Drama Rated R
“Only slightly less religiously tortured than First Reformed…”
Comedy Rated PG-13
The same flat joke gets endlessly repeated throughout D.E.B.S, which centers around an elite, girls’ spy school for high schoolers: every cliched James Bond moment is undercut by discussions involving fashion or boyfriends. The amped-up sexuality – schoolgirl skirts, a lesbian subplot – makes the tone decidedly adult, yet the movie itself is purely adolescent.
Drama Rated PG-13
“…honest enough not to deliver that climactic, ‘breakthrough’ moment.
Family Rated PG
This animated feature scorns both McMansions and suburban sprawl, and mostly will be enjoyed by McMansion-residing suburban sprawlers. That irony is not lost on the filmmakers. As it details the adventures of a pack of woodland creatures (the likes of Garry Shandling, Steve Carell and Wanda Sykes provide pitch-perfect vocals for the rich character animation)
Romantic Comedy Rated PG-13
“…so bland, lifeless and unimaginative I wanted to poke the screen to make sure it was really there.
Junior James Bond Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara) sets out to rescue his sister (Alexa Vega), who has been trapped inside a virtual-reality video game in the third installment in the endlessly inventive family action series from Robert Rodriguez. This one’s in 3-D, but it didn’t need to be: The awkward glasses and washed out colors
Comedy Rated NR
The only drag comedy we’ll ever really need. When it comes to cross-dressing on screen, the men in women’s clothing almost always seem to be having more fun than the audience, but Some Like it Hot – like so many comedies directed by Billy Wilder – spreads the joy around. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis
Drama Rated NR
It feels a bit dated and preachy now, but Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’s racial politics were radical for its time. Paired for the final time with her on- and off-screen partner Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn plays the wealthy, liberal mother of a woman (Katharine Houghton) who surprises her parents by announcing her sudden plans
Stuart Little 2 sometimes feels as unnecessary as many of this summer’s sequels – after all, if E.B. White didn’t write another adventure for his tiny mouse, why do we need another movie? – but this follow-up’s innocence and charm likely will win you over nonetheless. A bonus is computer animation that’s both witty (Stuart’s
Horror Rated R
A handful of strangers (including John Cusack, Ray Liotta and Amanda Peet) are murdered one at a time in a motel on the darkest and stormiest of dark and stormy nights. If the filmmakers had stuck to this B-movie premise, things could have been fun, but Michael Cooney’s over-reaching script tries for Sixth Sense-like significance.