lackluster storytelling.
3. Cute animated movie with a message for kids.
4. It's a fun adventure fantasy, and I was never bored...
5. Ten year old Lucas Nickle ( the voice of Zach Tyler Eisen) stomps an anthill after an encounter with neighborhood bullies. With the help of a magic potion, the ants shrink the boy down to their size. The insects are about to get even and Lucas will learn
6. ...this visually arresting story of a young geek's friendship with some enterprising ants isn't as compelling in the script department.
7. One of those animated features you can enjoy even without a kid by your side.
8. It's imaginative and amusing with its engaging characters and nicely crafted animation, even though the ants themselves are visually the least interesting ... Uplifting and bright.
9. The film acknowledges that faith is an important part of our social fabric, and if the film has any moral lessons to pass on, it implicitly roots them in a spiritual foundation.
10. The new computer-animated movie, "The Ant Bully," knows a few things about bullies, most of which we already know--all of which bear repeating.
Sometimes inventive and witty, this animated adventure into an ant-sized world is a pleasant diversion.

1. '[Oshii] is a visionary. His world is unmistakably his, [and] it's a hypnotic place to be.'
2. The Blade Runner-esque worldscape is gorgeously realized, but the script's philosophical ramblings about existence are real head-scratchers.
3. Innocence entertains, but it doesn't resonate.
4. Unlike his American peers, Japanese writer-director Mamoru Oshii makes animated films that are as serious as a heart attack.
5. The effect of so much pretension and so many lovely images eventually becomes soporific.
6. The images are never ostentatious; instead, they evoke both the terror and wonder of things that lie beyond the grasp of human understanding.
7. Occasional passages of shell-cracking egghead overload aside, there's no getting past Innocence's astounding visual power.
8. Compared to many anime films, Oshii's anime style is still different, an intoxicating blend of mechanical and organic, like his characters.
9. In this anime it's a basset hound that brings the only bits of warmth.
10. The animation is vivid and surrealistic.

The animation is lovely, but the plot is complex to the point of inscrutability, leaving Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence both original and numbing.