Beastly nearly succeeds at hiding all of its woes behind its comedic exterior. Unfortunately, the film has a devastatingly pretentious beginning and an unwieldy message. This modern day reimagining of ...

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CBS Films has given us 5 clips for their upcoming film, Beastly. The film – directed by Daniel Barnz (Phoebe in Wonderland) – is a modern reimagining of Beauty and the Beast, which places the classic ...

Rich brat Kyle is handsome on the outside, ugly on the inside — until one day he makes the mistake of publicly humiliating a high-school Goth girl whose interest in witchcraft isn’t a pose. And ...

Witchy Kendra gives him one year to counteract the spell by finding someone who loves him, in spite of his new look. If he fails, he’ll be stuck that way forever. In the book, Kyle was saddled with ...

Next week, the ridiculous-looking “Red Riding Hood” arrives in theaters, while this week’s specimen, a horribly scripted and directed update of “Beauty and the Beast,” is just plain ridiculous. Should ...

Romantic youth fantasy. Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer and Mary-Kate Olsen. Directed by Daniel Barnz. (PG-13. 86 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) A sweet film - a modern riff on "Beauty and ...