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Power to the Van Peebles A SON'S LOVING TRIBUTE TO DAD'S PIONEERING ROLE IN INDEPENDENT FILMS
Don't be thrown by the purposely confrontational title. Mario Van Peebles' "Baadasssss!" is, at heart, a bonding experience, a movie by a grateful son who recalls what his father went through to pave the way, not only for his own kid but for a whole generation of independent filmmakers. Glenn Lovell / Mercury News
ADVENTURE
Global warming means doom — and great effects
You may want to wear your galoshes to "The Day After Tomorrow," because you're going to be up to your ears in its mix of dubious science, greenhouse gases and a blizzard of special effects. It's a summer snow job that produces the season's first perfect storm of pleasure. Bruce Newman / Mercury News
'Slipping Down' soars
"A Slipping Down Life" has escaped the indignity of the straight-to-video bin thanks to the good folks at Lion's Gate Films. They've not only introduced us to another great Lili Taylor performance, they've also rescued the first mature relationship picture of the year, a drama that reminds us that some scars fade while others last a lifetime. Glenn Lovell / Mercury News
COMEDY
Gentle lampoon is set in Christian high school
Among those subjects in need of a good satiric spanking, America's religious right ranks just above shuffleboard and Junior Miss pageants. To call it a sitting duck would be an understatement -- which is probably why "Saved!," co-starring Jena Malone and Mandy Moore, comes off as lightweight and only sporadically amusing. Glenn Lovell / Mercury News
Celebration of love
"Love Me If You Dare" is a desperate-to-please celebration of an "endless love" so resilient that it survives melding parents, petty misunderstandings — and quick-drying cement. Glenn Lovell / Mercury News
COMEDY
Hudson's charm rescues orphans, but not film
"Raising Helen" is depressingly superficial. It's structured around weighty issues — orphaned children, financial uncertainty and a sudden, massive responsibility — and it wants our sympathy. But it treats us like dummies. Mary F. Pols / Contra Costa Times
MORE REVIEWS
Godzilla Newly restored film from 1954 adds 40 minutes previously cut from the U.S. version.
Soul Plane
One thing's for sure: This will never be an in-flight movie.
Lost Boys of Sudan 'Lost' is about loneliness and alienation. And, perhaps, the failure of the American dream.
ANIMATION
Ogre and ogre again
The kiddie fantasy "Shrek 2" suffers from sequelitis even as it retains original's charms. Glenn Lovell / Mercury News
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