Family Rated PG
“The girls in the live-action Bratz movie look less – what’s the right word? – whorish than the dolls, but the lifestyle their movie is selling is no less disturbing.
Drama Rated PG-13
It may be true that the best movie romances are always bittersweet, but this Clint Eastwood effort goes so far beyond bittersweet it’s downright depressing. Based on Robert James Waller’s best-seller, the movie traces a four-day affair between a National Geographic photographer on assignment (Eastwood) and an unsatisfied Iowa housewife (Meryl Streep, breathing real life
Drama Rated PG
As Kate Armstrong, a no-nonsense chef at a chic New York restaurant, Catherine Zeta-Jones crimps her lips and fastidiously straightens her apron, yet the mannerisms come off as yet another contrivance in a picture full of them. Equally annoying is Aaron Eckhart as Kate’s new sous chef. Blaring opera in the kitchen and talking to
Action/Adventure Rated PG-13
“…the deep-seated look of absolute fear never leaves Zahn’s red-ringed eyes.
Action/Adventure Rated R
“Distressing flickers of incoherence here and there serve as foreshadowing for the chaotic climax, which doesn’t resemble Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey as much as it does The Shining.
Musical Rated PG
Pure joy, held together by lots of beauty products. John Waters’ effervescent musical revels in great ’60s pop, bad acting, outrageous hairdos and a “pleasantly plump” teen girl (a luminous Ricki Lake) in 1962 Baltimore who yearns to earn a spot on an “American Bandstand”-type dance show. It’s a message movie too, laboriously about the
“…singing her heart out and swinging her hips, Blonsky is oblivious to the prejudices and insecurities of the real world. Her ignorance is our bliss.
Drama Rated R
“…only captivates when Forman and his production designers echo some of the painter’s more famous tableaus.
Drama Rated NR
"…focuses on a pervert who thinks he’s a romantic. The more sincere this guy gets about his leering, the more he creeps you out."
Comedy Rated PG-13
“There is a lot of overcompensation going on here.
