Movie Reviews

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3 (U):

"High School Musical 3: Senior Year" finds high school seniors Troy and Gabriella facing the prospect of separation as they head off to different colleges. Joined by the rest of the Wildcats, they stage an elaborate spring musical reflecting their experiences, hopes and fears about the future. With incredible new music and exciting dance numbers designed to take maximum advantage of the big screen, this motion picture extravaganza delivers plenty of high-energy entertainment from East High's talented ensemble.

STARRING: Zac Efron

                        Vanessa Hudgens

                        Ashley Tisdale

                        Lucas Grabeel

                        Corbin Bleu

                        Monique Coleman

EAGLE EYE (12A)

Shia LaBeouf reteams with "Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso playing a young slacker whose twin brother has died mysteriously. This is also linked to a woman who finds that her child is missing. Soon the two strangers realize that they have been framed as terrorists. Forced to become members of a cell that has plans to carry out a political assassination, they must work together to extricate themselves while being led by a mysterious voice.

STARRING: Shia Labeouf

                        Michelle Monaghan

                        Rosario Dawson

                        Billy Bob Thornton

                        Michael Chiklis

THE HOUSE BUNNY (12A)

A Playboy bunny, Shelley gets kicked out of the House of Hef and becomes the house mother to the lamest sorority group on the college campus. Before long she helps the girls to lean not to conform to society's expectations. Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women will lose their house to the scheming girls of Phi Iota Mu. In order to accomplish their goal, they need Shelley to teach them the ways of makeup and men; at the same time, Shelley needs some of what the Zetas have - a sense of individuality. The combination leads all the girls to learn how to stop pretending and

start being themselves.

STARRING: Anna Faris

                        Colin Hanks

                        Emma Stone

                        Beverly D'Angelo

THE WOMEN (12A)

Based on George Cukor's 1939 film and Clare Booth Luce's 1936 stage play, "The Women" whisks us into a busy pocket of Manhattan society, where the publishing, fashion and finance industries play. At the centre of the tale is Mary Haines, a thoroughly modern woman suddenly confronted with an age-old problem, a cheating husband. The ladies in her life swiftly rally to Mary's side led by her best friend Sylvie Fowler. But when Sylvie betrays Mary in a pact with satan, their entire group of friends is shaken to the core and the two women must face the most painful break-up of all, friendship. Meanwhile shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into Mary's man. Naturally, this situation becomes the hot talk amongst Mary's catty friends. "The Women" unfolds in an entirely female world. The men are richly portrayed but never seen onscreen.

STARRING: Clare Boothe Luce

                        Meg Ryan

                        Eva Mendes

                        Jada Pinkett Smith

                        Annette Bening

                        Carrie Fisher

                        Debra Messing

                        Candice Bergen