Andy Seiler

A cynical sex comedy that manages to be infantile and jaded at the same time.

A must-see for animation fans.

It's still the same sick story. Even the small touches seem stale.

Uneven, amateurish and borderline misogynistic. But it's also very funny, and it never loses its cool.

Amusingly macabre. [16 July 1999]

One wishes producer Spike Lee had stepped in to give the dialogue some sass.

Would not even make a decent five-minute TV sketch. At any length, it smells.

The actors take a back seat to computer-generated demonic images and apocalyptic special effects.

No disinfectant could clean up this misbegotten, Americanized remake of "Les Visiteurs."

One of the strangest sequels of all time, director George Miller's wildly imaginative vision of animals loose in a dangerous urban dreamscape at times seems much closer to his work on the Mad Max series than to the bucolic charms of the original, which he produced but did not direct. [25 Nov 1998, p.1D]

Lucky Numbers is anything but lucky for stars John Travolta and Lisa Kudrow.

As the couple stand on the bluffs overlooking San Francisco Bay, you may find yourself wishing Forlani would push Prinze in.

This surprisingly sentimental science-fiction thriller boasts enough fresh twists to satisfy time-travel junkies.

The low-key approach probably gets closer to the soul of Leonard, but it lacks zip. As a result, Out of Sight sometimes runs out of gas.

Robbins' performance as Winston is the best thing in the movie.

Gives new meaning to the phrase "not for the squeamish."

The scariest thing about this appalling and seemingly endless movie is that you paid for your ticket and now have to sit through it.

The movie, lacking snap and sarcasm, fails to convey the book's tone. [16 Sep 1998, p.3D]

Wenders creates an imaginative, stylized cityscape, but what's missing is the compelling story that could bring the setting to life.

It could be argued that this movie's callousness toward human life is nihilistic and nasty. But Woo takes everything so absurdly far that audiences laugh at what horrified them moments before. [27Jun1997 Pg01.D]

Mowing the lawn might be more involving than watching this subpar sci-fi sequel, which manages to be complicated and witless at the same time. [15 Jan 1996, p.4D]

Excitingly edited and evocatively scored, Microcosmos adapts big filmmaking techniques to tiny creatures. You get thrills, slapstick and even romance. [11 Nov 1996]

If Wonderland is difficult to embrace, it is easy to admire.

The economical, fast-paced style and creepy mood are reminiscent of "The Twilight Zone."

The action scenes in Vertical Limit take cliffhanging to the highest peaks of excitement. It's a shame the story keeps dragging us down to sea level.

You may enjoy One Night -- but you may feel guilty about it in the morning.

The movie was postponed from 1998 and shielded from critics. (They were ot allowed to see the movie before the opening, usually a bid sign.) [15 January 1999, Life, p.8E]

Missing are well-choreographed action scenes, likable characters and involving plot twists.