My companion said it best, and I didn’t want to admit it at the time but in the cold light of day, I have to say that Jackie Chan has really, truly jumped the shark. AND he had to use wires to do it. Longtime readers know I love and admire Jackie, and […]

My friend was not hired to work on this film so I was feeling negative about it - but now I am grateful he is saved from the besmirchment and humiliation (not to mention actually having to handle the stuff!) I really enjoyed the first Spy Kids, and to a degree the second one, […]

The only reason this film rated so poorly is because the first one was so perfectly balanced and executed. I am very, very sad not to have enjoyed this film more. In the first (which you must see, if you haven’t), Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) conquers the misconceptions about blondes through honesty, positivity, […]

Argh! Chris Rock is so funny! Why did he have to do this? I know why, but still. If you saw Rock’s brief segment in Bowling for Columbine, if not his regular stand-up, you know he’s an affable, positive man who calls the injustices against the people as he sees them. […]

Long time readers know that Mike Myers in SNL mode is very tiresome to me. Gwyneth Paltrow - far from bullet proof herself (Great Expectations) cannot singlehandedly save a movie from itself by transcending its material. In a good movie, she is great. In a good movie, Myers can be great too. […]

I must say up front that I am a Trekker, specifically Next Generation cast and I don’t wear costumes to premieres. What I like best about Star Trek movies in general (unlike say, the X Files movie) is they operate on a higher level than the episodes, but complement and/or add to the existing […]

Well, Steven Soderbergh has finally lost me. I saw Full Frontal, though no review has yet been written because it gave me writer’s block; but while I was watching it I was open-minded and giving him the benefit of the doubt. It was an interesting experiment. I fear that after his Academy-adored […]

Loath as I am to give a Jackie Chan movie such a low rating, please know I am doing it for your protection. You know the premise: Jimmy Tong (Jackie Chan) comes into possession of a super high tech tuxedo that gives him the trademark Jackie Chan skills, and more. Jackie is […]

Based on the video game series, Ballistic appears to have been intended for the raging youth demographic. Casting Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu was, theoretically, to draw in the regular people. Banderas is Ecks and Liu is Sever (this takes 40 minutes for the movie to “explain”) and they do go ballistic, so […]

One of the greatest tragedies of some substandard movies is when one element is executed so well, so competently, so effectively – but the rest of the film is a laughable mish mosh of crap and silliness. This is what viewers of feardotcom will suffer.
First: The stuff that works. These people worked hard […]