Jason Bateman plays with a cup of semen in The Switch Photo: Miramax Films You could look at The Switch any number of ways. Believe me I have in the course of deciding how I was going to tackle this review. I don't think you need to be a feminist …
Michael Cera in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Photo: Universal Pictures I walked into Scott Pilgrim vs. the World with no idea what to expect. I hadn't seen a single trailer, never read Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novels that inspired the…
Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Ying Yang (Jet Li), Toll Road (Randy Couture), Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) and Lee Christmas (Jason Statham) in The Expendables Photo: Lionsgate The Expendables is total '80s cheese, with all the blood and gore audi…
Julia Roberts in Eat Pray Love Photo: Columbia Pictures Based on the best-selling memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love already has its very own built-in audience, the question is whether or not anyone outside of that audience is going to want to …
James Frecheville and Jacki Weaver in Animal Kingdom Photo: Sony Pictures Classics David Michod is part of the Australian filmmaking group Blue Tongue Films alongside Nash Edgerton and other up and comers such as Spencer Susser and Luke Doolan. It'…
Arren in Tales from Earthsea Photo: Walt Disney Pictures NOTE: The screening of Tales from Earthsea I attended was the original Japanese-language version with English subtitles. The version that will be released domestically is dubbed in English and us…
Gemma Arterton in The Disappearance of Alice Creed Photo: Anchor Bay Films J Blakeson's The Disappearance of Alice Creed is an exercise in simplicity. Three actors, one premise and a little bit of conflict goes a long way with this little film tha…
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg in The Other Guys Photo: Columbia Pictures As a movie reviewer when someone tells you a movie "wasn't that bad" after reading your negative review it feels like sweet vindication when a movie comes along pr…
Adam G. Sevani (left) and Rick Malambri in Step Up 3D Photo: Touchstone PIctures Step Up 2 the Streets was a dramatic improvement over the dull and lifeless 2006 original. Yet it still feels weird to fully realize how silly this whole franchise is and …
Luke Wilson in Middle Men Photo: Paramount Pictures Talk about Filmmaking 101; Middle Men is a would-be interesting story saddled with cliched trailer music and obnoxious voice over describing everything you see on screen as if you didn't have eye…
Robert Duvall in Get Low Photo: Sony Pictures Classics Set in the late 1930s, Get Low is based on an American folk tale, which is itself based on the true story of a hermit named Felix "Bush" that decides to throw himself a funeral party whil…
