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 past feel like a dull, grainy, faraway thing, instead of something vibrant and alive. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
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
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… — 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
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
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
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
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
Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it's effective precisely because it's not a polemic. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share
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
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
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
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
It's time to start recognizing that not all escapist entertainment is created equal. And that some of it isn't even entertainment. "Miss March" is,… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share
Who would have thought that [director] Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him? It's a punishing picture, a betrayal… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share
While "9 Songs" is sexually explicit in the basic sense, its directness is what's most fascinating, and ultimately most moving, about it. — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share
