'Public Enemies': Depp, Bale make great foes
By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel
Anyone doubting the role charisma plays in the movies need look no further than Public Enemies, an old-fashioned gangster picture built on simple star power. Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as FBI agent Melvin Purvis make this retelling of an oft-told tale from "the Golden Age of Bank Robbery" riveting, rousing entertainment.
'Whatever Works': Woody Allen at his usual
By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel
Woody Allen has aged into that grandpa you hate taking to Cracker Barrel because you never know what might come out of that mouth. He still has the occasional Oscar-worthy bit of wit in him. He can still land Penélope Cruz an Oscar for a Vicky Cristina Barcelona. But the clunky and dated Hollywood Endings and Scoops come along so often that it's a relief when he doesn't embarrass himself.
'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs': Scrat steals the show
By Roger Moore The Orlando Sentinel
The blockbuster Ice Age movies have left me cold. Toons reliant on a large cast of critters (Happy Meal-friendly) with famous voices making sitcom wisecracks as their impromptu "herd" makes its way through the frozen (but melting, in the last film) landscape of the distant past, the films seem like Fox imitations of the DreamWorks style — verbal and scatological, with a message shoe-horned in as an afterthought.
- 'Chéri': A non-dangerous liaison
- 'My Sister's Keeper': a complex, tender weeper
- 'Away We Go': A wacky, poignant mix
- A 21st-century Fox
- Summer classic: 'The Hustler'
- 'The Proposal': Bullock, Reynolds do their best
- 'Year One': Very old school
- 'Easy Virtue': A miscast mishmash
- Family reviews: 'Year One,' 'The Proposal'
- Summer classic: The Day the Earth Stood Still
- 'The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3': All action, no emotion
- 'Imagine That': Murphy channels Cosby
- 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil': '80s metal band won't let dreams die
- 'Brothers Bloom': You won't mind being hustled
- Family reviews: 'Imagine That,' 'Pelham 123'
- Summer classic: Marx Bros. double feature
- 'The Hangover': A few more laughs and it would be worth it
- 'Land of the Lost': It's not that '70s show
- 'My Life in Ruins': my big flat Greek comedy
- 'Sin Nombre': Border-crossing drama is ruthlessly honest
- Best Sellers-Video
- Czech film fest opens with Milos Forman premiere
- LA high school featured in 'Bruno' leaves district
- Iranian actress says she was born to play the storyteller in The Stoning of Soraya M.'
- What's opening in theaters next week
- Hollywood murder case in hands of California jury
- Revanche'
- Expert: Asphyxia likely killed actor Carradine
- Despite rule change, Oscar will still ignore the best
- Moon'
