Without an engaging central character, someone most people would hate, Up in the Air would not work as well as it does.

Maybe this decade old little redneck, podunk, one-horse, mudhole, truck-driving, inbred, unkempt, white trash mountain town does have something valuable to tell us after all.

Micah (Micah Sloat) doesn’t believe a demon is in his house. His girlfriend Katie (Katie Featherston) believes a spook, specter, or ghost has been following her since childhood.
Micah is in constant doubt, yet still feels the need to go out and get an Ouija board to “cast out” the demon… or something. He is not [...]

Any geek can proclaim “Live Long and Prosper.” An even lesser geek will require you to “Use the force.” A truly hardened, experienced, and involved geek however will tell you “Never give up, and never surrender.”
Director Dean Parisot and writer David Howard are those types of geeks, crafting a comedy based around classic TV sci-fi [...]

Star Trek does not have a subtitle, settling on a basic, to-the-point naming scheme for this franchise prequel. However, one specific potential subtitle pops-up numerous times during this otherwise fantastic sci-fi piece: Star Trek: Revenge of the Lens Flares.
No, it is not the remaining Romulan’s that cause the biggest threat to the crew of the [...]

Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) doesn’t care that he met President Kennedy, caught the Watergate criminals, won an All American Award, made millions fishing for shrimp, or won the Medal of Honor in Vietnam. He just wants the #9 bus to take him to Jenny (Robin Wright Penn), his lifelong girlfriend.
That is all Forrest ever wanted: [...]

Less than 10 minutes into G.I. Joe, something has exploded. Prior to this, no characterization has taken place, no one has been identified, and there is no base for the action.
The action sequence is completely un-involving because there is no point in caring for these characters. If the purpose of the sequence is to involve [...]

It should be easy to hate Imagine That. As a kids movie, it concerns the trials of an investment banker looking to move up in his firm, played by Eddie Murphy. Scenes of Murphy dabbling away at his computer, crunching numbers, and presenting ideas to clients are impossibly boring for a small child, let alone [...]

Megatron has teeth. He is the villain of the Transformers movies (a bit character in this sequel), and the only one of these robots from space with rows of razor sharp teeth. Is he the only one that eats? Do they not need food? If not, why does he have teeth? Maybe he had them [...]

Trying hard to appease the fan base while crafting a believable take on a classic ‘80s cartoon, Transformers is an action summer romp that tries to twist too many story lines into a simple narrative. The film is bogged down by an extended unnecessary running time, too many characters, and humor that puts this into [...]