Movies Opening Here

The new batch of films opening this week include Green Zone, Remember Me, She's Out of My League and a lot of Charleston Film Festival movies Read More

The Oscars

'Crazy Heart's' Bridges may become the latest recipient of Payback Oscar

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'Brooklyn's Finest'

It goes on and on and on and ...

A crowded cast of some of the finest actors in cinema act the heck out of a gimmicky, episodic, hit-or-miss script in 'Brooklyn's Finest,' Antoine Fuqua's latest attempt to relive the glories of 'Training Day.' Read More

Tim Burton's 'Alice' is through a drearier looking glass

In Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," Alice has grown -- not by "drink me" potion or "eat me" cake -- into a 19-year-old girl. Read More

Well-cast film plays out nicely

History, expectation, age and idealism collide to good effect in "The Last Station," which follows the final months of Leo Tolstoy. Read More

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'Valentine's Day'

Romantic comedy overstuffed with stars

'Valentine's Day" might boast the most shirtless dudes we've seen in a movie since "300." Ironically, the often bare-chested "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner isn't one of them. Read More

'Shutter Island

Scorsese does his best Hitchcock interpretation with ‘50s period piece

Dennis Lehane's character-packed but gimmicky novel, 'Shutter Island,' earns a slightly less gimmicky film from Martin Scorsese, who makes this '50s period piece his tribute to the psychological thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock. Read More

'Messenger': Military film is privileged glimpse into people's private pain

Two soldiers show up at a suburban home, the door opens and they deliver the awful news: "The secretary of the Army regrets to inform ..." Read More

Beaufort International Film Festival begins its fourth year

Roll 'em. A feast of festivals will be spread on the Lowcountry's cinematic table beginning Thursday when the fourth annual Beaufort International Film Festival opens its four-day run. Read More

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'Wolfman' has enough bite to be entertaining

Benicio and Joe put the "Goth" back in Gothic with their old school meets the new ultra-violence remake of the horror classic, "The Wolfman." Read More

Jeff Bridges on the road to an Oscar as hard-living country singer

There's a powerful symmetry at work in "Crazy Heart" that's impossible to resist. It's a parallel between protagonist Bad Blake, a country singer whose entire life has led him to a nadir of disintegration, and star Jeff Bridges, whose exceptional film choices have put him at the height of his powers just in time to make Mr. Blake the capstone role of his career. Read More

'From Paris With Love' is lost in translation

John Travolta shaved his head, dyed his goatee and gave himself and his stunt double a real workout in "From Paris With Love," a gonzo spy shoot-em-up from the folks who gave us "Taken." Read More

Dear John: Sparks should be happy with film adaptation shot in the Lowcountry

Great close-ups are the essence of romantic melodrama. Nothing matters so much, save for chemistry (or lack of same) between the leading players. Read More