http://www.tribstar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:23:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_128191907.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_128191907.html The Wachowski brothers have tumbled into a matrix of their own with “Speed Racer,” one which has rendered them completely out of touch with the outside world. Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_068161318.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_068161318.html Find movie times for films playing at theaters in the Wabash Valley. Fri, 02 May 2008 17:04:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_123170306.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_123170306.html Much of the allure of “Iron Man” comes from the fact that we are indeed talking about a man — a real man who has lived a life and made mistakes and experienced regret — not some scrawny, teenage boy who received his superhero powers through a bite from a radioactive spider. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:24:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_115161615.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_115161615.html The poster for “Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” is the best thing about the movie, depicting the brainy potheads in orange prison jumpsuits staring in disbelief from behind a wire-mesh fence. Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_114165725.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_114165725.html Tina Fey didn’t write “Baby Mama,” though you’d be forgiven for walking into it and assuming she did. After all, her face appears prominently on the movie’s ubiquitous posters, alongside that of co-star and former “Saturday Night Live” cast mate Amy Poehler. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_113165631.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_113165631.html Jackie Chan vs. Jet Li: This time, it’s personal! Actually, these two martial arts masters have never faced each other before, which in theory is the primary allure of “The Forbidden Kingdom.” Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_100181938.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_100181938.html The cliches and laughably hammy dialogue are scattered about just as liberally as the spent bullet casings in “Street Kings,” an ultraviolent but tired bad-cop yarn — and that’s surprising and disappointing given that it comes from a story by “L.A. Confidential” writer James Ellroy, who also co-wrote the script. Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:19:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_100181133.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_100181133.html “Smart People” isn’t as smart as it thinks it is, despite some wickedly snappy dialogue. Novelist-turned-screenwriter Mark Poirier gives the capable, eclectic cast some real zingers to play with, but he also loads his script with some plot contrivances that are simply too hard to accept. Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:53:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_095185407.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_095185407.html “Nim’s Island” is a movie for kids who like to think and read and use their imagination, and for parents who may be tired of family fare that’s nothing but a litany of cutesy pop-culture references. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:23:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_094172136.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_094172136.html Maybe the best offense in a real football game is a good defense. Not so in a movie about the early years of the sport, when pro football was a poor cousin to the college game. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:02:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_088173057.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_088173057.html The most immediate and glaring problem with “Run, Fat Boy, Run” is that it’s lacking a “fat boy.” It might be very American to think so, but Simon Pegg, the British comedian of “Hot Fuzz” and “Shaun of the Dead,” is not portly by any means, but merely — as he asserts himself in the film — “unfit.” Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:15:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_085163750.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_085163750.html The brainiacs of the gambling romp “21” are smart enough to expertly count cards at the blackjack table, identify hot betting tables and put on disguises so they can take Vegas casinos to the cleaners. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:42:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_072163111.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_072163111.html Horton may hear a Who, but the rest of us may hear a lot of hoopla, and it’s not all the charming sort you expect from a benign Seussian world. “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” succeeds to a point in putting the Hollywood spin on Theodor S. Geisel’s beloved children’s book about an elephant defending a microscopic civilization. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:51:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_071163030.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_071163030.html From the title “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,” you might assume correctly that the lady in question hasn’t really lived before this particular day arrived. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_071161916.html http://www.tribstar.com/atthemovies/local_story_071161916.html A mix of vast CGI spectacle and small, silly moments, the prehistoric saga “10,000 BC” is an epic in name only. Rather, the latest mind-numbing extravaganza from director Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day,” “The Day After Tomorrow”) feels more like a video game in film form.