“…captivated me with its depiction of a not-so-far-off future and the technology that governs it.”

“A delightful artifact, both from the serial era and the career of Bela Lugosi.”

“There is some satire here – the devouring tourist becoming prey – but Crichton just lets the joke sit there, heavy on the screen.”

“…never quite tingles your brain the way superior science fiction can.”

“Instead of a noble savage, Depp gives us a comic savage – Willy Wonka with a dead bird on his head.”

“… with its arresting animation, the film gives ideology an urgent and energetic spin.”

“…may contain more valuable debris than the usual action flick, but there is still a troubling unpleasantness to the mess it leaves behind.”

“…a studio product, certainly, but also something that could have grown from one of Smallville’s sun-kissed cornfields.”

“The movie opens on Superman’s home planet of Krypton, and in a sense it never leaves.”

“The African Queen enjoys a good reputation – Bogart took home an Oscar – but it strikes me as a classic folly.”