Movie Reviews

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…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT The "Nanny Diaries" has a field day depicting one family determined to avoid facing a couple of particularly ruthless "bizarre social patterns" observed among New York’s elite…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT In the balcony of a school auditorium a boy and girl are necking. A silent and fundamental form of communication. Below them, a crowd pays rapt attention…

BY LISA KAMPETER The Dining Divas get together for dinner out somewhere, preferably a new restaurant or at least a new restaurant to us. Each month we debate about where…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT The hyper-imaginative world of Neil Gaiman is resplendently realized by director Matthew Vaughn in the new romantic fantasy, "Stardust." From their once-upon-a-time opening, Vaughn and his co-writer…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT An ex-con shakes up the airwaves of Washington, D.C. on the edge of social movement unrest in the summer of ’66, and the world of radio will…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT A recommendation and overall enthusiasm must be reserved when it comes to "No Reservations," the new romantic comedy from Scott Hicks. While Catherine Zeta-Jones brings a serenity…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Frank Falenczyk (Ben Kingsley) has a problem. He’s got killer’s block. Once the efficient hit man for a once-powerful Polish gang in Buffalo, Frank has hit the…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Detroit is getting a boost from a very unusual source: Japan. "Transformers," an American movie based on a 1980s’ kids show from the Asian nation, is going…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Nancy Drew revives a classic role model just in time for young girls barred by parents from any further contact with Brittany Spears, or, heaven forbid, Paris…