Ratings based on four-star system.
‘Precious’
Rated R
??? 1?2
The first 20 minutes of “Precious” are so intense, you may not feel
like sticking it out. Stick it out. This is an exceptional film about
nearly unendurable circumstances, endured. …

Young Viewer’s Take
Greg Vellante
There is no such thing as a perfect book-to-movie adaptation, but “Shutter Island” is about as close to flawless as any film could possibly get.
Yes, in terms of transferring Dennis Lehane’s eerie …

Greg Vellante
Correspondent
“The Wolfman” is not a serious movie. When fangs and claws aren’t being bared, the characters may act and look as if they are in Victorian-era period drama, but the story is merely an …

By Bruce Dancis
Scripps Howard News
What do Americans know today about Amelia Earhart? My guess is that, if she’s remembered at all, it’s as a pioneering aviator in the late 1920s and 1930s who disappeared in …