The following are capsule reviews of movies recently reviewed by the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Crazy Love (Magnolia)
Perversely engrossing documentary charts how a married, ambulance-chasing lawyer fixated on a 20 year-old Bronx receptionist, wooed her, then had someone blind and disfigure her with lye in 1959 when she became engaged to another, only to marry her after serving 14 years in prison for the crime. Director Dan Klores conducts extensive on-camera interviews with the still-married couple as viewers are left to evaluate if this is just a bizarre story of obsession and co-dependency or one of enduring love and forgiveness. Intermittent violent, suicidal and sexual references and an instance of rough language. (A-III, PG-13)

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox)
The wedding of Mister Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd) and Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba) is interrupted by a cosmic force set to destroy the planet, and the pair must join with the Human Torch (Chris Evans) and the Thing (Michael Chiklis) to avert disaster, trying to dissuade the evil force's emissary, a silver man (voice of Laurence Fishburne) on a flying surf board, from his dastardly mission, while contending with an overbearing army general (Andre Braugher) and duplicitous Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon). Apart from the elements listed below, director Tim Story's superior sequel -- with its personable leads, above-average special effects, and not-taking-itself-too-seriously tone -- makes for an engaging B-level adventure with a commendable message about making the right choices in life. Some mild innuendo and crass expressions, moderate action violence and implied nudity. (A-II, PG)

Hostel: Part II (Lionsgate)
Repellently sadistic story of three American girls (Lauren German, Heather Matarazzo and Bijou Phillips) kidnapped abroad for the deviant purpose of being slaughtered by wealthy clients (including Roger Bart and Richard Burgi) at a Slovakian mansion. Eli Roth's film has a glossy look and is not without style and even a smidgen of substance, but what might have been a reasonably good horror film along more conventional lines instead becomes an empty, wince-inducing bloodbath. Pervasive violence and gore including disemboweling, castration, cannibalism, brief full male and female nudity, much rough language and profanity. The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is O -- morally offensive. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Nancy Drew (Warner Bros.)
Reasonably involving, though strictly formulaic, yarn about a plucky teenage detective (Emma Roberts) who, despite her father's (Tate Donovan) admonition to stop "sleuthing" when they move from a small town to Los Angeles, can't resist the urge to unravel the mystery behind a Hollywood actress's death years ago, with the aid of a 12-year-old admirer (Josh Flitter) and her shy boyfriend from back home (Max Thieriot) while she holds her own with the bratty girls in high school who disparage her geeky ways. Director and co-writer Andrew Fleming puts a contemporary spin on the enduring heroine (created in 1930), which Drew aficionados may decry, but despite Nancy's aforementioned secretive snooping and a few other elements which follow keeps an overall innocent -- if savvy -- spirit, and allows her to operate with integrity. A character presumably born out of wedlock, light violence, mild innuendo and mild disobedience of parental authority. (A-II, PG).

The Office for Film & Broadcasting classifications of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops rates movies on the basis of moral suitability: A-I -- general patronage; A-II -- adults and adolescents; A-III -- adults; L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling; O -- morally offensive. MPAA ratings: G -- general audiences. All ages admitted; PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children; PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13; R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian; NC-17 -- no one 17 and under admitted.