Baadasssss - Is particularly interesting and relevant because it is a work based in reality.

Babe - If this is a "family" film - it's for The Addams Family.

Bad - This film, which is falsely accused of being similar to a John Water's flick, never lives up to it's potential.

Bad as I Wanna Be: The Dennis Rodman Story - For those of us who are interested in Rodman, there is a lot to learn about his life exposed here.

Bad Education - Almodovar's story is so muddled and so full of flashbacks within flashbacks that the entire house of cards implodes upon itself.

Bad News Bears - If Linklater could have went for edgy, and delivered a R-rated film filled with foul language and kids having sex, smoking and drinking, then this film might have had something to offer.

Bad Santa - I laughed my ass off at Thornton'screepy,alcoholic, stinky, disheveled, snotty Santa.

Baise Moi - Is a vulgar, base and putrid film. It is also bold, vibrant and fascinating.

The Ballad of Jack and Rose - Like a song that starts out as a typical 70's ballad and eventually evolves into one of the most amazing rock songs you've ever heard.

Balloon Fish - Austin filmmaker Mark Miller might be accused of doing seriously psychedelic drugs if it weren't for the fact that his short is so sentimental and cute.

Bamboozled - Is a complicated and opaque film. I'm still not sure after seeing it exactly what it is about.

Bandits - Steals so openly from Tarantino that the quirky auteur ought to sue.

Band of Outsiders - Soon gets bogged down in a film that is almost about nothing.

The Banger Sisters - Is a horrid and contrived piece of shit directed by a hack. And yet... I really enjoyed it.

The Barbarian Invasions - This is a film that I just didn't get.

Barbershop 2: Back in Business - I was pleasantly surprised.

Bartleby - Is really a strange film apparently birthed from a strange novel.

Basquiat - This remarkable film makes you want to go out and paint and paint and paint and paint.

Batman Begins - Soars during almost every moment of its running time after the story really begins.

The Battle of Algiers - The situation we Americans find ourselves in now gives this 40 year old film a sense of immediacy and relevance that is overwhelming.

The Beach - Leonardo DiCaprio, half-naked and wet. There's really no need to try and sell me any further.

Bend It Like Beckham - It's sweet, pleasant and full of wonderful messages about overcoming the challenges of sexism, ageism, racism and homophobia.

Bean - It gets pretty tiring pretty quickly.

Bear Cub - This is a film that will fill your heart. This is a film that you will fall in love with.

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms - Ray was apparently on a real tight budget here because it's some of his most uninteresting work. Maybe I've been jaded by Industrial Light and Magic.

The Beat That My Heart Skipped - There is a wonderful character and story here and, even though it is a remake, it seems utterly fresh and modern and unique.

A Beautiful Mind - A Beautiful Movie!

Bedrooms and Hallways - I was bitching about how there are no good bisexual movies and here is one.

Beeper - It is obvious from the first set-up in this contrived and wooden piece of crud that the film is going to suck.

Bee Season - Can you spell D-I-S-A-P-P-O-I-N-T-I-N-G.

Before and After - It's hard to believe that Liam Neeson is the problem with this film, but that's exactly the truth.

Before Night Falls - A work of intense personal vision and breathtaking beauty.

Before Sunrise and Before Sunset - These films are building up to something finite and final.

Before the Fall - This is a well-written and intelligent piece and its subtlety is certainly its strongest point.

Behind Enemy Lines - For all its poor scripting and typicality, I couldn't help but like the film.

Being John Malkovich - Posing as an intellectual art film, "Being John Malkovich" is one of those irritating, somewhat drab, purposefully gritty, boring films that pretentious people and those with no true sense of style will adopt as a "great art film."

Being Julia - Delightful, witty, charming and an all-around jolly good time.

The Believer - This indie film has two things going for it: ideas and acting.

Beloved -Powerful, lyrical, bold, expressive, poetic, cinematic, cerebral and visionary, "Beloved," alas, is not emotional.

Bewitched - This fluff evaporates after viewing like cotton candy on a child's eager tongue.

Beyond The Mat (By Brad Sand) - Paints a beautiful portrait of the lives of these men who make their living smacking the hell out of each other.

Beyond the Rocks - A lost film of great significance.

