Movie Reviews

BY MAGGIE SCOTT There’s a right way and a wrong way to become one with nature. "Into the Wild" is an example of one person’s attempt that went profoundly wrong.…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT A pregnant wife; a vengeful brother; a true believer; a relentless interrogator; a fixated bureaucrat; a cautious legislator; a naïve congressional aide; a rebellious daughter; and a…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" captivated readers as a psychologically penetrating study of James and his groupie and killer, Bob Ford. Director…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT George Clooney has hit social-consciousness pay dirt, again. "Michael Clayton" is a worthy, multi-Oscar nominee contender, from its craftsman script to its formidable performances. If it doesn’t…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT "Is there anything you didn’t like?" asks the nervous director of Beatles legend, Paul McCartney, after a private screening of her new film, "Across the Universe." "What’s…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT It’s not the rolling waves in the fascinating documentary "Deep Water" that will make you feel sick. It’s the sense of utter folly and looming disaster that…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Joe "The King" Kingman (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) needs nothing but a ring on his finger to make his life complete. A ring, that is, from the…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT In the September issue of "Game Informer" magazine, the reference bible for those who play computer and video games, there is a side bar interview with one…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT While the other teachers are there to fill the empty space between their students’ ears, Forest Meadow Middle School’s P.E. teacher is working on what he sees…

Russell Crowe, Great Story Are Good Reasons to Remake Classic Western BY MAGGIE SCOTT Most of us grew up on Westerns and relished in particular those by John Ford and…