WADD: The Life and times of John C. Holmes - the real "Boogie Nights".

Wag the Dog - This is a political satire of the highest order but without any slapstick or lunacy until the final reel.

Waiting... - Without a doubt, this is the funniest movie I have seen all year and I doubt there will be one funnier.

Waiting - Starts with a static shot of an empty chair. Hopefully this will be what the theaters look like if this piece of shit ever sees the light of day in distribution: A bunch of empty chairs.

Waiting for Nesara - If I didn't know better, I'd think that "Waiting for Nesara" was a mockumentary.

Waking Life - Linklater has far more complex issues in mind here. You have to pay attention. He will accept nothing less than your complete attention.

Walk the Line - This film might as well be called "The Johnny and June Carter Cash Love Story."

War of the Worlds - Cannot stand above its mid-film ridiculousness and its wildly populist final moment.

Washington Heights - Isn't a bad film, but it didn't seem like a really good one to me either.

The Watcher - It begins seeming to have a chance at going into new territory but eventually gets bogged down by every cliche in the book.

Waterborne - Might very well be the first post-9/11 disaster film.

The Waterboy - Rather poor outing from Adam Sandler.

Water Drops on Burning Rocks - Hey, I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for this film. I love Fassbinder.

Way Off Broadway - Might have been a indie masterpiece in 1989, but in 2001 it seems horribly trite, standard and dated.

The Way of the Gun - This film is so grotesque and so vehemently antisocial that I cannot imagine anyone but the most ignorant and retarded frat boys falling under it's spell.

The Weatherman - I don't get this film.

The Weather Underground - This film "tells it like it is" in bold archive footage that is sometimes nearly unbearable to view.

The Wedding Cow (AKA "Die Hochzeitskuh") - The characters and the actors in the film are so wonderful we don't care if we've seen it before or if we see it coming. It's still a joyride.

Wedding Crashers - A funny if not overly long and wildly uneven film.

The Wedding Date - The marketing for this film tries to sell it as a romantic comedy but this film really isn't funny. In fact, it's barely a film.

The Wedding Planner - Girlfriend please! You and I know what is romantic. "The Wedding Planner" is not romantic.

We Don't Live Here Anymore - For me, this sacrifice that "breeders" make was paramount to the themes in "We Don't Live Here Anymore."

Welcome to the Dollhouse - It breaks quite a lot of ground before it degenerates into a ridiculous plot twist that doesn't work.

The Wendell Baker Story - There's a real palpable smugness in the film, a sort of, "look at me - ain't I something" quality that makes it very difficult to become engaged in the story and the characters.

Wet Hot American Summer - Lampoons and lambastes every cliché from every 70's and 80's teen sex romp ever made.

What a Girl Wants - NEEDS a better script, a better director and a much better cinematographer.

What I Like About You - Has managed to capture the spirit and the fun-loving attitude of those cheesy 80's romantic teen comedies and updated it for the 90's.

What Is It - Includes Lodger's Top Ten Worst Films of All Time list.

What Lies Beneath - Trust me. Trust me. Don't read much further. Just go see "What Lies Beneath."

What the #$*! Do We Know? - It's hard to imagine any film, book or TV program with more ridiculous, new-age, mumbo-jumbo, psychobabble bullshit.

What Time Is It There? - Charming and poignant and beautiful.

When Boys Fly - In this age of mockumentaries, it took a little while to be sure that this was a real "documentary" and not a faux one.

White Oleander - Watching this film, I really wished I'd read the novel beforehand.

White Squall -"Dead Poet's Society" meets "The Poseidon Adventure" with the end of "A Few Good Men" tacked on. Of course, the film is much more than that.

Who Am I This Time? - Low-budget and choppily edited, Jonathan Demme's film of Kurt Vonnegut's short story, "Who Am I This Time," is none-the-less charming and fun.

Whole New Thing - One of the most compelling, warm and human films in recent memory.

The Whole Nine Yards - It's wrong for "them" to sell this as a comedy; There is almost no humor in it at all.

Who the $#%& is Jackson Pollack? - Most stories begin "One upon a time..." But this story begins, "You ain't gonna believe this shit.

Wilby Wonderful - This movie may be a lot of things, but one thing it never now or will be is wonderful.

Wilde - Isn't the first time Wilde's story has been brought to the silver screen, but it is the first production of it in color and with modern sensibilities.

Wildflowers - I can't imagine a reason to see the film other than it's a delight to look at.

Wild Things - When you're the Executive Producer of your own film, you're allowed to show off your cock if you want. Just ask Kevin Bacon.

Willard - Alove letter to Crispin Glover.

William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice - For many, of course, the real reason to see this film will be to witness Al Pacino in a Shakespeare work.

The Wind, in the Evening - It takes a long time to get into this Italian movie. And I mean a long time. Like an hour.

Wing Commander - This film would be totally unwatchable if it weren't amusing to see Freddie Prinz Jr. and Matthew Lillard fight every impulse in their bodies not to make mad, passionate love.

Winged Migration - You see everything but birds shitting. Which is kind of a rip-off.

The Wings of the Dove - Dripping sensuality from almost every frame.

With a Friend Like Harry - Imagine if Hitchcock directed a version of "Single White Female" directly after "Strangers on a Train" and had somehow just seen "The Big Chill".

Without a Paddle - Aimed at guys in their late 20's, presumably gay guys but also perhaps some of those closets bisexuals (you know, the kind who make up "Maxum" magazines readership.)

Without You, I'm Nothing - This remarkable tour-de-force from pop culture iconoclast Sandra Bernhard is the perfect vehicle for her talents.

The Wolves of Kromer - Quite possibly the most inventive, interesting and unique gay film I have seen in years.

Woman on Top - Although this is a rather unfocused and trite romantic comedy (which causes me to write a rather unfocused review), I still found myself enjoying it's charms.

Wonder Boys - I've spent a day or two now thinking and not thinking about this film and I've come to the conclusion it's pretty meaningless.

The Wonderful Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl - Intriguing and complex documentary about a female actress and director.

Wonderland - The storytelling of "Wonderland" takes center stage and the film begins to sprout wings.

Wonderwall - There's no reason to watch the movie, if you aren't a huge Harrison fan, except as a exercise in witnessing how fucked up the 60's were.

The Woodsman - Ultimately, "The Woodsman," for all its good intentions, fails miserably.

The World Is Not Enough -The movie's is okay. But the magic seems to be gone. Everyone seems to be going through the motions, in particular director Michael Apted.

"Wrong Number" - Typical, stupid and pointless, writer/director Richard Middleton's "Wrong Number" is a DV movie that would be lucky to find a home on cable.

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