"W"   All Films Watched 2000-2010
All films are rated on a scale of **** (A+), *** 3/4 (A), *** 1/2 (A-), *** 1/4 (B+), *** (B), ** 3/4 (B-), ** 1/2 (C+), ** 1/4 ( C), ** (C-) , * 3/4 (D+), * 1/2 (D), * 1/4 (D-), * (F) 
Links are to longer reviews on site.  A film defined as 70 min.+  visual event.  
The year included with the film is the year I watched each film.
 (V) =  TV, Video or DVD    ( +) = repeat viewing      (W/O)= walked out
W.   (2008, d. Oliver Stone) Well made, if creepy biopic. Drags in the 2nd act. Brolin is fine; but I'd rather forget that Bush ever existed if I could.  ** 3/4
WACKNESS, THE  (2008, d. Jonathan Levine) *** 1/4
WADD:  THE LIFE & TIMES OF JOHN HOLMES   (2001, d. Cass Paley)    ** 1/2    
WAH-WAH  (2006, d. Richard E. Grant) ***
WAITER  (2007, d. Alex van Warmerdam) ** 1/2
WAITING FOR HAPPINESS  (2007, d. Abderrahmane Sissako) * 3/4
WAITING FOR SUPERMAN (2010, d. Davis Guggenheim) V. Gripping, informative, inventive, frightening, emotionally shattering docu with remarkable point of view. ****
WAITING FOR THE CLOUDS  (2005, d. Yesim Ustaoglu) Slow film about an old lady's guilt at staying in Turkey during the great 1916 expulsion to Greece. ** 1/2
WAITRESS  (2007, d. Adrienne Shelly) Pleasant, well acted & directed romantic dramedy. Fillion & Russell have true chemistry. ***
WAKING LIFE   (2001, d. Richard Linklater)    *** 1/4
WAKING SLEEPIING BEAUTY (2010, d. Don Hahn) Informative, moving docu of the Eisner-Welles-Katzenberg years at Disney animation with home movie feel. *** 1/4.
WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY  (2007, d. Jake Kasdan) Silly fun, but quite creative, funny pseudo biopic.  ***
WALK INTO THE SEA, A: DANNY WILLIAMS AND THE WARHOL FACTORY  (2007, d. Esther B. Robinson) ***
WALK ON WATER  (2004, d. Eytan Fox) A truly exceptional film from Israel about a Mossad assassin.  Great script and fine job all around.  *** 3/4
WALK THE LINE  (2005, d. James Margold)  ** 3/4
WALK THE TALK  (2007, d. Matthew Allen) ** 3/4
WALK TO REMEMBER, A  (2003, d. Adam Shankman) V. X-tian teenage version of Love Story. Shane West & Mandy Moore quite good; I ate melodrama up.  ***
WALKER, THE  (2007, d. Paul Schrader) Stylish, fine perfs by Harrelson and Bleibtreu & several aged actresses; but eliptical, senseless plot. **
WALKING & TALKING  (2003, d. Nicole Holofcener 1996) (V) Winning yupster girl comedy with Keener & Heche.  Better than Lovely & Amazing  *** 1/4
WALKING ON WATER  (2003, d. Tony Ayres)+ I forgot I'd already seen this film. Fine! It's a wonderfully observant, beautifully written & drama.  *** 1/2
WALKING ON WATER   (2002, d.  Tony Ayres)  ****
WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (2010, d.  Oliver Stone) Entertaining, if cockeyed look at financial meltdown. Questionable motivations mar effect.  ** 3/4
WALL*E  (2008, d. Andrew Stanton) Technically fine, complex 3-D animation.  But for me lacked entertainment value. ** 3/4
WALLACE & GROMMET:  CURSE OF THE WERE RABBIT  (2005, d. Nick Park) V. ***
WALT & EL GRUPO  (2008, d. Theodore Thomas) ** 1/2
