Movies

Looking for something to do in the summer can often seem like searching for a four-leafed clover, you never see anything until it’s already upon you. But there’s always the movies to keep us blissfully occupied. What? You don’t want ...

The Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium in Fort Myers plans to offer midnight shows of 1975 cult classic "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" on three Saturdays this summer, including the upcoming June 26 weekend. Show dates are June 26, July ...

For its first year, the Naples International Film Festival has managed to put together a pretty impressive package of films. While people who were lucky enough to attend Thursday’s screening of “The Cove” will certainly be buzzing about that film ...

Amazing panoramic shots of our landscape can’t make up for shoddy dialogue, often-times poor acting and a few clunky plot points that make the movie more miss than hit.

Heath Ledger got his Golden Globe, and Kate Winslet came away with two. Yet the Globes otherwise went slumming, with "Slumdog Millionaire" taking top honors and other key prizes going to a newcomer, an underdog and a poster boy for ...

Don Kettleborough has mastered many facets of the visual arts. A portrait painter, muralist, teacher, illustrator and gallery painter, Kettleborough presents an exciting “eclectic” collection for his latest showing. His search for new expressions keeps Kettleborough’s work exciting and unpredictable.

It’s just a movie. It’s just a movie. It’s just ... Pop it in and let some of these great scary films rock your safe-and-sound world. Your heart beats hard. You cover your eyes. Maybe you moan and grimace and ...

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Movie lovers are in for a treat when they settle in to watch "Dreamgirls." Adapted from a 1981 Broadway musical, the film features a star-powered cast — including Beyoncé Knowles, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy — but the real star ...

Rats! Usually, that term is used for disappointment, but in the case of “Flushed Away,” it’s a joyous expression of gratitude for a rare success in a year of disappointing animated comedies.

Movie villains from the 1930s would have nothing to fear from the “dirty rat” Andy Serkis voices in the animated film “Flushed Away.” “He’s hopeless really,” Serkis says of Spike, a rat who works for the crime boss of underground ...

The opening shot of the new Zhang Yimou picture is as spectacular as anything in “Hero” or “House of Flying Daggers.” An old man broods on a black crag, the silver sea churning before him. Sea gulls twist in the ...

Even when surrounded by water, it's not often you come across pirates. Yet Saturday, pirates were in abundance locally. They wore pirate hats made of newspaper and eye patches. Some had swords.