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'Monsters University' Is Full Of Monsterific Fun (and a great moral, too)
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One of the first Pixar films to wow audiences with its charm and unforgettable characters was Monster's Inc. (2001). It only took twelve years but audiences favorite Pixar animated monsters are back in Monsters University, a prequel that finds Mike and Sulley where it all began, at college. Focusing on Mike's lifelong desire to be a scarer, Monsters University takes viewers all the way back to his days at Frighton Elementary School, where Mike got his first sight of what it is to be a Scarer--the highest...

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'Man Of Steel' Breathes New Life Into Superman With Action, Romance, And The Sexiest Kal-El Yet
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The origin story was altered for Batman's Dark Night Trilogy, and it has been done even better for Superman with Man Of Steel. Foregoing the previous Superman films story, starring the late Christopher Reeve, Man Of Steel takes an alternative approach, beginning on Superman's home planet of Krypton and then moving into the present life of Superman as he moves as a ghost in order to hide his true identity. Yes, if you're looking for the bumbling newspaper reporter with starry eyes for his fiery colleague...

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'This Is The End' Is A Star-Studded, Rip-Roaring Comedy With An Apocalyptic Twist
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In Hollywood they say that it's not what you know, but who you know, and who you know can help you achieve success. Seth Rogen's This Is The End is perhaps the greatest testament to that adage. Rather than construct a comedy with a few shocking cameos, Rogen turns his film into one big cameo, a who's who among the actor/writer/director's cohorts, and it's all the better as a result. Rogen and co-director Evan Goldberg must have called in every outstanding Hollywood favor because This Is The End is...

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The Finely Drawn 'Stuck In Love' Displays The Tragedy, Comedy, And Promise Of Enduring Love
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There are love stories that take place between teenagers, adults, married couples, and twenty-somethings. Director Josh Boone combines all four directions in the finely drawn Stuck In Love. Opening with the song "Home" by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros shows a promising start for the film, and it will become an underlining theme, that of home, throughout Stuck In Love. One family, multiple romantic dilemmas, is a way to sum up Stuck In Love. The father, Bill Borgens (Greg Kinnear from Green...

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'The Purge' Is A Great Concept That Suffers From Routine Execution
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The picture of America that writer/director James DeMonaco (The Negotiator) paints in The Purge is simultaneous both a utopia and a dystopia; unemployment is virtually non-existent, the economy is thriving, and the citizens of the country are just generally happy. The credit for this prosperity is given to an annual twelve hour binge of lawlessness known as "The Purge" in which all crime, particularly murder, is legalized. Some say that The Purge helps the people work through their aggressions, others claim...

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'The Internship' Is The Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson Comedy We Expected Years Ago
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In a lot of ways, The Internship feels like a direct sequel to the 2005 film Wedding Crashers, in which Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn finagled their way into dozens of weddings. Each would use their gift for improv on the characters, and by extension the audience, to charm their way into or out of any situation. Fast forward 8 years later, and the two are working with the same shtick, only in a different setting. In place of gaudy nuptials are the offices at Google, and instead of fast-talking bachelors...

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'After Earth' Works Tirelessly To Keep Things Simple And Inoffensive
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Forget the twists and the false bottoms; After Earth is not the M. Night Shyamalan film some might be expecting. At the same time, it's not the Will Smith action flick various pieces of marketing might have billed it as. Rather, After Earth is your mid-level soft sci-fi flick that works tirelessly to keep things simple and inoffensive. While most sci-fi films try to, at the very least, challenge the viewer or impress them with intriguing concepts, After Earth takes a compelling set-up and then devolves into...

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'Now You See Me' Is Full Of Surprises, And Should Be Seen Before They Are Spoiled
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In Now You See Me, four talented street magicians are brought together by Arthur Tressler (Michael Caine, more recently known as Alfred from The Dark Knight) for the purpose of forming an illusionist's Dream Team. The charismatic and clever Daniel Atlas (The Social Network's Jesse Eisenberg) is the rock star, hypnotist Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson from Zombieland) is the mind controller, Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher from Wedding Crashers) is the charming beauty, and street hustling card-trickster Jack...

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'The Kings Of Summer' Is A Movie Of Substance, Pieced Together Modestly
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Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts explores the quintessential moment in a teenagers life when you realize at some point you are going to grow up, and the possibility that maybe you can do it on your own terms in The Kings Of Summer. A coming-of-age comedy, The Kings Of Summer embodies the spirit of being young, full of hope, and having the feeling that you can achieve anything. For the three teen boys in the movie, Joe (Nick Robinson), Patrick (Gabriel Basso), and Biaggio (Moises Arias), their journey is to strike...

