Now You See Me 2 (2016)
The makers of the deliberately vapid and highly superfluous Now You See Me 2 have chosen to fully embrace the dumbness of its premise, going full bore into just trying to make it ridiculous to the...
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
One of Woody Allen’s (The Purple Rose of Cairo, Broadway Danny Rose) finest films, Hannah and Her Sisters sees the esteemed filmmaker return to Manhattan to deliver one of his most insightfully satisfying stories yet. At its...
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Years ago, I had claimed that, despite its faults, X-Men: The Last Stand was the best third film in a superhero series to date, which goes more to show how ideas seem to dissipate once the...
The Dark Knight (2008)
It’s difficult to believe that, with all of the superhero franchises that have come out prior to 2008, the creative minds didn’t employ the strategy of saving the most popular and interesting villain for...
The Prestige (2006)
I guess it goes without saying that the success or failure to any magic trick is in fooling the audience. If the audience is fooled, they will think the magician to be a true...
The Island (1980)
You can lead Michael Caine (Dressed to Kill, The Italian Job) to water, but you can’t make him act. At least, if the films he’s done anywhere near it is any indication. You think he...
Jaws: The Revenge (1987)
Following Jaws 3D, which had begun as a National Lampoon project to make the third Jaws film a tongue-in-cheek comedy named Jaws 3, People 0.”, the idea came around again for a humorous effort for the fourth...
The Weather Man (2005)
It’s Nicolas Cage doing what he does best, play a self-defeating loser, in The Weather Man, a bigger budget Hollywood release that feels like a small, quirky independent comedy. It’s a comedy that just barely...
Get Carter (2000)
Those looking for the movie that will finally have everyone crying “comeback” for Sylvester Stallone won’t find it here. In his first starring role since Cop Land three years before, Sly gets back into the kick-ass...
Bewitched (2005)
Bewitched is a cute idea for a movie, but that’s all it is. It certainly sounds funnier to hear about than to actually watch. It’s not a remake of the television show of the...