Actress calls her deafness ‘a gift’; remembers Catholic school as ‘family’
CHICAGO (CNS) -- When Lauren Teruel Ridloff stepped through the door at Children of Peace School, she said she felt like nothing had changed. "It was a little overwhelming," said Ridloff, 40, who was last [...]
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Talky, pretentious and filled with existential angst when the characters aren't preoccupied with spitting curses, "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)" (Fox Searchlight) is visually dazzling.Morally, though, it's dead weight.This [...]
Jersey Boys
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Success on the stage does not easily translate into success on screen, particularly for a musical. And yet if the tunes are enjoyable, all is not lost. That's the case with [...]
Anna Karenina
NEW YORK (CNS) -- "Sin has a price, you may be sure of that." The titular character (Keira Knightley) doesn't heed husband Alexei's (Jude Law) advice in the oh-so-lush new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's "Anna [...]
To Rome With Love
NEW YORK (CNS) -- With films set in London, Barcelona and Paris under his belt, quintessential New Yorker Woody Allen extends his European tour in "To Rome With Love" (Sony Classics). His farce follows various [...]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The fourth movie in the series inspired by the Disneyland attraction, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (Disney), spins a yarn that leads to the Fountain of Youth. No wonder [...]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
NEW YORK (CNS) -- The fourth movie in the series inspired by the Disneyland attraction, "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" (Disney), spins a yarn that leads to the Fountain of Youth. No wonder [...]