Film Dictionary

The last instalment in the ''Harry Potter'' saga. Dark, apocalyptic, somber, frightening and very fast-paced (unlike sever...

An exciting animated action film based on the famous European comic books. Here, Tintin resembles an all-American action hero (a diminutive ...

Martin Scorsese's love poem to a great pioneer of cinema, Georges Melies. Visually stunning, complex and cleverly constructed film that ...

French docudrama about a hostage crisis in Nouvelle Caledonie during the 1988 presidential election in France.

Uneven, but often brilliant animated film about Africa, Judaism, Islam and Russia.

There are a few weak and unconvincing scenes (especially Constantine's firing and Stuart breaking up with Skeeter), but otherwise it...

Entertaining animated feature about Santa Claus' younger son trying to deliver a Christmas present to a little girl in England.

Animated western about a heroic lizard saving a lawless town from thirst.

True story of Sam Childers, an American missionary in South Sudan who fights against Joseph Kony's LRA (Lord's Resistance Army).

Superb songs (including Oscar-winning "Man Or Muppet" and the legendary "Mahna Mahna", not to mention "Life's...

The first part of an adaptation of Ayn Rand's famous novel about innovators and elite enterpreneurs going on strike, leading to a comple...

Excellent animated film about birds, birdnappers, Rio and the Rio carnaval.

A "DaVinci Code" in iambic pentameter - a tale, told by Roland Emmerich ("Independance Day"), full of sound and fury, s...

A romantic comedy by Woody Allen in the style of "The Purple Rose Of Cairo". Only this time, instead of magically travelling from ...

An excellent sequel to "The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh" (1977).

A pastiche of “Singin' In The Rain”, “A Star Is Born” and countless other Hollywood films about its own stardom, presented as as a black...

Excellent Canadian comedy about two stand-up comics who get kidnapped by a serial killer. Surprising and screamingly funny.

An animated adaptation of Shakespeare's "Romeo And Juliet", set among garden gnomes.

A successful Alpha male Pick-Up Artist (Ryan Gosling) with a very tight Game takes pity on a poor beta loser (Steve Carell) still in love wi...

Bittersweet French comedy about an Italian university professor living in Strasbourg and still unable to get over the death of his wife 15 y...

A Chinese "Schindler's List", set during the Rape of Nanking.

Violent action movie from Indonesia.

Excellent baseball drama starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill.

Excellent comedy/drama about a rural Irish cop (Brendan Gleeson) helping an FBI officer (Don Cheadle) to catch a gang of murdering drug traf...

Fine documentary about a country singer from Quebec.

Powerful Belgian drama about a young boy abandoned by his father.

A surprising Oscar nominee as Best Animated Feature in 2011, when "The Adventures Of Tintin" and "Cars 2" weren't no...

Excellent documentary. Sympathetic towards its subjects - the eco-terrorists - but remarkably objective and open-minded. And while it spends...

Sharp corporate drama in the tradition of "Glengarry Glen Ross" and "Boiler Room".

Very entertaining sequel to Disney/Pixar's 2006 hit. Part James Bond pastiche, part racecar epic, it's a spectacular action flick ...

Surprisingly pleasant little comedy about a nice guy losing his job, going to college, meeting new people and turning his life around. Bas...

Surprising film about class struggles.

Pretty raunchy comedy about a maid of honor (Kirsten Wiig) ruining her best friend's wedding. Melissa McCarthy steals the movie as the g...

"Entre les murs", Quebec-style.

Strange French film. Totally baffling.

A rather boring animated feature about a giant bug terrorizing Paris.

Marie Gillain plays a dying judge who tries to help a heavily indebted woman.

A horrifying miscarriage of justice. Based on a true story. There are many very strong moments, but the film fails to present a coherent emo...

French drama about an epidemy of pregnancies among teenage girls.

Depressing French drama about some very bad business decisions leading to a life of misery and despair.

Political drama about Nicholas Sarkozy's presidential campaign. The film presents him in a highly sympathetic light, but also suggests t...

Popular French comedy about a black ghetto kid helping a rich white paraplegic cope with life.

A lawyer finds a bag full of cocaine and becomes a drug dealer. "Breaking Bad", French-style.