If I open by saying I really enjoy Mike Myers
work, I fear I'm setting things up for the
proverbial "but." In the case of "The Love Guru,"
it's a loud and clear conjunction t ...
When the creative juices aren't flowing, reach
back and see if you can't retool a previous
creation. And in the case of "Get Smart," if you
combine today's technology (CGI an ...
Writer/director/producer/actor M. Night Shyamalan
presents "The Happening" for your viewing
pleasure. And as suspense thrillers go, I'm
comfortable saying he's delivered (aga ...
It's big, it's green, and it's on the screen: it's
the repackaged Incredible Hulk, with some spiffy
CGI graphics, oodles of action and explosions, and
even good dialogue -- sw ...
Actor/writer/producer Adam Sandler has brought to
life his annual comedy film installment -- for
2008, it's "You Don't Mess with the Zohan."
Israeli Mossad agent Zohan is ...
Setting out to be on a grand scale, "Sex and the
City: The Movie" packs a whole lot of happening's
into an equally impressive 2 hour 20 minute film.
For fans of the show, it ...
In the vein of "Millions," and to a lesser extent
"Napoleon Dynamite" (both now a few years back)
comes "Son of Rambow," one of those wide-eyed
youthful films of innocence, ch ...
Gosh, it's been *weeks* since we've had a romantic
comedy film flutter across the silver screen, and
in a curious matching of Cameron Diaz and Ashton
Kutcher, we have somethin ...
If you're in the market for a little drama and
some fight scenes that aren't of the comical ilk
(a la The Forbidden Kingdom), the limited release
"Redbelt" may be quite comfor ...
I opted to bide my time and take in "Made of
Honor" on Mother's Day, with mom... seemed like a
decent outing on a day where most folks were
across the way for brunch.
Hanna ...
In another turn of big stars in small films, "My
Blueberry Nights" recently passed through my neck
of the woods after completing the film festival
circuit in most of 2007.
...
I'm going to make a few assumptions here. The
first being the folks who typically really dig the
pot-smoking, drug-induced haze in their films
likely don't read reviews about ...
