Movie spotlight: 'Mirror Mirror'

Daft, dazzling in design but straining ever so hard to be hip, "Mirror Mirror" isn't your Uncle Walt's "Snow White." Julia Roberts is the wicked queen/evil stepmother, and this story is ostensibly told from her point of view. A novel take, only they lost their nerve and didn't follow through with it. Roberts brings a hint of glee to playing a broad screen villain. But only a hint. Look at Susan Sarandon's take on this character in "Enchanted" to see how it's supposed to be done. As Snow White, Lily Collins, the gorgeous, bushy-browed daughter of pop singer Phil Collins, conjures memories of generations of models turned movie stars. Not since Francis Ford Coppola slapped his daughter Sofia into "Godfather III" have we seen a performance this dull, whispered and charisma-free.