Little Bear meets his wild counterpart in this first feature-length offering from Maurice Sendak and company. Father Bear and son head for the hills to camp, but Little Bear gets sidetracked and meets some real wild animals. When the ursine urbanite tries to chat up a predatory mountain lion, he is rescued by Cub, another young black bear who’s lost his parents. So father and son take Cub back to the homestead to teach him about flapjacks and furniture. The next day Little Bear’s woodland pals form a search party and head back to the wilderness to find Cub’s missing mom and dad. While there is a message here about accepting differences, the delight of the Little Bear series is that such messages are well hidden beneath layers of kid-sized adventure and humor, so viewers never feel clobbered. This 74-minute movie features the original songs “Great Big World” and “Everybody Wants to Paint My Picture” sung by Shawn Colvin with her usual exquisiteness. –Kimberly Heinrichs
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As the saying goes, love can be found in the most unlikely places and this time a Call Center moonlights into a house of love – taking witness to the sometimes funny, sad and lovable stories of its “cupid struck” workers: Two outrageous bestfriends who are lovers in denial, the fresh from the US boss who secretly falls for the charms of his headstrong assistant, an aspiring model who unexpectedly found love with a cab driver, a wannabe rockstar who is clueless about his co-worker’s growing affection and an unlikely couple headed to a May-December or Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore affair! Read the rest of this entry

The delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a river of multigenerational women singing “Dancing Queen” is one of the high points of Mamma Mia!, the musical built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA. The plot sets in motion when Sophie (Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls), daughter of Donna (Streep), sends a letter to three men, inviting them to her wedding–because after reading her mother’s diary, she suspects that one of them is her father. When all three arrive at the Greek island where Donna runs a hotel, Donna flips out and finds that passions she thought she’d laid aside are coming back to life. But let’s face it, the plot is not the point–it’s a ridiculous contrivance that provides an excuse for the characters to sing the massive hits of ABBA. Regrettably, first-time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who directed the original stage production) has drawn over-the-top performances from everyone involved, even Streep; every production number hammers its exuber (more…)

About the ActorTitles Include: The Dawn Rider Injured from a bullet wound, John Mason is nursed by a woman who turns out to be the sister of the man he is after for shooting his father. The Desert Trail Wrongly accused of armed robbery, rodeo star John Scott and his friend flee town to hunt down their own suspects in Poker City. The Lucky Texan After striking it rich with a gold mine, ayoung Texan and his partner, an old rancher, find themselves mixed up with bad guys and a woman. ‘Neath Arizona Skies A gang of outlaws set up our hero Chris Morrell, to appear as a wanted bank robber. He is guardian to an Indian girl who is in danger as they attempt to track down her missing father. Chris must continue his quest while dodging the law. Rainbow Valley A needed new road in Rainbow Valley seems doomed to be completed when two former cell mates get together. But it turns out that one is a good guy and has a plan to overtake the other and his gang at the same time. The Trail (more…)

Pick-Up:An off-beat story about two young women whose lives are forever changed when they hitchhike a ride in a mobile home.The Sister-In-Law:A punchy story about the sexual entanglements of four people and how their moral conflicts lead to heartache and destruction.The Stepmother:A high-living architect who – as a result of his violent temper – finds himself enmeshed in two accidental deaths. When he discovers his 2nd wife having an affair with his teenage son…there’s almost a third murder!The Teacher:She corrupted the youthful morality of an entire school!An explosively tense story about a beautiful, provocative 28-year-old high school teacher whose seduction of one particular student proves fatal.Trip with the Teacher:A chilling experience in terror as a group of female students and their pretty teacher are ambushed, while on a field trip, by two sadistic bikers, forcing the women to learn a lesson in survival.Best Friends:Two young couples taste the free and easy li (more…)

Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/28/2007 Read the rest of this entry

The life of Christ got an excessively long treatment (260 minutes, later trimmed to 195) in this 1965 film directed by George Stevens (The Diary of Anne Frank). Max von Sydow does beautiful work as Jesus–his spontaneous mourning at discovering his friend Lazarus has died is not like anything in other New Testament epics–and Stevens renders the familiar tale with a handsome authenticity. But the project is nearly undone by an unwise gimmick in which seemingly half of Hollywood’s living stars at the time make brief (often very brief) cameo appearances, some of which are ridiculous. But there is a lot to like in the film, and Von Sydow’s sensitive nobility sticks in the memory. –Tom Keogh Read the rest of this entry

The delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a river of multigenerational women singing “Dancing Queen” is one of the high points of Mamma Mia!, the musical built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA. The plot sets in motion when Sophie (Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls), daughter of Donna (Streep), sends a letter to three men, inviting them to her wedding–because after reading her mother’s diary, she suspects that one of them is her father. When all three arrive at the Greek island where Donna runs a hotel, Donna flips out and finds that passions she thought she’d laid aside are coming back to life. But let’s face it, the plot is not the point–it’s a ridiculous contrivance that provides an excuse for the characters to sing the massive hits of ABBA. Regrettably, first-time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who directed the original stage production) has drawn over-the-top performances from everyone involved, even Streep; every production number hammers its exuber (more…)

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The delirious sight of Meryl Streep leading a river of multigenerational women singing “Dancing Queen” is one of the high points of Mamma Mia!, the musical built around the songs of the hugely popular pop group ABBA. The plot sets in motion when Sophie (Amanda Seyfried, Mean Girls), daughter of Donna (Streep), sends a letter to three men, inviting them to her wedding–because after reading her mother’s diary, she suspects that one of them is her father. When all three arrive at the Greek island where Donna runs a hotel, Donna flips out and finds that passions she thought she’d laid aside are coming back to life. But let’s face it, the plot is not the point–it’s a ridiculous contrivance that provides an excuse for the characters to sing the massive hits of ABBA. Regrettably, first-time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who directed the original stage production) has drawn over-the-top performances from everyone involved, even Streep; every production number hammers its exuber (more…)