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Superstar squirrel
Friday, July 3, 2009
If you love Scat, you'll warm up to "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs." The new film gives us Scrat not just chasing a nut, but fighting for it with another squirrel. It gives us Scrat in love. It gives us Scrat in 3D. Manny the mammoth may be "the biggest thing on Earth," but this is almost Scrat's movie.
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Film takes aim at Dillinger
Friday, July 3, 2009
Anyone doubting the role "charisma" plays in the movies need look no further than "Public Enemies," an old fashioned gangster picture built on simple star power. Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as F.B.I. agent Melvin Purvis make this retelling of an oft-told tale from "the Golden Age of Bank Robbery" riveting, rousing entertainment. Full story »
Warmed-over 'Whatever'
Friday, July 3, 2009
Woody Allen covers overly familiar ground in his latest film, "Whatever Works."
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Noisy action overshadows meager 'Transformers' plot
Friday, June 26, 2009
Do not try to comprehend the audiovisual blitzkrieg that is "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." The film, which lacks logic, substance and character development, exists as a pure sensory event, a pummeling, thrilling, bewildering, demented exercise in computer-generated shock and awe.
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'Cheri' captures era but it lacks romance
Friday, June 26, 2009
¿Cheri,¿ based on a novel by the French writer Colette, is a sumptuous but only rarely romantic romance set in France during the belle epoque just before World War I. Despite having Michelle Pfeiffer playing Lea, a fading beauty in all her self-aware glory, director Stephen Frears ("Dangerous Liaisons") loses himself in the dazzling dresses and stunning hats and winds up with a film in which the settings are fab, but the liaisons aren¿t dangerous.
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Taut acting, direction yield an affecting film experience
Friday, June 26, 2009
¿My Sister¿s Keeper¿ is a horror movie for parents and a righteous weeper that earns its tears. Directed with a sure, sensitive hand by Nick Cassavetes (¿The Notebook¿), it is an actors¿ showcase built on a moral dilemma. But at its most basic, it¿s just a good cry. Full story »
Movie Reviews
Friday, June 26, 2009
'Transformers' strikes midnight chimes with $16M
Thursday, June 25, 2009
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" has blasted off at the box office with a $16 million haul from midnight screenings alone. Full story »
Oscars double down with 10 best-picture nominees
Thursday, June 25, 2009
The Academy Awards will have 10 best-picture nominees instead of the usual five starting next year, improving the odds for films such as "The Dark Knight," a fan and critic favorite that was snubbed last time. Full story »
Bullock's 'Proposal' woos date crowds with $34.1 million
Monday, June 22, 2009
Movie audiences accepted a proposal from Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, who scored the summer's first big romantic comedy hit. Full story »
A bit warped itself, National Lampoon's 'Endless Bummer' goes on summer tour
Sunday, June 21, 2009
John “J.D.” Drury remembers the surfboard that was stolen from his youth almost 30 years ago at Pierpont Beach in Ventura. “It was a special board,” he said. “As a kid, you only ride one. When you got one, it was a prized possession. I remember it like it was yesterday. It could happen to me tomorrow and I’d have the same feeling.” Full story »
Return of the queen
Friday, June 19, 2009
Sandra Bullock was the queen of romantic comedies during the first part of this decade. Bullock got all kinds of kudos for her comedy skills, but then she abruptly decided to go another route with her career, focusing more on dramatic roles. Full story »
Shia LaBeouf evolves in new 'Transformers'
Friday, June 19, 2009
“Revenge of the Fallen,” which opens Wednesday, begins with Shia LaBeouf’s character, Sam Witwicky, heading off to college to distance himself from his shape-shifting robot friends.
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A decent 'Proposal' from Bullock
Friday, June 19, 2009
Sandra Bullock may be aging out of her the years when Hollywood sees her as ¿Miss Congeniality,¿ but not without one last fling. ¿The Proposal¿ has her playing the icy boss who blackmails her younger assistant into a sham marriage to save her green card. It¿s a performance with real comic juice by a woman acting her age. Full story »
Baron Cohen's Bruno has military flair at premiere
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sacha Baron Cohen made a grand entrance Wednesday for the British premiere of his new mock documentary "Bruno," turning up in a skimpy variation of the uniforms worn by Buckingham Palace guards. Full story »
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