Sky High (2005) Play Movie

It seems only fair now to let kids from every other country line up to escort Samuel L. Jackson to safety. What kinds of misadventures could he get up to in Uruguay, or Mauritania?. My 12-year-old self would have liked this movie a lot. The 25-year-old me likes it a bit more than he cares to admit.. . The story penned by Helander with Petri Jokiranta goes heavy on the hokum, not to mention the CGI fireworks, but a dialled-down Jackson and a fired-up Tommila make for an entertaining pair.. This i...

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Sherlock Holmes (2009) Play Movie

Stunningly shot and inconsistently acted and written, Snow White has enough visual fireworks to keep the film afloat, even if star Kristen Stewart can't get out of Twilight mode.. Though purists may balk at Arthur Conan Doyle's literary world being manhandled into a blockbuster by never-subtle director Guy Ritchie, Downey has a winning take on Holmes: He's always on.. A compelling look at the relationships between fathers and sons, and the child coming to terms with the parent's mortality.. An e...

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Star Trek (2009) Online Streaming

The aim here is to court a new generation of fans without alienating the true believers speaking Klingon in the box-office lines.. Did somebody just reach through the space-time continuum and pull out a white rabbit?. It is pleasant to report that though it's not perfect, the reconstituted Star Trek is successful enough for everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.. You needn't know the secret handshakes or utter the Vulcan blessing "live long and prosper" to gain admission to, and enjoy, summer's f...

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Spirited Away (2001) Watch Full Movie

'We're the Millers' clicks on just enough cylinders to warrant a recommendation.. [Spirited Away is] the most deeply and mysteriously satisfying animated feature to come along in ages.. Though incredibly predictable from start to finish, "We're the Millers" did make me laugh.. The laughs may come in fits and starts, usually by way of sight gags and set pieces, but they do come. And then they go.. In scene after scene, Spirited Away unleashes so much wonder and visual imagination that you end up ...

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3:10 to Yuma (2007) Online Streaming

James Mangold's expert and entertaining 3:10 to Yuma demonstrates both the Western's age-old appeal, and the problems it presents to a contemporary filmmaker.. Alone of all the earnest players in this turgidly euphemistic melodrama, Sheen seems to grasp that the only way you can keep a straight face through this choked-up virginity is to carry it way into camp.. Memo to director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg: Just because you make a movie about vampires doesn't mean you suck the...

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Apocalypto (2006) Online Streaming

It's unlike any other movie to reach theaters this year and, because it is as visual an experience as it is visceral, it is best seen on a large screen.. It's a franchise movie -- a product -- that is pretending to be a lot hipper than it is.. W.H. Auden cautioned against those who "read the Bible for its prose," but after "Noah," perhaps the better warning is to look out for those people who read the Bible for its potentially profitable widescreen IMAX action scenes. Although there are memorabl...

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Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Watch Full Movie

Though dazzled by its ultra-modern wizardry and the high gloss of its production values, one can also feel the globalist double standard roiling underneath the adolescent-kid fantasy plot.. Director Len Wiseman is good on action, and Patrick Tatopoulus's dystopic production design is within hailing distance of Blade Runner, his chief influence. But essentially this is a big-screen video game.. The fun is fun while it lasts, it just doesn't last long enough.. Those who buy a ticket to Total Recal...

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