“Beastly” is just as superficial and obsessed with looks as the characters and the mindset it rails against, which would seem like a bitter, frustrating irony if it merited the emotional reaction to ...

Century 10 Rated PG-13 for language including crude comments, brief violence and some thematic material 88 minutes 3 out of 4 stars The first good movie of the new year happens to be a "tale as old as ...

A modernized riff on Beauty and the Beast that’s as subtle as its protagonist’s freaky facial blemishes, Beastly offers up an Apple-store-shiny high school crammed with catty cretins, blossoming love ...

There’s less to “Beastly” than meets the eye – and what meets the eye is no great shakes, either. It’s a new spin on a classic that doesn’t seem to have read the source material before deciding to ...

Created and performed by Melissa Hale Woodman, Beastly blends standup comedy, poetic reverie, and a strategic call to action. In Woodman's own words, "Imagine if The Vagina Monologues and Roald Dahl's ...

A recent behind-the-scenes featurette shed some light on how Beastly, a teenage update on the Beauty and the Beast story, will approach its source material. CBS Films has released a new trailer for ...

Rich brat Kyle is handsome on the outside, ugly on the inside — until one day he makes the mistake of publicly humiliating a high-school Goth girl whose interest in witchcraft isn’t a pose. And ...

Beastly nearly succeeds at hiding all of its woes behind its comedic exterior. Unfortunately, the film has a devastatingly pretentious beginning and an unwieldy message. This modern day reimagining of ...

Romantic youth fantasy. Starring Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer and Mary-Kate Olsen. Directed by Daniel Barnz. (PG-13. 86 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) A sweet film - a modern riff on "Beauty and ...

The best thing about this movie -- starring Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens and Mary-Kate Olsen -- is that it's only 86 minutes long. By Kirk Honeycutt Beastly defies some serious odds in moviemaking ...