Rubber-faced British funnyman Rowan Atkinson, aka Mr. Bean, reprises his silly spy persona in Johnny English Reborn, a mildly amusing follow-up to the enjoyable 2003 spy spoof that, like its parent, is perfect for those who find the Austin Powers movies too obscene.
Read MoreThe Way stars Martin Sheen as an eye doctor who goes to France after his son (the film’s director and one of Martin’s real life sons, Emilio Estevez) dies in an accident at the beginning of a pilgrimage. Once there, he decides the best way to honor Emilio is to do the pilgrimage himself, taking [...]
Read MoreIn my experience, any actual entertainment value to be found in a Brett Ratner movie has no correlation to the man’s (at best) questionable directorial skills, but to something beyond his control. With the Rush Hour flicks, it was Jackie Chan, while I would have seen X-Men 3 even if David Lynch had directed it. [...]
Read MoreImagine the young people in Logan’s Run dropping dead when they hit thirty instead of being executed and you have the basic idea for In Time, writer/director Andrew Niccol‘s sleek sci-fi effort starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried that manages to overcome lackluster acting and poor plot development thanks to its intriguing premise and striking [...]
Read MoreIf you want to get technical about it, director Shawn Levy‘s Real Steel is not an official adaptation of the Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots game, but it may as well be, because I can’t imagine any other film employing the admittedly silly idea of boxing robots being as wholly enjoyable as this slick, family-friendly [...]
Read MoreThough it shares its title with a 1975 Sam Peckinpah flick, Killer Elite is actually a surprisingly better-than-average Jason Statham thriller, one that nicely complements the perpetually scowling star’s standard shtick of talking tough, kicking butt and driving cars really fast with a somewhat weightier plot and the comparatively superior acting chops of Clive Owen [...]
Read MoreHaving proved she could hold her own with the boys and their toys in last year’s entertaining action comedy The Losers, Zoe Saldana justifiably headlines her own action opus as a sexy, revenge-minded assassin in Colombiana, the latest slick but slight shoot ‘em up to roll out of the prolific Luc Besson action factory.
Read MoreTom Hardy has never disappointed me. There might have been some times, before I knew who he was, when maybe he wasn’t at the top of his game. I’m looking at you, Star Trek: Nemesis. But consistently, since Bronson, I will see anything with Tom Hardy in it.
Read MoreThe original Planet of the Apes franchise, spanning five films from the original 1968 Charlton Heston movie to 1973′s Battle for the Planet of the Apes, was equal parts science fiction and social satire. It turned out that people wearing chimp costumes were remarkably versatile in service of the latter goal, making effective caricatures for [...]
Read MoreJack Black officially gets his first franchise with Kung Fu Panda 2, the sequel to the hugely popular 2008 CGI adventure that improves on its parent by being a little less frenetic and, surprisingly, adopting a somewhat darker tone.
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