Catherine Zeta-Jones

By Chris Beaumont This movie, a remake of a German film called Mostly Martha, is a nice slice-of-life kind of movie. No Reservations is not about plot, it is not about getting from point A to point B, it is not about having a script go through hoops to make the story work, it isn't even about how it ends. What it is ab...

By Gerald Wright No Reservations is the type of romantic film that has been done numerous times. This adaptation of Sandra Nettleback’s 2001 German feature film Mostly Martha is updated with a few trendy ideas from director Scott Hicks and screenplay writer Carol Fuchs.

By Chris Beaumont No Reservations. (2007, 105 minutes, PG, drama/comedy, trailer) Catherine Zeta-Jones stars in this dramedy. She plays Kate, a perfectionist master chef whose anger issues land her in counseling. Meanwhile, her sister dies in a car crash, and Kate is left to care for her young daughter (pl...

By Lucas Brachish The Stepford Wives (2004) Why remake an okay suspense film that was an of-its-time metaphor for women's liberation (based on a novel that was a good satiric thriller) into a meaningless, heartless, unfunny comedy with shiny stars and a once-good director? Because Hollywood has run out...