Well, there's this: "Bride Wars" is not nearly as bad as it could be. Unfortunately, that still doesn't make it good. ...more

January 9, 2009

Movie-goers elected a "W," but it was Mark Wahlberg, not George W. Bush. Wahlberg's action flick "Max Payne" debuted with $18 million to outdo Oliver Stone's film biography of George W. Bush, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...more

October 19, 2008

Somehow, Diane English has managed to make the "Sex and the City" movie look like a documentary. ...more

September 12, 2008

BE KIND REWIND ** The latest low-fi whimsy from director Michel Gondry ("Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind") traces the shifting fortunes of a New Jersey video store. Beset by gentrification on one side and the accidental erasure of its entire stock of VHS tapes on the other, clerks Mos Def and Jack Black re-film the store's entire collection - from "Ghostbusters" on - themselves. ...more

June 19, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Jack Black's Po the panda outgunned Adam Sandler's Zo the hairdresser. Black's cartoon comedy "Kung Fu Panda" pulled in $60 million in ticket sales to debut as the weekend's No. 1 movie, while Sandler's salon romp "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" opened in second place with $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...more

June 8, 2008

SEBRING — Women have been waiting for the return of "Sex and the City" since it left the air, and many are pulling out all the stops for today's movie premiere. For the chick flick of the summer, women will be heading to the theaters with their favorite heels, their fabulous purses and – the best accessory of all – their girlfriends. Jeri Wohl and 10 of her friends will be going to the movie in style – taking a limo to a fancy premiere party in Orlando, hosted by her daughter, Casey Wohl, author of "Getaway Girl" books. The bash to welcome back Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte will feature cosmopolitans named after the characters and a fashion show before the showing of the film. "It's going to be a whole night of Sex and the City fun," Jeri Wohl said. "I am a huge Sex and the City fan and so is my daughter, so she wanted to do a girls ...more

May 30, 2008

A few days ago, I re-watched one of my all-time favorite movies, "Pretty Woman." Though I've seen it umpteen times it still makes me laugh and cry and feel good all over. For me, it is the ultimate chick-flick. But "Pretty Woman" isn't just another love story. Yes, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are magic together, and the story is laugh-out-loud funny, but there's much more to it than that. This movie has stayed popular for more than a decade because it's a story of how love transforms the people who share it. Vivian, a streetwalker with no future, meets Edward, a lonely, heartless business tycoon. To keep from getting hurt, both of them have closed their hearts to the people around them. When they fall in love, they learn that love is worth it, even if you get hurt. Vivian finds that in being loved, and returning that love, she feels validated as a person. She's suddenly aware that she is worthy of respect, including self-respect. ...more

December 9, 2007