2008 Woodie Awards
Movie Reviews: which movies are worth it, and the movies you shouldn't waste your time with
Steven Rea and Carrie Rickey ; The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
Issue date: 2/21/07 Section: Opinion
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ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES 1 { stars. French filmmaker Luc Besson takes his Cuisinart to Lewis Carroll, Jonathan Swift, T.H. White, Frank L. Baum, and picture books featuring pretty, pointy-eared elves in this glossy, long-winded mix of live-action and animation. What a mess! 1 hr. 42 PG (cartoon violence, scary images, inappropriately attired senior citizens) _Steven Rea
BABEL 2 { stars. An array of characters in Morocco, Tunisia, Japan, Mexico and suburban America find themselves in a series of desperate situations in this drama that flows between different story lines. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal star. 2 hrs. 22 R (violence, nudity, sexual candor, profanity) _Carrie Rickey
BECAUSE I SAID SO 2 stars. This shrilly diverting piece of counterprogramming for Super Bowl weekend stars Diane Keaton as a single parent of three grown daughters who surreptitiously auditions prospective suitors for her youngest, played by Mandy Moore. 1 hr. 42 PG-13 (sexual content, profanity) _Carrie Rickey
BLOOD & CHOCOLATE 2 stars. A disappointing romance dressed up as horror, adapted from Annette Curtis Klause's young adult novel about a young American artist (Hugh Dancy) traveling in Romania who falls in love with a mysterious woman (Agnes Bruckner) who's actually a werewolf. Bruckner is terrific as the reluctant lycanthrope who is expected to marry the pack leader. Film lacks any real horror elements. It has some fascinating themes, but too much melodrama. 1 hr. 38 PG-13 (violence, sexuality, drug use, lupine behavior) _Tirdad Derakhshani
BLOOD DIAMOND 2 { stars. Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly chase around civil war-torn Sierra Leone in this bloody mix of action, intrigue and earnest pronouncements about Western exploitation of the Third World. 2 hrs. 23 R (violence, gore, profanity, adult themes) _Steven Rea
BREAKING AND ENTERING 2 { stars. Smart, classy, over-orchestrated soap about various Londoners _ some old, some newly arrived _ whose paths cross after a burglary. Jude Law, Robin Wright Penn and Juliette Binoche head the cast in Anthony Minghella's meditation on the adulterous, angst-filled lives of people searching for connection _ cultural and connubial. 2 hrs. R (nudity, sex, profanity, adult themes) _Steven Rea
BABEL 2 { stars. An array of characters in Morocco, Tunisia, Japan, Mexico and suburban America find themselves in a series of desperate situations in this drama that flows between different story lines. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal star. 2 hrs. 22 R (violence, nudity, sexual candor, profanity) _Carrie Rickey
BECAUSE I SAID SO 2 stars. This shrilly diverting piece of counterprogramming for Super Bowl weekend stars Diane Keaton as a single parent of three grown daughters who surreptitiously auditions prospective suitors for her youngest, played by Mandy Moore. 1 hr. 42 PG-13 (sexual content, profanity) _Carrie Rickey
BLOOD & CHOCOLATE 2 stars. A disappointing romance dressed up as horror, adapted from Annette Curtis Klause's young adult novel about a young American artist (Hugh Dancy) traveling in Romania who falls in love with a mysterious woman (Agnes Bruckner) who's actually a werewolf. Bruckner is terrific as the reluctant lycanthrope who is expected to marry the pack leader. Film lacks any real horror elements. It has some fascinating themes, but too much melodrama. 1 hr. 38 PG-13 (violence, sexuality, drug use, lupine behavior) _Tirdad Derakhshani
BLOOD DIAMOND 2 { stars. Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou and Jennifer Connelly chase around civil war-torn Sierra Leone in this bloody mix of action, intrigue and earnest pronouncements about Western exploitation of the Third World. 2 hrs. 23 R (violence, gore, profanity, adult themes) _Steven Rea
BREAKING AND ENTERING 2 { stars. Smart, classy, over-orchestrated soap about various Londoners _ some old, some newly arrived _ whose paths cross after a burglary. Jude Law, Robin Wright Penn and Juliette Binoche head the cast in Anthony Minghella's meditation on the adulterous, angst-filled lives of people searching for connection _ cultural and connubial. 2 hrs. R (nudity, sex, profanity, adult themes) _Steven Rea
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