Movie Reviews: News, Information and Reviews
"Salt" is a Hollywood stuntman (and stunt woman) stimulus package, an espionage thriller filled with epic brawls, shootouts and a chase across the roofs of assorted semi trucks and tankers along the highway interchanges of Greater Washington, D.C.
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
It's so sentimental and sweet that you can almost forgive the kids' comedy "Ramona and Beezus" for not being nearly funny enough.
Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
'Delirious' describes the movie, which assuredly offers audiences sights heretofore unseen. Sometimes the first adjective spoken in a movie speaks volumes. The first one you hear in the new thriller "Inception" is "delirious," describing the psychological state of a man, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, who has washed up (or awakened) on a beach and is brought into the home of a wealthy man he has known in other circumstances, somewhere in time.
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Nicolas Cage stars in Jon Turteltaub's loud live-action feature that unfortunately features more special effects than magic. My son and I attended a screening of "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" at a schmantzy new multiplex, and heading out to the car afterward he observed that the only thing louder than the film was the supersonic hand dryer in the restroom.
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Predators is a workable revival of the B-movie hunters-become-the-hunted franchise that Arnold Schwarzenegger and John McTiernan launched back in 1987. It sets up as a taut, nervy Eight Rough Characters in Search of an Exit, flirts with the idea of being a bloody and profane episode of TV's , and only goes seriously wrong in the last half hour.
Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
An agreeable jumble, the animated feature "Despicable Me" sells its 3-D in ways you wouldn't call sophisticated or witty. But you certainly notice it. Front car in a roller coaster, up, up, up, then down, down, down — aaaaahhhh AAAAAAAHHHH !!!!!!!! And like that.
Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
OMG, M. N. Shyamalan, when are you going to show us something cool? M. Night Shyamalan peers over the edge and into the abyss with The Last Airbender. Yes, that's water ahead of him, water all around him. And it's swirling. This colossal folly, the fiasco of the summer of 2010 -- gives us all a ringside seat at the sight of Mr. "I See Dead People's" career gurgling down the drain.
Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Actors breathe life into characters, and the new director keeps things moving in the new installment of the vampire-werewolf saga. Anyone worried about the fate of Bella, Edward, Jacob and the rest of the "Twilight" gang after the moody blues of movie No. 2 can breathe a sigh of relief. "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is back with all of the lethal and loving bite it was meant to have: The kiss of the vampire is cooler, the werewolf is hotter, the battles are bigger and the choices are, as everyone with a pulse knows by now, life-changing.
Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Why is everyone giving Tom Cruise such a hard time? Can't we just forget about what happened on Oprah's couch? Is that asking too much? Is the movie business so flush with charismatic stars who can carry a picture that it can afford to eat its young? I don't think so.
Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700
Co-writer and costar Adam Sandler teams with 'Chuck & Larry' director Dennis Dugan for a middling comedy about childhood friends who reunite. Whoever said the road to hell is paved with good intentions probably got an early look at "Grown Ups." The new Adam Sandler comedy has all the charm of a home movie that does not star your own family, which means it's overly sentimental, filled with you-had-to-be-there moments, bad jokes and even worse camera angles. It's also far too long and an excellent reminder of why most of us spare our friends this sort of share.
Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0700