No love for ‘My Bloody Valentine 3D’
That cyclical cinematic fad known as 3D gets back to its gimmicky "gotcha!" roots with "My Bloody Valentine 3D," a pickax-in-your-eyeball remake of a 1981 horror classic. A generally graceless...
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‘Babylon A.D.’: Too much talk, not enough action
Here's what happened to Vin Diesel, the subject of so many "the action hero for the new millennium" cover stories back when "Pitch Black," "The Fast and the Furious" and...
‘Disaster Movie’: All you need to know is in the title
"Disaster Movie" is the latest and most slapdash of the movie parodies to atrophy out of the "Scary Movie" franchise. It shows more signs of the postpartum depression that these...
‘College’: Nickelodeon’s Drake takes part in bad example
Josh Peck of TV's "Drake & Josh" left his kiddie TV show days behind him with the indie coming-of-age dramedy "The Wackness" this summer, playing a pot dealer who finds...
‘Mirrors’ stars ’24’s’ Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer, dog, what happened to you, man? You used to be cool. We expected you to take over as your generation's movie tough guy. But "Mirrors"? There's got to be...
‘Max’ review: A darned good dog, a passable dog movie
"Semper fidelis," the Romans used to purr into their dogs' ears, long before the Marine Corps adopted the Latin for "Always faithful" as their motto. Most faithful of all? Marine...
‘Freedom’ review: Interwoven tales disappoint
"Freedom" is nothing if not ambitious. An indie period piece about the Underground Railroad and the English slave ship captain whose change of heart led him to compose "Amazing Grace,"...
‘Sunshine Superman’ review: Capturing the manic enthusiasm of BASE jumping
An eerie pall hangs over "Sunshine Superman," a documentary history of BASE jumping, the practice of skydiving off buildings, antennas, spans (bridges) and earth (cliffs). That's connected to both the...
‘Slow West’ review: Novel gunslingers
There's an alien feel to "Slow West," an unconventionally conventional Western about a romantic tenderfoot provided safe passage to the frontier by a grizzled, unsentimental gunman. Credit the New Zealand...
‘Animals’ review: Primal addicts in crisis
Bobbie flirts with the clerk while Jude pilfers CDs. Jude keeps their ancient Oldsmobile running while Bobbie scams a would-be john thinking she's a hooker. They live in their car,...