After her hunky Irish fiancé dies, a woman begins receiving a series of letters from beyond the grave, leading her on a whimsical journey through Ireland and through her own grief. Romantic or creepy? The dead-on-arrival romance P.S. I Stalk You—excuse us, P.S. I Love You (Warner Bros.)—falls squarely in the latter category. Having a wacky undead Irishman micromanaging your life isn't a fantasy many women seem anxious to realize…
The stealthy pro-life drama Bella (Lionsgate) won the Audience Award at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and quietly made a small fortune in general release, even though it's bolstered by a point-of-view that doesn't necessarily speak to liberal-minded arthouse audiences. Too bad the film is so ugly, sentimental, and false: The message seems to be that if you're a single, poor, unemployed, pregnant waitress, you should keep your baby, because you're bound to befriend a soulful ex-soccer player in need of redemption and his warm-hearted extended family…
"Irresistible" isn't the right word to describe the feminist horror film Teeth (Weinstein), but its premise of a virginal teenager cursed with "vagina dentata" certainly catches the eye. This shocking anatomical anomaly is both a frightening, David Cronenberg-like expression of psychic distress and an empowering tool for a sexually uncertain girl who's in need of some leverage. First-time director Mitchell Lichtenstein (son of pop artist Roy) lets the camp-horror tone get away from him, but Jess Weixler's uninhibited performance helps hold the film together…
