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Crossword: ''Hidden strength''

Yes, we can solve this puzzle

By MATT JONES | November 26, 2008

Four Christmases

Tests the audiences' tolerance of grim cheer
Rather than the typical snowstorm that strands characters in a Holiday-themed comedy, it's heavy cloud cover that keeps San Francisco couple Brad and Kate from catching their flight to Fiji.
By BRETT MICHEL | November 25, 2008

Review: Australia

Baz Luhrmann's Oz and ends
Baz Luhrmann's incontinent Australia
By PETER KEOUGH | November 25, 2008

The Fireman | Electric Arguments

MPL/ATO (2008)
This peculiar collaboration between Paul McCartney and electronic producer Youth has now lasted some five years longer than his decade each with the Beatles and Wings.
By GUSTAVO TURNER | November 24, 2008

Crossword: ''Court case''

Time to mix and match

By MATT JONES | November 19, 2008

Shirts off their backs

How To Dress Like a Rock Star
How To Dress Like a Rock Star
By JIM SULLIVAN | November 20, 2008

The Big Hurt: The Obama jubilance debriefing

When celebrities celebrate, metaphors suffer
Obama is the first president in history to drop a HOVA reference in a campaign speech by way of a little hand-brushy motion, and rappers turned out in droves to support him.
By DAVID THORPE | November 19, 2008

Bolt

Pixarian technical wizardry and Disney schmaltz
The celebs are okay under the direction of Chris Williams and Byron Howard, but the best lines belong to animator Mark Walton as Rhino, a fanboy hamster who fogs up his plastic ball when excited.
By CHRIS WANGLER | November 24, 2008

Quantum mechanic

Little Solace for Bond fans
Little Solace for Bond fans
By PETER KEOUGH | November 14, 2008

Crossword: '''Tis the season''

For once, I hope you don't catch on

By MATT JONES | November 05, 2008

Testifying

Tales from bandmates and a lifelong fan
My memories of Thom Enright and his big talent and bigger heart go way back to when I was a young teenager growing up in East Greenwich.
By CHRIS CONTI | November 05, 2008

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

An uninspired sit-com packed with Hollywood stars
It’s a light entertainment that can cash in with election-weary audiences.
By BRETT MICHEL | November 05, 2008

The Big Hurt: Peace capes

Plus Moz yarns, Osmond extensions
The dismissal of the drunk-driving case against Britney Spears has brought a ceremonial end to the downfall that ushered in a new Golden Age of tabloid journalism.
By DAVID THORPE | November 10, 2008

McCain in the membrane

The Maverick-iest candidate has hip-hop support from R.A. the Rugged Man
Four tracks into his Monday Monster Jam performance, Brooklyn rap czar Jay-Z stops the music and points to a freeze-frame image of George W. Bush on the titanic screen above the TD Banknorth Garden stage.
By CHRIS FARAONE | November 03, 2008

Pride and Glory

Overwrought, derivative police procedural
Here comes director Gavin O’Connor ( Miracle ) to demonstrate that threatening a baby — especially with a hot iron — will never be acceptable.
By BRETT MICHEL | October 31, 2008

The Other End of the Line

Standard rom-com with an Indian element
It's your basic boy-meets-girl story, except that the boy meets the girl on a series of phone calls from her Mumbai-based customer-service center.
By PETER HYMAN | November 04, 2008

High School Musical 3: Senior Year

Little more than an infomercial for the soundtracks
Although Senior Year makes the most of its big-screen debut by increasing the body counts in its group-choreography numbers, it’s a smaller movie than its chart-topping, direct-to-cable predecessors.
By CARLY CARIOLI | October 28, 2008