NEW RELEASES RUSH HOUR 3 - "Rush Hour 3" is a traffic jam of cliches that doesn't achieve gridlock mainly because the stars, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, are too tireless to quit. They do slow down. Chan, at 53 showing touches   'RUSH HOUR 3' - Crime fighting comedians Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are back in 'Rush Hour 3.' CNS Photo courtesy of Glen Wilson.  RATINGS 4 STARS - Excellent. 3 STARS - Worthy. 2 ... [full story]

OK, show of hands: Who among you contributed to the $170 million box office take for the comedy "Wild Hogs" (Buena Vista, 1 star)? Come on, don't look so sheepish.   'WILD HOGS' - Martin Lawrence, Tim Allen and John Travolta are wannabe bikers from the suburbs who get into mischief they didn't count on in the family comedy 'Wild Hogs.' CNS Photo courtesy of Lorey Sebastien.  DVD RATINGS 4 stars: Don't miss: rent it/buy it 3 ... [full story]

NEW RELEASES THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM - Promo ads have been excitedly telling us that Jason Bourne "comes home" in "The Bourne Ultimatum." Which must bring him back to the bank, making another massive deposit for Universal Pictures. And back in New York, where his secretly filed identity will finally   ‘THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM' - Matt Damon is back as Jason Bourne in the espionage thriller 'The Bourne Ultimatum.' CNS Photo courtesy of Jasin Boland.  RATINGS 4 STARS ... [full story]

I'm holding out hope - faint hope - that there is a tiny corner of the life of Elvis that has not yet been exploited to death. To his death, that is. Because it is happening again.   ELVIS ANNIVERSARY - Elvis Presley's movie catalog is being repackaged to mark the 30th anniversary of his death on Aug. 16. Paramount Home Entertainment and Warner Brothers have each released box sets. CNS Photo courtesy of Elvis Presley ... [full story]

Promo ads have been excitedly telling us that Jason Bourne "comes home" in "The Bourne Ultimatum." Which must bring him back to the bank, making another massive deposit for Universal Pictures.   'THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM' - Matt Damon and Julia Stiles are spies on the run in the espionage thriller 'The Bourne Ultimatum.' CNS Photo courtesy of Jasin Boland.  RATINGS 4 STARS - Excellent. 3 STARS - Worthy. 2 STARS - Mixed. 1 STAR - Poor. 0 ... [full story]

Don't have a cow, man, but "The Simpsons Movie" is an underachiever. Which is to say it's fun, and better than most of the twaddle that's out there, on big screen or (not-so-)small(-anymore). But in the end - and from the very beginning, for that matter - it's nothing more than a "Simpsons" episode writ, or rather, animated large.   'THE SIMPSONS MOVIE' - When Homer mistakenly pollutes the river with toxic waste from the power ... [full story]

Beware of elite restaurant stories that taste like processed cheese. Is that a special frisson de Velveeta we detect in the glowing, plushly served "No Reservations"?   'NO RESERVATIONS' - Katherine Zeta-Jones is Kate, Aaron Eckhart is Nick and Abigail Breslin plays Zoe in the romantic comedy 'No Reservations.' CNS Photo courtesy of David Lee.  RATINGS 4 STARS - Excellent. 3 STARS - Worthy. 2 STARS - Mixed. 1 STAR - Poor. 0 - Forget It (a ... [full story]

NEW RELEASES NO RESERVATIONS - Beware of elite restaurant stories that taste like processed cheese. Is that a special frisson de Velveeta we detect in the glowing, plushly served "No Reservations"? Catherine Zeta-Jones is a classy truffle as Kate, workaholic star chef at a Greenwich Village trendy spot, 22 Bleecker. Aaron Eckhart's Nick, a charmboy chef who challenges Kate's kitchen queendom, is a hearty steak. And as Kate's adoptive niece, Zoe, Abigail Breslin is still ... [full story]

What's changed in five months? I attended a screening of the action/comedy/horror/buddy cop movie "Hot Fuzz" (Universal, 3 stars) and thought, "Well, that was pretty amusing. I wonder what's for dinner?"   'HOT FUZZ' - Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are small-town cops caught in big-city action in the action comedy 'Hot Fuzz.' CNS Photo courtesy of Rogue Pictures.  DVD RATINGS 4 stars: Don't miss: rent it/buy it 3 stars: Worth the risk: rent it 2 stars: ... [full story]

It has taken nearly 30 years for John Travolta to make it from 1959 (in "Grease") to 1962 (in "Hairspray"). In his defense, the man's been busy, what with getting a sex change and gaining about 200 pounds.   'HAIRSPRAY' - John Travolta, as Edna Turnblad, and Nikki Blonsky, as Tracy Turnblad, star in the remake of 'Hairspray.' CNS Photo courtesy of David James.  RATINGS 4 STARS - Excellent. 3 STARS - Worthy. 2 STARS - Mixed. ... [full story]

Maybe it is a sign of health (but not much) that, nearly six years after the 9/11 disaster, New York firemen are not treated as saints in a Hollywood movie.   'I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY' - Jessica Biel advises Adam Sandler and Kevin James on their legal rights as a domestic couple in the comedy 'I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.' CNS Photo courtesy of Tracy Bennett.   RATINGS 4 STARS - Excellent. 3 ... [full story]

Is it really possible that Ben Kingsley, the former "Gandhi," the former "Sexy Beast," has also mastered an accent worthy of Buffalo, N.Y.? Listen to his dribbled deadpan with, "I got some great tap watah. Comes oudda da tap, right dere."   'YOU KILL ME' - Ben Kingsley plays an alcoholic hit man trying to get back into the game in the thriller 'You Kill Me.' CNS Photo courtesy of Rebecca Sandulak.  RATINGS 4 STARS - Excellent. ... [full story]

Director David Yates called working on a Harry Potter film "like having a big train set." This echoes the famed remark of Orson Welles, arriving at RKO in 1939: "This is the biggest electric train set a boy ever had!"   'HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX' - In a vast storeroom of crystal balls, thrills ramify for (from left) Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, Emma Watson, Matthew Lewis and hero Daniel Radcliffe in 'Harry ... [full story]