Movie Reviews

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Post Grad is a plodding puff piece euphemistically depicting the endeavors of a newly-minted college grad to “do something amazing” with her life---specifically as a shoe-in hire…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT In the introduction to her 1999 cookbook collaboration with the celebrated French chef, Jacques Pepin---“Julia and Jacques:Cooking at Home”---the legendary American chef Julia Child wrote, “Food is…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT This time, their plans don’t just include wiping out the human race. This time, the evil Decepticons of director Michael Bay’sTransformers are back in Transformers: Revenge of…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Forget Jim Cramer; forget Tim Geithner. All you really need to make a killing on the stock market today is a little girl with three imaginary friends…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Embryonic stem cells; abused altar boys; women agitating for ordination; broken celibacy vows; right to life versus right to choose. Are these too hot to handle in…

The Dining Divas are not embarrassed to admit that our reasoning for the choice for this month’s restaurant may not have been about just the food and the friends. Yes,…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Tennessee’s favorite son is Al Gore. Can you guess its favorite daughter? No. Not Dolly Parton. It’s 16-year-old Miley Ray Cyrus, Nashville-born, L.A.-bred offspring of country music…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT For years there was only one king of the hill in the animation world: Disney. There’s still one king of the hill in the animation world: Disney/Pixar,…