Critics' Picks
AddThe Shawshank Redemption: Special EditionJanet Maslin, The New York Times
Without a single riot scene or horrific effect, it tells a slow, gentle story of camaraderie and growth, with an ending that abruptly finds poetic justice in what has come before. ... Read More
AddSchindler's ListRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
What is most amazing about this film is how completely Spielberg serves his story. The movie is brilliantly acted, written, directed and seen. ... Read More
AddGoodFellas: Special EditionRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
No finer film has ever been made about organized crime. ... Read More
AddFull Metal JacketVincent Canby, The New York Times
Kubrick's harrowing, beautiful and characteristically eccentric new film about Vietnam, is going to puzzle, anger and (I hope) fascinate audiences as much as any film he has made to date. ... Read More
AddGood Will HuntingPeter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Intimate, heartfelt and wickedly funny, it's a movie whose impact lingers. ... Read More
AddHotel RwandaRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The film works not because the screen is filled with meaningless special effects, formless action and vast digital armies, but because Cheadle, Nolte and the filmmakers are interested in how two men choose to function in an impossible situation. ... Read More
AddThe Breakfast ClubRoger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Breakfast Club doesn't need earthshaking revelations; it's about kids who grow willing to talk to one another, and it has a surprisingly good ear for the way they speak. ... Read More