WALTZ WITH BASHIR  (2008, d. Ari Folman; Israel) *** 1/2
WANDERING SHADOWS  (2005, d. Ciro Guerra) Unconventional buddy flick amidst the squalor of Bagota, Columbia. B&W looked digitized.  ** 3/4
WANTED (2009,  d. Timur Bekmambetov) + A kinetic thriller even better 2nd time around. Ridiculous plot; but amazing acting & f/x plus a great cast. *** 1/2
WANTED  (2008, d. Timur Bekmambetov) Totally amazing kick ass film,  MATRIX².  McAvoy & Bekmambetov fulfill their destinies.  *** 3/4
WAR DANCE  (2007, d. Sean & Andrea Nix Fine) Moving, if somewhat contrived docu of Ugandan children in camp. ***
WAR GAMES  (2008, d. Dariusz Jablonski) Polish docu about the tragic life of cold war Pole who spied for U.S. Quite creative filmmaking, fascinating but scattered.  ***
WAR LIVE   (2001, d. Darko Bajic)  **
WAR OF THE WORLDS  (2005, d. Steven Spielberg) Until the mushy, unlikely ending, one of the great scary thriller SF films ever. Remarkable f/x.  *** 1/4
WAR PHOTOGRAPHER   (2002, d. Christian Frei)    ** 3/4  
WAR TAPES, THE  (2006, d. Deborah Scranton) V. Iraq war from pov of 3 New Hampshire Nat. Guardsmen with cameras. Most real yet. *** 3/4
WAR THAT MADE AMERICA, THE  (2006, d. Loeterman & Strange) V. PBS docudrama of the French & Indian War with fine recreations. ***
WAR ZONE, THE  (2004, d. Tim Roth) V. Miserabilist film about a troubled family in Devon. Superb acting, though tough to take.  ***
WAR  (2003, Russia  d. Aleksei Balabanov) Drama of rescue and revenge in Russo-Chechan war.  A testosterone drenched delight.  ***
WARD NO. 6 (2009,  d. Karen Shakhazarov; Russia). **
WARDEN OF THE DEAD (Pazachyt na myrtvite)  (2007, d. Ilian Simeonov;  Bulgaria) **
WARLORDS (2009,  d. Peter Chen, Wai Man Yip) *** 1/4
WARM SPRINGS  (2005, d. Joseph Sergeant) Emotionally satisfying well acted HBO tv movie about Roosevelt's early years of polio recouperation.  ***
WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE    (2002, d. Shohei Imamura)    **   
WARMING UP YESTERDAY'S LUNCH  (2003, d.   Kostadin Bonev)  Bulgaria AFF.  Old lady's memoire of 60 yrs. of Balkan politics.  **
WARRIOR  (2005, d. Asif Kapadia) Slow, meditative, almost silent period piece about a warrior in Kashmir who wants to quit killing.  ** 3/4
WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH  (2004, d. He Ping) +  I had forgotten I'd seen it before...not worth another view, though visually it's a treat.  ** 3/4
WARRIORS OF HEAVEN AND EARTH  (2004, d. He Ping) Gorgeous and gripping, if somewhat confusing, wide screen Chinese epic historical battle film.  ***
WARSAW  (2005, d. Dariusz Gajewski) Slightly amusing story of several assorted characters wandering around Warsaw & sort of connecting one snowy day. ** 1/2
WASSUP ROCKERS  (2006, d. Larry Clark) Unlikely story; but Clark's latest "it boy", Jonathan Valasquez, is worth it.  Good bad film.  ** 1/2
WASTE LAND  (2010, d. Lucy Walker)  *** 1/4
WATCHIER, THE   (2000, d. Joe Charbanic)    **    
WATCHMEN (2009,  d. Zack Snyder) Fabulous f/x and a script to match.  Brilliantly evocative '80s depiction and superhero deconstruction just thrilled.  *** 3/4