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'Epic' Is Sure To Win The Praise Of Children, Thanks To A Hilarious Slug And Snail
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Epic is a basic good vs. evil story. What makes it great fun is the inclusion of two sidekick characters, the slug and the snail. Even when Mub (Aziz Ansari from "Parks & Recreation") the Slug and Grub (Chris O'Dowd from The Sapphires) the Snail are not featured, the rest of the cast manages to keep the movie moving as the evil Boggans, led by Mandrake (Christoph Waltz of Django Unchained), try to destroy the forest and all of its inhabitants, most importantly the Leafmen, led by Ronin (Colin Farrell of...

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If You're A Fan Of The Series, 'Fast & Furious 6' Fires On All Cylinders
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Over the course of the past 5 Fast and Furious films, Universal Pictures happened upon a complex mythology that interweaves characters and storylines from what were originally developed as one-off adventures. Now at Fast and Furious 6, the franchise has come seemingly full circle with Dom Toretto's crew now facing off against a carjacking group as skilled as his own. One would think that by the 6th entry this storyline would have been done before, but alas here we are. While some film franchises, especially...

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'The Hangover Part III' Makes Saying Goodbye To The Wolfpack VERY Easy
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If you think hard enough you can come up with a list of franchises whose third films were disastrous--an easy one is Jurassic Park 3. Well, add to the list The Hangover Part III. Reuniting the cast from the original The Hangover, including cameos by Heather Graham's Jade and Mike Epps' Black Doug, The Hangover Part III is no longer bachelor party themed, as in the first two installments. This time around The Wolfpack's plan is to get Alan into a treatment facility for being crazy, and they are of course...

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'Star Trek Into Darkness' Is A Typical Summer Blockbuster That Is A Treat For Trekkies
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When it comes to science fiction, there are generally two types of fans: Star Trek people and Star Wars people. A person is allowed to like both franchises, but not equally; everyone likes one more than the other. As the director of 2009's Star Trek reboot and the announced director of the newest upcoming Star Wars films, J.J. Abrams (of "Lost" and lSuper 8 fame) seems to have a foot planted equally in both camps. Before beginning work on the Star Wars era of his career, Abrams brings audiences another...

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'Iron Man 3' is Marvel's Boldest Superhero Film Yet
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After the worldwide phenomenon that was The Avengers, Marvel Studios was sitting pretty heading into what they call "Phase Two" of their cinematic universe, which kicks off today with Iron Man 3. Considering The Avengers grossed a small fortune, Marvel could have easily phoned this one in - given Robert Downey Jr. two hours to ham it up, and surrounded his always electric performance as Tony Stark with plenty of CG explosions and robotic suits to keep fans entertained. They didn't. Instead they went somewhere...

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Progress And Nostalgia Clash in 'From Up On Poppy Hill'
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The surprise in From Up on Poppy Hill is that it was directed by a Miyazaki but not Hayao. Rather the 72-year old Studio Ghibli founder's son, Goro, carries on the family legacy in his first collaboration with his father. Hayao Miyazaki, however, is still credited for the screenplay, which poses a marked shift from Ghibli classics. The story of Umi and Shun stands apart from previous Ghibli endeavors in its realistic setting - Yokohama, 1963 - and the absence of supernatural elements. For all intents and purposes,...

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'Kiss of the Damned' Tries To Take Vampires Back With Good Intentions But Poor Results
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Vampires have been a bone of contention ever since the Twilight movies softened them up in 2008. Actress Xan Cassavetes (Alpha Dog) attempts to revise the revisionists with her full length debut as a writer and director, a modern vampire tale called Kiss of the Damned. Kiss of the Damned stars Josephine de La Baume (One Day) as a vampire named Djuna who, while out one night, meets a charming screenwriter named Paolo (Milo Ventimiglia from That's My Boy). Paolo is immediately taken with Djuna, but she...

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Michael Bay's 'Pain & Gain' Is All Brawn And No Brain
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Michael Bay's Pain & Gain is a throwback to the director's films of old - thrillers with a character focus like Bad Boys and The Rock. It's a much simpler tale - a true story at that - which doesn't rely too heavily on special effects, big explosions, or outlandish shootouts. Instead, the focus is placed squarely on the film's characters and its narrative, which are just as unbelievable as 20-foot tall talking robots. I admire Michael Bay for going small, but when you can't shake off the oeuvre that comes...

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Science Fiction Fans Looking For Solid Action Will Find It In 'Oblivion'
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In Oblivion, director Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy) teams up with Tom Cruise to deliver a satisfying entry in the post-apocalyptic sci-fi genre. Kosinski's keen visual eye and Cruise's magnetic on-screen presence could fuel any movie, but the fact that Oblivion's story is one worth slowly discovering makes the film all the more engaging. Set nearly 70 years in the future, Oblivion imagines an Earth where humanity won the war but lost the planet. That war was fought against an invading race of "creatures"...

