Film
Heavy hand topples 'Kingdom'
The forced laugh, the cliched character: Hitting the audience over the head too often keeps this movie from the artistry it could have achieved.

A dear 'Diary'
Renee Zellweger will make you smile with her flawed heroine, Bridget Jones.

• Novel's charm reduced by half on-screen
  Helen Fielding's best-selling novel Bridget Jones's Diary was successful on two counts: Its narrator is disarmingly likable, and its plot is hilariously farcical.

Family movie guide
The Family Movie Guide should be used along with the Motion Picture Association of America rating system for selecting movies suitable for children. Only films rated G, PG or PG-13 are included in this weekly listing, along with occasional R-rated films that may have entertainment or educational value for older children with parental guidance. Films are categorized as "recommended" for family viewing, "recommended with reservations" and "not recommended" for family viewing, with a description of content that led to that categorization. Compiled by St. Petersburg Times film critic Steve Persall.

Persall's Top Five
Recent releases recommended by Times film critic Steve Persall

Also in Theaters
Joe Dirt sounds like a Saturday Night Live sketch idea, the one banished to the show's last 10 minutes when comedy doesn't matter anymore.

Indie Flix
Movies in limited release:

Video
Video: Coming attractions and rankings
COMING ATTRACTIONS

'Men of Honor' is a crisp salute to character
NEW RELEASES

Pop
Team Pop Trivia
This week's winner: Ray Crnkovic of Dunedin knew that Joey Ramone of the Ramones posed in the famous 1978 Punk layout spoofing vintage sci-fi flicks with downtown New York punk vixen Debbie Harry of Blondie.

Pop: Ticket window
On the horizon

Pop: Hot Ticket
Wake him up for the show

Get Away
Get Away: Down the road
Events to watch for; details in future editions of Weekend.

Art
Get a clue on the gallery walk
The Downtown Arts Association spices up its monthly gallery walk Saturday with a new idea: a visual scavenger hunt that takes you to 17 participating galleries in St. Petersburg.

A celebration of women's art
Miriam Schapiro, on exhibit at the Gulf Coast Museum of Art, paid homage to the female art tradition long before it made it into textbooks.

Art: Hot Ticket
Off the Web, into the gallery

Art: Best bets
Art critic Mary Ann Marger's recommendations for this weekend. Please refer to the Art Calendar for details.

Dine
Brunches of distinction
Brunches around Tampa Bay are often crowded and require reservations, and they may already be sold out for Easter, so call ahead. If you want a Bloody Mary or a glass of bubbly with your brunch, remember that Florida law makes you wait until 1 p.m. on Sundays.

The beauty of brunch
Brunch, how do we love thee?

Side dish
So said the note at Mise en Place's casual spinoff on S MacDill Avenue in Tampa. It gave up last week after four tough years as a bistro, winebar, gourmet market and catering center (in varying combinations.)

Second Helping
Alfano's Restaurant

Nite Out
Nite Out: Hot Ticket
Queens of all they survey

Stage
Stage: On the horizon
Baroque -- The St. Petersburg Baroque Ensemble plays music of Scarlatti, Handel, Bach and Pepusch April 23 at the Palladium Theater. $5-$10.

Stage: Hot Ticket
Parsons troupe dances in

Shop
Swaying in the breeze
Visitors to Florida exclaim about the palm trees that wave them toward warm weather. Perhaps that welcoming effect is why they have become an important decorative theme.

In the market
A Dugout at BayWalk

Time Out
A treat with a beat
The Samba Room sways to a Latin rhythm, in food and attitude.