“Quantum of Solace”
** 1/2 RATING | Not unlike the global economy, the Bond market takes a dip in this latest installment. Daniel Craig is not the problem. He is the calm in director Marc Forster’s imperfect storm of action, edits, stunts. Craig’s pursed lips and icy gaze insist on the updated franchise notion that Bond isn’t merely a superior agent but also a gifted killer. In this sequel, which gives the shadowy international crime syndicate of “Casino Royale” the name Quantum, Bond’s lethal efficiency is at issue. And M (played once more by Judi Dench, full of frost herself) is concerned. Arriving to do the dirty work as cynical baddie Dominic Greene is Mathieu Amalric. He uses a green company as front for a more familiar money-green endeavor. Returning for the complicated good are Giancarlo Giannini and Jeffrey Wright as Bond allies. Eye candy though not much more is provided by Olga Kurylenko as the latest Bond girl.PG-13. 1 hour, 45 minutes. Lisa Kennedy
“Bolt”
*** RATING | This is a road comedy of a girl and her “genetically altered” superdog TV star, a canine capable of leaping over black helicopters in a single bound, blowing up objects with his glower and flattening armies with his “super bark.” Whenever Penny is in danger, Bolt is there to save her. But Bolt isn’t in on the gag. The effects go off around him, and he thinks he did it. He doesn’t seems to realize that he is not a real dog but just a TV star. PG. 1 hour, 35 minutes. Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
“Twilight”
** 1/2 RATING | A tenderly built love story of the emotionally lost Bella and BVOC (Big Vampire On Campus) Edward, based on the very popular vampire books. Their relationship develops under cloudy skies. And eventually Edward overcomes his deep desire to drain her blood so they can be the ultimate star-crossed lovers. The action picks up in the last fourth of the book, when Bella becomes the blue-plate special for a group of vampires who prefer to dine from the human menu. PG-13. 1 hour, 58 minutes. Rick Bentley, McClatchy Newspapers
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