Is this really the “Sex and the City” reunion that we waited all these years to see? Not only is it upsetting and frustrating, but it’s also shockingly undeveloped, considering its nearly two-and-a-half-hour running time. Read more>>

If there’s a blushing bride anywhere in “27 Dresses,” it’s clearly out of embarrassment. Read more>>

Thankfully, the film is mostly light and harmless, not one of the year’s best but nothing too hazardous to your health. Read more

The most twisted, deranged and blood-splattering film of the year has arrived at last, and it’s every bit as wonderful as you might expect. Read more

“Atonement” features the type of heart-tugging movie magic generally found in long-gone eras – it’s more “From Here To Eternity” than the overwrought “Cold Mountain” or “Seinfeld”-ridiculed “The English Patient.” Finally, a new love story worth falling in love with. Read more

“Margot at the Wedding” may prove too distasteful for some, too plotless for others, but even with its parade of unpleasantries it taps into something truthful and uncomfortably funny. Read more

Hollywood, in all its shallow, hypnotic glory, is rife with three different types of people – those who are famous, those who want to see someone famous, and those who desperately want to be famous. Read more

What makes “Across The Universe” stand out (since its basic premise has been done to death, reincarnated, and done to death again) is that it’s one of the most ambitious movie musicals in years. Read more

“The Jane Austen Book Club” is the third film in two years to channel the long-gone-but-clearly-not-forgotten author (the excellent “Pride and Prejudice” came out in 2005, followed by 2007’s nowhere-near-excellent “Becoming Jane”). This latest spin, written and directed by Robin Swicord and based on the novel by Karen Joy Fowler, takes Austen-esque principles and gives them a home within an ensemble romantic comedy set in modern-day California. Read more

You’re likely to find something relatable in this portrait of a man in search of a greater purpose. Read more