It’s not like Big Miracle is aiming for anything much bigger than childish insights, and the movie’s meager laughs probably would only appeal to kids, even though the plot takes you through a labyrinth of bureaucratic interests and the entire concept of a “media blitz.” It’s ultimately too naive for the tricky grown-up issues it tackles, but not smart or sweet enough to get away with it.

Review in a Hurry: This whale of a tale—an inspirational rescue-adventure about three gray whales trapped in the Arctic Circle—would be hard to swallow if it weren’t based on…

Review in a Hurry: High school outcast Andrew is a videophile who records everything, even the intense bullying he endures between classes. But all that changes when he and two other students…

With CGI effects that range from passable to glaring, and a found footage gimmick that eventual hurts more than it helps, Chronicle isn’t a low-budget genre masterwork like Attack the Block, but it’s also a whole lot better than many of the more traditional superhero movies we’ve seen. Lean and goal-oriented, with more than a few fresh ideas as well as an innate understanding of the hero’s journey storytelling

As the subject of nearly twenty best-selling Janet Evanovich novels, Stephanie Plum obviously has many positive qualities that make her extremely readable, but this adaptation of One For The Money doesn?t take any time to show us those redeeming characteristics. The first time we meet her, the car she can?t afford is being repossessed

The fact that Pablo F. Fenjves? script went through so many hands without the logical fallacies being pointed out and fixed is nothing short of astonishing. I?m sure Man on a Ledge sounded interesting when it was first pitched, but the result is garbage.

Review in a Hurry: After their plane crashes in a frozen Alaskan wilderness, Liam Neeson and seven other men must work together to bear the cold and…a pack of angry wolves! A better than average…

The Grey has already been labeled “the Liam Neeson wolf-punching movie” when it’s trying to be much more than that, a meditation on manhood and survival even against horrifyingly long odds. The wolves are there, and Neeson is indeed fighting against them, but Carnahan is clearly more interested in bringing out the film’s spiritual and emotional side

Review in a Hurry: Tom Hanks mugs irritatingly as a dorky dad for a few minutes, then dies in the World Trade Center on 9-11. His kid, who may or may not have Asperger’s (in a cop-out kind of…

Review in a Hurry: George Lucas’ dream project for over two decades hits the big screen with spectacular dogfights, a strong cast and an ample supply of well intentioned but clunky dialogue….