Movie Reviews

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Let’s just say, it’s a sure bet that "What Happens in Vegas" is not getting a stamp of approval from the Las Vegas Visitors and Convention Bureau.…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT With the popularity of such crass comedies as Knocked Up, it’s not surprising that a supposedly adult romance like "Made of Honor" should be packed with embarrassingly…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT TV’s Saturday Night Live has been a fertile breeding ground for talent that can cross-over from small screen celebrity to big screen star power. Some of its…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT "My Blueberry Nights" chronicles the highlights of a 300-day journey out and back from the scene at a New York diner that broke a young woman’s heart.…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT "Smart People" gets pretty dumb in spots, thanks to stilted, contrived narrative and heavy-handed character development that pushes the cantankerous grump for ill-fitting laughs; stretches thin the…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT To a credit sequence collage of Madison Avenue style images of dapper men and elegant women, and to the vocalizing of Doris Day, the queen of domestic…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT In the latest sin city-set film, 21, what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. Specifically, hundreds of thousands of dollars in blackjack winnings make their way…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT They say the race is to the swift. But, for someone like Dennis, that means racing as fast as he can from the dreaded moment he can…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT No matter what their size, No matter what they do, This much is certain, this much is true, The best by far movie (I’ll praise it to…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" is an annoying screwball comedy-wannabe that makes hysterical hash out of the conventions of its forbears. Evoking Carol Lombard to pale…