Dahmer - As if we needed another homophobic piece of crap.

Dallas 362 - Works amazingly well.

The Dallas Connection - The humor here comes from watching the really bad actors in the film struggling to deliver their lines seriously.

Dancer in the Dark - I've never felt so joyous after watching such a depressing movie.

Dance Party, USA - Mesmerizes the viewer and holds their attention rapt.

Dangerous Beauty - This film is supposedly based on a true story. My response to that is: unmitigated hogwash.

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - Captures exactly what it was like to be a 14 year old boy in 1970's America.

Dangerous Minds - Tackles the plot of a duck-out-of-water teacher taking on a unruly inner-city classroom. But this film has a bit of a twist.

Danny Deckchair - Quaint, sweet-hearted and easy to enjoy.

Dare Devil - I've never seen a more gay looking superhero.

Dark City - The plot is dumb, the acting is average and the ending is pointless making the entire exercise a rather moot point.

Dark Water - Uninterested in scaring us, Salles provides a murky, water-logged and overcast world where light as well as hope seems an impossibility.

Das Experiment - It is a fascinating and riveting movie.

David and Goliath - Concerns itself with gay male body image and embodies it's opinions in a rather drab and typical story.

Dawn of the Dead - This remake is an awesome film.

The Day After Tomorrow - I wanted to see "Twister" more than once. I saw "Independence Day" four times. With this film, once is enough.

Days - It's one of the few AIDS features to be made in the last 10 years or so that deserves to be seen and reflected upon.

Dazed and Confused - Is really like being transported back in time to the era of polyester, Kiss and the Bi-Centennial.

Dead Man - It is probably the most accurate portrayal of America's west circa the 1800's that we will ever see.

Dead Man on Campus -The film has moments of hilarity mainly provided by the prospective roommates.

Dead Man Walking - Is a classic.

Dead Presidents - Ignore the misleading title. There's more here than a story about money or robbery.

Dear Pillow - This film is nothing less than a masterpiece.

Death and Texas - I hate mockumentaries and I should have known better than to go to this one.

Death and the Maiden - If Amnesty International ever produced a feature film,it might be "Death and the Maiden."

D.E.B.S. - Incredibly positive and poignant.

Deconstructing Harry - An introspective and rather autobiographical film.

The Deep End - The "Cruising" of the new millenium.

Deep Impact - Is actually an excellent, character driven, drama that is subtly frightening in it's realism.

Delirium: Episode 2 - This film seems to want to parody those "on the street" documentaries about prostitutes that attempt to show how it truly is.

De-Lovely - A homophobic and regrettable film.

Deprivation - The piece is really low-budg. But this again isn’t what makes the film worthless.

Derrida - Functional yet impossibly useless. Beautiful yet boring. Priceless yet worthless.

Destiny's Children - Exemplifies the best in short filmmaking.

Detroit Rock City - It's prefect pitch in cinematic retro bliss.

The Devil's Advocate - Keanu Reeves, macho superstud actor and rock musician pulls his weight.

The Devil's Backbone - del Toro uses the unreality of a ghost story to reflect and refract the story of war and, especially, children in war.

Diabolique (1954) - Will surely drive you mad.

Diabolique (1996) - There could be so much tension and so much thematic exposition based on the young male characters here and their relationships with their adult instructors but it is lost.

Diary of a Mad Black Woman - A glorious mess.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star - There's hardly anything funny at all in the damn thing even though Spade tries like a trooper.

Die Bitteren Tranen der Petra Von Kant - Rainer Werner Fassbinder's claustrophobic look at a lesbian relationship is stilted, harsh, staged and cold.

Dig! - The film is filled with intense moments involving Newcombe that often seem to jump right out of the screen at the audience.

Die, Mommie, Die - Amps up his campy brand of humor here to spoof 50's melodrama.

Ding-a-ling-less - The "Ding-a-ling" in the title refers to a penis and the story here concerns Jack, a man without one.

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights - A bunch of silly hokum, an example of bad screenwriting by committee passing as "important" nostalgia.

