Public Enemy, The

Despite some stirring moments, and a fine performance from Gary Oldman, the movie gets its portrait of a war leader wrong

The Thin Red Line, adapted from James Jones’s novel of Guadalcanal by the “legendary” Terrence Malick, director of Badlands and Days of Heaven, represents an “historic” return to movies for its director after a 20 year layoff. It is a mess — a classic case of what happens when you work on something for too…

An actor’s movie — written by his brother — to show off the considerable talents of Philip Seymour Hoffman

A very watchable if somewhat slight account of the stranded hiker who had to cut his own arm off to survive

A heart-warming tale of exile and loss and reconciliation

An enjoyable and well-made film from British director Mike Leigh which, nevertheless, doesn’t quite satisfy