17 Again (review)
The best thing that can be said about this gender-swapped trifle of a riff on *Freaky Friday* is that it’s entirely inoffensive…
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Anvil! The Story of Anvil documentary review
I’m still not 100 percent convinced that this wonderfully bittersweet documentary isn’t entirely a put-on.
Observe and Report (review)
‘I thought this was gonna be funny,’ says a character at one vital point in *Observe and Report,* ‘but it’s actually kinda sad.’ Bingo!
Fling (review)
Poor Brandon Routh. He caught the Superman curse.
Adventureland (review)
Summer of 1987. Oh, these kids are my temporal peeps.
Fast & Furious (review)
Damn if there ain’t enough street racing in this here street racing movie.
12 Rounds (review)
This ain’t the real *12 Rounds.* Not the actual movie. It’s more like a storyboard. Or an animatic. That’s it. Just to give you an idea of what the real movie’s gonna look like. Man, you’re gonna love it, I swear.
The Haunting in Connecticut (review)
It’s almost impossible not to be sympathetic to any character Virginia Madsen (The Number 23) plays, she’s so irresistibly likeable a screen presence, but that gets tried sorely in this rote haunted-house flick, which telegraphs its obvious scares, even the ones it has shamelessly stolen from far superior scary movies. The year is 1987, and … more…
Shall We Kiss? (review)
Charming and tender and wisely funny…
Monsters vs. Aliens (review)
The nicest monster movie ever…
