Mega Movie Guide 2005

Director: Robert Rodriguez. With Cayden Boyd, Kristen Davis. (94 min.)

You'll know who the target audience is when you discover the story's setting is called Planet Drool, and the hero is a schoolboy who joins the title characters to fight the evil Mr. Electric. Grade:C
- David Sterritt

Director: Karyn Kusama. With Charlize Theron. (95 min.)

In the future, the sexiest people among us will rise up to defend our freedom. They will all wear spandex. Is there more to "Aeon Flux" than that? Not really - not even for true sci-fi fans hoping to see this live-action film live up to last decade's MTV cartoon show of the same title. Grade: D
- Matt Bradley

Directors: James Cameron, Steven Quale. With James Cameron. (47 min.)

Cameron pursues undersea fascinations in this documentary about the astounding things one comes upon in deep-sea exploration, and how such discoveries help pave the way for exploration in other parts of the solar system. A terrific treat for the eyes. Grade: A
- D.S.

Director: Danae Elon. With Danae Elon, Musa Obeidallah. (79 min.)

The filmmaker looks for a Palestinian family who lived with her household during her childhood in Israel. Also present is her father, a respected author with strong views on the difference between Israeli security and Zionist goals. It's unlikely there will ever be a more moving portrait of the shared selfhood, usually veiled by politics, common to the Palestinian and Israeli peoples. Grade: A
- D.S.

Director: Pierre Salvadori. With Daniel Auteuil, José Garcia. (110 min.)

After saving a stranger from hanging himself, a restaurateur becomes involved with the unhappy guy's girlfriend. Garcia is great in this French dramatic comedy, and Auteuil remains one of the great European stars. But the pleasant film uses up its ideas long before it uses up its running time. In French with subtitles. Grade: B
- D.S.

Director: Brian Levant. With Ice Cube, Nia Long, Jay Mohr. (95 min.)

You may ask yourself that question as you watch a kid-phobic man take a road trip with the kids of a single mom he wants to woo. Cube is cute and Long is lovely, but the youngsters are too smug to bear. Grade: C
- D.S.

Sex/Nudity: 2 instances of innuendo.
Violence: 14 scenes of comic violence.
Profanity: 4 mild profanities.
Drugs/Alcohol: 1 scene with alcohol.

Director: Paul Provenza. With Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams. (92 min.)

Comedians tell, discuss, and banter about their profession's most notorious dirty joke - and I mean filthy. Monotonous after a while. Grade: B
- D.S.

Director: Jean-François Richet. With Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne. (109 min.)

Remake of John Carpenter's popular 1976 thriller about a broken-down jailhouse under siege by a gang of bad guys. The cast is impressive, but admirers of the original will miss its crisp, clean style. Grade: B
- D.S.

Director: David Mackenzie. With Ian McKellen, Natasha Richardson. (90 min.)

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