| TITLE |
SCORE(1-10) |
RATING |
| Alvin
& The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel |
5 |
PG-Rude humor |
| Repetitious plot won’t hold the interest of adults but kids will love it |
| Avatar |
10 |
PG-13-Violence & Profanity |
| Movie of the year & possibly of the decade; this is groundbreaking moviemaking |
| The
Book Of Eli |
5 |
R-Profanity & Violence |
| We’ve been down this road before & only Denzel’s presence makes it different |
| Daybreakers |
5 |
R-Profanity & Violence |
|
Another vampire movie but this time more violent and less romantic |
| Did
You Hear About The Morgans? |
5 |
PG-13-Profanity & Mild Violence |
| Grant/Parker have chemistry but this is basically a TV movie on the big screen
|
| Edge
Of Darkness |
7 |
R-Violence & Profanity |
| Mad Mel is back in a fascinating story of a father’s search for revenge |
| Extraordinary
Measures |
7 |
PG-Mild Profanity |
| Good word of mouth reviews should help this movie find its audience |
| Invictus |
8 |
PG-13-Mild Profanity & Rugby Violence |
|
Freeman and Damon soar in this tightly directed Clint Eastwood film |
| It's
Complicated |
5 |
R-Profanity, Sexual Situations & Brief Nudity |
|
With Streep/Baldwin/Martin heading the cast it ought to be funnier than it is |
| Leap
Year |
6 |
PG-Mild Profanity & Adult Situations |
| Amy Adams and Matthew Goode lift this film from ordinary to totally enjoyable |
| Legion |
5 |
R-Profanity & Violence |
| Concentrate on enjoying the action and don’t try to understand the theology |
| The
Lovely Bones |
5 |
PG-13-Violence & Profanity |
| Wahlberg’s lazy performance/Sarandon’s bizarre one make this only a so-so film |
| Nine |
8 |
PG-13-Profanity & Sexual Situations |
| A delicious collection of wonderful women and marvelous songs |
| The
Princess & The Frog |
6 |
G |
| Beautifully made but lacks the emotional & singable songs of other Disney hits |
| The
Road |
7 |
R-Profanity, Violence & Nudity |
| An apocalyptic world leaves a father & son on a depressing but uplifting trek |
| Sherlock
Holms |
6 |
PG-13-Profanity & Violence |
| A different look at the crime solver, not bad but not traditional either |
| The
Spy Next Door |
5 |
PG-Violence |
| A by the numbers plot, but Jackie Chan’s charm make this an okay family film |
| Up
In The Air |
5 |
R-Profanity & Sexual Situations |
| Clooney plays Clooney in a depressing film about people losing their jobs |
| When
In Rome |
3 |
PG-13-Mild Profanity |
| A total waste of the minimal talent involved – only virtue is it’s clean |
| Youth
In Revolt |
2 |
R-Profanity & Sexual Situations |
| Cera stars in this bland
comedy(?) that’s revolting in the wrong way |
