Movie Reviews

BY MAGGIE SCOTT With shows like American Idol and web sites like YouTube, just about anyone can take a shot at musical fame and fortune. The old-fashioned way that singers…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT "The Holiday" is already one of my favorite yuletide films. It’s got what every great holiday film has: people being changed for the better when they share…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Mel Gibson’s new film "Apocalypto" reaches new heights even for this director for abysmal violence that does a disservice to what in kind consideration of his creative…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. But, just at the time of year when thousands of girls are expecting the beginning of a beautiful friendship, along comes…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT It’s love at first sight when Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington), an agent with the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, gazes at Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton)…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Although its multiple fictional dramas can’t begin to compare to the majesty of the real life drama that was Robert Kennedy’s transformation into an agent of change,…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT People can get themselves into some solid states of denial when it comes to things they think they can’t live without. Drive-through meals in boxes and bags…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT He’s blond and blue-eyed. He’s got a body like a dock worker. And, at one point, he’s so flummoxed by his opponent he doesn’t care whether his…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT If we’re occasionally able to tune out the background noise that modern life subjects us to, most of us are still left with the persistent soundtrack of…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT As director Ridley Scott’s new romantic comedy, "A Good Year" opens, we meet smooth operator Maximilian Skinner in high gear. He can go from dumping broads to…