Bovie Movie

First-time filmmaker Edouard Nammour directs the family-oriented fantasy adventure Tooth. Child actress Yasmin Paige plays Tooth, a rebel among a team of hardworking tooth fairies in Fairytopia. Bored of her job collecting teeth and leaving coins, she intentionally deposits loads of money at the home of young Tolly (Maisie Preston) and Tom (Rory Copus). The kids keep the money a secret from their mom (Sally Phillips) and dad (Tim Dutton). Meanwhile in Fairyland, Tooth discovers that her mistake could mean a lack of funding for the upcoming Christmas. In order to save the holidays, she joins Tom and Tolly on a journey in search of the magical yet retired Mrs. Claus (Phyllida Law). However, they are chased along the way by the evil money-grubbing Plug (Harry Enfield). British actors Stephen Fry, Richard E. Grant, and Vinnie Jones appear in cameo roles. Tooth premiered in the U.K. in February of 2004.

A movie spin-off from Harry Enfield’s TV series, featuring the popular character of Kevin the Teenager. When stubborn, spotty Kevin and his equally hopeless best friend Perry go on holiday to the party island Ibiza, they see it as their big chance to become superstar club DJs and, more importantly, to lose their virginities. But they aren’t prepared for the interference of top DJ Eyeball Paul, not to mention the embarrassment factor of Kevin’s long-suffering parents.

One hint about “Churchill: The Hollywood Years”: Ask around . . . no one’s seen it. Cooler heads probably managed to mothball this seeming direct-to-airline release. (I sat through it having run out of other on-demand options during a very long flight from Asia to NYC.) The premise in an interesting one, not a good one; Hollywood producers have made a Winston Churchill bio-pic with a young American GI (Christian Slater) in the lead for the benefit of the American audience. It’s hard to single out the writing, acting, or direction for criticism because the entire film seems to consist of (justified) outtakes from a movie that may have had some idea what it was doing in the comic space between “Airplane” and “The Player.” The film that finally makes it on to the seatback in front of you is jaw droppingly ill-conceived.