Movie review: ‘Ice Age’ sequel is OK for kids, a ‘yawn of the dinosaurs’ tale for adultsThere’s more action and cuddly creatures for kids to love in “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs” than in the animated franchise’s first two installments. Movie Review: Michelle Pfeiffer is radiant, but ‘Cheri’ fails to shine as a romanceLOS ANGELES — Back in 1988, director Stephen Frears and screenwriter Christopher Hampton teamed up for “Dangerous Liaisons,” one of the juiciest guilty pleasures ever. Reveling in high-class deception and manipulation, the film earned seven Academy Award nominations including best supporting actress for Michelle Pfeiffer, and it won three. Baby-name experts: Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick pick old-fashioned namesLOS ANGELES — Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick dug into their family roots for the names of their twin daughters. Movie Review: ‘Transformers’ sequel shape-shifts into noise and nonsenseLOS ANGELES — A joyless cacophony, an insistent and seemingly endless onslaught, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” director Michael Bay’s follow-up to the 2007 smash “Transformers” plays more like a parody of a Bay movie. Movie Review: Intimate and intense, ‘The Hurt Locker’ is the best Iraq war film yetLOS ANGELES — Despite their admirable intentions and acclaimed names on both sides of the camera, the vast majority of movies made about the Iraq war have failed to hit the mark. Either they felt too preachy, like “Rendition” and “In the Valley of Elah,” or they were rather standard action pictures like “The Kingdom.” Movie Review: Bullock and Reynolds banter well, but ‘The Proposal’ can’t overcome clichesLOS ANGELES — All the romantic comedy conventions are shamelessly on parade in “The Proposal,” trampling on our brains and turning them into mush. Movie review: Woody Allen’s ‘Whatever Works’ has decent laughs but doesn’t quite workLOS ANGELES — The title of Woody Allen’s new comedy, “Whatever Works,” might define what the filmmaker has been up to the last few years. Movie Review: Rockwell gives powerful performance in the mezmerizing sci-fi tale ‘Moon’LOS ANGELES — “Moon” does something extraordinary: It seems familiar and derivative, yet upends your expectations about science fiction and surprises you over and over. Melancholy and mesmerizing, equal parts mystery and character drama, it keeps you guessing until the end. Movie Review: Scott amps up action in update of ’70s subway thriller ‘Taking of Pelham 1 2 3′LOS ANGELES — The way the original 1974 film’s title has been condensed tells you everything you need to know about the direction “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3″ is headed. In these fast-paced, mixed-up times, it simply takes too long to spell out the numbers. Movie Review: ‘Imagine That,’ Eddie Murphy stars in an enjoyable family comedyLOS ANGELES — The words “Eddie Murphy family comedy” are enough to send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting film lover. Movie Review: Krasinski, Rudolph lovely together in touching trip to parenthood ‘Away We Go’LOS ANGELES — Movies about pregnancy all too often feature mad dashes to the maternity ward, delivery-room histrionics and bumbling, hovering relatives. Movie Review: Film version of ’70s series ‘Land of the Lost’ an awkward mix of kitsch, actionLOS ANGELES — There is exactly one funny bit in “Land of the Lost,” and it stands out because it comes at the very beginning and the very end. Movie Review: Title is all that’s clever in the hackneyed romantic comedy ‘My Life in Ruins’LOS ANGELES — As we learn from “My Life in Ruins,” the Greek word for mojo — or zest for life — is “kefi.” Nia Vardalos’ character has lost hers and needs to get it back. Movie Review: ‘The Hangover’ offers inspired absuridity for a while, until it wears offLOS ANGELES — You’d be forgiven for thinking “The Hangover” is a documentary. Movie Review: With visual flair and heart, ‘The Brothers Bloom’ is a blast of a con-man comedyLOS ANGELES — With his 2006 debut “Brick,” writer-director Rian Johnson had the vision and ambition to make a film noir set at a California high school. Movie Review: Contrived romantic comedy ‘Management’ heavy on quirk at expense of characterLOS ANGELES — It’s easy to forget that Jennifer Aniston truly can act. Movie Review: ‘Angels & Demons’ more entertaining than ‘Da Vinci Code,’ but just as ridiculousLOS ANGELES — Blessedly, “Angels & Demons” is more entertaining and less self-serious than its predecessor, the dense and dreary yet enormously successful “The Da Vinci Code.” Movie Review: ‘Rudo y Cursi’ kicks new life into old sports-movie clichesLOS ANGELES — “Rudo y Cursi” is enormously hackneyed in concept yet surprisingly enjoyable in execution, thanks to some amusing, surreal details and the genuine camaraderie of Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal. Movie Review: Painfully clunky romance ‘Love n’ Dancing’ isn’t too light on its feetLOS ANGELES — The most astounding move in “Love n’ Dancing” doesn’t occur on the dance floor. Rather, it’s the fact that this movie is appearing in theaters at all, and not going straight to cable where it belongs. Movie Review: Tilda Swinton gives a riveting performance as a desperate drunk in ‘Julia’LOS ANGELES — “Julia” requires an enormous amount of its star, and of its audience. |
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