“But it is, for me, the best American animated movie of the year.”

“My ultimate goal ever since I was a little kid was to try to work in movies, especially in Hollywood and around the world.”

“Thus even a not-entirely-great movie like City by the Sea feels like wafts of fresh air.”

“Universal Studios last week became the first major Hollywood moviemaker to make films available for video-on-demand on cable.”

“A script offers no more to a great moviemaker than an opera libretto does to a great composer.”

“Morris is an enigmatic moviemaker, an unknown quantity in the filmmaker personality department.”

“A regular moviegoer with a conventional grasp of history would simply call it phony.”

“After that, they all turn into grating in-jokes, funny to the filmmakers, but infuriating to the average moviegoer.”

“If I want the moviegoer to look somewhere, I just aim the camera on that place.”

“Kim really was a movieholic. She had seen everything. To me, that is usually a sign of someone who's for real. It made her very attuned to classical story references and structure.”

“The Matrix Brings the Wizard of Oz into the 21st century, and like any other movieholic, I took The Matrix far too seriously.”

“Avery is a whip-smart movieholic film snob who is expert on a variation of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. ”

“Director Tony Kaye burned every bridge in moviedom with his 'insane' behavior.”

“Will Mr. Cooper's Sundance help get this corner of moviedom back on track by focusing attention more squarely on innovation?”

“And don't get the serious fitness crowd started on the use of steroids in some corners of moviedom.”

“Many people involved in moviemaking would argue that politics and entertainment should never mix.”

“Vincent chose to move to Los Angeles and pursue a career in the movies.”

“There's the tangled web and fatalism of Cocteau's standard storyline, but the movie lacks the waking dream state of Cocteau's movies.”

“He has worked on more than 300 Hollywood movies involving snakes, lizards, spiders, and other creepy crawlers.”

“Roger Ebert argues against the attitude attributed to most independent moviemakers that, since they've created a film, it must, somehow, be seen.”

“In the tradition of ground breaking moviemakers, he writes, directs and produces.”

“In the end, they supplied the moviemakers with three monitor lizards and six bearded dragon lizards.”

“Since Yuen doesn't speak a lick of English, this feature has a voice over for us English speaking moviegoers.”

“It was a neat experiment, and many serious-minded moviegoers and critics appreciated the effort.”

“Many moviegoers appreciate the cleanliness and the plush seats available made at multiplexes.”