What Happens in Vegas Review
“What Happens in Vegas” is a lot like the city for which it’s named ““ boisterous, silly and probably a lot more fun when intoxicated.
“What Happens in Vegas” is a lot like the city for which it’s named ““ boisterous, silly and probably a lot more fun when intoxicated.
Harold and Kumar are back but it is the viewing audience that will be plotting their escape while watching this unfunny drivel.
The Wachowski brothers adapt the classic 60s cartoon as a candy-colored visual sugar-rush that, despite its name, takes a while to cross the finish line.
Patrick Dempsey continues his meteoric rise to the middle in this joyless romantic comedy retread.
Saddled with a fairly typical superhero "origin story", director Jon Favreau compensates with some inspired choices: keeping the pace as fast as possible and casting Robert Downey Jr. as the man behind the mask.
Ex-priest James P. Carroll brings to film his explosive views on the relationship between Christianity, anti-Semitism and governments.
Errol Morris goes behind the scenes of the Abu Ghraib incident and the results are a well-made but mostly unremarkable documentary.
Ill-conceived morality play set in the world of mixed martial arts is clearly a labor of love for writer-director David Mamet. It’s just a labor for the audience.
Newcomer Henry Miller directs and co-authors this search for a serial killer in a hazy, hellish version of New York City.
Paper-thin comedy – in which Tina Fey’s OCD career woman hires Amy Poehler’s ADD surrogate mother – is worth seeing only for its seriously talented comedic leads.
| ★★★★★ | Perfection |
| ★★★★☆ | Outstanding |
| ★★★☆★☆ | Excellent |
| ★★★☆☆ | Very good |
| ★★☆★☆☆ | Good |
| ★★☆☆☆ | OK |
| ★☆★☆☆☆ | Pretty Bad |
| ★☆☆☆☆ | Poor |
| ☆★☆☆☆☆ | Blech! |
| No Stars | Fail! |