Mamma Mia! ** Mediocre reviews weren't enough to keep audiences away from this big-screen adaptation of the stage sensation, loosely based on the ABBA songbook and set on a Greek island. Meryl Streep headlines as a laid-back innkeeper whose daughter (Amanda Seyfried) invites three men to her upcoming nuptials, hoping to discover which one is her father. ...more

December 18, 2008

"Traitor" is the kind of movie so many of us yearn to see: It's intense and intelligent, has something to say without being pedantic and presents complicated issues without condescending. ...more

August 29, 2008