Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews Updated : Tue, 13 May 2008 20:13:09 GMT
"Babysitters" falls short of intended satire (Reuters) Reuters - Attempting to be this generation's "Risky Business," "The Babysitters" is the sort of ribald morality tale that manages to feel sleazy and decorous at the same time. Publ.Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 07:42:25 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
Bear Grylls offers survival techniques we all might need (AP) AP - "Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques for the Most Dangerous Places on Earth" (Hyperion, 256 pages, $25.95), by Bear Grylls: In these days of global warming, rising oceans, monsoons, hurricanes, tornadoes and wildfires, the most dangerous place on earth could be right were you are. Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:11:58 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
`Frames' is something of a departure for Loren D. Estleman (AP) AP - "Frames" (Forge, 269 pages, $23.95), by Loren D. Estleman: Valentino is a movie archivist at UCLA, but his business card reads "film detective." His job: tracking down prints of old Hollywood movies before they deteriorate and are lost forever. Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 20:13:09 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
"Engagement" leaves charm, romance at altar (Reuters) Reuters - A Mediterranean rendezvous sets the stage for a whole mess of frantic behavior in "A Previous Engagement," a forced farce that fails to showcase its normally talented cast members to engaging effect. Publ.Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 05:17:17 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
"Vice" traffics in cop-movie posturing (Reuters) Reuters - The cliches fly faster than the bullets in "Vice," a B-movie with loftier affectations and all the gritty authenticity of Cheez Whiz. Publ.Date: Fri, 09 May 2008 03:59:23 GMT Source: Yahoo.com
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