When you love a book—I mean really love it—you approach its screen adaptation with a curious mix of hopefulness and combativeness: “Oh, I hope they do it justice” blended with “they better not...
In this so-so comedy, already nicknamed “Freaky Friday with dudes,” Jason Bateman plays Dave Lockwood, over-worked lawyer/family man and Ryan Reynolds plays his childhood pal Mitch Planko,...
From the Horrible Bosses, Bad Teacher, and Snakes on a Plane school of title-giving, we now have Cowboys & Aliens, which is about, well . . .yeah. I must say, though, two bold choices by...
I had a major movie crush on the Crazy, Stupid, Love trailer, so when I say the film disappointed me, you should take that with a grain of salt. No, I won’t be ripping its posters off my...
I think I would’ve liked Friends With Benefits a bit more if it weren’t quite so smug. It makes fun of, among other things, John Mayer, chick flicks, Third Eye Blind, and Katherine Heigl. But...
Take away the (frankly lame) 3-D and a few CGI bells and whistles, and Captain America: The First Avenger feels like the kind of movie a little tyke might’ve sprung 10 cents for in 1945...
As I watched the juicy and satisfying Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, it occurred to me how patient the series has been.
Here we were at the eighth and final film of the series (...
The premise of Horrible Bosses—three mild-mannered dudes are driven to potential homicide by their titular tormenters—is nimble enough, so its success depends largely on the, uh, execution.
It helps...
Bad Teacher, not to be confused with Horrible Bosses, which opens in two weeks (is this the Snakes on a Plane effect at work?), is a one-joke film that inevitably wears out its welcome. But hey, at...
When does theft become homage? When the person you’re ripping off is a collaborator. J.J. Abrams apparently knows this and, with Steven Spielberg on board as executive producer, his Super 8...
