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Markus Imhoof's bee documentary is so stuffed with surreal tableaux it makes your head spin.

It is the elegance of its images that sets it apart from previous doomed bee documentaries. The footage of individual animals going about their business is a sight to behold.

More Than Honey is a phenomenally well-researched and thorough study of bees and their complex influence on human civilization, and an in depth investigation of the honeybee colony collapse disorder.

Eye-popping photography should draw viewers to this thoughtful, revealing doc.

Stinging but positive film about bees.

There is a lot to be learned from this thoughtful film as you marvel at the amazingly intimate images of colony life.

An interesting, and interestingly laidback film, an almost restful look at honeybees and the way they are kept and cultivated across the world.

A fascinating, informative and startling documentary that explores the disappearance of the honeybee.

You come out of the film none the wiser as to where the bees have all gone. But you still learn a hell of a lot about them.

Elegant, handsomely shot and often instructive, and its remarkable extended close-up sequences of bees' social structure are fascinating.

Summer's blitz of apocalypse movies has nothing on this bee doc.

Feels slightly diffuse in its analysis.

Informative and occasionally scary.

Astonishing macro-photography captures the bees in all their surreal beauty, presenting a tribute to nature's "messenger of love" and a warning of what might be lost.

Oblique narrative aside, you can't beat the film's eye-popping visuals.

What's really frightening about Honey isn't what a hive of angry bees might do to us, but what we've done to them.

[Markus] Imhoof makes bees more important than they have previously seemed.

Imhoof's film is remarkable in its close-up photography. The bees loom large, like creatures from some mutant planet; dangle together in a delicate chain; and fill the air, floating like unusually vivid dust specks.

A little more attention to fact checking would have given the other scientific assertions in "More Than Honey" added weight, but even so this remains a fascinating, sometimes visually stunning, call to action.

It's a lovely, idiosyncratic film.

There's plenty of information spread around the movie to consider and inspire, but at the very core of More Than Honey is an appreciation for the bee itself, valuing its mystery as it near the precipice of extermination.

"More than Honey" has a majesty of its own.

Markus Imhoof's inventive and powerful documentary ...

Most striking in "Honey" are closeups of the bees in their hives, symbiotically working together in creating their new queen: Imhoof rightfully spends time detailing the extraordinary nature of bee social structure.

Concurrently frightening and breathtaking.

Philosophical rumination on the past, present, and future of those who raise them. . . the busiest workers in agriculture (filmed up close). . .and learn from killer bees.

Without any preachiness, this magically beautiful film urges us to take better care of the bees, and honor the irreplaceable things that they do for us.

An amiably shaggy combination of science lesson, whimsical musing and alarm bell ...

As a nature doc, More Than Honey rivals such acclaimed forebears as Winged Migration and Microcosmos, though it's working with a more limited scope, visually-if you've seen one honeybee, you've seen 'em all.

Highly informative and very diverting documentary about the busiest member of the animal kingdom.

Markus Imhoof's film reveals itself as a curious, audacious mix of personal essay film and nature documentary.

A fascinating but rambling documentary about the decimation of the world's bee population through the phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder.

Although the unexplained collapse of honeybee colonies is a global problem, the most startling moments in Markus Imhoof's documentary take place on a microscopic level.

It's a delightful, informative, and suitably contemplative study of the bee world and the bee-population crisis, though in the end it does offer enough dewdrops of hope to fill up a bluebell or two.

It makes Goethe's classic masterpiece into something banal.

Limit Up is such a calculating movie that I'm surprised it wasn't a little smarter. How could a screenplay shamelessly recycle so many exploitable ingredients without finding a way to make them entertaining?

Pleasing old-fashioned crime drama.

This film can't be taken seriously by any serious person.

It will probably not persuade many Occupy critics to change their opinions. But as manifestoes go it is calm and smart, offsetting its stridency with discussion, music, even humor, while issuing a call to arms.

Though too much of this of-the-people, for-the-people chronicle is by necessity gummed up by clunky captions and explanations, it is an effective, and heartfelt, clarion call.

The picture has been intelligently directed; it is quite consistently entertaining; and it has, as I have said, the ingratiating Mr. Lederer in a part well tailored to his talents, including his gift for comedy.

D'Onofrio, normally a stellar actor, stumbles through the sub-par script, reduced to begging for cashews

The performances delivered by Gunnarsson and Guðjónsson do wonders to create some particularly noteworthy moments of humour and heartache and its 1980's setting allows for a level of benevolence most films are lacking.

"Either Way" is a slight, ultra-dry comedy with a lot of empty spaces and plenty of silences. But the two main characters are just so endearing that their chemistry fills the gaps nicely.

Modestly scaled, La Trinchera scores a minor conceptual coup for occupying politically charged territory with the levity of, well, highly evolved karaoke video. Call it a party favour.

A compelling and addictive watch.

An engrossing, fun, and unbelievable true story. It's also one of the year's best films.

The Price is Right is woven into our cultural iconography, which is why any and all fans of the beloved series will want to check this out.

Even if you're not a game show fan, this film is fascinating.

