Still Playing All About Steve After success earlier this summer in "The Proposal," Sandra Bullock returns in another comedy, this time as a crossword puzzle lover who stalks a CNN cameraman (Bradley Cooper) who she thinks is her soul mate. Unfortunately, the film lacks something comedy requires - that is, funny scenes. 87 minutes (PG-13; sexual content including innuendos). ...more

October 30, 2009

"He's Just Not That Into You" isn't exactly a romantic comedy - at least, not in the most traditional sense. Yes, the characters work themselves into the same sorts of tizzies over falling in and out of love - or finding love in the first place - but mixed in with the fizziness is an unexpected seriousness, an attempt at injecting realism and even failure. ...more

February 6, 2009

I know what you want to hear. You want to hear that "Yes Man" marks a return to form for Jim Carrey, who was one of America's most successful comic actors ("Mask," "Ace Ventura," "Liar Liar') before he decided he wanted to become one of America's most successful dramatic actors and things got a little troubling ("The Majestic," "The Number 23"). ...more

December 19, 2008