Review in a Hurry: After leaving the third film to the just-as-sexy Rhona Mitra, Kate Beckinsale is back in skintight black for the fourth installment. Death Dealer Selene (Beckinsale) wakes up in…
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Movie Review: Kate Beckinsale’s Back in Black for Underworld Awakening (Fanboys Rejoice!)
Saturday, January 21st, 2012Movie Review: Contraband’s Dark Turn Spoils an Otherwise Fun, Sleek Heist Flick
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: Former smuggler Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) is pulled into one last job to keep his screwed-up brother-in-law Andy (and by extension, the rest of the family) out of danger….
Movie Review: Sing Praises for Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah in Joyful Noise
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: Dolly Parton, Queen Latifah and Keke Palmer face off for the ultimate churchy showdown. The fairly predictable story about a choir that dreams of winning the National Joyful…
Movie Review: In a Season of Blockbusters, Don’t Overlook the Silent Artist
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: It seems counter-intuitive that in this day and age, one of the biggest crowd-pleasers of the season would be a silent movie. Yet Michel Hazanavicius’ tale of a fictional…
Movie Review: The Devil Inside, the Scariest (and Only) Mockumentary Horror Flick You’ll See This Week
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: The devil is back for the umpteenth time to wreak havoc on shaky cams everywhere…It must be January at the multiplex. Aren’t we tired of all these demon possession flicks…
Movie Review: War Horse Shows Spielberg at His Emotional Best
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: Feeling the need for steed? Pony up for this sweeping horse tale from director Steven Spielberg, which straddles the years of World War I and stars Jeremy Irvine as a young…
Movie Review: Steven Spielberg Artfully Embraces His Inner Child in The Adventures of Tintin
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: The graphic novels by Hergé featuring ginger-coiffed boy detective/reporter Tintin really didn’t need to be adapted into any other format. They’re perfectly drawn…
Movie Review: We Bought a Zoo a Warm, Delightful Holiday Experience
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: Writer-director Cameron Crowe (Jerry Maguire) buys a zoo and let’s Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson run it! Very much the kind of film that plays during the holiday…
Movie Review: Holy Evil! Young Adult’s Charlize Theron Shines as a Psychotic Ex-Prom Queen
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: Juno director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody reteam for this barbed serio-comedy about a boozy author obsessed with her ex BF. Reitman and Cody again wrap snark and heart…
Movie Review: Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol an Awesome Blend of Gadgets, Comedy and Action
Saturday, January 21st, 2012
Review in a Hurry: Like some of the older James Bond movies, the new Mission: Impossible offers up a delicious blend of hilariously convenient futuristic gadgets, inventively staged and almost…