Beyond the Sea - For the first half of this film, we question why there should even be a Bobby Darin biopic.

Big Bad Love - A tourdeforce from husband and wife actors Arliss Howard and Debra Winger.

Big Daddy - It's goofy and it's sweet but Sandler makes it work brilliantly.

Big Eden - Like a gay "Northern Exposure" (which could be pretty gay itself at times).

Big Fish - Merely good while never reaching the level of the colorful masterpiece it so desperately wants to be.

The Big Hit - This funny and interesting Hollywood Hong Kong flick is nearly ruined by one poorly created characters and one glaring continuity edit.

The Big Kahuna - Is an acting tour-de- force.

The Big Lebowski - Suffers from the fact that it's another kidnapped heiress/mistaken identity films in a year that has seen a glut of them.

Big Momma's House - Martin Lawrence in a prosthetics and a dress does not a comedy make. Far from it.

The Big Red One - Large, cumbersome yet full of fire.

Billy Elliot - Does exactly what you think it will do. But the playing out of this wonderful and inspiring story is the real joy of it.

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss -Cute gay film that wants to convert straight people to understand that gay romance is no different than straight.

The Birdcage - It's just too bad that he can't show us the real world Williams and Lane inhabit. There is no substance here.

The Birds - A fascinating, intriguing masterpiece. A cinematic icon.

Birth - Sort of a sexy "Jonathan Livingston Seagull."

Black and White - I don't have the slightest fucking idea what James Toback is trying to say here.

Black Dog - As usual, this film isn't bad enough to be good. But what does one expect from Patrick Swayze.

Black Hawk Down - Gritty, realistic and frantically paced.

Black Mask- Silly but interesting Hong Kong actioner.

Black Milk - What's a Greek phrase that means "jumbled mess?" Whatever it is, that's what we have here.

Black Knight - It's the typical genre rip-off of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" but, you know, with a homey.

Black Tie White Noise - This is more than just a clip compilation and more than just a live performance, although there are elements of both.

Blade 2 - If you like action, if you like a movie that just goes and goes and goes, then this is the fucker for you.

The Blair Bitch Project - Yes, it's a spoof of "The Blair Witch Project." but the film, a 20-minute short, is so damn funny that it's an injustice to the film to call it merely a "spoof."

Blair Witch Project - Was ruined for me because I knew too much about it before I saw it.

Blind Horizon - Oh yes. It's bad.

Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary - Is a staggering reminder of just how important it is question authority, question ideals and question our leaders and their actions.

Blink of An Eye - Director Van Fischer slowly begins to braid together pieces of a story that culminate into a look at urban life which is wondrous and disquieting.

Bloods, Guts, Bullets and Octane - The film,for me, was a non-stop rocker.

Blood Work - The real trouble with the film is this: We figure out what's going on way before Eastwood's character does.

Bloody Sunday - A mesmerizing and engrossing film even though the actors on screen have such thick accents it is often impossible to understand what they are saying.

Blow - Is about one man's inability to grasp the true beauty of life.

Blowjob - The film is obscene yet not obscene.

Blue Citrus Hearts - Forget that this is supposed to be a "film." Think of it as a video poem.

The Blue Kite - A love letter to a mother and a dissertation on the problems inherent in Maoism.

Blue Velvet -Before "Twin Peeks," David Lynch took an even stranger journey through American life via the small city of LumberTown; The opening shots show that this is no ordinary town. The fire trucks in LumberTown go in slo-mo.

Boat Trip - It's all so damn innocuous and contrived that it's really hard to get mad about it.

Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice -The film saw the inherent flaws in the sexual revolution long before America did.

Boiler Room - Yes, it's not a perfect film. Yes, it's got wannabee written all over it. But you know what - it rocks.

Bollywood/Hollywood - Knocked my socks off.

Bolweiser - Lifeless film is devoid of anything likable.

Bondage - We've seen this film a million times.

The Bone Collector - Creepy, loud, intricate and interesting, "The Bone Collector" is an involving film. I suppose if your one of those people who loves the "serial killer on the loose" type mystery films, you could find some holes here.

Boogie Nights - Is an awesome film, a panorama of pornography in the 70's and 80's.

The Borrowers - This film is a delightful mix of story, characters, imagination and spectacular special effects.

