When Matt Damon made his big-screen breakthrough with the role he'd penned for himself (along with lifelong friend Ben Affleck) in "Good Will Hunting," few would have guessed that the scrawny kid with the apple-pie looks would go on to become one of the biggest action stars of the 21st century.

'A Prophet' director's devotion to genre and vital actors keep blood pumping through prison drama.

This is a mostly charming movie despite its cliché milieu.

Matt Damon's 'Green Zone' follows same formula as 'The Bourne' franchise films -- but a lot less effectively

This Romanian film is an absorbing and contemplative detective story in which the high point of the action involves reading from a dictionary. Really.

"Remember Me" showcases the "Twilight" hottie Rob Pattinson in all his zoned-out, sideburned, hair-tousled and chin-flexing glory.

It might not have won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, but don't let that detail dissuade you from seeing Jacques Audiard's enthralling crime drama "A Prophet."

Like a screeching toddler on a Skittles bender, Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" rants and raves, sputters and squeals, working itself into pure frenzy. The only possible reaction is to stare at the screen and wonder if this movie has an "Off" switch.

The Grim Reaper gets all the best lines in this year's Oscar nominated short films, playing this weekend in separate animation and live-action programs.

Like a screeching toddler on a Skittles bender, Tim Burton's 'Alice in Wonderland,' works itself into pure frenzy.

A crowded cast of some of the finest actors in cinema can't save the gimmicky, episodic, hit-or-miss script in "Brooklyn's Finest."

The sequel to the 2004 film "District 13" is a takeoff - some might say rip-off - of just about every American action-movie cliché.

Roman Polanski's terrific new thriller deftly reminds us what has long made the director so effective: his singular knack for taking pulp and transforming it into tense, paranoid drama.

This is writer/director Andrea Arnold's frank and powerful glimpse of a dead-end British teenage life.

The tense, witty 'Ghost Writer' is a vintage paranoid thriller from Roman Polanski.

This is a movie that tries so hard to echo Dante's "Inferno" that it neglects to create characters and a story that can hold our interest.

"Cop Out" is a cop buddy picture that reminds us what awful eye-rollers those movies often were.

The apocalyptic horror-thriller succeeds thanks to characters worth rooting for and crackerjack pacing.

In short, "Shutter Island" is a leering horror movie with a frisson of old-school Hollywood sophistication.