88 Minutes

The film's only saving grace is....Minutes will enthral you.....If, on the other hand, you like your thrillers to have coherency, tension and good acting, this is one to avoid.....If your idea of a good film is more than an hour of Al Pacino talking on a mobile phone.... ... Full Review

And you get the distinct impression that there was lots of desperate post-production fiddling with this convoluted mess that made a bad movie even worse. Minutes, which actually runs 106 minutes and feels a heck of a lot longer, is a sorry suspense thriller and a wholesale whodunnit. ... Full Review

His latest, 88 MINUTES, is another in a series of roles in which he is genially disengaged, giving only the most perfunctory of performances as Jack Gramm, ace criminal profiler and complete train wreck, right down to his rooster-inspired haircut. The story, though, goes one better by being both preposterous and ponderous, never a good combination, particularly in a film that purports to be of the thiller genre. ... Full Review

Full of dreadful turns and awful dialogue ("There's been a breach in my most secure area! ... Full Review

Although many critics were not thrilled with his turn in "88 Minutes," I found the film both interesting and entertaining.....It was exciting to see Al Pacino back on the big screen..... ... Full Review

So, I'm sitting watching "New Moon" at Cinerama last night, and the girls of Team Jacob have finally stopped screaming everytime the kid comes on screen, and we're watching the ill-fated movie date-and-a-half (what else do you call a date... ... Full Article

I really don't know who thought You Don't Know Jack would be a great title for an HBO biopic about Jack Kevorkian, the doc who spent eight years in jail for his role in assisting the terminally ill to commit... ... Full Article

After a glittering career ranging from the all-conquering Godfather to the deranged, cocaine-vacuuming of Scarface to the crumpled brilliance of the Alaskan whodunnit Insomnia, few would begrudge little Al the privilege, nay, the right, to grow old gracefully. ... Full Article

Minutes takes place in Seattle, Washington and tells the story of Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) as a forensic psychiatrist and professor. Prior to the movies start, Gramm's testimony sent a serial killer, Jon Forester (Neil McDonough) to jail. ... Full Article

Al Pacino stars as Dr Jack Gramm, a celebrated professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist. His speciality is helping to convict serial killers. One day, he receives a phone call telling him he has just 88 minutes to live. ... Full Article

L et me get this painful matter off my chest first: The Worst Films I Saw in 2008.Like back-alley hair plugs, these films made hazardous inroads into my brain. ... Full Article