I'm Frank Ruggiero, entertainment editor for The Mountain Times. You might remember me
from Episode 106 of "Sqrambled Scuares," as well asfrom my various articles, like "Boone adopts
bond order for $25 milliontoward new water intake." More
My
advice for anyone who also wondered if Tooth Fairy might be good: Don't. Tooth Fairy is absolutely terrible, a miserable film that's
mean spirited three-fourths of the time and artificially cute and sentimental the other fourth. More
Packed with cardboard characters, a boggling number of
elements lifted from superior films, and a plot more confusing than a football bat, Legion should
shamefully retreat into cinema's January drudge. More
I'm not sure exactly what director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) was trying to accomplish with
his adaptation of Alice Sebold's novel, "The Lovely Bones," a painfully depressing film about a
14-year-old girl who is murdered and watches her family, from heaven, as they cope with her
murder. More
Despite striking visuals, an effective sun-parched color scheme and two brilliant lead
actors, The Book of Eli's lackluster screenplay makes it a forgettable chapter in cinema's post-apocalyptic
tome. More
It's obvious martial arts master Jackie Chan, now 55, can't do
all the ridiculous, downright crazy things he used to do all the time. So while the stunts and action are somewhat tame (by Chan's standards) in
The Spy Next Door, he still knows comedy and he's still having a good time. More
What is perhaps the most confusing note about Leap Year, a new
romantic comedy starring Amy Adams, is that Universal Studios decided to release it this January
(23 months after the last Feb. 29 and 25 months before the next). It's like releasing Independence
Day in January or a Halloween film in March. More
Daybreakers, boldly released during a time when audiences can
cleverly say that vampires suck, is a refreshing blend of science fiction and horror, embracing
its R rating with style, mood and unabashed fun. More