Ratings based on four-star system.
‘The Book of Eli’
Rated R
★★★
The latest in a wave of post-apocalyptic films is this sly “Mad Max”-y sort of Western, pitting Denzel Washington as a high plains drifter with God on …

Young Viewer’s TakeGreg Vellante
“Alice in Wonderland” is a dizzying movie painted on a dreadfully dull color palette, with lazy and gratuitous brushstrokes of distracting CGI throughout. Director Tim Burton heaps gobs upon gobs of endlessly …

By Jim Carnes
McClatchy Newspapers
Some movies you want to see when they hit DVD — “Up in the Air” and “Precious” from Tuesday’s releases, for example — and some you need to see. “The Stoning of …

By Bruce Dancis
Scripps Howard News Service
Two provocative films that were easy to miss during their limited theatrical runs last summer are now available on DVD.

‘Cold Souls’ (Fox Home Entertainment, $19.98, rated PG-13)
This is …