MORNING.
((ALEX))
ANOTHER SUPERHERO MOVIE AND A
QUIRKY ROMANCE ARE ON AREA
SCREENS THIS WEEK. HERE TO
REVIEW SHAZAM AND GLORIA BELL
ARE FILM CRITICS PAM POWELL
AND CHUCK KOPLINSKI.
SHAZAM! (STARTS FRIDAY) THE
LATEST ENTRY IN THE DC COMICS
MOVIE UNIVERSE IS A BREATH OF
FRESH AIR AS THE ORIGIN TALE
OF CAPTAIN MARVEL (ZACHARY
LEVI) IS DRIVEN BY A SENSE OF
WHIMSY AND WONDER THAT MAKES
FOR A FUN TIME AT THE MOVIES.
ORPHAN BILLY BATSON (ASHER
ANGEL) IS GIVEN THE POWERS OF
THE WIZARD SHAZAM (DJIMON
HOUNSOU) AND WHEN THE BOY SAYS
HIS NAME, HEa
INTO A SUPERMAN-LIKE HERO, WHO
HAS TO TAKE DOWN THE
VILLAINOUS DR. SIVANA (MARK
STRONG) WHO LONGS TO TAKE AWAY
HIS POWERS. THINK a
ON STEROIDS AND YOU HAVE SOME
IDEA OF WHATa
AS THE TEEN IN THE BODY OF THE
EARTHa
MUST LEARN HOW TO USE HIS NEW
ABILITIES RESPONSIBLY. 3 A=
STARS (CHUCK KOPLINSKI) RATED
PG-13. 132 MINUTES. AMC-C,
AMC-D, HAR, SAV.
GLORIA BELL (STARTS FRIDAY)
JULIANNE MOORE GIVES ONE OF
HER BEST PERFORMANCES IN THE
TITLE ROLE, A FREE-SPIRITED
WOMAN IN HER 50S WHO SEEKS OUT
LOVE AT L.A. DANCE CLUBS. HER
LONELINESS AND DESPERATION ARE
PALPABLE, BUT THE ACTRESS
NEVER RESORTS TO CHEAP
THEATRICS TO CONVEY THE
CHARACTERa
OPTING FOR A MORE SUBTLE,
SINCERE APPROACH. JOHN
TURTURRO LENDS WONDERFUL
SUPPORT AS ANOTHER LOST SOUL
WHO JUST MAY BE THE MAN
SHEa
HEARTFELT AND OPTIMISTIC IN A
WAY THATa
STARS (CHUCK KOPLINSKI) RATED
R. 102 MINUTES. SAV.