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Antonio Banderas
Evita (1996)
A pretty much ideal big-screen adaptation of the material, which becomes convincingly cinematic.
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Shrek 2 (2004)
The perfect sort of movie to pay attention to in the back of a minivan.
The Legend of Zorro (2005)
Take the Lead (2006)
The dance remains the same...
Take the Lead
has exactly two things going for it (each worth one star): the always entertaining Antonio Banderas and a lot of ballroom dancing.
Shrek the Third (2007)
No one but patrons with fistfuls of dollars can save this cash grab from itself.
Shrek Forever After (2010)
What saves
Shrek Forever After
from utter mediocrity isn’t its high-priced superstar voice talent but veteran animator Dohrn, who steals the show by making Rumplestilskin the best oily runt since Danny DeVito last dispatched a taxi.
Shrek: The Whole Story (2010)
Now that the
Shrek
franchise has come to a close, it's time for the definitive collection on home video.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
Allen has here an interesting idea-that placebos may 'work better' than medicine-to noodle over and ultimately reject; it's just a shame he doesn't entertain us more in the process.
Original Sin (2001)
Though written and directed by a Pulitzer Prize winner,
Original Sin
is better known as the picture in which a naked Angelina Jolie (by then a certified Oscar winner) and Antonio Banderas do the horizontal mambo.
Assassins (1995)
By the time Rath and Bain have it out in a ramshackle, condemned motel with floors that keep giving away under them, we realize this final setting is a metaphor for the film itself.
Haywire (2012)
Finds Soderbergh keeping it simple, stupid, by filling the story's hollowness with kick-butt action and elements of style.
Ruby Sparks (2012)
In a time of mind-numbing rom coms,
Ruby Sparks
uses fantasy to get real about modern romance.
Philadelphia (1993)
What remains most striking about
Philadelphia
may be the...conspicuous emphasis on intense close-ups. They force an inescapable emotional intimacy in relation to issues the mainstream, at least at the time, would rather have looked away from.
The Expendables 3 (2014)
It's a bit like watching old friends drunkenly mud wrestle: it's good to see them, but not like this.
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015)
A nominal theme—complete with theme song—of teamwork. But really,
Sponge Out of Water
is about little more than fast food and ice cream, with the same promise of empty calories.
The 33 (2015)
There’s too much stilted acting here and too little psychological insight to render an interesting, or even credibly true, story of humanity in crisis.
Pain and Glory (2019)
The filmmaker contemplating his own creation as a man and an artist...plays as a poetic remembrance of things past, a reconciliation of self, powerfully capturing the emotional essence of keenly formative experiences and deep loves.
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