Bottle Rocket - Has a rambling plot that, most times, brings us along for an interesting ride.

The Bourne Identity - Forget about plot, it's a convoluted mess. Just look at hottie Matt and feel your tensions and anxieties melt away.

Bowling for Columbine - Is still the first film ever to discuss one of the most important issues facing American families and American society today.

Boxing Helena -The film has a lush, classical, red look to it that owes more to Bertolucci than Lynch (Mr.). Of course, this only proves that Lynch (Ms.) knows how to obtain the services of a first-rate Cinematographer and Art Director.

Boys - I know a movie is really bad when it is set in a boys' school and it's, of course, full of teenage boys and I still hate it.

Boys Don't Cry - Peirce trusts her actors and is rewarded with some of the finest performances to grace the screen in aeons.

Breakfast Club - It's a tremendous gift to pop culture.

Breakfast of Champions - To tackle a Kurt Vonnegut novel on film, you have to be a fool.

Breakfast with Hunter - The subject is an overgrown gorilla, a pompous elderly fratboy who needs a swift kick in the ass immediately

The Brian Epstein Story - Not quite as enlightening and detailed as one might hope.

Brick - What starts out as a silly and confusing mess pretty much ends up as a silly and confusing mess.

Bride and Prejudice - A crashing bore of a film.

Bride of Chucky - Might be fun and funny if it didn't take serial killing so lightly.

The Bridges of Madison County - There is a glow to the film that, much like a fire, begins to warm you slowly until finally your entire being is bathed in the heat.

Bridget Jones's Diary - Hooked on cigarettes, booze, food and sex, she just can't seem to get her act together and find the right guy....Jesus Christ - is this a film about me?

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason - A "for fans only" affair.

Brief Encounters - The film is not particularly well made but ....

Bringing Up Baby - Rather dull and mostly unamusing screwball comedy.

Bringing Down the House - It's just awful.

Bringing Out The Dead - Scorsese's film is very cinematic, so at first it seems like he's trying too hard. The lighting, cinematography, sets and props all seems so choreographed, so purposeful, that it distracts from the film.

Britney, Baby, One More Time - is that it is a totally gay film that has only one gay character. There's no gay drama. There's no talk of AIDS or drama over coming out.

Brokeback Mountain - Isn't just a great movie, it is perhaps the most important gay movie ever made.

Broken Flowers - Meat of the film, its heart, is right on target.

Broken Wings - The story seems universal. In fact, it may remind us of our own family or a family we know.

The Brothers Grimm - I love Terry Gilliam as much as the next guy but this has to be his worst film ever. In fact, it is probably one of the worst films of the year.

Brother to Brother - A lovely and important film that explores the struggles of black homosexuals in America.

Brothers of the Head - Like a bad punk rock song.

The Brown Bunny - Gallo points out the vast nothingness of America with this film.

The Browning Version - Claustrophobic, taunt, restrained and stone-faced.

Bruce Almighty - It's difficult to imagine a more dreary, pompous and typical film than what we get here.

Bubba Ho-Tep - A fun and campy wannabee cult.

Bubble - What happens within its frames is certainly no cause for all the hype and excitement generated by its shooting and its marketing.

Buffalo 66 - Bold, disquieting and heartfelt.

A Bug's Life - The film seems to take Pixar's remarkable computer animation that was so endearing in "Toy Story" and multiply the technology tenfold.

Bukowski: Born into This - Even though my ass got sore sitting through the film at a small, underground venue in Austin, I never once lost interest in the story.

Bulgarian Lovers - It's a dull headache of a film

Bullets Over Broadway - A very Woody-esque story.

Bully - Exposes the sexuality of young people in a way that makes them both children and whores, exploited and exploiter.

Bums - The Butlers are young filmmakers to keep an eye on.

Burlesque King - This film is, at times, so compelling because it's mores and ideals are far from what is considered typically American.

Burnt Money - The "gay" "Bonnie and Clyde" - as made by an Argentinean hack.

The Business of Strangers - The film often plays deliciously with (homo)eroticism.

Butcher's 15 - a witty, cheeky delight.

But I'm a Cheerleader - Is far too campy and quirky to be any fun.

The Butterfly Effect - A movie that thinks facial hair is acting.

By Hook or By Crook - What a treat to see this film.

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