By Roger Ebert "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" arrives billed as a "stand-alone" film that requires no familiarity with the famous television series. So it is, leaving us to piece together the plot on our own. And when I say "piece together," trust me, that's exactly what I mean. In an early scene... read more
"Step Brothers" (R, 95 minutes). Will Ferrell and John C.Reilly play 40ish sons who still live at home, eating melted cheese nachos and watching TV. When their parents (Mary Steenburgen and Richard Jenkins) get married, they become step brothers and have to share the same room. This leads to violenc... read more
"Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" (Unrated, 100 minutes). Marina Zenovich's surprising documentary, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired." builds, brick by brick with eyewitness testimony, a story of about against the justice system by the judge of Polanski's infamous child molestation case, Laur... read more
"Brideshead Revisited" (PG-13, 135 minutes). Elegantly mounted and well acted version of the Evelyn Waugh novel, but not the equal of the (much longer) 1981 TV miniseries. Matthew Goode plays the middle-class youth who falls in love with both a son and a daughter of the wealthy Marchmain family--and... read more
by Roger Ebert “Batman” isn’t a comic book anymore. Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” is a haunted film that leaps beyond its origins and becomes an engrossing tragedy. It creates characters we come to care about. That’s because of the performances, because of the direction, becau... read more
"Mamma Mia" (PG-13, 98 minutes). Movie version of the hit stage musical, with Meryl Streep as the villa owner on a Greek isle, and Amanda Seyfried as her about-to-be married daughter. The girl doesn't know who her father is, but finds an old diary and invites three likely candidates to her wedding: ... read more
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