Tag - Elizabeth Banks

Freeze Frame: “Haunted Mansion” (PG-13), “Theater Camp” (PG-13), “Earth Mama” (R), “The Beanie Bubble” (R), “Happiness for Beginners” (PG-13)

The second time isn't the charm for Disney's "Haunted Mansion." This movie based on the Disneyland attraction is, at best, an adequate timewaster for older kids. Director Justin Simien has made some very good movies, but he's clearly out of his element here. The cast is capable, yet this musty...

Freeze Frame: “Cocaine Bear” (R), “Emily” (R), “We Have a Ghost” (PG-13), “Linoleum” (Not rated)

In 1985 a Georgia black bear consumed a duffel bag of cocaine that smugglers had dropped from an airplane. The grisly black comedy “Cocaine Bear” imagines what could have happened if that bear had gone on a drug-fueled killing spree. The carnage is played for laughs in Elizabeth Banks’ twisted...