Persepolis
Catholic News Service
4/11/2008, by Harry Forbes
NEW YORK (CNS) -- One of the 2007 Oscar nominees for best animated feature -- the French-language "Persepolis" (Sony Classics) -- is being rereleased with an English soundtrack to reach an even wider audience. And a good thing, too. For this is a highly unusual but completely absorbing film for ...
Street Kings
Catholic News Service
4/10/2008, by John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) -- A corrupt Los Angeles police detective investigates his ex-partner's death in the bleak and gritty police drama "Street Kings" (Fox Searchlight/Regency). As one of several evidence-planting rogue cops, Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) has always been protected by the group's ringleader, ...
The Visitor
Catholic News Service
4/9/2008, by John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The post-Sept. 11 travails of undocumented Middle Eastern immigrants -- along with the personal awakening of a previously isolated character -- are explored in the sensitive, intimate drama "The Visitor" (Overture). Traveling from his Connecticut campus to his long-unvisited ...
Smart People
Catholic News Service
4/9/2008, by Harry Forbes
NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Smart People" (Miramax/Groundswell) is a well-acted, edgy but ultimately only so-so comedy-drama set at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Self-absorbed English professor and widower Lawrence Wetherold (a fine Dennis Quaid) is in midlife crisis. A grouchy and often ...
Young@Heart
Catholic News Service
4/8/2008, by John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) -- A senior citizens' chorus with an unusual repertoire is profiled in the often funny, ultimately moving documentary "Young@Heart" (Fox Searchlight). The titular Northampton, Mass., singing group, led by their demanding director, Bob Cilman, eschews easy listening in favor of rock, ...
The Ruins
Catholic News Service
4/7/2008, by John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) -- "The Ruins" (DreamWorks) is a dreary, gruesome horror tale about a group of young gringos who wander off the beaten path in Mexico with disastrous results. Just as their south-of-the-border vacation is ending, best friends Amy (Jena Malone) and Stacy (Laura Ramsey) and their ...
Nim's Island
Catholic News Service
4/4/2008, by Harry Forbes
NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Nim's Island" (Fox/Walden) is a completely winning yarn set on a solitary South Pacific island where 11-year-old Nim (Abigail Breslin) is left alone when her widowed marine biologist father, Jack (Gerard Butler), goes on a two-day research expedition searching for plankton, ...
Shine a Light
Catholic News Service
4/4/2008, by John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Veteran rockers the Rolling Stones perform some of their most familiar songs as well as lesser-known original numbers and cover material in the high-energy documentary "Shine A Light" (Paramount Classics/Shangri-La/CPI). The film captures parts of two performances by the ...
My Blueberry Nights
Catholic News Service
4/4/2008, by Harry Forbes
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Aficionados of foreign film will know the work of Chinese director Wong Kar Wai, whose "In the Mood for Love" and "2046" were widely acclaimed for their cinematic stylishness and delicate portrayal of relationships. Now "My Blueberry Nights" (Block 2/Jet Tone/StudioCanal), Wong's ...
Leatherheads
Catholic News Service
4/2/2008, by John Mulderig
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The rough-and-tumble infancy of professional football provides the backdrop for "Leatherheads" (Universal), an amiable romantic comedy set in 1925. Despite some inconsistencies in the plot and some objectionable language, the film delivers as a diverting period piece. Jimmy ...
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