The derivative Bratz is a great big pink marshmallow of a movie, aimed at one demographic only: tween girls into fashion and lip gloss. Anyone else, enter at your own risk.
Although The Black Dahlia admirably coalesces James Ellroy’s searingly brilliant noir novel into a sharp, streamlined screenplay, director Brian De Palma’s campy approach and questionable casting sever the style from the substance as brutally in two as its titular victim.
An unsentimental portrait that examines the horrors faced by Jewish prisoners working inside the Nazi death camps in World War II, and the irrelevance of the conventional concepts of morality under such extreme conditions. A brilliant and thought-provoking film, but definitely not the feel-good hit of the season.
Unless you're only an aficionado of blow 'em up action movies, Branagh's glib, angry man and the varied storylines should keep you rooted in your seat.