Jack Black has arrived, and he’s here to prove – with a little help from pals Richard Linklater and Mike White – that it is possible to make a Hollywood comedy featuring children that is neither pandering nor insultingly schmaltzy. In fact, for the most part, it rocks.
Effectively ugly effort to turn a series of sadistic what-ifs into a full-length ‘Seven’ rip-off is marred mostly by an unfathomably ludicrous ending which renders the rest of the film nearly moot.
This independent black comedy takes aim at the target-rich subject of puritanical Christian schooling, but the jokes and characters wear thin far too soon.
Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan attack the sequel to their 1998 hit with so much gusto that it’s hard not to like it. Sure there’s not much to this predictable actioner, but what’s there is darn funny.
As the title implies, the heroine of ‘Run Lola Run’ spends much of this film on her feet.
Good old fashioned actioner with The Rock taking his place in the Ahnuld role as a ‘retrieval expert’ set to save Seann William Scott’s slacker from the clutches of a particularly over-the-top Christopher Walken.
Despite a promising opening and a welcome low-key performance from Tommy Lee Jones, Director William Friedkin’s courtroom drama degenerates into ‘A Few Good Men’ meets ‘The Negotiator.’
The crux of the action in ‘Rudy Blue,’ John Werner’s meandering debut film, involves the everyday routines of playing chess and getting the newspaper.
Writing partners Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson push the boundaries of their own quirkiness in their fairytale ode to family dysfunction.
