Though he has been working as a director in Japan since the 1970s, it is only really within the last 10 years that American audiences have been exposed to the incredible works of Hayao Miyazaki. His latest, iPonyoi, an original story inspired by iThe Little Mermaidi, hardly breaks the Japanese artists run of success. While not quite on the level of masterpieces such as iSpirited Awayi and iPrincess Mononokei, it is a beautiful tale of childhood innocence and wonder that viewers of all ages can enjoy.

I honestly cannot remember the last time a movie made me actually HATE it before it was over. This film really got under my skin, to the point I almost wished physical harm on its creators. The arrogance and ignorance on display is truly amazing. Arrogance of its superiority over the audiences intellect and ignorance of filmmaking craft. I almost had no words to write about this movie since my reaction was virtually Cro-Magnon: iFilm Bad. Film Very Bad.i Period. Smack on head with club.

You shouldnt have to be told what to expect out of a movie called iBitch Slapi. The name alone screams B-movie about as loudly as iMega Shark vs. Giant Octopusi, but promises sexy ladies instead of prehistoric beasts. What makes a great B-movie is over-the-top blood and gore, explosions at every turn, and dialogue as janky as your first Toyota; all characteristics iBitch Slapi lacks. Sure, a few one-liners will pull laughs and the eye candy is the prime cut, but almost nothing stands out as anything truly good, or truly bad.

Its hard to imagine a worse life than the one lived by Clareece Precious Jones Gabourey Sidibe in 1987 Harlem. Shes 16, obese, illiterate, and pregnant with her second child. Her mother, Mary MoNique, could be the single worst human being on the face of the earth, and that includes both Hitler and the Unabomber. She abuses Precious physically, mentally, and sexually, continuing the family tradition started by Precious father before he left.

Before revisiting iThe Running Mani, it is highly recommended that you make sure that your nostalgia goggles are strapped firmly to your head. The one-liners, bad effects, and 80s hair strangling this movie are sure to jar them loose, causing you to forget everything you love about campy, mid-80s Arnold Schwarzenegger action. Supported by Richard Dawson and Maria Conchita Alonso, iThe Running Mani -- without the safety of your nostalgia goggles -- will run straight out of your fondest memories and right onto the list of films that just dont hold up.

It sounds like a lot of plot, but the core of the story, co-written by co-directors John Musker and Ron Clements ILittle MermaidI and IAladdinI, is well known. A pair starts a difficult journey as polar opposites the hard working Tiana and the playboy Naveen and slowly falls in love, with chases, misunderstandings, and comic set pieces along the way.

Too funny to be a drama, too emotional to be a sitcom, and too smart to be called a dram-com, INurse JackieIs only label should be virtually spotless television.

Wonderland has evolved since the first Alices trip back in Victorian times just as our world has and is now a desolate urban jungle stretching miles in the air, surrounded by nature where few go. The Queen of Hearts Kathy Bates in IMiseryI-lite crazy mode rules, and humans from our world, called Oysters, are kidnapped and sent to her casino to be drained of their emotions, which are then sold off to the highest bidder. The animals and fantastical characters are mostly gone, replaced by people who hint at the character that came before them.

Though it wasnt as bizarrely out there as reviews had me believing, IThe BoxI is not your average morality tale. Feel free to replace morality tale with something more ruthless and piercing.

Despite all this mocking, this should be an easy movie to like. I mean, its not going to win an Oscar, or even a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award, but it has all the ingredients for a fun night with your friends. Theres a bunch of very talented actors, a really bad-ass ber-car, and enough money in the budget for four or five sizeable explosions. An even passably talented director could carry it past the limitations of the weak story. Then again...having a weak director who also wrote the weak story could actually sink this film like a pair of concrete overshoes. Which is what happens here.

So, yeah. Your average below-average horror-movie yahoos. Im not saying I expect my horror flicks populated with MENSA members or anything, but itd be nice if these kids didnt continually demonstrate such a pervasive and fatal lack of common sense. Its one thing for a slasher film to give us nothing but annoying, paper-thin cut-outs -- they exist for no reason other than to be murdered and maimed in creative and amusing ways. Thats fine. And I realize the ICabin FeverI kids ultimately serve the same purpose, but Roth and Randy Pearlsteins script toys with IThingi-like explorations of paranoia and the struggle between self-preservation and empathy, only to undercut any such narrative aspirations with stupid, unlikable characters.

What Frank doesnt know, and what the movie slowly reveals through his trips to see three of the adult children played by Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, and Sam Rockwell, is that they have some problems in their lives. They try almost anything to keep these problems and the problems of the fourth, unseen sibling from Frank. The lengths they go to are almost sitcomish. Beckinsales Amy is having marriage problems, but her estranged husband comes over to stay while Frank is in town. I think that was a plot point in IA Very Brady ChristmasI, right? Not that its some sort of screwball comedy; its actually pretty slow and downbeat.

IBlack DynamiteI is definitely going in my movie collection, and it should have a spot in yours as well. Just dont be surprised if you get home one day and find that IBlack DynamiteI put the kung-fu to your other movies and had some damned fine sex with your wife or girlfriend. This disc dont play around.

Dancy combines a stellar performance with his natural appeal to create a complex yet very likeable character. The condition makes social interaction extremely difficult for Adam and reduces his range of interests to a handful of obsessions. Additionally, he is incapable of reading and understanding others emotions. Rather than letting Aspergers syndrome consume the character, Dancy makes Adam such a strong individual that the disorder fades into the background. Its always there but never overwhelmingly so.

The film is separated into segments that follow Dante through the different gates of Hell. These separations presumably mirror the different levels of the game not being a gaming guru, I dont deign to claim this as fact. The sections are labeled with terms like limbo, fraud, and treachery; in each of these sections Dante is subjected to trials and tribulations that are as trite as the section titles infer. The subject matter suggests dismalness and doom, and the tone of the film follows suit.