Capsule movie reviews: "License to Wed" (El Paso Times)
"License to Wed" (PG-13) "License to Wed" focuses on Rev. Frank's (Robin Williams) Marquis de Sade School of Marriage Counseling, putting "vanilla" Ben (John Krasinski) and "control freak" Sadie (Mandy Moore) into a number of painfully contrived, desperately farcical situations that test their love....more...Movie review: Perfection in the kitchen in 'Ratatouille' (Santa Maria Times)
Since the beginning of civilization, stewards of the kitchen have known their enemy has always been the rat: a master thief of food stores and carrier of disease. ...more... Pixar perfectionists cook up 'Ratatouille' (The Pantagraph)
LOS ANGELES -- Pixar Animation will serve no rodent before its time. The outfit behind such animated smashes as â??Toy Story,â? â??Finding Nemoâ? and â??The Incrediblesâ? has a simple secret: The company takes its time and lets a story mature to its finest....more... Out and About: July 6-12 (The Morning News)
The Thing to Do Africa in the Ozarks Kouakou Yao, or Angelo, plays an African djembe during a recent class. The Eureka Springs resident shares the music, movement and culture of his native Ivory Coast this weekend during "The Tradition of the Mask," the third annual Africa in the Ozarks festival....more... The Thing to Do (The Morning News)
Old West Film Fest To help celebrate the Rodeo of the Ozarks, the Shiloh Museum will host a daylong Old West Film Fest featuring classic Western movies starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr....more... Out and About (The Morning News)
The Thing to Do Bill Harley in Concert Critics say Bill Harley is the best thing to happen to kids since treehouses. For more than 20 years, Harley has been writing and performing for young people and families, but trying to describe a performance is often as funny as attending one. One person will call him a singer/songwriter, another a storyteller, but it's certain that with 25 recordings and ......more... "Ratatouille" seen as test of Disney-Pixar deal (Reuters)
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co.'s animated movie "Ratatouille" opens on Friday against strong competition from better-known franchise films, drawing early industry skepticism that it can match its predecessors' success and posing a challenge for Disney....more... 'Tarzan' couldn't swing it (The Record)
Usually, when a show on Broadway runs for nearly 500 performances, the producer -- at least publicly -- hails it as a success....more... "Transformers" smashes July 4th, Wednesday records (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Sci-fi action film "Transformers" smashed another box-office record by grossing $29.1 million on its second full day of release -- the most ever for a July 4 holiday, according to figures released on Thursday....more... |