A fun tone is undermined by disjointed storytelling in George Clooney’s “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” and it all starts with the disclaimer that opens the movie: “More of this is true than what you might imagine.”
LOS ANGELES — The critics have spoken. Here’s what more than a few have to say:
“Scariest movie of the decade.”
“A Perfect Getaway” is essentially one big red herring, flopping around on an idyllic Hawaiian beach, desperately trying to call attention to itself.
LOS ANGELES — It’s the biggest movie of the summer that practically no one has seen.
A joyless cacophony, an insistent and seemingly endless onslaught, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” director Michael Bay’s follow-up to the 2007 smash “Transformers” plays more like a parody of a Bay movie.
All the romantic comedy conventions are shamelessly on parade in “The Proposal,” trampling on our brains and turning them into mush.
The words “Eddie Murphy family comedy” are enough to send shivers down the spine of any self-respecting film lover.
The way the original 1974 film’s title has been condensed tells you everything you need to know about the direction “The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3” is headed. In these fast-paced, mixed-up times, it simply takes too long to spell out the numbers.
LOS ANGELES — As we learn from “My Life in Ruins,” the Greek word for mojo — or zest for life — is “kefi.” Nia Vardalos’ character has lost hers and needs to get it back.
The name alone, “Drag Me to Hell,” tells you exactly what this is: an unabashed celebration of B-movie schlockery. But the dichotomies director Sam Raimi presents within that familiar genre are what make this such a kick.
We have seen the future in “Terminator Salvation,” and the future is noisy.
It’s fundamental, cycle-of-life stuff that happens all day, every day, year-round, worldwide.
The newly minted “bromance” genre, with its now-familiar mix of the sweet, awkward and raunchy, has entered the cultural consciousness through comedies like “Superbad,” ‘’Pineapple Express” and “Role Models.”
Hey, fanboys. Yeah, you guys, the ones who flooded my inbox with e-mails after I trashed Zack Snyder’s “300,” wishing birth defects on my unborn children and suggesting that perhaps my husband isn’t — ahem — keeping me satisfied.
It would be news if “Fired Up!” weren’t moronic and adolescent.
A great deal of the allure in “Taken” comes from the wild juxtaposition of its premise: the idea of Liam Neeson — esteemed, acclaimed, 56-year-old Liam Neeson — kicking all kinds of butt in a Euro B-revenge thriller.
If there’s a huge error behind “The Pink Panther 2” — other than the mistake of producing the sequel in the first place — it’s pairing Steve Martin with John Cleese, then failing to capitalize on their potentially explosive verbal exchanges.
It promises to be a colorful Academy Awards season when films featuring Richard Nixon and Batman could go toe-to-toe for best picture.
Harmless as a puppy, “Bolt” comes bounding into theaters, stumbling over its big, goofy paws, wagging its fluffy tail and begging to play ball.
The stale buddy road-trip movie “Soul Men” will be remembered mainly as the untimely swan song of Bernie Mac, the comic great who died in August at just 50.
The blind literally lead the blind — to hell and back — in the pretentious, preposterous allegory “Blindness.”
“Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” — To say that “Super Size Me” director’s Morgan Spurlock latest documentary is a gimmick would be a gross understatement. It’s also a given — that’s Spurlock’s trademark modus operandi.
For her first film since 1999’s “Boys Don’t Cry,” the raw drama that earned Hilary Swank the first of her two best-actress Academy Awards, Kimberly Peirce initially wanted to make a documentary about soldiers who had fought in the Iraq war.
“Untraceable” is one of those deplorably gratuitous movies that wants to have it both ways, but gets nothing right.
Llewelyn Moss is a decent-enough guy who makes a poor decision.
“Michael Clayton” might have been a standard thriller — one that’s as generic and forgettable as the title itself — were it not for some sharp writing from Tony Gilroy and an intelligent, subtly powerful performance from George Clooney.
In James Gray’s “The Yards,” Mark Wahlberg played an ex-con drawn back into crime by buddy Joaquin Phoenix.
I was told by an editor that I was going to be the first person on the planet to write a negative review of “Superbad,” but it’s just not in me. Let’s face it, the movie is awesome and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Staff writer Justin Cripe gives "Transformers" 3 1/2 maple leaves.
Harry Potter seems to be living the same school year over and over. And it’s starting to wear thin.
Four out of five leaves
The name of the movie is “Shooter,” and for a while director Antoine Fuqua is right on target with this claustrophobic tale of conspiracies, lies and double-crosses.
4 out of 5 leaves
I first discovered Terabithia about 16 years ago. As a young bookworm, my copy of Katherine Paterson’s book was well worn from many readings.
1 out of 5 leaves
When the recent wave of live-action movie versions of Marvel comics started, many Marvel aficionados, myself among them, were overjoyed.
4 out of 5 leaves
When a guy hears that a movie was directed by the same person who gave America the tear-jerker “The Notebook,” he’s likely to not give the film a second thought.
In the case of “Alpha Dog,” go against that instinct.