… beyond the embarrassingly bad visual effects, Phantom is Fun (and yes, that is a capital “F”).

Hidden beneath a thick layer of 1980’s cinematic cheese in Running Man lies a timely parable about government control, media manipulation, and oppressed people.

The sheer graphic nature of the violence, all for the pleasure of a blood-thirsty audience, dilutes any meaningful attempt at commentary.

Gerard Butler must be proud. His crowing achievement in Gamer is getting drunk and then projectile vomiting into the gas tank of a truck… and urinating for the same purpose. He has come a long way from 300.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs jumps the shark and nukes the fridge in every way possible.
As we begin this third adventure, we learn Ellie (Queen Latifah) is pregnant and soon to give birth. Strike one for the shark as kids are an immediate warning sign of drained ideas.
Sid (John Leguizamo) finds a trio of [...]

Hellboy II is a sequel that does exactly what sequels should do: It’s bigger, louder, more entertaining, and loads of fun. In every way, this is an improvement over the original, offering up a stunning array of visual effects along with character development worth watching. It’s hard not to enjoy Hellboy’s goofy sense of humor [...]

A follow-up to the 2005 special effects masterpiece The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardbrobe, Prince Caspian is a wonderful follow-up. While not as well put together as the first, with some unintentional humor, unnecessarily lengthy exposition, and odd directional choices, there are enough thrills and eye candy to recommend this second go-around for the [...]

Okay, so Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana are the same person. The general public, and even an investigative reporter, can’t figure out that Miley is underneath the blonde wig despite how obvious the whole thing is. In terms of a kids movie, that can be accepted.
However, unacceptable is the hypocritical message the movie is trying [...]

In all the years of holiday films, one would think every concept has been explored. Family dysfunction, romance, John Candy and Steve Martin, BB guns, ghosts of Christmas past, and George Bailey takes care of everything… or so you would think. Leave it to Tim Burton to take the Christmas holiday and do something with [...]

Throughout the classic years of Disney animation, picking a single standout animation sequence seems impossible, but it’s not. It happens in Pinocchio, not long after toy maker Geppetto finishes his creation. He picks his string puppet up, named of course Pinocchio, and dances with it.
These are hardly simple motions, but deeply involved, flowing, and intricate [...]