Reviewed by Joel Pearce
Quote: "Lennon's death was a complete waste, and Chapter 27 isn't any better. It tells us the story of what happened but -- just like Mark David Chapman -- it has no purpose. Lennon's memory deserves better."

Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Quote: "It would take all of David Berkowitz's six consecutive life sentences to list everything Son of Sam is guilty of."

Reviewed by Victor Valdivia
Quote: "Anyone expecting a one-sided smear job will be surprised to learn that Nixon is a thoughtful and enthralling film that depicts Nixon's complexity much more comprehensively than many would imagine."

Reviewed by Jim Thomas
Quote: "Ian McShane is the only reason to watch the movie; his performance manages to soar above the watered-down script."

Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Quote: "Despite its flaws, Nixon is a compelling and well-crafted film that stands as one of Oliver Stone's most successful directorial outings."

Reviewed by Dan Mancini
Quote: "I suspect the movie would be largely forgotten if not for the almost uniformly extraordinary performance of Val Kilmer as Morrison. Aside from a few isolated moments of self-consciousness (during the recreation of the photo shoot that produced the most iconographic images of Morrison, for instance, Kilmer's performance skirts parody), the actor is entirely invisible."

Reviewed by Paul Pritchard
Quote: "Jonas Ball commands the screen as the troubled Chapman. His narration, in use almost constantly as events unfold onscreen, is taken directly from Chapman's diary entries, lending the film an uneasy, but undeniably effective edge."

Reviewed by Kristin Munson
Quote: "Surfwise is a documentary first and a surf flick third or fourth -- which is good, because the Paskowitz family saga is one of those stories that is so out there, so unique, so 'incredible but true,' that every minute counts."

Reviewed by James A. Stewart
Quote: "The First Olympics: Athens 1896 is well-intentioned and good-natured. It's also predictable and sometimes dull. You know in the first few minutes which characters are going to win, and the hour or so in Part Two that shows Americans racking up medals plays out tediously."

Reviewed by Ben Saylor
Quote: "Permanent Midnight is worth seeing (not buying, necessarily) for one reason: Ben Stiller. The actor gives a striking and harrowing performance."