At the Movies

At the Movies

• Mel Gibson returns in 'Edge of Darkness' It's been seven years since his last film, but Mel Gibson is still playing martyr. One might fairly call Gibson "The Crusader," and not just because of his widely known religious views or because he directed "The Passion of the Christ."

  January 27, 2010 1 Photo  

• ‘Horton Hears a Who’ stretches, strains Seuss’ tiny tale Horton may hear a Who, but the rest of us may hear a lot of hoopla, and it’s not all the charming sort you expect from a benign Seussian world. “Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!” succeeds to a point in putting the Hollywood spin on Theodor S. Geisel’s beloved children’s book about an elephant defending a microscopic civilization.

  March 12, 2008 1 Photo 1 Link  

• ‘Miss Pettigrew’ lives a little through charm of McDormand, Adams From the title “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,” you might assume correctly that the lady in question hasn’t really lived before this particular day arrived.

  March 11, 2008 1 Photo 1 Link  

• The mind-numbing ‘10,000 BC’ is a historic bore A mix of vast CGI spectacle and small, silly moments, the prehistoric saga “10,000 BC” is an epic in name only. Rather, the latest mind-numbing extravaganza from director Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day,” “The Day After Tomorrow”) feels more like a video game in film form.

  March 11, 2008 1 Photo 1 Link  

• Will Ferrell trots out familiar persona for basketball comedy‘Semi-Pro’ Here’s how devoted Will Ferrell is to his craft: That ’fro he rocks in “Semi-Pro”? It’s his real hair, the product of six months of work — or neglect, depending on your perspective.

  March 5, 2008 1 Photo  

• Ricci’s ‘Penelope’ turns sow’s snout into silky cinema No offense intended, but a pig snout is very becoming on Christina Ricci. The actress is lovably adorable in the adorably lovable “Penelope,” a fairy-tale romance that’s a perfect mix of Ricci’s oddball sensibilities and her inherent sweetness.

  February 27, 2008 1 Photo  

• ‘Charlie Bartlett’ a likably quirky teen tale Sitting through the offbeat teen comedy “Charlie Bartlett” makes you feel as if you’ve just watched three episodes of a new TV series you can’t wait to see more of — one that’s so funny and smart and unpredictable, it would probably only survive one season on the air, if that, then gain a cult following on DVD.

  February 26, 2008 1 Photo 1 Link  

• ‘Be Kind Rewind’ has a clever idea that falls apart in fluffy execution “Be Kind Rewind,” the latest fantasy from the exceedingly fertile imagination of writer-director Michel Gondry, contains a wonderful nugget of an idea that will appeal to both regular moviegoers and hardcore film geeks alike.

  February 21, 2008 1 Photo  

• Romero’s latest zombie tale ‘Diary of the Dead’ still aims for the head We sit in front of computer screens for hours, posting and clicking on the most mundane and intimate details of our lives that are out there for all the world to see — or no one. But it’s cathartic, so who cares? Leaving us sluggish and mumbling with glazed eyes and pasty skin, technology has practically turned us into ... zombies. Or so the logic seems to go in “George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead.”

  February 15, 2008 1 Photo  

• ‘Jumper’ has cool concept and globetrotting locations but lacks substance So let’s say you’re a young, good-looking guy, with strong cheekbones and puppy-dog eyes and pillowy, kissable lips. Hayden Christensen, for instance. And let’s say you have this amazingly cool ability to jump anywhere in the world at any time, just by thinking of the place you want to go.

  February 13, 2008 1 Photo 1 Link  

• The hitman comedy ‘In Bruges’ starts with biting laughs, ends with a bang Playwright Martin McDonagh breathes unabashedly obscene, new life into the overly familiar mismatched-buddy formula with “In Bruges,” a comedy about hit men sent into hiding in the quaint Belgian town.

  February 8, 2008 1 Photo 1 Link  

• ‘Fool’s Gold’ a painfully lame comedy that should have stayed buried There’s a moment in “Fool’s Gold” when Matthew McConaughey, as a flaky treasure hunter, finds himself stranded in the middle of the ocean, bobbing up and down as he clings to an ice chest, baking in the stillness of the sun and praying that someone will come by and rescue him.
  
  And you’re watching him thinking, “Yeah, I know exactly how he feels.”

  February 5, 2008 1 Photo  

• Cyrus is a likable dynamo, but ‘Hannah Montana’ movie is for tween girls only As an adult sitting through the 3-D Hannah Montana concert film, it’s impossible not to be overwhelmed — but not by the piercing screech of thousands of frantic 9-year-olds, the crisp digital imagery or the catchiness of the Disney star’s peppy tunes.

  January 31, 2008 1 Photo  

• ‘Rambo’ reeks of depraved violence as Stallone builds up the body count Sylvester Stallone insisted he would only do another “Rambo” flick if it was about the human condition. He stuck to his guns. Chapter 4, simply titled “Rambo,” is about the condition of humans — after they’ve been blown apart by bombs, land mines and projectiles fired from the biggest, loudest firearms you may ever encounter on screen.

