Movie Reviews for Washington D.C. and Denver, CO
by Bill Henry, Joe Barber and Friends
Reviews of Military Intelligence and You!, Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns, and Shutter
By attempting to comment on our current foreign adventures while ridiculing an aspect of past ones, Military Intelligence and You! (2.5* in limited release locally at the E St. Cinema) is a movie possessed with, at best, charms as modest as its minimal running time.
Reviews of The Counterfeiters, Under the Same Moon, Snow Angels, and Drillbit Taylor
The very best of this week’s new movies arrives with plenty of acclaim: 2007’s Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, The Counterfeiters (3.5* in limited release nationwide).
Join Bill Henry and Joe Barber at the Silver Spring, MD Borders® to discuss “Movie Clichés that Need to be Retired” on March 27, 2008 at 8:00 PM.
The lives of royalty seem to be catnip for filmmakers and audiences alike. The latest addition to the cannon of works about England’s King Henry VIII is “The Other Boleyn Girl.” Based on the best selling novel by Phillipa Gregory, director Justin Chadwick’s film is visually attractive and benifits from the talents of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson in leading roles, but lacks the emotional spark to compare with earlier and current efforts.
