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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
7/30/2010
Entertaining and inventive 3-D spy adventure --
seamless blending live action, puppetry, and computer animation -- in
which rogue feline agent Kitty Galore (voice of Bette Midler) threatens
to make the world her "personal scratching post" by unleashing the "Call
of the Wild," a screech that serves as a weapon of mass destruction. (Click for more detailed review)
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Charlie St. Cloud
7/30/2010
After losing his younger brother (Charlie Tahan) in a
car accident for which he was indirectly responsible, a gifted sailboat
racer (Zac Efron), racked by guilt and grief, becomes the caretaker of
the cemetery where his sibling rests, on the edge of which, briefly each
evening, he is mysteriously able to see and communicate with the lad.
But his reclusiveness is challenged when a high school classmate and
fellow sailor (Amanda Crew) returns to town and captures his heart. (Click for a more detailed review)
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"Interrupted Lives," various dates, EWTN
7/30/2010
The hourlong documentary "Interrupted Lives: Catholic Sisters Under European Communism" provides a look at the devastating effects the regimes of the Soviet bloc used to pursue a policy of official atheism between 1945 and 1989, and chronicles the forms of affliction to which sisters were subjected. Airing on EWTN three times during August.
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Dinner for Schmucks
7/30/2010
To score a promotion, a financial analyst (Paul Rudd) must bring a suitable guest to the titular meal organized by his boss (Bruce Greenwood) as a competition to see which corporate hotshot can produce the most amusing idiot as a target for secret ridicule. |
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Salt
7/23/2010
Well-acted but thoroughly violent action thriller in which, after being accused by a Russian intelligence officer (Daniel Olbrychski) of being a double agent, a highly skilled CIA operative (Angelina Jolie) goes on the run, leaving her colleagues (principally Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor) scrambling to uncover whether she is friend or foe, even as they try to track her down. (Click for more detailed review)
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Ramona and Beezus
7/23/2010
Gentle, winning comedy about a good-hearted but accident-prone
9-year-old (Joey King) whose antics annoy her more conventional teen
sister (Selena Gomez) as their happy existence in an idyllic Portland,
Ore., suburb is temporarily overshadowed by their accountant dad's (John
Corbett) loss of his job, and the resulting mild tensions between him
and their mom (Bridget Moynahan), but brightened again by the rekindled
romance between a favorite aunt (Ginnifer Goodwin) and her high school
sweetheart (Josh Duhamel).(Click for more detailed review) |
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Inception
7/16/2010
Ingenious sci-fi brainteaser in which, at the behest of a powerful CEO (Ken Watanabe), a corporate spy (Leonardo DiCaprio) who uses "shared dreaming" to extract secrets from the minds of sleeping executives leads a team of skilled collaborators (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy and Dileep Rao) on a raid into the subconscious of the heir (Cillian Murphy) to a rival business. (Click for more detailed review)
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
7/14/2010
Generally inoffensive but routine fantasy adventure about an ordinary New York City college student (Jay Baruchel) who discovers he is the long-prophesied heir to legendary magician Merlin's wonderworking skills, powers he struggles to master under the supervision of a good wizard (Nicolas Cage) so he can aid in the fight against an evil sorcerer (Alfred Molina), though his pursuit of the gal (Teresa Palmer) he has loved since childhood proves a constant distraction. (Click for more detailed review) |
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Predators
7/09/2010
Dreary sci-fi sequel in which a random collection of human warriors and criminals (most prominently Adrien Brody, Alice Braga and Topher Grace) find themselves unwillingly and mysteriously parachuted into a jungle by the invisibility-cloaked aliens of the title who then hunt them for sport. (Click for more detailed review)
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Despicable Me
7/07/2010
This enchanting 3-D animated comedy about a slightly wicked but ultimately softhearted rogue (voice of Steve Carell) follows his rivalry with a nerdy newcomer (voice of Jason Segel) for the title of world's most terrible villain -- during which they compete to steal the moon. (Click for more detailed review)
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