Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as the one actor attempting to give a real performance in this mess. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share
This isn't a picture filled with wonder and a sense of fun; it's so jaded and crass that I almost wonder if it's a… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as the one actor attempting to give a real performance in this mess. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share
Oldboy makes us feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. It's a grand, gritty, indelible experience, the sort of picture that mimics great… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
The scariest thing in it may be the way the clock radio has a way of turning itself on, loudly, of its own accord.… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
It's guilty of the very thing that makes kids hate history as a subject when it's taught badly: The Da Vinci Code makes the… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
There are epic impulses everywhere you look in There Will Be Blood; what's missing is character development, focused storytelling and, most significantly (apart from… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
You can talk film theory till you're blue in the face, but in the end, the thing that may haunt you most about a… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it's effective precisely because it's not a polemic. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
I can't remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. [Director George] Lucas may have held my imagination hostage for two… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
The bigger question to ask about 300 is why, for a supposedly rousing tale of heroism, it's so curiously unaffecting. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Children of Men is a solemn, haunting picture, but it's also a thrilling one, partly because of the sheer bravado with which it's made.… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Pan's Labyrinth works on so many levels that it seems to change shape even as you watch it. It is, at times, a joyless… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
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