Perfect Bid is a perfectly fine film. At seventy minutes long, it doesn't overstay its welcome, it's warmly presented, and offers up some interesting behind-the-scenes insights into one of the world's most famous game shows.

[One] of the most remarkable moments of television history is examined with an acutely insightful eye and jaunty rhythm in director C.J. Wallis' hugely enjoyable doc.

Miss Colbert is an attractive, saucy minx, albeit possessed of too much uncontrolled ardour. James Stewart bungs a mixture of whimsicality and gruffness to his role.

Wonderful screwball comedy.

U.S. agents capture drug lord; graphic violence, sex.

A North Korean version of films like "Hoop Dreams". Humanizes a people who are considered outside of humanity in the West.

Will raise many more questions about totalitarianism, and about the foreign policies of Western countries with regard to North Korea, than it ever answers.

a slanted view is better than none at all

Thrusts you into the near-hypnotic mentality of a 1984-ish place. But once you return to [your] society . . . [look again at] those darkly concealing words, "freedom" and "democracy."

State of Mind is an eye-opener.

This fascinating documentary details day-to-day life in the hard-line Communist state of North Korea.

A riveting BBC documentary that illuminates the character of that nation.

The film gives a rare glimpse into everyday life in the Far East-wing of the Axis of Evil.

It's so secretive, so insulated, that it's hard to imagine what life there is really like. That's what makes A State of Mind ... essential viewing.

The documentary about life in North Korea sets the story of two girls against the backdrop of a huge tribute to leader Kim Jong Il, and it's the backdrop that is more compelling.

Reading between the lines is recommended - and essential - during viewing.

It's a quietly wrenching eye-opener.

A fresh, straightforward portrayal of what the film calls 'the least visible ... least known ... least understood ... country in the world.'

Gordon gives an intimate, balanced account of how political power, famine, power shortages and a hatred of America have shaped their young lives.

The film is also admirably intimate, giving a human face to those living in a totalitarian society; their fears, joys, inspirations, and hopes.

The biggest value of the movie is the depiction of Pyongyang life, the elaborate Mass Games choreography, a wondrous road trip to the revered Mount Paektu, and the ideological mind-set of typical North Korean citizens.

English filmmaker Daniel Gordon grants us a rare glimpse of daily life inside the most secretive nations on earth, and it's just as weird as you thought.

Not even the widest political chasms, Gordon finds, can eradicate the universal pleasure of a young girl's giggle.

Admirably non-judgmental docu about life in 'the least visited, known, understood country in the world,' per Brit director Daniel Gordon, brings a refreshing balance to the usual blind vilification of the country.

A portrait of the power of power.

A State of Mind offers a rare and often chilling glimpse into the culture of North Korea.

A nifty documentary by Brit Daniel Gordon, who directed, wrote and narrated.

Might be the most powerful and important documentary of the year.

One leaves the film with the Twilight Zone sense that the place isn't quite the hellhole prior reports have suggested.

Striking footage from North Korea, the country with the world's fewest visitors.

Priceless footage inside the secret church-state of North Korea and the beautiful Mass Games, this documentary sheds little light on the people themselves.

It's said Zhang Ziyi didn't want to come back for the sequel unless Ang Lee returned as well. We can see why.

We're all here really to see if Sword Of Destiny was worth the decade-plus wait. It totally was.

Directed by Yuen Woo-ping (who choreographed the fights for the first film), Sword of Destiny feels westernized in every sense of the word.

Nostalgia is nice, but Netflix should just focus on making better content.

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel Sword of Destiny isn't as thoughtful as its predecessor, but its fight sequences will hold your attention.

The sequel is directed by Yuen Woo-Ping, who choreographed the fight scenes in the original... he's not as prestigious as Lee, and has fewer awards, but the man knows his kung fu.

It's not offensively bad. It's a kid's meal -- safe, but grown-ups will tire of it quickly.

It's true that not many were pleading for a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel, especially one that arrived about 15 years too late, but they made one anyway, bless them.

With the original's wondrous, naturalist cinematography so clearly burned into the memory, it's difficult not to make an unfavorable comparison.

While it's also adapted from Wang Dulu's five-part Crane-Iron novel series, the new film ... feels like a slapdash piece of fan fiction.

The story just isn't as captivating as it needs to be.

By the climax, the action has been reduced to interminable sequences of people banging their swords together and occasionally being ejaculated into the air like digital snowflakes.

A painful sequel that disappoints all lovers of the original because of the remarkable quality drop between them, it had a very interesting proposal but failed miserably. [Full review in Spanish]

A movie that smells and tastes like a thousand productions of martial arts film. [Full Review in Spanish]

A lackluster sequel whose most redeeming quality is the noble presence of actress Michelle Yeoh.

Its high-flying action lacks the distinctive elegance of its predecessor.

Sword Of Destiny suffers endlessly by comparison to Ang Lee's groundbreaking 2000 film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for the comparative smallness of its vision, its visuals, and its budget.

Long-awaited martial-arts sequel more brutal than original.

If grunge killed glam rock in the martial arts movie world, Sword of Destiny is a well-timed tribute band; you wouldn't want everyone to start wearing spandex again, but it's fun for a night.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is back after over a decade, but shows its age in this staler, more weightless martial arts meh-travaganza.