Claudia Puig

Princess Diana's antecedent, both genetically and figuratively, was a beautiful and glamorous duchess named Georgiana Spencer. Like her descendant, her charm and vivacity captivated England.

The Doors lit rock 'n' roll fires for only 54 months, having formed after Morrison met Manzarek in 1965, when both were UCLA film students. We get a sense of them as bandmates as they hang around backstage or rehearse, garage-band-style.

This is not a simple, uplifting tale. It's never clear whether Charlie will fully recover, and that sense of realism is the film's strength.

Will not be for everyone, but it works if you surrender to its lilting and unabashedly sentimental tale of evocative music and visual poetry.

The final installment of the Hobbit trilogy is the best, featuring more spectacular action scenes as well as the series' most emotionally resonant moments.

The most endearing character in Disney's animated superhero animated movie is a one-man Affordable Care Act. (Make that a one-robot ACA.)

Think "Boogie Nights" meets "Casino," though it's not likely to make the lasting impression of either seminal film.

Compelling tale of a free-spirited record producer, played with perfect pitch by Frances McDormand.

It's hard to beat the last movie, "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," and this film is not better, but it has much to recommend it.

It does deliver a combustible combination of ingredients for a summer blockbuster: a cornucopia of action and dazzling effects, some raucous humor and a large dose of Depp's winning charm.

Amusing, charming and pleasantly nostalgic.

An engaging and exciting family film that at times feels a bit like "The Lord of the Rings Jr."

Though it features no battle scenes, The Notebook shines a powerful, unflinching light on the horrors of World War II.

The film is uneven and about 15 minutes too long. But when it's funny, it's hilarious.

George is cute, and the simple story has its entertaining moments.

Godzilla 2014 is a more somber and frightening reboot than the cartoonish 1998 movie.

As subtle and shattering as its title.

It's a provocative game that plays out with intelligence and wit.

Iron Man's biggest strength is that the fantastically armored suit doesn't overpower the intriguingly flawed character encased within.

Despite its melodramatic moments, remarkable performances drive home the film's inspiring message.

A refreshing, mature fairy tale.

Nathan Lane steals the show in this tale of a high school English teacher who becomes obsessed with a student's play.

Silver Linings is consistently entertaining, with its scrappy, well-drawn characters, offbeat humor and indefatigable positive outlook.

It's a maniacal performance, complete with mad gales of laughter and insane bouts of temper. Cage doesn't go over the top, but he teeters darn close.

The layered film's blend of Austen-style romance, courtroom drama and historical look at the British slave trade works surprisingly well, though there are moments — especially involving the conniving suitors — that teeter on melodrama.

Where "United 93" was a superb example of masterful storytelling, World Trade Center is a more conventional rendering.

The Illusionist casts an exquisitely bewitching spell with its dreamy atmosphere and pervasive sense of suspense.

Albert Brooks may have come up with the funniest movie premise of the year in Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World.