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M - Is about a subject that is as unsavory today as it was in 1931: the murder of children.

The Machinist - I liked "The Machinist" the first time I saw it, when it was called "Fight Club," when it was a "Twilight Zone" episode.

Madagascar - left me feeling slightly bored, slightly old, and slightly ho-hum.

Madame Sata - As a "gay" story, the film is a horribly homophobic mess.

The Madness of King George - The king of England circa the late 1700's goes batty in this film and it is neither interesting nor harrowing.

Magnolia - Is one of the finest, most well drawn, most deliberate and stylized films ever to grace the silver screen.

and Check Out Tim the Wonder Horse's Review of Magnolia!

Maid in Manhattan - I cried during the damn thing for almost the last 30 minutes. It's just so damn sweet.

Major Dundee: The Extended Version - A bloody, racist, violent and politically incorrect pseudo-Western/war film.

Malibu's Most Wanted - It's he-larious, man! I love this movie.

Mallrats - It may not be as clever and as amusing as "Clerks," but it has a sort of glitzy charm.

Ma Mere - The post-millennium "Harold and Maude."

The Man - The kind of film that likes to find its humor in fart jokes.

Mancha Blanca - This pseudo documentary will bore the shit out of you.

The Manchurian Candidate - It might just be one of the best remakes out there.

Manderlay - Ah, Lars Van Trier. I wish someone would slap the shit out of him.

The Man from Elysian Fields - Is an awesome and well-written film.

Mango Souffle - A more curiously odd and campy film I cannot imagine.

Manic - Why they didn't call this typical, contrived and unbelievable film "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - The Prequel" is anybody's guess.

The Man in the Iron Mask - It may be good, but it does disappoint on some levels.

A Man Is Mostly Water - Is mostly innocuous frivolity.

Man of the House - For what it is worth, the film does have a nice heart and is almost completely innocuous.

Man on Fire - A rather typical and standard Denzel Washington pic is made almost worthwhile by Tony Scott's quirky modern filmmaking.

Man On The Moon - This is a fine film. Great acting. Wonderful direction. Interesting story. But who on Earth really needs to see it?

Man’s Downfall - This is not the cinema of 2000 and beyond, but the cinema of the past.

The Man Who Knew Too Little - This Bill Murray film is trite and silly but it does remind us why we like the actor.

The Man Who Wasn't There -This is perhaps the most beautiful black and white film to be made in English since "The Elephant Man" or "Raging Bull."

March of the Penguins - The complete story here is nothing short of a metaphor for the typical human heterosexual experience.

Maria Full of Grace - Sombre, harrowing, subdued and unsettling, it seems nothing short of honest as well.

Mario Banana - So short and so typical.

The Marriage of Maria Braun - Concentrates on a subject that German filmmakers often discuss in their work, the rebuilding of the country after WWII.

Mars Attacks! - Is supposed to be campy, goofy and retro, it comes across as rather lame.

Martin and Orloff - From the beginning, the film hooks you.

Mary Reilly - The film does kind of fail, but it's an interesting trip at times.

Ma Saison Preferee - In the end, it all seems a bit silly.

Masked and Anonymous - There's much to forgive here.

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Marred by a smirking performance by Russell Crowe and a new problem affecting studio releases in 2003.

Master of the Game - It's unrealistic. It's so contrived that a new word other than contrived needs to be created to express how contrived this idea is.

The Matador - Clever, witty and, most importantly, fresh as hell.

Match Point - A Woody film that doesn't seem like a Woody film and that in itself is a breath of fresh air.

The Matrix Reloaded - Wait for the DVD and fast forward to the action scenes.

Mau Mau Sex Sex - The film is a loving documentary to these two old grand men of exploitation films.

Ma Vie en Rose - This French import will break your heart.

Max and Grace - It isn't the worst movie I've ever seen, but it sure seemed like it when I had to sit through it.

May - One of those films that pisses you off.

