2 stars out of 5
Certainly as Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg), a Pennsylvania high school science teacher, flatly remarked early in the film, there are “forces at work beyond our understanding.” These forces aren’t the mysterious events that are causing people to kill themselves in sketch comedy fashion, but the ability of a certain writer/director/producer/all around [...]

3.5 stars out of 5

Entertaining, surprisingly enlightening and most of all, fun, I Am Legend is a knapsack full of water in a desert of over-the-top gore and torture porn. Thoughtful and scary in all the right places, this is classic Will Smith in his most natural environment. Monsters and playing savior of the [...]

3.5 stars out of 5

In the late ’60s, the TV show, Get Smart, captured a a special absurdest humor against a backdrop of frustration against the government intelligence establishment. Silly satire at its best, the original Get Smart had a wry wit mixed with enough slapstick to pull a laugh from even the most hardened [...]

3.5 stars out of 5
Let’s be honest for a moment. Rachel Getting Married is quickly becoming a “critical darling” and most of it is deserved and a lot of it isn’t. Anne Hathaway looks terrible and anytime a leading Hollywood beauty looks bad, whispers of “Oscar” starts. (Charlize Theron alone has two with Monster and [...]

3 stars out of 5
Guy Ritchie makes guy films. Oh sure, you’ll see some of the female persuasion in the auditorium, but do not be fooled. He makes films for dudes…and one for Madonna. Rocknrolla is his return to high-level violence with a heaping spoonful of wit, laughs, and large former Soviet guerrillas. With [...]

1.5 stars out of 5
Nobody said espionage was easy. Nobody said Quantum of Solace had to be like Casino Royale but somebody should have pistol-whipped Nobody and locked him in the trunk of a car because Quantum of Solace, the 22nd Bond film in the series, is neither easy nor interesting. Worst of all is [...]

3 stars out of 5
Angelina Jolie is an enigma wrapped in a luscious-lipped riddle. She can either shoot your face off through a graphic novel or video game inspired popcorn muncher (Wanted, two Tomb Raider movies) or move you to tears in films inspired by real life events (A Mighty Heart). This time around in [...]

3.5 stars out of 5
Cop dramas, specifically stories about police corruption, are as old as the institutions themselves. Reaching a cinematic pinnacle in the 1970s with films like The French Connection, Serpico, and The Prince and the City (which had a release in 1981, technically speaking), Pride and Glory is a rehash of a stripped [...]

3 stars out of 5
Let’s get something clear. If you don’t like Indiana Jones, you really should have your “movie fan” badge ripped off your chest and stomped on repeatedly. A phone call to Homeland Security would also be in order. The Indiana Jones series is one of the most beloved in movie history and [...]

1 star out of 5
The growing trend of POV style horror film-making, like that of The Blair Witch Project and more recently Cloverfield, is about as welcome as the trend of dudes wearing girls jeans. Uncomfortable, inauthentic, and based on a novelty, I’m convinced that directors use this cheap ploy to try and cover up [...]