Category: Movie Reviews

Cast: Kevin Hart, Snoop Dogg, K.D. Aubert, Method Man, Gary Anthony Williams Studio: MGM Rating: 5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Why just fly when you can soar with soul? Take a ride on the Soul Plane. After a humiliating and horrific experience on a commercial flight, Nashawn Wade (KEVIN HART) sues and is awarded a $100 million…

Cast: Kate Hudson, Abigail Breslin, Spencer Breslin, John Corbett, Audrey Wells Studio: Touchstone Rating: 7/10 CORPORATE LINE: In this heartwarming comedy from director Garry Marshall (“Runaway Bride,” “The Princess Diaries”), Helen Harris (Academy Award¨ nominee KATE HUDSON) is living the life she always dreamed of. Her career at a top Manhattan modeling agency is on…

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Ian Holm, Dash Mihok Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: This movie takes a big-budget, special-effects-filled look at what the world would look like if the greenhouse effect and global warming continued at such levels that they resulted in worldwide catastrophe and disaster, including multiple hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes,…

Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Saunders Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 8/10 CORPORATE LINE: Shrek 2 sends Shrek, Donkey and Princess Fiona on a whirlwind of new adventures with more fairy-tale favorites to lampoon along the way. Shrek now faces his greatest challenge: the in-laws. Shrek and Princess Fiona return from their…

Cast: Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Peter O’Toole, Diane Kruger Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Throughout time, men have waged war. Some for power, some for glory, some for honor – and some for love. In ancient Greece, the passion of two of literature’s most notorious lovers, Paris, Prince of Troy (ORLANDO…

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, David Wenham Studio: Universal Rating: 6.5/10 CORPORATE LINE: Into this world, brought to life and played out on massive sets and sweeping locations, Sommers brings Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman), the legendary monster hunter born in the pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In his ongoing battle to…

Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Tina Fey, Jonathan Bennett, Lizzy Caplan, Ana Gasteyer Studio: Paramount Rating: 9/10 CORPORATE LINE: Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she knows about “survival of the fittest.” But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high…

Cast: Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler, Stephanie Adams Studio: Dreamworks Rating: 6/10 CORPORATE LINE: Ben Stiller (“Meet the Parents”) and Jack Black (“School of Rock”) star in the comedy “Envy,” under the direction of Academy Award® winner Barry Levinson (“Rain Man”). The film also stars Rachel Weisz (“The Mummy,” “About a Boy”),…

Cast: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, Chad Faust, Patrick Fugit Studio: United Artists Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: In this sweetly subversive comedy, a group of outsiders band together to navigate the treacherous halls of high school and make it to graduation, ultimately learning more about themselves, finding faith in unexpected places, and realizing what…

Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Marc Anthony, Radha Mitchell Studio: Fox Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: Denzel Washington stars as a government operative/soldier of fortune who has pretty much given up on life. In Mexico City, he reluctantly agrees to take a job to protect a child (Fanning) whose parents are threatened by a…