WATER DROPS ON BURNING ROCKS (Gouttes d'eau sur pierres brulantes)  (2000, d. François Ozon)    ***  1/4
WATER LILIES  (2008, d. Céline Sciamma) **
WATER  (2006, d. Deepa Mehta) Gorgeous wide screen intimate epic of plight of a 7 yr. old widow & 34 mil other Indian widows. *** 1/2
WATERCOLORS  (2008, d. David Oliveras) Touching, beautiful, evocative drama of gay teenage love. One of the best ever.  *** 1/2
WATERLOO  (2005, d. Sergei Bondarchuk) 1970 epic with some incredibly great battle footage & Steiger's wonderful portrayal of Napoleon.  *** 1/4
WATERMARKS  (2004, d. Yaron Zilberman) V. Interesting docu about a Vienna Jewish swimming club in the '30s & the far-flung survivors' reunion in today's Vienna.  ***
WATER'S EDGE  (2003, d. Harvey Kahn) Thriller melodrama about corrupt rural town.  Laughably bad straight to video.  1/2*
WATTSTAX: 2003 SPECIAL EDITION  (2003, d. Mel Stuart) Newly remixed print of '71 rockumentary...too little music, boring in parts. Rufus rocked.  **
WAVE, THE (Die Welle)  (2008, d. Dennis Gansel) *** 1/2
WAY BACK, THE  (2010, d. Peter Weir) A terrific film all around, gorgeous cinematography, gripping plot. Sturges & Harris especially outstanding.  *** 1/2
WAY I SEE THINGS, THE  (2008, d. Brian Pera) New Agey, pretentious, arty gay film of about recovering from depression.  ** 1/4
WAY I SPENT THE END OF THE WORLD, THE  (2007, d. Catalin Mitulescu;  Romania) ** 3/4
WAY OF THE GUN, THE   (2000, d. Christopher McQuarrie)    ** 1/2    
WAY WE LAUGHED, THE   (2001, d. Gianni Amelio) [1998]    ** 1/2    
WAY WE LAUGHED, THE   (2002, d. Gianni Amelio)  ** 1/2
WAYDOWNTOWN  (2002, d. Gary Burns)    ***  
WAYWARD CLOUD, THE  (2006, d. Tsai Ming-liang) *** 1/2
WE ALL GET OUR SHARE (Ce n'è per tutti) (2010, d. Luciano Melchionna)  *
WE ARE MARSHALL  (2006, d. McG)  Story of real-life football  team resurrected.  Well directed and emotionally true. *** 
WE ARE TOGETHER (THINA SIMUNYE)  (2007, d. Paul Taylor) Moving docu: So. African orphanage saved by singing. *** 1/4
WE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE  (2004, d. John Curran) Well acted but relentlessly downbeat story of 2 couples and their mutual adulteries.  ***
WE GO WAY BACK  (2006, d. Lynn Shelton) * 1/2
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC (2009,  d. Ondi Timoner) *** 1/2
WE SHALL OVERCOME  (2006, d. Niels Arden Oplev) *** 1/2
WE WERE SOLDIERS    (2002, d. Randall Wallace)    ** 1/2    
WEATHER MAN, THE  (2005, d. Gore Verbinski)  ** 3/4
WEATHER UNDERGROUND, THE   (2003, d. Sam Green) Documentary about '70s American terrorist group.  Good footage & well written.  *** 1/4
WEBCAM BOYS   (2001, d. RADD)   *** 1/2
WEDDING CAKE, THE (Pièce montée)  (2010, d. Denys Granier-Deferre)  *** 1/4
WEDDING CHEST, THE  (2006, d. Nurbek Egen; Kyrgyzstan) ***
WEDDING CRASHERS, THE  (2005, d. David Dobkin) ** 3/4
WEDDING SONG, THE (Le Chant des Mariées) (2009,  d. Karen Albou) ** 1/4
WEDDING WARS  (2007, d. Jim Fall) V. Very well done issue tv flick (gay marriage) with a game perf. by John Stamos.  ***
WEDDING, THE   (2001, d. Pavel Lungin)  ****
