http://www.worcestermovies.com The Official Site Of Worcester Movies Weekly...And Your Only Stop For Movie Info In Worcester! Fri, 01 Jan 2010 03:09:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.worcestermovies.com/2009/12/31/icons-page/ . http://www.worcestermovies.com/2009/12/31/icons-page-backup/ MILK [R] review by Roger Brigham Hope may be defined as the realization that we cannot change the way people are...but we can always work to change the way they will be. That was the essential political message and legacy of Harvey Milk’s life, and it is captured with a sublime ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/19/review-milk/ YES MAN [PG-13] review by Padraic Maroney Jim Carrey had instant stardom once he leapt onto the big screen with "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective." His catered to the same slapstick-happy audience with another couple of films before trying to go the Tom Hanks route and become bankable and respected in Hollywood. En ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/19/review-yes-man/ THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX [G] review by Kilian Melloy As far a animated pictures about brave little mice go, you can't do better than The Tale Of Despereaux. But the film, being a curious cross-section of narrative complexity and top-flight CGI, may be a bit too complicated for little kids. Adults, on ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/19/review-the-tale-of-despereaux/ DELGO [PG] review by Robert Newton Blurb scrawlers would be quick to come up with a quotable nugget to describe the animated fantasy Delgo, and might draft something like this: "A visually splendid alien 'Romeo and Juliet'." We would say the same thing, only if our review were to be cited in ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/12/review-delgo/ THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL [PG-13] review by Padraic Maroney As the holidays get closer, only two kinds of movies come out: those attempting to achieve Oscar gold (which for the most part aren't seen by the general public until their New Year rollouts) and the brain candy that lets you ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/12/review-the-day-the-earth-stood-still/ NOTHING LIKE THE HOLIDAYS [PG-13] review by Kilian Melloy The Rodriguez clan, a boisterous family of Puerto Rican-Americans, gather at the family home in Chicago for Christmas, setting in motion this sweet, though predictable, film by director Alfredo de Villa. This is a genre picture through and through, and as such it obeys ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/12/review-nothing-like-the-holidays/ Disney•Pixar will premiere its first Disney Digital 3-D™ short film – “Tokyo Mater” – directed by Academy Award®-winner John Lasseter, at theaters nationwide beginning December 12. Appearing before Walt Disney Pictures’ “Bolt,” the animated short is the fourth in Disney•Pixar's "Cars Toons" series, inspired by the hit 2006 film ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/12/in-the-news-pixars-3-d-cars-short-now-in-theaters/ Twentieth Century Fox makes history by transmitting the first motion picture in to deep space, making The Day The Earth Stood Still the world’s first galactic motion picture release. The first deliberate deep space transmission of this highly anticipated science fiction thriller will begin this Friday, December 12, 2008, to ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/11/in-the-news-day-beamed-into-infinite-night/ Always thoughtful and kind, Elmo is making a surprise card for someone special in Elmo Loves You!, debuting on DVD January 6th from Genius Products and Sesame Workshop, the non-profit educational organization behind Sesame Street. Everyone’s favorite furry red monster is joined by Rosita and heroic helper Super Grover on ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/05/dvd-giveaway-elmo-loves-you/ Revisit one of television’s most deliciously daring hit series in its critically-acclaimed sophomore season, when The Tudors: The Complete Second Season ascends onto its DVD throne as a four-disc set on January 6 from Showtime, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Jonathan Rhys Meyers ("Match Point," TV’s "Elvis") ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/05/dvd-giveaway-the-tudors-the-complete-second-season/ CADILLAC RECORDS [R] review by Robert Nesti One of the pivotal songs in 2006's "Dreamgirls" is "Cadillac Car," a doo-woppish ode to the status of the luxury car to various cultures in 1950s America. There are plenty of Cadillacs in Cadillac Records, many used anachronistically as its story moves from the early ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/05/review-cadillac-records/ PUNISHER: WAR ZONE [R] review by Howie Green Okay, so when you go to see a movie called Punisher: War Zone, about Marvel Comics' vengeance-bent character The Punisher, you know you're not exactly in for a feel-good date movie. Frank Castle (Ray Stevenson) a.k.a. The Punisher is an all-out vigilante who, armed ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/05/review-punisher-war-zone/ NOBEL SON [R] review by Kilian Melloy In some ways, Nobel Son is the perfect movie to release a week after Thanksgiving: like every other turkey in America, this one has the bare bones of its plot layered over with grayish narrative meat that has a smell of spoilage about it. From the ... http://www.worcestermovies.com/2008/12/05/review-nobel-son/