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Rob Zombie Breaks Out Of His Zone Without Completely Abandoning His Style With 'The Lords of Salem'
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Since his introduction to the horror world in 2003 with House of 1000 Corpses, Rob Zombie has split his time between his successful music career and his brutally violent movies. Inspiration has once again swung him back to film with The Lords of Salem. The Lords of Salem stars Rob Zombie's wife and muse, Sheri Moon Zombie (who has been in every one of Zombie's movies, including The Devil's Rejects and his Halloween remake), as Heidi Hawthorne who, along with Herman 'Whitey' Salvador (Jeffrey Daniel Phillips...

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Racism Takes Center Stage Over The Legend Jackie Robinson in '42'
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The number 42 is just another number, unless you see it on a baseball jersey. You will never see 42 on a jersey in modern baseball because it is the only number to have been retired by the entire organization; every team in every state across the country does not assign 42 to any of its player. That number belongs to one man, one legend, and one hell of a ballplayer, Jackie Robinson. Chadwick Boseman takes on the character of Jackie Robinson in 42, a biographical telling of Robinson's first year with the...

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Darkness Prevails With Every Clichè Warning About Why To Avoid The Internet In 'Disconnect'
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The Internet is not going away, nor are all of the potential dangers associated with spending your time "online." The nightly news covers stories about cyber bullying, companies promise to keep your identity safe by monitoring your credit report, the bank accepts photos of deposits in lieu of going to the ATM, and the SSL Certificate on a website is there to give you piece of mind when purchasing an item by entering your credit card details. Every day we live our lives connected; whether it is checking email,...

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Terrence Malick Out-Malicks Himself In 'To The Wonder'
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How does a director like Terrence Malick follow up an Academy Award nominated film like The Tree of Life? Apparently, he does it with more of the same. To the Wonder is the loose story of an American man named Neil (Argo's Ben Affleck) who meets a French woman named Marina (Quantum of Solace Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko) in Paris and asks her to move to America with her daughter, Tatiana (Tatiana Chiline, who also contributes to the film's soundtrack) to live with him. Once there, Marina confides in a...

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'Evil Dead' Strips Away The Camp, Leaving Nothing But Terror
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When a remake of The Evil Dead was first announced, a collective groan escaped the lips of fans everywhere of the original 1981 film. The Evil Dead is considered sacred in the horror culture, and the thought of rebooting it would be sacrilege, kind of like redoing Jaws or Alien. Then, original film director Sam Raimi, star Bruce Campbell and producer Rob Tapert came onboard as producers, and people started getting curious. The first tense and gory trailers were released, and audiences began to get excited....

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Robert Redford's 'The Company You Keep' Is The Adult Drama Your Parents Want To Watch
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Robert Redford returns to acting, and plays double-duty as director, in the dramatic feature The Company You Keep. The movie is that rare adult drama you see maybe once a year in cinemas. It does not have any flashy special effects, nor does it feature the hottest beefcake actors or young starlet; unless you consider Shia LeBeouf swoon worthy--I for one do not. The Company You Keep is a movie your parents would want to watch, and that does not mean you shouldn't watch it as well. The demographic for The...

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Derek Cianfrance's 'The Place Beyond The Pines' Can't See The Forest For The Trees
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Derek Cianfrance's The Place Beyond the Pines is a movie with lofty aspirations. Weaving three separate stories together, the film seeks to tackle some complex subject matter - namely the relationships between fathers and sons - with authentic dialogue and razor sharp acting. While, in many respects, the movie delivers on its promises, it's ultimately a pretty hollow moviegoing experience. It seems like a movie that knew what story it wanted to tell, or at least what themes it wanted to address, but the filmmakers...

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Danny Boyle Plays Mind Games In Noir Throwback 'Trance'
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Danny Boyle never ceases to push the limits of his abilities with each new film he directs. Trance is surely going to divide audiences and critics because it is just short of complete madness--and I say this with the greatest amount of respect possible. I have gone so far to call it "Trancetastic," and without any shame for the silliness of such a term. In a sea of by-the-book formulaic genre pictures Trance throws a twist at the heist movie, gives homage to film noir classics, and takes one step further...

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No Amount Of Ninjas Or Channing Tatum Could Save 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation'
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Despite a generally negative reception from critics and moviegoers alike, Paramount Pictures and MGM moved ahead with a sequel to the 2009 adaptation of the Hasbro toy, cartoon, and comic, G.I. Joe. Titled G.I. Joe: Retaliation, this sequel does its best to pretend that its predecessor doesn't exist. Save for some specific plot carryovers, the return of a few iconic characters (although most are re-imagined in some way), and Channing Tatum, Retaliation is ostensibly a do-over for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra....

