Family filmgoer

Family-oriented reviews of movies now in Cape theaters

Delightful return of 'Nanny McPhee' but not so for 'Vampires'

Five years have elapsed since Emma Thompson made her mark as the flipside of Mary Poppins, a caretaker of the young who only emerges when she is needed and not wanted.

'Exorcism' a thriller best suited for teens

"The Last Exorcism" (PG-13) - Shot in cinema verite style, this rather fresh variation-on-a-theme thriller relies more on giving you the creeps than on actual blood-and-guts horror, though there is a bit of that, too. "The Last Exorcism" runs primarily on foreboding and fear.

'Nanny McPhee' not as magical the second time around

With her magical abilities and common-sense methods of child-raising, Nanny McPhee is something like Mary Poppins in her profession as an English governess.

Cardboard refuge

By TED ANTHONY