The Mayor of Sunset Strip - It's hard to imagine a film more perplexing, delightful and yet sad.

Mean Creek - It's certainly the most substantial teen flick to come around in quite some time.

Me and You and Everyone We Know - I don't think you are going to see a more unique and interesting film this year.

Mean Girls - Seems like "Slightly Obnoxious Girls" might be a more appropriate title.

The Meat Market - Never becoming boring or pretentious and always remaining interesting and beautiful.

The Medicine Show - I had testicular cancer a few years ago (yep - lost a nut) and I can tell you that the ordeal that Silverman's Taylor goes through here is pretty well played out.

Meet the Deedles - Walt Disney is spinning in his grave.

Meet the Fockers - Sure, the humor is still silly, scatological and sexual, but it is much more mental than physical.

Melinda and Melinda - If you really love Woody Allen, then you will probably like this film.

Memento - The device of telling a story in reverse chronological order. It is a screenwriter's gimmick. But the story that unfolds here is so unique and so engrossing, the device accentuates the piece.

Memoirs of a Geisha - Like a good looking hooker who only has a junior high school education.

Me, Myself and Irene - Okay, the Farrelly brothers don't have their best outing here. But this film is still as funny as hell.

Men in Black II - I found "MIB2" a pleasant summer diversion. Certainly nothing to rave about though.

Merci... Dr. Rey! - Convoluted, silly, pointless and meandering.

Mercury Rising -People forget what a great actor Bruce Willis is. He constantly takes mediocre films and makes them watchable. "Mercury Rising" is a perfect example.

Metrosexuality - It's brilliant. Campy, sassy, ambisexual and vibrant.

The Mexican - Comes together as a beautiful poem, a loving piece of art.

Midnight Cowboy - This film is still remarkable in the 90's and will probably be a classic for decades to comes.

A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy - Riffs of off Shakespeare, classic paintings, and the earliest incarnations of filmmaking among other inspirations.

A Mighty Wind - I realized during the screening of this film that the reason I hate mockumentaries is that they "mock" something.

Million Dollar Baby - It's hard to believe that this standard, typical, tired boxing film has won so many accolades for its director, screenwriter and actors.

Millions - A film of real spiritual depth and important moral ideas.

Mimic - Imagine, if you will, that David Fincher ("seven") directed "The Attack of the Giant Cockroaches."

Mindhunters - Why would you pay good money to go see this Godawful film?

Minority Report - When all is said and done, Spielberg has created a film that is highly patriotic and very American.

Mirrormask - This film may not be perfect but it is a wonderful, magical, delightful film that can be enjoyed by kids of any age.

Miserable Comforters - I don't know what to say about this film. What can be said?

Miss Congeniality - It's the perfect way to present Bullock: Naughty and nice.

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous - A film that is often gay positive and affirmative, but just as likely to be mildly offensive and homophobic.

Miss Gentilbelle - This dark, black and white short is beautifully photographed and full of wonderful images.

The Missing - Howard's film is gritty, turgid and brutally honest.

Mission: Impossible - The film is really hard to follow the first time around. Luckily, it's entertaining enough to watch twice.

Mission: Impossible II - More than just the "Matrix" with a sepia tone.

Mojave - Turns into one of the silliest, biggest piece of crap you can imagine. Often times, it's so bad it's actually good.

Modern Times - Chaplin creates an amazing film. One that rightly belongs in the annals of film history.

Mona Lisa Smile - "Dead Poet's Society" with tits.

The M.O. of M.I. - I'm tired of watching movies where someone's gay lover kills them,. It's so 70's.

Money Talks - The film is just a rather drab and boring plot filled with explosions and gun battles that exist for no other reason than to appeal to the average movie-goer. Theres no substance here.

Monsieur Hulot's Holiday - A wonderful, whimsical, cute and charming film.

Monster - Jolts you, frightens you and makes you nervously anticipate a rapidly approaching yet still bewildering intensity.

