Movie Reviews
Nanny McPhee Returns Movie Reviews
Nanny McPhee Returns Movie Reviews, Pigs fly and perform a Busby Berkeley-style water ballet. Maggie Gyllenhaal sports a posh British accent. Everybody steps in dung repeatedly.
These are the high points of “Nanny McPhee Returns,” an overlong and overproduced sequel to the dimly recalled 2005 family flick written by and starring Emma Thompson as the poor kid’s Mary Poppins
Piranha 3D Movie Review
Piranha 3D Movie Review, Are you a breast man? An ass man? Or a fish man? Either way, there’s plenty of all three in this bloody spree by French director Alexandre Aja.
The Switch Review
The Switch Review, “The Switch” begins with the sort of promise that might as well be taken as a warning. A narrator riffs on timing, in particular, romantic timing. There are very few instances of true synchronicity, he muses. Most of us make our way to each other by a series of odd collisions and tender compromises.
The Expendables Review
The Expendables Review, Admit it. the idea of Sylvester Stallone assembling a team of inglorious bastards to kick ass in The Expendables is a testosterone turn-on.
The Oxford Murders Movie Review
The Oxford Murders Movie Review, Disappointing, badly plotted thriller, let down by some dodgy acting, poor direction and a script that makes The Da Vinci Code look like a masterpiece.
Cats and Dogs Movie Review
Cats and Dogs Movie Review, Although critter movies have performed extremely well at the boxoffice, “Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore” will put that trend to a tough test.
Get Low Movie Review
Get Low Movie Review, No matter how many wily old Southern coots and rascals Robert Duvall has played, he always finds a way to play another one and make him a fresh, unique presence.
Charlie St. Cloud Movie Review
Charlie St. Cloud Movie Review, Zac Efron may be the prettiest young actor in movies today — he’s like a preppy update of Shaun Cassidy in his teen-dream prime — but he also demonstrates that looks will get you only so far.
Dinner for Schmucks Movie Review
Dinner for Schmucks Movie Review, There’s something a little “off” with Dinner for Schmucks. The premise, borrowed from Francis Veber’s 1999 French farce, The Dinner Game, hasn’t improved significantly as a result of its translation into English.
Salt Movie Review
Salt Movie Review, “Salt,” a ludicrous but somehow credible spy thriller starring Angelina Jolie, delivers a swift, super-charged kick in the pants. Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, who may or may not be a Russian mole in the CIA.
Farewell (L’affaire Farewell) Movie Review
Farewell (L’affaire Farewell) Movie Review, A film for those who love Arnold Schwarzenegger but not so much his take on politics, Farewell (or more precisely, L’Affaire Farewell) is a far shot from your typical American blockbuster, delivering both beauty and the brains to go with it.
Life During Wartime Movie Review
Life During Wartime Movie Review, In revisiting his darkly comic 1998 ensembler “Happiness,” Todd Solondz may have made his best film with “Life During Wartime.”
Kisses Movie Review (2010)
Kisses Movie Review (2010), The music of Bob Dylan winds through Lance Daly’s “Kisses” like the call of a twangy pied piper beckoning two preteen runaways deeper into the night as they wander through the streets of Dublin after dark at Christmastime.
Standing Ovation Movie Review
Standing Ovation Movie Review, “Standing Ovation” is an innovative film in the sense that every minute or so it comes up with a different way of being annoying.
