Movie Reviews

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,…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Knowing starts out in conventional horror genre mode, then veers into disaster territory, finally coming to rest in the realm of faith and salvation. The horror, disaster…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT The print ad for director James Gray’s drama, "Two Lovers," gives the unfortunate, off-putting impression that the movie is just another run-of-the-mill, trivial story of a man’s…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT As initially portrayed by the animated charmer Isla Fisher in 'Confessions of a Shopaholic,' Rebecca Bloomwood channels Shirley Temple as a permanent passenger on the good ship…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT It may not be the tonic economic-meltdown-weary Americans are longing for, but the new romantic comedy, "New In Town" tries hard to raise the spirits of working…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT " Paul Blart: Mall Cop" is "Die Hard" for "The Biggest Loser" set. It’s John Candy channeling Bruce Willis. It’s Kevin James of television renown (as Doug…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT It’s not a foggy day in London town, but Harvey Shine is certainly low and down as he arrives to attend his daughter’s wedding, in director Joel…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Director Sam Mendes offers a chilly portrait of a disintegrating marriage and its tormented young partners in "Revolutionary Road," a lacerating adaptation (Justin Haythe) of the Richard…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT He looks like a piece of beef jerky. He expresses displeasure with a low resolution snarl out of a perpetually sneering face. He prefers a firearm to…