Charlie Myers

Opening TANGLED. Disney checks the Rapunzel box off its “fairy tales to animate” list with its latest kid-seducing 3D computer-generated release. Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) kidnaps a charming bandit but agrees to release him if he’ll help her escape her tower. Disneyesque adventure and intrigue ensues. Rated PG for brief, mild violence. 100m. At […]

Opening   HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1. The seventh and final episode in J. K. Rowling’s Boy Wizard franchise finds Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and friends Ron and Hermione leaving Hogwarts on the trail of the Horcruxes, the secrets to the immortality of evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes). Prepare for a cliffhanger: D.H. […]

MORNING GLORY. Cutesy chick flick comedy stars Rachel McAdams as Becky Fuller, a news show producer who signs on to run a last-place network morning show hosted by Colleen Peck (Diane Keaton). Becky hires retired newsman Mike Pomeroy (Harrison Ford) who doesn’t do happy talk and doesn’t like Peck. Directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) […]

MEGAMIND. A hip animated comedy directed by modern animation pro Tom McGrath, whose credits include the Madagascar flicks, Cool World (as animator) and The Ren and Stimpy Show (as storyboard artist and director). Will Ferrell voices title character Megamind, a super-smart alien who battles another alien, Metro Man (Brad Pitt), for control of Metro City. […]

Previews SAW 3D: THE FINAL CHAPTER. The gruesome horror franchise comes to an end Halloween weekend with yet another deadly puzzle from the Jigsaw Killer (Tobin Bell). Various victims and accomplices return. Sawing ensues. Director Kevin Greutert has the distinction of having worked on all six previous Saw movies as editor or director. 91m. Rated […]

Previews HEREAFTER. Clint Eastwood directs a supernatural tale from British screenwriter Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon, The Queen). Matt Damon stars as a factory worker who can channel the dead and serve as a medium. 129m. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements, including disturbing disaster and accident images and brief strong language. Opening at the Broadway and […]

Previews   WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS. Sequel to the 1987 film, again directed by Oliver Stone. Michael Douglas is back as Gordon “Greed is Good” Gekko, just out of jail and trying to avert the Wall Street crash of 2008 while mending the relationship with his daughter (Carey Mulligan) and mentoring her trader boyfriend (Shia […]

Previews   RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE. Milla Jovovich is back, along with writer/director Paul W. S. Anderson, for the fourth installment in the franchise based on the relentless video game. This time Alice (Milla) battles Undead while scouring L.A. helping T-virus survivors — all in 3-D. 100m. Rated R for sequences of strong violence and language. […]

Previews THE AMERICAN. George Clooney stars as an American assassin in Italy in this thriller from Dutch director Anton Corbijn, whose background is in music videos (U2, Depeche Mode, etc.). Rated R for violence, sexual content and nudity. Opens Wednesday at the Broadway, Mill Creek and the Minor. GOING THE DISTANCE. Romantic comedy about a […]

Previews THE SWITCH. Romantic comedy about artificial insemination stars Jennifer Aniston as Kassie Singleton, a single gal who wants to have a baby, and Jason Bateman as her neurotic friend Wally, who kinda screws things up. 100m. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, sexual material including dialogue, some nudity, drug use and language. Opens Friday […]

Previews EAT PRAY LOVE. Elizabeth Gilbert’s memoir about food, love and finding religion is adapted by writer/director Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck, Glee) with Julia Roberts journeying from NYC to Italy, India and Bali. Not yet rated. Opening at the Broadway, Mill Creek, the Minor and Fortuna. THE EXPENDABLES. Writer/director/actor Sylvester Stallone stars in a super-macho action […]