Caroline Goodall

If your father is played by Bruce Willis, and he's supposedly a worker drone, chances are good he's keeping some big secrets. That's what the character played by the screen's soon-to-be Superman, Henry Cavill, finds out in this well-cast but too-...

Oscar Wilde's classic novel, about a man who appears to stay forever young, gets fresh treatment in a version that boasts an impressive cast in support of title star Ben Barnes ( "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian"). Colin Firth, Rebecca Hall ("...

Pop princess-turned-actress Mandy Moore and her Chasing Liberty co-star Matthew Goode casually munch on jelly beans in a suite at the historic Hay Adams hotel overlooking the White House lawn -- a fitting backdrop for an interview, since their film,...

The infectious heroine of the appealing but long-winded "Chasing Liberty" is an 18-year-old who has everything — looks, personality, intelligence — yet has a terrible time dating and leading a normal life. The reason: She's the daughter of the...

"The Princess Diaries" places three-dimensional human beings in a fairy-tale plot in a most beguiling fashion and teams a radiant Julie Andrews with appealing screen newcomer Anne Hathaway (of TV's "Get Real"). Though preteen girls, especially those...

"Easy" resists easy classifications. It is a lively, idiosyncratic romantic comedy, funny and sexy but with a strong serious streak. It's both a promising debut for writer-director Jane Weinstock and a breakthrough role for star Marguerite Moreau. Set in...

Friday February 2, 1996      It is intimated near the end of Ridley Scott's "White Squall" that the title storm condition may be a myth, and if we weren't told otherwise, we might regard the entire adventure in the same light. Not because the events...

Friday July 14, 1995      "Hotel Sorrento" has lots on its mind but expresses it with exceptional grace. Nothing less than the nature of the Australian character in all its contradictions is what concerns its makers, but it emerges through a classic...