The Personal History of David Copperfield
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Of the numerous film adaptations of Charles Dickens' autobiographical 1850 novel, "The Personal History of David Copperfield" (Fox Searchlight) may rank as the happiest. As directed by Armando Iannucci, who adapted [...]
Bill & Ted Face the Music
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Remember Bill & Ted? Way back in 1989, they had an "Excellent Adventure" while two years later they experienced a "Bogus Journey." Nearly three decades on from that second teen outing, [...]
The New Mutants
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Billed as the 13th and final installment of the "X-Men" film series, "The New Mutants" (20th Century) slams the lid on the coffin of a once-mighty franchise with a resounding thud. [...]
Get Duked!
NEW YORK (CNS) -- In 1956, Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, established a program designed, in part, to expose young city dwellers to the glories of the wilderness. It was named the Duke of Edinburgh's [...]
Chemical Hearts
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Much like the early-'90s R.E.M. song "Everybody Hurts," the somber drama "Chemical Hearts" (Amazon) aims to send young people the message that being a teenager is an experience that can be [...]
Words on Bathroom Walls
NEW YORK (CNS) -- In the case of a physical ailment, distinguishing between the patient and his or her disease is a straightforward matter. That distinction is -- or, at least, can be -- less [...]
Made in Italy
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Real-life father and son Liam Neeson and Micheal Richardson team up to play a fictional parent-grown-child duo in "Made in Italy" (IFC), a blend of comedy, drama and romance written and [...]
The Secret Garden
NEW YORK (CNS) -- "The Secret Garden" (STX) is the fourth film adaptation of the beloved 1911 children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924). It joins such recent films as 2019's "Little Women" in introducing [...]