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The Jungle Book 2 (2003)
Beyond the Sea (2004)
Speed Racer (2008)
The Wachowski Brothers overshoot the mark with
Speed Racer
, an eccentric misfire that panders to the ADHD set and—in the adult arena—idiots and acid-droppers.
Evan Almighty (2007)
Will presumably charm wee ones, and...go over like gangbusters with the holy rollers, but others may notice this comedy of faith skimps on the comedy.
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)
Hollywood likes nothing more than having its cake and eating it too, which explains the confusions of P.J. Hogan’s
Confessions of a Shopaholic
.
Monsters, Inc. (2001)
From its jazzy main titles to its gentle fadeout,
Monsters, Inc.
has something that money can't buy. It's likeable.
The Big Lebowski (1998)
It's the whole proud, embarrassing sociopolitical, cultural heap of American history—and the American Century in particular—in two fleet, funny hours.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Even with its mock-pretentious parallelism to
The Odyssey...
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
refuses to take itself seriously, which is both its principal failing and its charm.
The Artist (2011)
Though this pastiche has been crafted by film nerds and largely for them, Michel Hazanavicius' feature has an emotional generosity that speaks louder than words.
Flight (2012)
Despite...misguided commercial instincts,
Flight
offers much that's productively unsettling, anchored by Washington's old-school movie-star performance...
The Internship (2013)
Although Vaughn's riffing skills remain in fine form, as do Wilson's, the story makes every obvious and conventional choice.
Monsters University (2013)
May be the most thoughtful and, in social terms, realistic film ever made about the college experience.
The Gambler (2014)
The extent to which
The Gambler
may intentionally or unintentionally glamorize or romanticize gambling does raise concerns, but...[the film] remains a study in the self-destructive personality.
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Trumbo (2015)
Plays not as straight hagiography but rather as a portrait of a flawed hero...Cranston gives a floridly theatrical leading performance in keeping with Trumbo’s wit...
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Essentially the picture is one tease after another, misdirecting as fast as it can and amounting to the 'Emperor’s New Clothes' vacuousness of mid-period M. Night Shyamalan.
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Builds to the fulfillment of the 'MonsterVerse' promise (further teased in a post-credits scene) of monster-on-monster action...It's all very silly...and also a kind of bruising primordial thrill ride.
Patriots Day (2016)
'Terror bad. Boston strong.'
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
Military-Industrial Uncomplicated...Despite the theme that “Magic does exist” (“It was found long ago. Inside a crashed alien ship”),
The Last Knight
is all mirthless jokes and thrill-less mayhem.
Atomic Blonde (2017)
Isn’t about anything more than the spy game and how to make it to the end of the board...Then, too, there is Theron, whose kind of un-performance in repose keeps breaking out into ferocious fighting that suggests a feral Jackie Chan.
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