Monster's Ball - Is steeped in a sorrow and a weariness that it practically drenches the audience.

Monsters, Inc. - Isn't just one of the best cartoons ever, it's one of the best films to be released this year.

Monster-in-Law - Sit back, relax and enjoy the fun.

Moog - If you're a young filmmaker who needs an example of what not to do when making a documentary.

Moonlight Mile - Perhaps the most interesting comedy/drama about death to be made since "Harold and Maude".

Moon Over Buffalo - Wow! What a fascinating document.

Morvern Callar - I'm pretty convinced that Morvern Callar must mean "stupid cunt" in some other language.

Mosquito - As the title implies, and as you can imagine (if you imagine the worst), the film is mainly seen through the eyes of a mosquito.

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green - Unfabulous isn't really a word but that's okay because this really isn't a movie.

Mother - If there is any problem with the film it's that there are a few too many "Oedipal" jokes.

The Mother - Is a film about time, especially the time we must fill when we become old.

Mother Night - "Mother Night" may not be the most perfect cinematic interpretation of a Vonnegut work, but it's probably as close as we can hope for .

The Mothman Prophecies - The film somehow swallows you up and holds you in it's soft tentacles.

The Motorcycle Diaries - The beauty of watching that emerging magnanimousness is often wondrous and magical.

Moulin Rouge - Is so amazing, so unique, so fresh and so astounding that I don't think mere words could ever adequately illustrate the impact it has upon the viewer and, indeed, cinema itself.

Moving - An absurdist sort of "shit dump" film which made me laugh about three times during it's elongated 100 minute run.

Mr. Death - One of the most vulgar, disgusting, unsavory and perturbing films I have ever seen.

Mr. Deeds - "Ah fuck 'em," the studio bigwigs seem to be saying, "It's got Sandler in it, it'll make a shitload of cash."

Mr. Holland's Opus - One of those rare films that spans numerous years, in this case 30, and still manages to have a coercive theme, idea and plot.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Overly long and choppily edited (which may also be due to a bad print at times), this Frank Capra film is none-the-less a classic.

Mr. 3000 - Do you believe in Hollywood Screenwriting 101?

Mr. Wrong - Is all wrong.

Mrs. Henderson Presents - What a movie event!

Mrs. Winterbourne - Pointless and rather lame drama that barely amuses and rarely moves us.

Murderball - It's poignantly ironic that a filmed called "Murderball" is really about the beauty and the passion of living life to the fullest.

Mulan - It surpasses what "Beauty and the Beast" does by being funnier, more spectacular, more awesome in it's scope and more wonderful in it's message.

Mullholland Drive - Lynch creates a world as corrupt and frighteningly disturbing as his other film and TV realms. Here, Hollywood is dark and jaded and full of conspiracy.

Mumford - If we could all just hook up, everyone would be happy.

Murder by Numbers - This film is a rather lame and tired Leopold and Loeb retelling and I’ll bet the first draft of the script had the two teen boys as lovers.

Murderous Maids - The fact that it's "based on a true story" gives it little reason to exist.

The Muse - "The worst supposedly intelligent comedy I've ever seen."

Music Video Showcase - It’s hardly worth the time or energy.

Multiple Maniacs - This was John Waters' first "talkie" and the first really successful film he made.

My Architect - You have to see "My Architect."

My Hustler - Perhaps the most interesting gay film made not only prior to Stonewall, but prior to the 90's.

My Life on Ice - The camera becomes a character.

My Life's in Turnaround - If Hal Hartley made a semi-comedic feature about two apparent slackers who want to get into filmmaking.

My Mother Likes Women - The title pretty much tells you everything you need to know.

My Name is Buttons - In many ways, it's a tour-duo-force.

Mysterious Skin - I love this movie.

Mystery Alaska - A little too much like a TV-movie perhaps, but a good TV movie

Mystery Men - It has a lack of real spirit and scripting to make it truly unique.

Mystic River - Ahard film to watch.

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