On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, “Arctic Tale” is an astonishing, adventurous 8, notably for its spectacular photography Read more

For your money you get a supersized episode of the long-running show, complete with a government conspiracy, a cute pig, a not-so-cute multi-eyed toxic rabbit monster, celebrity voice cameos, the obligatory swipe at Fox television (not to mention Disney and Halliburton), and a glimpse of Bart’s doodle when Homer dares him to skateboard through town in the nude. Read more

A heartbreaking, soul-searching chronicle of how America snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in a nation where outraged citizens look into Ferguson’s camera and testify, “Saddam was awful, but the Americans are worse!” Read more

So the lights go down and Homer Simpson says, “I can’t believe we’re paying to see something we could see at home on TV for free. Everyone in this theater is a big sucker!”
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Opening wide and regionally, with AWJF’s spotlight on women in film: Read more

As Harry Potter successfully convinces Hogwarts cohorts that mentioning Lord Voldemort’s name won’t kill them, Hollywood itself seems to be under the influence of it’s own nemesis– a real one– that, as Washington Post film critic Ann Hornaday points out is becoming a specter that cannot be named. Read more

A cotton-candy gloss on gleeful provocateur John Waters’ sweetest movie, director-choreographer Adam Shankman and screenwriter Leslie Dixon’s adaptation of the Broadway musical is so cute, sugary, bubbly and eager to please that its essential blandness could almost go unnoticed Read More

This movie musical about the plus-sized white girl who shakes her way onto a segregated teen dance show and brings black high-schoolers with her is a laughing gas. Read more

In this unapologetically gaudy extravaganza where every surface that’s not flocked looks gummy with hair lacquer, Waters parodies the cliches of teen flicks and liberalism. Somehow he defies the law of gravity by making the peppiest and most socially redeeming of teen movies. Read more

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, “Hairspray” is a bouncy, campy 9, a cotton-candy entertainment feast. Read more