Released this week: Accepted, Brothers of the Head, The Da Vinci Code, John Tucker Must Die, Joyeux Noel, Lassie, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days, Strangers With Candy, 49 Up, Who Killed the Electric Car?
The Da Vinci Code: Ron Howard's movie version of Dan Brown's novel, in which a Harvard professor (Tom Hanks) and a Parisian cryptographer (Audrey Tautou) try to track down the Holy Grail, fails to get a decent spook going. Howard has illustrated the book beautifully, but he hasn't made it his own.