Friday, April 10 2009

Lymelife

By Cynthia Fuchs

Lymelife features frustrated, confused kids, and frustrated, self-obsessed adults.

Friday, January 16 2009

Hotel for Dogs

By Renée Scolaro Mora

Hotel for Dogs is wholly predictable and tiring, delivering its “message” with all the subtlety of a flashing neon sign.

Thursday, May 1 2008

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

By Bill Gibron

Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

Friday, June 15 2007

Times change, but Nancy Drew has lost none of her appeal

By Jackie Burrell

Nancy Drew

By Cynthia Fuchs

Though she drives a car and looks after her dad, Nancy is an oddly immature teenager, not so much out of time as she is terminally straight.

Wednesday, May 2 2007

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

By Bill Gibron

Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

Monday, June 12 2006

Aquamarine (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Aquamarine respects bonds between girls, framing this threeway friendship as more engaging than any summertime movie romance.