In trying something completely new and different, Edgar Wright has another cult classic in the making here with Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World. The movie lives or dies by its over-the-top visual and music style.
Read MoreOverall, The Expendables is a nostalgic blast of updated 80's excess. Hollywood doesn't make action movies like this anymore, and probably for the cheesy reasons they are what they are.
Read MoreSpielberg and Lucas made Raiders of the Lost Ark as a homage to the Saturday morning adventure serials of the 1930's and 1940's. The look and feel of the finished product is like no other, between the locations, the fashion, and the sets (and the snakes!).
Read MoreThe Kids Are All Right, if you couldn't tell already, is not your typical summer movie and a great piece of original filmmaking. As aforementioned, where this movie wins is with it's family and love. Beyond the sexual orientation of the parents, their characters are rooted those two qualities, just like any other typical California family.
Read MoreDirector Adam McKay (in his fourth collaboration with Ferrell) could have made an entire two-hour movie of just watching these two sit at their desks busting each other's balls and it would have been hilarious.
Read MoreIt's in the all-important element of storytelling that Despicable Me fails to succeed. You kind of need a story that has a point to keep my attention. I'm sure the kids will love it, but this movie doesn't have a story or a point.
Read MorePredators tries but cannot match the unpredictable, quiet, and stalking suspense with the jungle trees that the original had. I never felt a level of taut suspense while watching it. There are some great action sequences, which earn its stars here, but I never jumped out of my seat in surprise or scooted to the edge of my seat in excitement.
Read MoreWith The Last Airbender, I thought M. Night was going to break his losing streak. The previews looked promising and didn't emphasize his usual weirdness. I thought by taking on and adapting a name-brand project from a place like Nickelodeon that he would shake off the rust. I thought that doing essentially a kid's film he didn't obscurely write himself would ignore both his signature tendency to drop scary twists for the sake of twists and also the itch to create an R-rated picture like 2008's The Happening. Boy, was I wrong.
Read MoreThe Karate Kid proved every pessimistic expectation I had from the marketing and production wrong. Even with a long 140 minute running time (right there with Robin Hood), your watch will stop and the time will breeze by. After Toy Story 3, this is the best family film so far this year. Boy, was I wrong and so pleasantly surprised!
Read MoreDon't get me wrong. The action outweighs caring about the story's implausibility. Like I said, shut your brain off and enjoy the great fireworks. When you compare this movie to crap like Killers or the overdone CGI stunts of other movies, it's truly fun to watch Tom Cruise do his own thing.
Read MoreToy Story 3 proudly continues not only the legacy of its own successful film series, but the Pixar dynasty of perfection.
Read MoreJonah Hex is as convoluted and as haphazardly made as the title character's face.
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