Sailing off on a boys’ vacation in the Apostles
The boat is called Outrageous, and to my landlubber's eye it lives up to the name. It's like a 37-foot floating knife blade of metal and fiberglass. "This is a...
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The Lookout (R )
"What makes 'The Lookout' really memorable is [Joseph] Gordon-Levitt's nuanced portrayal of Chris. ... He's got an uncanny knack for slipping into his characters' skins; here he pulls off the...
Faith-based movie reviews cater to a niche market
Like most movie critics, Phil Boatwright assesses a film's artistic merit. Unlike most movie critics, he also keeps score for the Lord. For the Peter O'Toole film "Venus," for example,...
Arthur and the Invisibles (not rated)
Who's in it: Freddie Highmore, Mia Farrow, voices of Madonna, Jimmy Fallon, Robert De Niro, David Bowie What it's about: Arthur (Highmore) is shrunken and injected into the kingdom of...
“Conversations With God” (PG)
Who's in it: Henry Czerny, Vilma Silva, Abdul Salaam El Razzac, T. Bruce Page What it's about: The ups and downs in the life of Neale Donald Walsch (Czerny), whose...
‘Confetti’ (R)
Who's in it: Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill , Robert Webb (right), Olivia Colman, Vincent Franklin, Jason Watkins What it's about: When Confetti magazine has a contest...
“Munich” (R)
Who's in it? Eric Bana (right), Geoffrey Rush (far right), Daniel Craig What it's about: A fictional look at the aftermath of the murder of 11 Israelis during the 1972...
“Munich” [ R ]
Who's in it? Eric Bana (above), Geoffrey Rush, Daniel Craig What it's about: A fictional look at the aftermath of the murder of 11 Israelis during the 1972 Olympic Games...
“The Family Stone” (PG-13)
Who's in it? Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Dermot Mulroney, Rachel McAdams (right), Claire Danes. What it's about: Uptight Meredith Morton (Parker) goes with her boyfriend to Everett Stone (Mulroney)...
“Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride” (PG-13)
Who's in it: Voices of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Emily Watson. What it's about: Victor (Depp), the son of the nouveau riche Van Dorts, is getting ready to marry...