It's guilty of the very thing that makes kids hate history as a subject when it's taught badly: The Da Vinci Code… — Stephanie Zacharek Alive 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… — Stephanie Zacharek Blood 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… — Stephanie Zacharek Cinema 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… — Stephanie Zacharek Actors 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… — Stephanie Zacharek Accord 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,… — Stephanie Zacharek Film 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 Asks 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 Agendas 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… — Stephanie Zacharek Bravado Copy Share Image
It's time to start recognizing that not all escapist entertainment is created equal. And that some of it isn't even entertainment. "Miss… — Stephanie Zacharek Age Copy Share Image
Oldboy makes us feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. It's a grand, gritty, indelible experience, the sort of picture that… — Stephanie Zacharek Bigger 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… — Stephanie Zacharek Audience 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… — Stephanie Zacharek Blue Copy Share Image
This film "Phantom" takes everything that's wrong with Broadway and puts it on the big screen in a gaudy splat. — Stephanie Zacharek Big screen Copy Share Image
"Batman Begins" leaks existential phoniness from the first frame. — Stephanie Zacharek Batman Copy Share Image
Who would have thought that [director] Cameron Crowe had a movie as bad as Vanilla Sky in him? It's a punishing picture,… — Stephanie Zacharek Betrayal Copy Share Image
We've moved away from being a culture of people who think about movies to one made up of people who believe that… — Stephanie Zacharek Believe Copy Share Image
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 Explicit Copy Share Image
It's impossible to tell what's going on at any given moment in Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; it's even harder to care… — Stephanie Zacharek Able Copy Share Image
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