Dirty Pretty Things - Pretty Boring Things is more like it.

A Dirty Shame - An absolute mess and undoubtedly his worst film ever.

Dirty Work - Note to Self: "Dirty Work" sucks.

Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood - Fluffy yet thoughtful, hilarious yet heart- warming.

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story - Certainly the kind of better than mediocre, goofy, over-the-top shenanigans we've come to expect from Stiller and his pals.

Dogma -It's great fun. It's easy to see now why Smith had so much trouble getting "Dogma" made directly after "Clerks." The powers-that-be hated Mewes (idiots) and to finance "Dogma" would be to make Mewes a major star. He's great here.

Dog Park - It gets by on pure charm.

Dogville - Full of hatred for America and everything that America stands for.

Donnie Darko - the film becomes the blackest, most complex and troubling teenage film since "The Virgin Suicides."

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut - It somehow seems too complete for the first-time viewer.

Don't Come Knocking - Offers us Wenders' best film in many years.

The Doom Generation - Writer/Director Gregg Araki's 3rd film is the quintessential embodiment of teen angst captured on celluloid in full living color.

The Door in the Floor - Tries very hard but, alas, just doesn't quite make it.

The Doors - Director Oliver Stone's mysticism and cultivation of a pop icon.

Doctor Dolittle - Murphy mellows down into family man and father role-playing here and seems all the more lame without his usual edge.

Dogtown and Z-Boys - Not only is the film fantastically assembled, from sight to sound, but it acts as a practical encyclopedia on skateboarding in America.

Dorian Blues - Is sort of the "kitchen sink" version of a gay film.

Dot Down - Employing the best of 8mm New York underground filmmaking, "Dot Down" is a beautiful film to watch.

Double Jeopardy - The script is written by hacks. It's not just that it's full of loopholes, it's that it's full of ridiculous contrivances.

A Double Life - Interesting George Cukor film that works!

Double Parked - It doesn't work, can't work, because it is poorly written, poorly executed and insanely amateurish.

Down and Out with the Dolls - It's got some good stuff in it and, then again, it's got some bad stuff in it too.

Down by Law - Shows us a hidden American world.

Downfall - A long, boring, retread of stuff we already know.

Down to Earth - By the shear tenacity and charm and humor of Chris Rock, "Down to Earth" almost works. I say almost because almost no one else in the cast contributes a damn thing.

Down with Love - Down with pointless movies!

Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary - This is a near waste of film.

Drag Kings on Tour - I've never been so unsure of my sexuality in my entire life.

Dragonheart - Well, the dragon looks cool but that's about all this film has going for it.

Drop Dead Sexy - If you love titties and you're into necrophilia, then "Drop Dead Sexy" is the jack-off film you have been waiting for.

Drowning Mona - One of the most cool and amusing black comedies in eons.

Dreamers - Horrible acting. No budget picture quality. Boring and irratating story. Lifelessness.A dull thud.

The Dreamers - Is a "must-see" film, the first one of 2004.

Driving Lessons - Your heart will just about explode with the warmth gleaned from pure delight. This film is magical.

Dropping Out - Very seldom do I see a movie where I just can't make up my mind and decide what I think about it.

Dr. Dolittle 2 -Is probably better than it's predecessor. One reason is definitely the script which hits all the right notes.

Dr. T and the Women - In the hands of leach Robert Altman, the film wavers between that fine line of celebration and infernal irritation.

Drumline - I hate this film.

Dudley Do Right - It's got fart jokes and hits to the crotch.

Duets - If you want to see the most ignored and underappreciated masterpiece of the year, then see "Duets."

Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd - I'd rather sit through the "1812 Overture" being played by The All Accordion and Fingernails-on-the-Chalkboard All-Naked-Crackwhore-with- Runny-Pussies Band than watch this film again.

The Duo - These are some of the most important and most talented people making indie films in Austin today..

The Dying Gaul - Is just to dark and dissatisfying to recommend.

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