WEEKEND, THE  (2000, d. Brian Skeet)    ***    
WEIGHT OF WATER   (2001, d. Kathryn Bigelow)    **
WEIRDSVILLE  (2007, d. Allan Moyle) * 
WELCOME (2009,  d. Philippe Lioret) *** 3/4
WELCOME HOME (Bienvenido A Casa)  (2007, d. David Trueba) *** 1/4
WELCOME TO COLLINWOOD   (2002, d. Anthony & Joe Russo)    **   
WELCOME TO DONGMAKGOL  (2006, d. Park Kwang-hyun; Republic of Korea)  ** 3/4
WELCOME TO MOOSEWOOD (2004, d. Dan Petrie) Silly, utterly predictable Hollywood fare. Hackman good, as always; but Ray Romano should stict to TV.  * 3/4
WELCOME TO THE LAND OF CH'TIS (Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis)  (2008, d. Dany Boone) ** 1/2
WELCOME TO THE RILEYS  (2010, d. Jake Scott) Gandolfini and Leo are fine. The predictable downer story only fitfully involved me & ultimately I lost interest. ** 1/4
WELL, THE  (2005, d. Kristian Petri) Extremely well written documentary tone poem about Orson Welles' relationship to Spain.  *** 3/4
WELLNESS  (2008, d. Jake Mahaffy) ** 1/2
WELTS, THE  (2004, d. Magdalena Piekorz) Polish AFF. Dour, involving story of a boy whose path to manhood was fixed by his physically abusing, but well-meaning, father. *** 1/4
WENDY AND LUCY  (2008, d. Kelly Reichardt) Quietly effective character study which mirrors bad economic times. Michelle Williams very fine here. *** 1/4
WENT TO CONEY ISLAND ON A MISSION FROM GOD...   (2000, d. Richard Schenkman)    ** 1/2    
WERE THE WORLD MINE  (2008, d. Tom Gustafson)  Good try at a gay Midsummernight's Dream prep school fantasy.  But no cigar.  **
WESTENDER  (2003, U.S.  d. Bruce Morse)  Overblown, tacky, unironic mideval quest film.  * 3/4
WHALE RIDER  (2003, New Zealand/Germany  d. Niki Caro) Wide screen crowd pleaser about dying Maori traditions & the little girl who changed things. ***
WHAT A WONDERFUL PLACE  (2005, d. Eyal Halfon) **
WHAT DOESN'T KILL YOU  (2008, d. Brian Goodman) ***
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT LOLA (Lo que se de Lola)  (2007, d. Javier Rebollo) W/O
WHAT IF...? (Notre univers impitoyable)  (2008, d. Léa Fazer) ** 1/4
WHAT JUST HAPPENED  (2008, d. Barry Levinson) Funny, truthful look at Hollywood from pov of a fading power-broker producer (DeNiro's best role in years.)  *** 1/4
WHAT LIES BENEATH   (2000, d. Robert Zemeckis)    * 1/2  
WHAT THE SUN HAS SEEN  (2007, d. Michal Rosa) 3 interwoven stories of impoverishment in modern day Poland. Long & just ok. ** 3/4
WHAT TIME IS IT THERE?  (2001, d. Tsai Ming-liang)    ***
WHAT WOMEN WANT   (2000, d. Nancy Meyers)    ** 1/2    
WHATEVER IT TAKES  (2004, d. David Ranyr)V. Horny teenage comedy variant on Cyrano. Trivial stuff; but Shane West and James Franco raise its level a tad.  * 3/4
WHATEVER WORKS (2009,  d. Woody Allen) Pure comedy, sunny & funny throwback to earlier Allen works. Evan Rachel Wood & Larry David perfect. ***
WHAT'S COOKING?   (2000, d. Gurinda Chadha)    *** 1/2    
WHEN A MAN COMES HOME (2009,  d. Thomas Vinterberg) ** 3/4
WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER  (2008, d. Anand Tucker) *** 1/4
WHEN MARYAM SPOKE OUT  (2003, d. Assad Fouladkar)  Lebanon AFF.  Travails of barren wife.  ***
