
Guns on the Clackamas 
Not one of Bill Plympton's better efforts: he's better when he sticks to animation
IP5: Island of the Pachyderms 

Three men -- a kid, a youth, and an old man -- set out to find their bliss
Bill Plympton's Dog Days 


A treat for his fans, and a good introduction to Plympton's work for newbies
The Saragossa Manuscript 


X-Files meets Barry Lyndon in stories within stories
Roselyne and the Lions 

The workaday world of lion taming is not just a conceit of the plot
The Moon in the Gutter 
Characters with unreadable motives are hard to like, and no amount of atmosphere can help
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison 

There is no film footage from Johnny Cash recording at Folsom, which is hard on a documentarian
The Wedding 


Polish comedy has impeccable timing and coherent focus
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts 

Glass fans will like 8-11 of Hicks' 12 parts
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes 

Why does he wear red shoes? Documentary forgets to ask.
Sno Cone Inc. 
Tries to develop too many characters, relationships and plotlines in too short a time
The Pink Panther 2 

Think Pink... Again
Confessions of a Shopaholic 

Shop 'til you drop... on DVD
Dear Zachary 


A powerful home movie about real-world evil and good
Friday the 13th Part III 3-D 

Jason picks up the hockey mask.
Friday the 13th Part 2 

A decent sequel with a creepy finale
The Machinist 


Thrill to Bale's creepiness
Three Days of the Condor 

Has a dose of camp that might not have been intended 30 years ago
Grin without a Cat 


Unless you are up on your history, it will be a jumble of marching in the streets
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 

Spend the day with Ferris
Doubt 

Not a cinematic powerhouse, but a good conversation starter
Sin City 

There's still a lack of honesty in Sin City
Forever 

It may be set in a cemetery, but the real story in Forever is the living