http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/?srvc=rss The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news en-us Copyright 2008, Herald Interactive, Inc. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:43:45 -0400 bill@heraldinteractive.com (Bill Gaffney) 120 http://news.bostonherald.com/siteImages/news_adlogo.gif http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/?srvc=rss 126 37 The Boston Herald online: The closest distance between you and the news http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/338659421/view.bg Don't dis "Mamma." Like the recent surprise hit "The Bucket List," "Mamma Mia!," the new film version of the long-running musical jury-rigged... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:25:26 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107705&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107705&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/336607957/view.bg This Joker is wild. Not since Satan stole the spotlight from the Holy Trinity in "Paradise Lost" has a villain upstaged the hero with more evil glee than in "The... Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:24:20 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107252&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107252&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/338659419/view.bg Before O.J., there was Polanski. Can a work of art be a gussied-up first cousin to supermarket tabloid journalism? Of course, it can. Case in point, "Roman... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:44:21 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107709&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107709&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/338659420/view.bg What would you have if you sent "Curious George" into an intergalactic wormhole? "Space Chimps," that's what, arriving atlocal theaters just in time... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:43:38 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107702&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107702&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/338659422/view.bg "Sex, money and a good man." That's some laundry list. This tag line from the 2006 Czech film "Beauty in Trouble" sums up the priorities... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:41:42 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107716&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107716&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/338659423/view.bg A decades long romance between two men would be of minimal interest if the two were not as engaging nor as celebrated as English author Christopher Isherwood and his 30-years-younger... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:58:15 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107710&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107710&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/338659424/view.bg Love among the senior set doesn't happen very often in the movies. In the Spanish import "Elsa & Fred," the romance of Elsa, a widow (she says), and Fred,... Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:43:12 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107706&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1107706&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/332341670/view.bg The latest opportunity to take a nightmarishly comical joy ride inside the mind of visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" is one fantastic... Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:12:44 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106040&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106040&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/332341668/view.bg If the idea of being stuck inside the claustrophobic confines of a computer game turns you on, by all means take a "Journey to the Center of the Earth." Otherwise,... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:21:07 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106272&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106272&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/332341666/view.bg The laughs are few, the premise ridiculously contrived in Eddie Murphy's sci-fi comedy "Meet Dave." Murphy's penchant for multiple characters usually... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:44:05 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106290&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106290&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/332341671/view.bg Set in New York City in 1994 and infused with period hip-hop, "The Wackness" is going to catapult Jonathan Levine to the forefront of hot young writer/directors. ... Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:39:50 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106046&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106046&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/332341667/view.bg The films of Canadian postmodernist Guy Maddin are an acquired taste. Alas, I may never acquire it. "My Winnipeg," Maddin's latest kitschy rhapsody, is a black-and-white... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:18:40 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106273&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106273&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/332341669/view.bg How seductive are the charms of "Love Comes Lately"? That depends on how charming you find an ancient Austrian Jewish writer (Otto Tausig) musing about life,... Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:14:20 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106271&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1106271&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/326346392/view.bg Ready for a real-life "Fantastic Voyage" with Werner Herzog as your guide? The great German filmmaker has a strange version of the Midas touch. Everything he touches... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:51:39 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104895&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104895&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/326346393/view.bg One of two great documentaries opening here today (the other is "Encounters at the End of the World"), "Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson"... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:50:06 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104902&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104902&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/323644591/view.bg The first unmitigated disaster of the 2008 summer-movie season, "Hancock" may not knock Will Smith off the King of Fourth of July throne he's been keeping warm... Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:02:22 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104283&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104283&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/324461388/view.bg Kit Kittredge, I think Nancy Drew is waiting in the playground to kick your plagiarizing butt. With "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," Canadian director Patricia... Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:38:02 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104476&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1104476&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/320854039/view.bg Get ready to fall in love with a glorified trash compactor - and ditto for his little buddy, a cute cockroach. "WALL*E," the new Pixar 3-D extravaganza co-written... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 02:12:25 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103470&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103470&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/321032911/view.bg "Juno Has a Nervous Breakdown" might be the best way to describe Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald's "The Tracey Fragments," a dysfunctional family... Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:17:41 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103462&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103462&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/320854036/view.bg The caliber of acting required to make "Wanted" could have been provided by the underpaid stunt doubles. So what are Her Ladyship Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman,... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:25:24 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103471&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103471&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/321032912/view.bg Slots Of Luck: Vegas working girl Amanda (Brittany Snow) gets a talking to from her uncle Taylor (Matthew Broderick) in 'Finding Amanda.' "Finding Amanda,"... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:02:54 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103461&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103461&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/321032913/view.bg "The Edge of Heaven," an award-winning import from the Turkish-German writer-director Fatih Akin, is one of those rare films that jolts your consciousness as it... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:02:06 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103472&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103472&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/321032914/view.bg While gays and lesbians in Massachusetts and California are free to marry, "A Jihad for Love" demonstrates the cruelty, discrimination and physical peril Muslim... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:58:51 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103480&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103480&srvc=rss http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/bostonherald/entertainment/movies/reviews/~3/321032915/view.bg "My Father My Lord" is a carefully crafted critique on the power of religious devotion. This 74-minute didactic tale about the relationship between father and... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:28:58 -0400 http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103460&srvc=rss http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/movies/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1103460&srvc=rss