Mamma Mia! ** Mediocre reviews weren't enough to keep audiences away from this big-screen adaptation of the stage sensation, loosely based on the ABBA songbook and set on a Greek island. Meryl Streep headlines as a laid-back innkeeper whose daughter (Amanda Seyfried) invites three men to her upcoming nuptials, hoping to discover which one is her father. ...more

December 18, 2008

OK, dancing queens, put on the white spandex and sing your heart out in the safety of your own home. "Mamma Mia!" hits DVD shelves today. You can also expand your Academy Award knowledge with an Oscar history book and share the madness with the newest CD from Fall Out Boy. ...more

December 16, 2008

OPENING TODAY The Dark Knight **** It's hard to come up with a reason to not see this movie, unless sequences of "some menace" disturb you. It's one of Heath Ledger's last films. The creative team is the same as the one on the excellent "Batman Begins," with the exception that they've upgraded from Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal. Just go. Review, Page 4. 150 minutes (PG-13; intense sequences of violence and some menace) ...more

July 18, 2008