  January 24, 2008 1 Photo  

• ‘U2 3D’ immerses you in songs and images After all those hits and all those decades of playing together, U2 is still a tremendous live act — which makes the idea of a three-dimensional concert film seem sort of redundant.

  January 22, 2008 1 Photo  

• ‘Cloverfield’ is a monster movie for the YouTube generation Go ahead and call it gimmicky, but “Cloverfield” is effective. The trailer, with its image of the Statue of Liberty’s severed head bouncing down a Manhattan street, created huge buzz online and at Comic-Con.

  January 17, 2008 1 Photo  

• Heigl’s intriguing presence is wasted in formulaic rom-com ‘27 Dresses’ “27 Dresses” is so chock full of romantic-comedy cliches, it almost plays like a parody. Katherine Heigl’s Jane is always a bridesmaid and never a bride, a role she’s performed 27 times already because she’s so adept at anticipating and meeting her friends’ every prenuptial need.

  January 15, 2008 1 Photo  

• ‘Bucket List’ survives near-terminal case of contrivance Facing terminal illness, we all should get to experience a no-costs-barred world tour to do everything we ever wanted. Most of us don’t have the convenient bottomless wallet that allows Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman to do just that in “The Bucket List,” a comic drama that puts director Rob Reiner back in commercial — if not artistic — form.

  December 25, 2007 1 Photo  

• Cage’s second ‘Treasure’ finds more fool’s gold The founding fathers of the “National Treasure” franchise wisely know not to tinker with a formula that inexplicably works. Nicolas Cage, Jon Turteltaub and Jerry Bruckheimer discovered the secret of alchemy with the first movie three years ago, turning mediocre action spiced with American lore into box-office gold, and the same is likely to hold for the second chapter in their history text.

  December 21, 2007 1 Photo  

• ‘Sweeney Todd’ a perfect fit for Burton and Depp’s dark sensibilities “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” is the quintessential Tim Burton movie, even though it springs from somebody else’s celebrated mind. Everything about Stephen Sondheim’s revered musical, which provided the inspiration for the film, seems tailor-made for the director’s sensibilities.

  December 19, 2007 1 Photo  

• 'Alvin' turns chipmunks into pop stars Are singing chipmunks really so different from Britney Spears? In "Alvin and the Chipmunks," our furry, little singing friends have been turned into something like tiny Justin Timberlakes.

  December 13, 2007 1 Photo  

• Movie review: Last-man-on-Earth saga ‘I Am Legend’ strikingly shot, then turns cheesy So if we must watch the last man on Earth wander aimlessly, it may as well be someone who can hold our attention like the charismatic Will Smith, star of “I Am Legend.”

  December 13, 2007 1 Photo  

• Cusack wrings tears with home-front film ‘Grace Is Gone’ Previous war-on-terror dramas this year have fallen short by putting their heads before their hearts. Not “Grace Is Gone.” It’s stirring, even gut-wrenching, on the strength of John Cusack’s terrifically restrained performance as a husband in denial over the death of his wife in Iraq.

  December 7, 2007 1 Photo  

• ‘The Golden Compass’ is visually elaborate but cold to the touch Nicole Kidman’s presence in the elaborate fantasy flick “The Golden Compass” is emblematic of the movie itself: aesthetically lush but ultimately cold to the touch.

  December 5, 2007 1 Photo  

• Movie review: Jenkins tackles tough topic of aging with absurd humor in ‘The Savages’ Estranged brother and sister Jon and Wendy Savage (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney) are screwed-up and self-absorbed, but they certainly seem realistic. Sometimes they’re shrill, sometimes they’re scared, often they’re incredibly thoughtless and have no qualms about lying to each other.

  November 27, 2007  

• Disney makes fun of its own fairy tales with the infectious ‘Enchanted’ Surely this was inevitable. After years of watching the monstrously successful “Shrek” franchise parody everything beloved about those classic animated Disney movies, Disney is showing a sense of humor and making fun of itself.

  November 21, 2007 1 Photo  

• ‘August Rush’ plays obnoxiously sugary melody There are precious movies and then there are movies about 11-year-old orphans following “the music.” In this respect, “August Rush” is on another level. We need to break out a whole new definition of cheesiness for a film like this, augmented by fake tears and vomit gestures.

  November 20, 2007 1 Photo  

• Animated 3-D ‘Beowulf’ sexes up the epic Old English poem The name “Beowulf” alone surely will inspire painful memories of high-school English class and pangs of dread. Never fear. This 3-D animated “Beowulf” is more like “300,” only with more violence, if that’s possible. And nudity — lots and lots of nudity.

  November 14, 2007 1 Photo  

• 1-note ‘Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium’ tries too hard to be whimsical You’d have to be a really little kid — we’re talking young enough to be enthralled by colorful, shiny objects and oblivious to the necessity of character development — to want to hang out at “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium.”

  November 14, 2007 1 Photo  

• Elves, princesses, mobsters and monsters crowd Hollywood’s holidays Among your choices on Hollywood’s holiday menu, you can have talking bees and chipmunks or savage aliens and predators. You can have jolly elves and pretty princesses or vicious gangsters and the mother of all mythic monsters. You can have music, or you can have blood. And in at least one case, you can have both.

  November 8, 2007 1 Photo  

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