Stepping behind the camera for the eighth time as a director, Robert Redford (who won a directing Oscar for “Ordinary People”) gives us “The Conspirator,” a wider-than-usual view of events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
The main problem with “Your Highness” is that it’s paper-thin on all fronts, and Green is content to let his actors largely repeat one euphemistic pun after the other until monotony sets in. Comedies of this ilk are hit and miss. Here, it’s just all in the toilet.
By far, the biggest disappointment is Brand, who was terrific last summer in the similar role of a spoiled-brat drunkard in “Get Him to the Greek.” This time, though, the zany Brit with the wild hair and twinkling eyes doesn’t come close to fleshing out a character he should have been able to play in his sleep.
Atheists beware: This is not your movie. What does Bethany do after she goes surfing? She goes to church. What happens to Bethany after she decides to train rather than go on a church mission to Mexico? She gets attacked by a shark.
Fans of the Doris Day-Rock Hudson school of movies from the 1950s and ’60s should get a big kick out of this French language throwback to that style. “Potiche” takes place awhile after those innocent times.
In the movie, Ronan was climbing, jumping or running full-out, or battling opponents with fists, feet and firearms. Hanna is a mysterious young girl who’s been raised and mentored in an isolated cabin by her equally mysterious father (Eric Bana).
Click inside for a sneak preview of movies opening this weekend, including "Arthur," "Soul Surfer," "Hanna" and more.
It’s in a word, “Super,” and it’s easily the funniest, sickest, most violent film of the year –– and I loved it. I’m a degenerate, I know, but I couldn’t help laughing uproariously every time a demented Rainn Wilson, dressed as a delusional masked avenger, blasted a big ape with a monkey wrench upside the head.
"Hop," "Source Code," "Insidious" and other sneak previews into movies opening this week.
Tell James Gunn that his movie “Super” isn’t what you expected and he’ll flash you an ear-to-ear smile that could melt glaciers. Part comedy, part drama and overflowing with tongue-in-cheek violence, "Super" is the story of hard-luck short-order cook Frank D’Arbo (Rainn Wilson), whose wife (Liv Tyler), a recovering addict, has relapsed and run away with a charming drug dealer (Kevin Bacon). Frank has a spiritual awakening and decides to become a vigilante superhero to save her.
"Insidious" comes to a theater near you from the horror tag team of director James Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell, whose resumes include that heartwarming example of violence porn called "Saw."
Bill Holderman said this was the first movie made by The American Film Co. He said they hoped it would lead to other films about events in America’s past. “The Conspirator” is an auspicious beginning, and more films like it would be a welcome change of pace at the multiplex.
In the new science-fiction time-travel thriller “Source Code,” which opens Friday, Jake Gyllenhaal gets to play two roles: a pilot in Afghanistan and a train passenger in Chicago named Sean.
The film, like the series of books on which it is based, is made for 8- to 12-year-old-boys, or thereabouts. While neither boy is a typical role model, kids enjoy watching them. They make bad decisions and can even be troublemakers, but most of their actions are played for laughs.
Among the many questions aimed at the newest visual and aural extravaganza from Zack Snyder (“Watchmen,” “300”), a major one will be about its coherency –– or the lack of it –– but that’s going to be up to each individual viewer.
Zack Snyder is buzzed. The director of the epic action films “300” and “Watchmen” sort of power-walks into the Los Angeles hotel room where he smoothly slides into a chair to discuss his newest exercise in excess, “Sucker Punch.”
Click inside for a sneak preview of movies opening this week, including "Win Win," "Sucker Punch," "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Roderick Rules" and more.
You might not recognize the name, but you’ll certainly recognize the face of Tom McCarthy, the much-sought-after character actor whose boyishly handsome face belies his often sinister roles.
Your daily entertainment briefing with an easy recipe for Fruity Slaw, "Kitchen Nightmares" tonight on Fox and a good movie to rent this weekend: "Pirate Radio."
Mia Wasikowska remains unfazed by what life has thrown at her. In fact, she invites even more adversity –– as long as the parts are as juicy as the ones she’s experienced in “The Kids Are All Right,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “In Treatment” and her latest bit of self-flagellation, “Jane Eyre.”
