Comedy Rated PG-13
“…this is two parts Blades of Glory and one part Enter the Dragon, though it’s missing Will Ferrell’s absurd improvisational humor and, well, Bruce Lee.
Action/Adventure Rated R
This standard shoot-’em-up, in which Vin Diesel plays a DEA agent looking to avenge the murder of his wife, is rife with cliches and incoherent action scenes. It’s a straight-to-video mishap masquerading as a feature film.
This remake of a 1936 Frank Capra picture turns out to be the perfect vehicle for abrasive funnyman Adam Sandler, a common man’s comedian who fits quite nicely in a farce celebrating common wisdom. After the death of his media-baron uncle, small-town boy Longfellow Deeds (Sandler) reaps a $40 billion inheritance and is swept into
Family Rated PG
Purists may scoff at the heavy special effects in the latest movie version of Peter Pan, but what story could make better use of computerized fairy dust? Director P.J. Hogan guides it all along at a furious pace, one matched by a fleet cast. Jason Isaacs plays Captain Hook as more bully than buffoon, while
Give it three stars for each gun you own
Drama Rated PG-13
“…honest enough not to deliver that climactic, ‘breakthrough’ moment.
Drama Rated PG
Yet another based-on-fact, inspirational sports movie, Pride has only one mission: to hit, note for note, every formulaic moment in the genre. Based on the life of Jim Ellis, who in 1973 founded a black swim team in one of Philadelphia’s poorest neighborhoods, the movie tells us nothing about Ellis or the kids he worked
“…accomplishes what many fact-based biopics fail to do. The picture gives us a sense of someone’s full, lived life.
Part farce, part romance, part gross-out comedy, Breakin’ All the Rules is all over the place. It’s as if writer-director Daniel Taplitz thought he could spin your head and break your heart at once. The movie centers around the author of a men’s handbook on how to dump women (Jamie Foxx) who experiences enough romantic
Inoffensively sentimental, the Scotland-set Dear Frankie follows a single mother (Emily Mortimer) who is trying to keep her 9-year-old son from the harsh truth about his missing father by claiming he works on a ship that is always off on far-flung journeys. When the boy starts pushing for answers, she hires a stranger (Gerard Butler)
