Review: “The Adjustment Bureau”
With a strange premise and little in way of visual effects trickery, 'Bureau' is perhaps the most low-key and bizarre adaptation of a Phillip...
Review: “Battle: Los Angeles”
"Battle: Los Angeles" isn't an alien invasion film, it's a military picture with the occasional alien appearance. The marketing trumpets a global perspective on...
Review: “Mars Needs Moms!”
"Mars Needs Moms" is a peculiar moviegoing experience where its least effective element boils down to a single obnoxious performance. Lively, richly animated with...
Review: “Red Riding Hood”
Well, it's officially here. Instead of Hollywood rabidly chasing the success of "Harry Potter" by turning every semi-known kid-lit book into a potential big...
Review: “Beastly”
I'm honestly baffled by "Beastly" and I'm not sure if it's just my personal reaction to this brain-dead feature or if there's something genuinely...
Review: “Take Me Home Tonight”
"Take Me Home Tonight" has endured a bumpy ride on its way to theatrical distribution. Shot nearly four years ago, this comedy has been...
Review: “Hall Pass”
I used to believe the 1998 smash, "There's Something About Mary," was the best thing that could've happened to the filmmaking duo, Peter and...
Review: “Drive Angry”
Movies that pursue a campy tone always walk a thin line of execution. Play the absurdity just right, and there's of mess of good...
Review: “Vanishing on 7th Street”
Effective in atmosphere if somewhat lacking in other departments, Brad Anderson's supernatural thriller posits what seems to be a post-Rapture world where most of...
Review: “Unknown”
The story owes much to Hitchcock and the look much to the first 'Bourne' film, but Jaume Collet-Serra's latest film is a far more...
Review: “Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son”
When "Big Momma's House" was released in 2000, I can't imagine there was any honest expectation of a sequel. An undemanding drag comedy merging...
Review: “I Am Number Four”
It was bound to happen sooner or later. With "I Am Number Four," Hollywood attempts to branch out to other genres to find a...
Review: “Gnomeo and Juliet”
Even by animated filmmaking standards, "Gnomeo & Juliet" is a strange picture. Imagine William Shakespeare's immortal classic of love and death acted out by...
Review: “Just Go With It”
One could look at "Just Go with It" as a semi-remake of the 1969 comedy "The Cactus Flower" (itself adapted from an Abe Burrows...
Review: “The Eagle”
Technically, we've already been here, and recently too. Last summer, Neil Marshall's blood-drenched "Centurion" took viewers into the mystery of Rome's legendary Ninth Legion,...
Review: “Sanctum”
One would think that a simple spelunking disaster scenario would be enough to fill the running time of "Sanctum." After all, the inherent danger...
Review: “The Roommate”
"The Roommate" is a dreadful motion picture, but do you really need me to tell you that? From top to bottom, the film is...
Review: “The Mechanic”
"The Mechanic" is a remake of a largely forgotten 1972 thriller starring Charles Bronson. The update brings in Jason Statham to growl lines and...
Review: “The Rite”
"The Rite" declares at the onset that it's "inspired by true events." I'm inclined to believe the claim, as the film keeps true to...
Review: “No Strings Attached”
It's unsettling to think the man responsible for "Meatballs," "Stripes," "Ghostbusters," and "Kindergarten Cop" has spent the last decade churning out misfires such as...
Review: “The Green Hornet”
"The Green Hornet" is a beloved superhero franchise that has carried on triumphantly through the years on radio, television, and the silver screen. For...
Review: “The Dilemma”
Stepping away from serious business (and the lucrative world of Robert Langdon) for a spell, Ron Howard mounts his first comedy in over a...
Review: “Season of the Witch”
It's difficult to take Nicolas Cage seriously these days. The former madman has been forced into a series of paycheck gigs for reasons obvious...
Review: “Country Strong”
Writer/director Shana Feste aims to pattern her latest film, "Country Strong," after the tragic love songs of the enduring musical genre. What she comes...
Review: “The King’s Speech”
An assured crowd-pleaser, "The King's Speech" struck me most pointedly as a depiction of friendship between two men. There's plenty of history and period...
Review: “Gulliver’s Travels”
Perhaps I'm not up on my Jonathan Swift as well as I should be, but was there actually a scene in the novel, "Gulliver's...
Review: “Little Fockers”
There's a bit of medical anal play tucked snugly into the first five minutes of the sequel, "Little Fockers." No greetings and salutations, just,...
Review: “True Grit”
With "True Grit," Joel and Ethan Coen bring to the screen their take on archetypal western storytelling, lassoing together a leathered tale of spur-jangly...
Review: “Tron: Legacy”
It's almost impossible to consider it's been 28 years since Disney's "TRON" provided a new language of special effects to the industry, bonding scruffy...
Review: “How Do You Know”
"How Do You Know" is a James L. Brooks film that plays like a parody of a James L. Brooks film. It's an overly...