How can Robots be so good and both Ice Age movies be so lame? Sure, both Ice Age movies have good attention to detail insofar as biology and various species-specific jokes, but when the best part of both movies is the non-verbal interstitial episodes of Scrat trying to get his walnut, maybe you should […]

OK. There are movies about vampires, and there are movies about werewolves, and occasionally, both (even with Stooges) but what strikes me here is that the Underworld movies want desperately to be about both, but somehow end up being about familial squabbles and centuries-old politics. If you’re reading this review with any intent […]

In the Harry Potter films, author J.K. Rowling has had a hand in with screenwriter Steven Kloves and has made sure that no important information (to the series) gets cut out of the films so as to have a continual story arc experience for those who only see the movies, as well as an exciting […]

The Legend of Zorro is one of the best lame, unnecessary sequels I have seen in a long time, largely due to the charm and chemistry of its leads. Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are such an ideal screen couple, it is understandable that the filmmakers would try to recapture the magic of the […]

The first Transporter movie was a fantastic combination of skillful, original driving/chase sequences (something that normally bores me) and heroically over-the-top hand to hand combat on the part of our mysterious driver. When you move from cool unique phenomenon into attempted franchise(and take 3 years to release a sequel, losing all possible momentum), you […]

The 28 year saga is finally over. It’s no secret that Episodes I and II were not my favorite movies of all time; that opinion is not unusual. However, I think I can say this is the best Star Wars movie since Empire Strikes Back. Why is Empire so good? Because […]

The first Miss Congeniality was not as beloved as the first Legally Blonde or Sleepless in Seattle (versus almost-sequel You’ve Got Mail) were, so for this sequel to appear duller than its original (which I loved) is less painful. That said, as a sequel, Miss Congeniality 2 is superior to Legally Blonde 2 in […]

Funny, I liked it better until I had to explain why. It’s always tough to follow a huge smash hit, especially in the horror/thriller genre. Gore Verbinski did not return, but Hideo Nakata, who directed Ringu, the Japanese original did. The challenge of course is to come up with something while retaining the magic of the old. The Ring […]

It seemed like a perfect plan. What could be more fun than the extremely successful Meet The Parents (which I myself saw three times in the theatre and loved) than more of the same? The problem was, it was only more of the same, sprinkled with only a smidgeon of the new. […]

As fans of Helen Fielding’s books generally agree, the second Bridget Jones book (on which this film is based) is the inferior work of the two about our hapless heroine. That said, one would hope, with the magical chemistry of the cast and the success of the filmmakers with the previous adaptation, that this […]