David Ansen Quotations

The world has lost its quintessential romantic icon.

Newman, with his clipped mustache and his whiskey-coated growl and his steely self-assurance, is an aristocrat of sleaze.

It's one of the most emotionally eloquent performances of the year. It shows how Hollywood has just scratched the surface of her talent.

Relentlessly savage, 'The Passion' plays like the 'Gospel according to the Marquis de Sade'

You'll see why, in animation circles, Miyazaki himself is considered one of the gods.

We are the movies and the movies are us.

We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike.

The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood horror movie. That three-headed dog that stands guard over a treasure was better left to the imagination. . .

He has the body-fat content of a 20-year-old sprinter, the bone structure of a public monument and the eyes... well, we know about the blue eyes (which happen to be colorblind).

Superbly marketed, Pearl Harbor is the very model of a modern blockbuster. Will it matter that almost nothing about its human drama rings true?