Adventure at the movies

Another adventure film is in town, too. Narnia:  Prince Caspian follows in the footsteps of the earlier Narnia, but some reviews indicate its not as charming as the first episode. hough it retains a kid-friendly PG rating and is directed with a surer hand by the returning Andrew Adamson, this film is noticeably darker in tone, even beginning with the piercing scream of a woman in childbirth.

And, if you’re into domestic adventure, what could be more fun than Las Vegas? Okay, the movie What Happens in Vegas isn’t. The most annoying expression-turned-official city slogan ever is now a major motion picture starring Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher. Finally! They play a pair of odd-couple New Yorkers whose initial hostility is followed by more hostility, then by the obligatory race to re-get the girl, this time via water taxi. Happily, the eleventh-hour declaration does not take place in front of a correctly diverse crowd breaking into applause. Small mercies.