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Earlier this year, Michael Bay admitted that the 2009 ‘Transformers’ sequel ‘Revenge of the Fallen‘ “was crap” (his words). Of course, he placed most of blame on the Writer’s Strike, not h...
Earlier this year, Michael Bay admitted that the 2009 ‘Transformers’ sequel ‘Revenge of the Fallen‘ “was crap” (his words). Of course, he placed most of blame on the Writer’s Strike, not h...
Surprisingly, the writers of ‘Year One‘ have actually written a funny comedy. Even if it took stealing the plot of ‘Bad Santa‘ and changing the gender of the central character to do it, they finally produce...
Pixar’s winning streak is over. Although I strongly disliked the original ‘Cars‘ when it was released back in 2006, upon seeing it a second time, I realized that it’s not that bad, despite being little more...
Like every other Conan O’Brien fan in the world, I was sad to see him leave ‘The Tonight Show’. While the whole debacle became speculation-filled chatter around water-coolers and news programs, O’Brien slip...
Unfortunately, my first bout with Terrence Malick was trying to watch ‘The New World‘ at 1 AM on a non-stop flight from Dallas, Texas to London, England. The movie itself was so boring, yet I could not fall asleep. How...
Making superhero comic books into live action movies is a difficult task. ‘Thor’ graciously and successfully pulled it off. ‘Green Lantern’ simply doesn’t.
Expectations are a dangerous thing. The higher they are, the harder they are to meet, let alone exceed. Being a huge J.J. Abrams fan, my expectations for ‘Super 8’ were high – ridiculously high – but much to my surpris...
Easily Woody Allen’s best comedy in ages, ‘Midnight in Paris’ tells the story of Gil (Owen Wilson), a “Hollywood hack who never gave actual literature a shot, until now.” While visiting Paris with his...
‘Beginners’, the latest film from writer/director Mike Mills (‘Thumbsucker’), stars Ewan McGregor as a 38-year-old lonely guy stuck questioning the life he lives and the direction he’s headed. Three e...
For the second time this year, a blockbuster fifth installment to a franchise has become the best of the series. It happened first with ‘Fast Five’, and now with ‘X-Men: First Class’.
Frankly, I’ve been fed up with the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ series since the second movie. The first film, ‘The Curse of the Black Pearl‘, is a Disney classic. But as often happens, Disney proved wi...
When I panned ‘Hop’ a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine said, “It doesn’t matter – all kids care about is whether or not it’s funny.” This might be true, but it also isn’t an excuse, e...