Movie Reviews

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Filmmaker Michael Winterbottom’s work "A Mighty Heart" breaks your heart for what it might have been. Based on one of the worst atrocities committed in the war…

CHOW YUN-FAT as Captain Sao Feng and JOHNNY DEPP as Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. BY MAGGIE SCOTT I know it’s "when," not "if,"…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT There’s a new Rocky on the block, and she’s fighting to honor a dead brother’s athletic legacy and the belief he had in his kid sister. "Gracie"…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Can a curmudgeon convince family, friends and fairy tale kingdom of Far Far Away that he isn’t just being difficult; he really, truly isn’t qualified to be…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT When a movie has not one, but two, garden hose dousing scenes in it, you know filmmakers are scraping the bottom of their creative barrels. Added to…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Nicolas Cage could be considered one of Hollywood’s grand older men after a quarter century of film work, beginning (as Nicolas Coppola) with a bit part in…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT They say, "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas;" unless it happens to be televised to millions of people from Binnions Casino during the World Series of…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Spidey’s back and Mary Jane’s got him. Until she has to hand him over to New Goblin, who passes him along to Sandman, who bounces him over…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT The only thing perfect about director James Foley’s new thriller "Perfect Stranger" is Halle Berry’s lovely face and form. Imperfections in Todd Komarnicki’s screenplay make it imperative…

BY MAGGIE SCOTT Someone going by the e-mail moniker of "cwesjenn" provided a succinct evaluation of the new drama, "Pride," when he posted this on the IMDB entertainment web site:…