Starring Alden Ehrenreich as the young Han Solo, Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story is kneecapped by The Force of Corporate Pressure.
James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is a mostly enjoyable romp, but despite the presence of Chris Pratt the franchise is starting to feel a bit stale.
Justin Lin’s Star Trek Beyond is the new series’ mostly satisfying movie to date, but a gay Sulu and an incoherent action climax are two major problems.
The first feature (co-)directed by Alf Sjöberg, The Strongest is a visually splendid Arctic adventure. On the downside, the narrative moves at glacial speed.
Stormtroopers deal with ‘Boycott Star Wars: Episode VII’ Twitter ‘controversy.’ The “Boycott ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’” media idiocy The “Boycott Stars Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens” hashtag, concisely…
Shirtless Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules, with Gaia Weiss. Kellan Lutz ‘Hercules’ movie: Zero percent Rotten Tomatoes approval rating Starring Kellan Lutz, best known as the hunky and…
Star Trek: Into Darkness weekend box office: Downright disappointing domestic debut (image: Benedict Cumberbatch as Khan in Star Trek: Into Darkness) J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek: Into Darkness, featuring Chris Pine…
Actress Eve Brent, best remembered for playing Jane twice opposite Gordon Scott’s Tarzan, died August 27 of “natural causes” at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley in Sun Valley, Calif. She…
Penélope Cruz, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides May 26: Featuring Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Claflin, Ian McShane, and Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the…
Desert Nights: Enjoyable John Gilbert Sahara adventure dares to ask old philosophical question. Mary Nolan bathes naked and Ernest Torrence steals show.
Avatar: James Cameron directed and wrote the environmentally conscious futuristic action-adventure fantasy known as Avatar, a 3D extravaganza that has captured the imagination of popcorn-gobbling moviegoers the world over. British-born,…
Land of the Lost movie with Will Ferrell. ‘Last of the Lost’ movie images with Anna Friel & Will Ferrell Will Ferrell, Anna Friel, and Danny McBride star as, respectively, has-been scientist…
MGM star Ramon Novarro delivers a charismatic performance in Fred Niblo’s still impressive silent era mega-blockbuster Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
Africa-set operetta Golden Dawn has something to offend, amuse and/or bore everyone. Sweating his black makeup away, Noah Beery is standout.
Meet the Robinsons’ eccentric characters are key a reason for the enjoyment of Disney’s (Pixar-influenced) futuristic family adventure comedy.
New Line Cinema founder Robert Shaye’s ‘family’ fantasy adventure The Last Mimzy works its magic despite way too many plot holes + product placements.
As the embodiment of boredom, Bill Murray sinks Wes Anderson’s meandering all-star maritime mis-adventure The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.
A first-rate Tom Hanks learns no one is indispensable in Cast Away, Robert Zemeckis’ adventure flick exalting the Triumph of the Human Spirit nonsense.
Best Actor Oscar nominee Johnny Depp is flawlessly weird in the surprisingly entertaining Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.
‘The Force Awakens’ with Daisy Ridley: ‘Star Wars 7’ negative reviews have been few, but bluntly acerbic. ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: Negative reviews have been few, but pointed Star…
John Carter of Mars: Taylor Kitsch and Lynn Collins in the box office bomb John Carter. March 20 update: Disney has announced that John Carter‘s disappointing box office returns means…
Sam Worthington, Joel David Moore, and Dileep Rao in James Cameron’s Avatar . Avatar hasn’t been the top weekend grosser at the U.S. and Canada box office since late January.…
In the memorable Sparrows, silent era icon Mary Pickford meets Jesus while fighting the evils of child trafficking. They don’t make them like they used to.
King Kong 2005. The biggest disappointment about Peter Jackson’s King Kong is that, despite all the p.r. regarding Jackson’s fascination with the Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack 1933…