Many a feature will be stirring in theaters this week
McClatchy Newspapers
12/22/2008, by David Hiltbrand
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - Brad Pitt. Tom Cruise. Jennifer Aniston. Will Smith. Adam Sandler. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
Hoping to cash in on an increasingly profitable time of year, Hollywood is loading up the holiday season as never before with big releases.
This year, ...
‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/19/2008, by Roger Moore
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT) - There's a lot of "Gump" in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." This meandering parable about a man born old who ages into adulthood, then youth and finally infancy, is a film that meditates on love, aging, death, each to its season. Since it was written by the same ...
‘Bedtime Stories'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/19/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - If you look closely at "Bedtime Stories" it is almost possible to see how the cast and crew were making up the movie as it went along. There's certainly no evidence of a script. It's just a series of nonsensical events that at times are anchored by reality and at other ...
Acting was the perfect career choice for ‘Bedtime Stories' co-star Keri Russell
McClatchy Newspapers
12/19/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - Keri Russell has been acting more than half her life. The 32-year-old Fountain Valley, Calif., native started working in front of the cameras when she was 15, as a member of the Disney Channel's "New Mickey Mouse Club." Since then she has starred in multiple television ...
He may be on Cruise control, but ‘Valkyrie' star makes it look easy
McClatchy Newspapers
12/19/2008, by Carrie Rickey
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT) - There are reflective people who take things in, and radiant people who beam light out. Tom Cruise is definitely of the second kind. His eyes sparkle, his teeth sparkle, and so does his eternity ring, a wedding band inset with serious diamonds at its equator. In his ...
‘Delgo' least-attended film ever to open on 2,000 screens
McClatchy Newspapers
12/17/2008, by Robert K. Elder
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - A philosophical question: If a film bombs at the box office, but almost no one is there to see it, is it still a bomb? The answer is "yes" if that movie is "Delgo," a stiffly animated fantasy in the storytelling tradition of "Lord of the Rings." The film secured a special ...
3 days, 6 movies and stars galore
McClatchy Newspapers
12/17/2008, by Mark Caro
Chicago Tribune (MCT) - Dustin Hoffman was illuminating a room full of reporters on the intricacies of his craft when he suddenly muttered, "This guy was in my shirt," and held out an exceptionally fluffy hamster. "Oh! Look at that!" shouted one hardened journalist.
"Oh my God!" cried another.
"I ...
‘Yes Man'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/16/2008, by Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) - It has been five years since Jim Carrey has appeared in the type of outrageous comedies that made him a superstar. After the 2003 mega-hit "Bruce Almighty," Carrey starred in the quirky drama "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"; the creepy "The Number 23"; the ...
‘Seven Pounds'
McClatchy Newspapers
12/16/2008, by Colin Covert
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT) - "Seven Pounds" is a difficult story, multi-layered, spare and full of detail, thoughtfully told. Its goal is to stir, rouse, reach deep into your guts, and leave you shaken and upset _ yet hopeful. Because its story of atonement and accountability relies on slowly ...
Australia
Catholic Media Review
12/16/2008, by Denise M. Lapachet
WASHINGTON (Catholic Media Review) - First Disclaimer: I would pay to watch Hugh Jackman read the phone book. So, no, this review is definitely not unbiased. Australia is told from the point of view of a young boy, Nullah (Brandon Walters). He is a "creamy": half-white, half-aborigine. His ...
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