WHEN WE LEAVE  (2010, d. Feo Aladag) ***
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED  (2005, d. James Tobak) V. ** 3/4
WHERE THE HEART IS   (2000, d. Matt Williams)    ** 1/2 
WHERE THE TRUTH LIES  (2005, d. Atom Egoyan)  ***
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (2009,  d. Spike Jonze) Laudable attempt at personalized art film; but not my cuppa...more annoyed by wanton child than edified. ** 1/2
WHICH WAY HOME (2009,  d. Rebecca Cammisa) V. Heartbreakingly effective docu about Cent. Amer. children trying to reach the U.S. Real life version of Sin Nombre. ****
WHIP IT (2009,  d. Drew Barrymore) Good: Ellen Page is not annoying, roller derby is fun.  Bad: totally predictable plot, melodramatic & fake.  ** 1/4
WHIRLWIND  (2008, d. Richard LeMay) Multi-character NY gay friends story, mostly poorly acted and only intermittently involving. **
WHISKY ROMEO ZULU  (2005, d. Enrique Piñeyro) Fascinating aircrash drama based on fact. The whistleblower pilot (also acted & directed) is amazing.  *** 1/4
WHISKY  (2004, d. Rebella & Stoll) Observent, touching slice-of-life film about two competitive brothers & their pretenses. ***
WHITE COUNTESS, THE  (2005, d. James Ivory)  *** 1/4
WHITE LIGHT/BLACK RAIN  (2007, d. Steven Okazaki) Comprehensive, clinical docu about Hiroshima & Nakasaki.  ***
WHITE NIGHT WEDDING (Brúdguminn)  (2008, d. Baltasar Kormákur) ** 3/4
WHITE OLEANDER   (2002, d. Peter Kosminsky)    *** 
WHITE PALM  (2006, d. Szabolcs Hajdu; Hungary) +  *** 1/4
WHITE PALMS  (2006, d. Szabolcs Hajdu) ***
WHITE RIBBON, THE  (2009,  d. Michael Haneke; Germany) Nobody does enigma better than Haneke, even when taken to a maddening extreme. Gorgeous film. *** 1/2
WHITE SILK DRESS, THE  (2008, d. Huynh Luu; Vietnam) **
WHITE WEDDING (2009,  d. Jann Turner; South Africa) ** 1/4
WHO IS HARRY NILSSON  (2006, d. John Scheinfeld) *** 1/4
WHO KILLED BAMBI  (2004, d. Gilles Marchand) Creepy, atmospheric French thriller about a craftily crazy surgeon and an intern nurse.  ***
WHO KILLED THE ELECTRIC CAR  (2006, d. Chris Paine) *** 3/4
WHO LOVES THE SUN   (2006, d. Matt Bissonnette) *** 1/2
WHO THE HELL IS BOBBY ROOS   (2002, d. John Feldman)  *** 1/2 
WHOLE NEW THING (2006, d. Amnon Buchbinder) *** 1/4                            
WHOLE NINE YARDS, THE   (2000, d. Jonathan Lynn)    **    
WHOLE TRUTH, THE (2009,  d. Coleen Patrick) 0*
WHORE & THE WHALE, THE  (2008, d. Luis Puenzo) V. Gorgeous Patagonian photography, naked women & sexy Leo Sbaraglia. *** 1/4
WICKER MAN, THE  (2008, d. Neil La Bute) V. Hokey, cult-as-bee-colony metaphor film.  Great northwest island homes! **
WICKER PARK  (2004, d. Paul McGuigan) And Now My Love for Gen-Y. Loopy structure and overall good acting and direction. Absurd; but it kept getting better as it went along. ***
WIDOW OF SAINT-PIERRE, THE (La veuve de Saint-Pierre)  (2001, d. Patrice Leconte)    ***
WILBY WONDERFUL  (2005, d. Daniel MacIvor) Slice of life film on the Canadian island of Wilby.  Pleasant trifle with nifty perfs from Paul Gross & Sandra Oh.  ** 3/4
