3 film reviews in 3 sentences: Miami Vice, Knocked Up, Little Miss Sunshine

Having signed up for a DVD-by-mail service, I really should be doing full reviews of everything I watch, in preparation for updates to the DM site.

But at 11pm on a Sunday, I thought it'd be quicker and easier for both author and reader to see if I could sum up three films in a sentence each:

Miami Vice: Michael Mann reuses the slow, duller bits from Heat - just without the contrasting action, interesting plot or notable actors - and in doing so, sucks the fun and excitement out of fast cars and cops.

Little Miss Sunshine: Really enjoyable take on the road movie, which sees an oddball family in the independent film tradition undertake an occasionally challenging and dryly funny challenge to good effect.

Knocked Up: Trades on the charms of Katherine Heigl and occasionally funny set pieces with Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd, but the script is weak in places, the supporting cast are too one-dimensional to be engaging, and it's not as accomplished as Superbad.

So Little Miss Sunshine gets recommended, in a Disposable Media 4/5 star stylie, Knocked Up gets a bearable 3/5 stars, and Miami Vice loses the Vangelis soundtrack, comedy fashion, fun, excitement, and anything else - except the 30 minutes of running time that would have increased the pace and lost extraneous lingering arty shots.