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Stephanie Meyer Does For Aliens What She Did To Vampires: Makes Them Boring, In 'The Host'
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As the creator of the Twilight saga, Stephanie Meyer has been responsible for creating a new genre of literature; her novels have been so successful that a "paranormal teen romance" section can now be found in any big-box book store. Now that the sparkly vampire trend of Twilight has run its course, Meyer has branched out in an attempt to revise the alien invasion genre with an adaptation of another one of her books, The Host. The Host is set on an Earth that has been invaded and colonized by a race...

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An Uplifting And Fun-Filled Musical Arrives With 'The Sapphires'
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The year is 1968 and the world is in turmoil with Vietnam, assassinations, and political unrest in many countries. The Sapphires takes the viewer on a journey to Australia, to see the state of life for the Aboriginal's during this time; the racism, the Stolen Generation pain and aftermath, and the unbreakable bond that is family. In a country where you do not have the same rights as those who came to live there after you there are a number of stories that can be told about your people's struggle. With The...

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Admission
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On paper, it would seem that Admission brings a comedy dream team together. "Saturday Night Live" alumni Tina Fey has just wrapped up her successful sitcom "30 Rock," and Paul Rudd has successfully moved from sideman to main man with Our Idiot Brother and Wanderlust. So, are these two comedic geniuses effective when paired up? Well, yes and no...they're effective, just not in a comedic way. Admission stars Tina Fey as Portia Nathan, an admissions counselor at Princeton University. While touring schools...

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Olympus Has Fallen
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Olympus Has Fallen is a movie that shouldn't work; yet somehow it does. Featuring a large cast of A-list talent, but a very B-movie premise, Olympus Has Fallen delivers the type of visceral action movie pleasures 2013 has been missing. In fact, it outdoes nearly every 2013 action movie combined. Gerard Butler plays Mike Banning, a former Secret Service agent who's been looking to get back "in the game." After serving under President Asher (Aaron Eckhart) for his first term, Banning must make a harrowing...

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Spring Breakers
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When Harmony Korine busted onto the scene as the writer of Larry Clark's controversial movie Kids, he became one of the young players to watch in the movie business. His directorial debut, Gummo, introduced the world to his quirky style of filmmaking and, judging from Spring Breakers, Korine has not allowed himself to grow up at all. Spring Breakers is the story of four college girls (Selena Gomez from "Wizards of Waverly Place," Ashley Benson from "Pretty Little Liars," Vanessa Hudgens from "High School...

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The Call
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When it comes to law enforcement in movies, the police officers and crime scene investigators get all the glory while the behind the scenes folks like 911 dispatchers are swept under the rug. That script gets flipped in The Call. Halle Berry (Monster's Ball) stars as Jordan Turner, a 911 operator who gets a routine call from a girl who reports a prowler outside her house. During the call, Jordan makes a crucial mistake and is forced to listen to the stranger kidnap the girl. The youngster's body is...

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Come Out and Play
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In this day and age, it appears that no horror film is excluded from the reboot trend, no matter how obscure. The rehashing of old material can sometimes be a pointless exercise in futility. Other times, a modernization is just what is needed to push a story to its limits. Such is the case with Come Out and Play, a remake of 1976's Who Can Kill a Child? that truly benefits from its retooling. Come Out and Play is the story of a young man named Francis (Ebon Moss-Bachrach from "Damages") and his pregnant...

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Dead Man Down
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The greatest cinematic minds of this or any generation do one thing incredibly well: they show, they don't tell. It's one of the main differences between a mediocre film filled with tons of exposition and characters reminding the audience of their role, and a film that feels effortless in its execution. Now, you might be wondering what this has to do with a film like Dead Man Down, but in fact it has everything to do with it. See, Dead Man Down is a film that aspires to something greater. The ideas contained...

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Phantom
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Following in the footsteps of Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October and u-571, Phantom takes place in the constricts and confines of a submarine. It's a naturally dramatic setting, but one that is difficult to pull off successfully. Phantom does a pretty good job of it, as long as the action stays on the sub. Set in 1968 at the height of the Cold War, Phantom stars Ed Harris as Dmitri "Demi" Zubov, a Soviet submarine commander who, after having just returned from three months at sea, is ordered to take...

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Bullet to the Head
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Sylvester Stallone might be a little too old for action movies, but don't tell him that as he's clearly got a lot still invested in the genre. His newest flick, Bullet to the Head, is a guy's movie, a gruff piece of work that features plenty of bullets, boobs, and blood (or as I like to call them the 3 B's). But more importantly the film features Sly as James Bonomo - a.k.a. Jimmy Bobo - a tough-as-nails NOLA-based hit man that always delivers on his promises. When Jimmy's partner-in-literal-crime falls...

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Mr. Popper's Penguins
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The life of a businessman begins to change after he inherits six penguins, and as he transforms his apartment into a winter wonderland, his professional side starts to unravel. Based on the bestselling children's book, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Richard Atwater.
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