Big Momma's House 2 is precisely what you'd expect from a sequel whose title no longer has any affiliation with the current "story": a few harmless, lowbrow laughs, all of which are forever indebted to the formulas of crap past.
Even though it may lack a human touch here and there, The Polar Express is still a brilliant effort in CGI-animation and will certainly evoke the Christmas spirit in us all.
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed is what it is--another action-packed, wacky and fairly authentic send-up of a very silly Saturday morning cartoon TV show.
Following is a TV Rants & Raves column for August 30. Mentioned names and titles are Friends Jennifer Aniston David Schwimmer HBO Band of Brothers Mister Rogers Fred Rogers Sopranos Robert Iler Vincent Pastore Olsen Pokemon Survivor Big Brother II Jeff Varner Alicia Callaway Gervase Peterson Susan Hawk Gary Condit Connie Chung Robert Blake