| Clooney Takes a Hit Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.
[b]The American[/b] is a pared-down, slow burn, non-cautionary tale about an aging hitman at a moral and spiritual crossroads.More |
| Mostly for the Under-10 Set Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars.
Preteen children will probably find much to like in Nancy McPhee Returns.More |
| Surprisingly Engaging Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
Jason Bateman's role makes The Switch a surprisingly worthwhile moviegoing experience.More |
| An Over-Indulgent Travelogue Rating: 2 out of 5 stars.
[b]Eat Pray Love[/b] provides an over-expensive travelogue with clumsy voice-over narration and a personal journey that’s everything except enlightening.More |
| Style vs. Substance Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
[b]Scott Pilgrim vs. the World[/b] centers on a twenty-something slacker who has few interests beyond playing bass guitar.More |
| An Action Comedy That Scores Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
[b]The Other Guys[/b], starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, provides a mostly satisfying mix of laughs and action.More |
| Missing Ingredients Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
[b]Salt[/b]’s irony-free approach will be refreshing to some moviegoers, but too dark, humorless, and violent for others.More |
| Lacking Magic Rating: 2 out of 5 stars.
Given the overly familiar storyline concocted by five credited writers, we should expect more from [b]The Sorcerer’s Apprentice[/b].More |
| Family-Friendly Fun Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
Despicable Me, made by the lesser-known Illumination Studios and distributed by Universal Studios, is a chance worth taking.More |
| Call Him Cruise, Tom Cruise Rating: 3 out of 5 stars.
[b]Knight and Day[/b] is one part action-parody and one-part romantic comedy, with a decided emphasis on Cruise's action heroics.More |