Sara Wildberger

Berliner deserves something better, as do all the actors -- even Moore, who's starting to look very interesting and European.

The movie is a little long for kids.

It's a pure feast of eye candy. [06 Mar 1998, p.9G]

Sophomoric.

Lucky Numbers is like stuff bought at an outlet mall. Sure, it's got the brand names and designer labels, but the color's a little strange, the style a little off, and nothing fits just right.

The trouble starts with the script, and it doesn't end there.

A fair weekend distraction for 10-year-old girls.

It's a cute and clever good-vs-evil parable.

If you really love "Bull Durham," don't go near Play It to the Bone. It will break your heart.

It really is terrible the way films are being marketed to teens. They deserve decent movies, but instead they get glop like Head Over Heels. There ought to be a law.

This misguided gangster rap movie had every strike against it from the start.

Documentary of riveting personal stories.

The title's only the beginning of the many puns, and the story takes enough twists and turns through the Irish countryside to be engaging. But in the end, too much talk, too much forced quirkiness, and too many scenes we've seen before bring it down. [1 July 1998, p.2d]

An oddly flat, quirky romantic comedy.

While House of Mirth is well done as a period piece, it has such an eerie contemporary resonance that you nearly forget about the horses and corsets and lamplight.

LL Cool J. plays God like a medieval king.

See this movie for Douglas and Bacall, ignore the dialogue and just bask in their star chemistry, still strong after all these years.

There's enough here to make anyone who enjoyed -- if that's the right word -- "Happiness" or "Magnolia" splendidly unhappy.

Isn't riveting, but it's diverting enough.

The comedy of errors that ensues sometimes slides into Seinfeld territory -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- but the subtlety of the performances combined with graceful retro filmmaking touches and wry narration keep it well above sitcom level. [1 July 1998, p.2D]

Time Regained is not really worth the time it takes to see it.

Strolls from high sentiment to low humor without a stumble, but without reaching any great depth or height.

A surfeit of farce and fast-talking makes up for a lack of plot.

All in all it's a decent, well-put-together romantic drama to hold hands to on the weekend.

A little like a secular, more sophisticated "Touched by an Angel" episode.

As magical as "The Wizard of Oz," the film leaves its spare setting and blooms into action in a colorful springtime world to tell the story of an epic romance lush with silken costumes, giggling courtesans, comic servants and rulers cruel and compassionate.

The bar scenes do make for a great, although brief, package.

Don't let it slip out of town without getting a look at it.