Girls, girls, girls

“Paris Hilton’s My New BFF” Tuesday 10pm, MTV I tried to resist, I swear I did. I find Paris Hilton as loathsome as the next basically functioning human being. But whilst flipping through the channels I came across a bunch of trashy young women pecking and scratching at one another, and I was hooked. The […]

Capsule Reviews

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (PG, 85 minutes) A pampered pooch finds herself lost in Mexico and far from home. Disney provides the funding and Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Salma Hayek provide the voices. Playing at Regal Downtown Mall 6 Bolt (PG, 96 minutes) In Disney’s 48th animated feature, a Hollywood dog who plays […]

The Bond versus Bourne debate

What red-blooded, fun-loving, popcorn-munching movie loyalist wouldn’t want Quantum of Solace to be good? After all, it reunites us with Daniel Craig’s bracing James Bond, this time (Bond’s 22nd on screen) with the great French actor Mathieu Amalric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) as his evil opponent. Sounds promising, right? And how about that […]

What’s cookin’, good lookin’?

“Top Chef” Wednesday 10pm, Bravo A mere five months after it wrapped the mostly unsatisfying fourth season (although winner Stephanie is totally awesome), Bravo returns with the fifth installment of its top-rated food competition. This time the cheftestants will throw down in New York, so expect some of the Big Apple’s culinary staples to get […]

Capsule Reviews

Beverly Hills Chihuahua (PG, 85 minutes) A pampered pooch finds herself lost in Mexico and far from home. Disney provides the funding and Drew Barrymore, Andy Garcia, George Lopez and Salma Hayek provide the voices. Playing at Regal Seminole Square 4 Body of Lies (R, 128 minutes) Dude-tastic director Ridley Scott’s dude-heavy drama, based on […]

Law and disorder in Eastwood’s latest

As he’s aged and moderated his public image, Clint Eastwood has taken to directing movies with a certain unhurried, chivalrous confidence. When it charms, people call it “classical.” Otherwise, maybe the word they’re looking for is “fogeyish.” In the clunky, overlong Changeling, a true tale of child abduction, authoritarian corruption and maternal indignation in late-’20s […]