WILD BEES   (2002, d. Bohdan Slama)  ** 3/4
WILD DOGS, THE  (2003, Canade  d. Thom Fitzgerald) Drama about a pornographer in Rumania to find women & instead finds wild dogs & Gypsy slaves.  ***
WILD FIELD (2009,  d. Mikhail Kalatozishvili) *** 3/4
WILD FLOWERS   (2002, d. F. A. Brabec)  ** 1/2
WILD GRASS (Les herbes folles)  (2010, d. Alain Resnais) Poor title translation, should be called "Loco-weed". Strangely unmotivated goings-on, but fascinating. ** 3/4
WILD SIDE  (2004, d. Sébastien Lifshitz) Affecting drama about an unconventional three-way relationship between 2 guys and a pre-op transexual  *** 
WILD THORNBERRYS MOVIE, THE  (2003, d. McGrath and Malkasian)  Nickelodian cartoon.  * 1/2
WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN  (2006, d. Cam Archer) ** 1/4
WILLFULL   (2001, d. Rebel Penfold-Russell)  * 1/2
WILLIAM KUNSTLER: DISTURBING THE UNIVERSE (2009,  d. Sarah Kunstler & Emily Kunstler) ***
WIMBLEDON  (2004, d. Richard Loncraine) Genuine chemistry between Bettany and Dunst makes for a good romance; but the tennis isn't very realistic.  ***
WIN A DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON  (2005, d. Robert Lukatik) Fun, if predictable, romantic comedy which brings stardom to Topher Grace.  ** 3/4
WIND JOURNEYS, THE (Los Viajes el Viento) (2009,  d. Ciro Guerra; Colombia) ***
WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, THE  (2006, d. Ken Loach) *** 1/2
WINDOW, THE  (2006, d. Ted Tetzlaff) *** 1/4
WINDS OF SEPTEMBER (Jiu Jiang Feng)  (2008, d. Tom Shu-Yu Lin) **
WINDTALKERS  (2002, d. John Woo)    ** 3/4   
WINE AND KISSES (Come le Formiche)  (2008, d. Ilaria Borrelli) * 1/2
WINGED MIGRATION  (2003, d. Jacques Cluzaud) (V) Docu feature on birds. Visual tour de force; but poorly constructed.  ** 3/4
WINGLESS (2009,  d. Ivo Trajkov; Macedonia) **
WINNING SEASON, THE   (2004, d. John Kent Harrison) V. Sappy nostalgia baseball flick about a 1985 boy thrown back to 1909 to relate to Honus Wagner. * 3/4
WINTER IN WARTIME (2010, d. Martin Koolhoven; The Netherlands) *** 1/2
WINTER SLEEPERS   (2000, d. Tom Tykwer) [1997]    ***  1/4  
WINTER SOLSTICE  (2005, d. Josh Sternfeld) Quintessential Sundance indie film, quiet, revelatory, fine acting (Mark Webber & Aaron Stanford rule!)  *** 1/4
WINTER SOLSTICE  (2007, d. Josh Sternfeld) V.+ Quintessential Sundance indie film, quiet, revelatory, fine acting (Webber & Stanford rule!) *** 1/4
WINTERLAND  (2008, d. Hisham Zaman) ** 3/4
WINTER'S BONE  (2010, d. Debra Granik) *** 1/2
WIRE, THE - season 4  (2006, d. various) V.  The best season of the best series on TV.  How the world really works.  ****
WITH A FRIEND LIKE HARRY   (2001, d. Dominik Moll)    *** 1/4  
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MYSELF (Aide-toi, et le Ciel t'aidera) (François Dupeyron)  *** 1/4
WITH YOUR PERMISSION (Til Doden Os Skiller)  (2007, d. Paprika Steen) ** 1/2
WITNESSES  (2003, d. Vinko Bresan) Croatia's Academy sub:  Intimate, complex, big-screen enigma/horrors of war drama. Slow accretion of detail adds up.  ***
WITNESSES, THE  (2008, d. André Téchiné) *** 1/2
WOLFSBURG  (2003, d. Christian Petzold) Heavy drama - a weak man who makes a fatal mistake & seeks redemption.  Good acting and script; but a downer.  ***
WOMAN IN BERLIN, A (Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin) (2009,  d. Max Färberböck) ***
WOMAN IS A HELLUVA THING, A   (2001, d. Karen Leigh Hopkins)  *
WOMAN ON TOP   (2000, d. Fina Torres)    ** 1/2    
WOMAN WITHOUT PIANO (2009,  d. Javier Rebollo) ** 3/4
WOMAN'S WAY, A (Strella) (2009,  d. Panos H. Koutras) *** 1/2
WOMEN, THE  (2005, d. George Cukor) V.  ***
WONDER BOYS   (2000, d. Curtis Hanson)    ***    
WONDERFUL NIGHT IN SPLIT, A  (2005, d. Arsen Anton Ostojic) Gorgeous, noir B&W film about a two hour period from 3 different points of view. *** 1/4
WONDERFUL WORLD (2009,  d. Joshua Goldin) ** 1/4
WONDERLAND  (2000, d. Michael Winterbottom)    ****    
WONDERLAND  (2003, d. James Cox) Bravura filmmaking in aid of tawdry true story. Kilmer & especially Josh Logan are fine. Effectively stomach-turning.  ***
WONDROUS OBLIVION  (2004, d. Paul Morrison) Heartwarming English film about a post-War Jewish immigrant family whose son loves cricket.  ***
WOODSMAN, THE  (2004, d. Nicole Kassell) Excellent, if dour drama about a man fighting his pederast proclivity with a great perf by Kevin Bacon. *** 1/4
WORD OF HONOR  (2003, d. Robert Markowitz) A favorite novel makes pretty fair transition to tv thanks to fine acting, albeit too compressed a script.  ** 3/4
WORDPLAY  (2006, d. Patrick Creadon) *** 3/4
WORK HARD PLAY HARD (Violence des échanges en milieu tempéré)  (2006, d. Jean-Marc Moutou) V. Jérémie Renier fine!  ***
WORLD IS BIG AND SALVATION LURKS AROUND THE CORNER, THE (2009,  d. Stefan Komandarev; Bulgaria) *** 1/2
WORLD TRADE CENTER  (2006, d. Oliver Stone) Seamless f/x, affecting, surprisingly powerful.  *** 1/4
WORLD TRAVELER   (2002, d. Bart Freundlich)    **  
WORLD WITHOUT THIEVES, A  (2005, d. Xiaogang Feng) Clever variant on martial arts film about thieves on a train going after an innocent patsy.  ***
WORLDS APART (To verdener)  (2008, d. Niels Arden Oplev; Denmark) ***
WORLD'S FASTEST INDIAN, THE  (2006, d. Roger Donaldson) V. Hopkins is fine, as usual. The film is pretty predictable. ** 3/4
WORLD'S GREATEST DAD (2009,  d. Bobcat Goldthwait) ** 1/4
WRECKING CREW, THE  (2008, d. Denny Tedesco) *** 1/4
WRESTLER, THE  (2008, d. Darren Aronofsky) Despite cringeworthy wrestling action, humanistic Aronofsky shines. Rourk is phenomenal, as are the women. *** 1/4
WRESTLING WITH ANGELS: PLAYWRITE TONY KUSHNER  (2006, d. Freida Lee Mock) *** 1/2
WRETCHES & JABBERERS (2010, d. Gerardine Wurzburg) V. Informative, positive docu of world travels & computer communication of 2 autistic older Vermont men.  ***
WRIST CUTTERS:  A LOVE STORY  (2006, d. Goran Dukic) * 3/4
WRITTEN ON THE BODY OF THE NIGHT   (2002, d.  Jaime Humberto Hermosillo)  ** 3/4
WRONG SIDE UP (Pribehy Obycejneho Silenstvi)  (2005, d. Petr Zelenka) ** 
WTC VIEW  (2005, d. Brian Sloan) Emotionally shattering, brilliantly written & acted (watch for Michael Urie) story of 9/11's effects on some gay NYers.  *** 1/2