The film is never more than an amalgamation of other movies.. "Hanna" is, on a certain level, ridiculous. But the way Mr. Wright conjures his images and parcels out his narrative is hypnotic and so seductive that wherever the film is heading we want to follow.. Without whatever strident critique Kassovitz intends, it's a typical B action movie -- the inevitable pseudo-warm bonding scenes deadly, the...
TRON: Legacy (2010) Online Streaming
Disney may be looking for a merchandising bonanza with this long-gestating sequel to the groundbreaking 1982 film, but someone in the corporate offices forgot to add any human interest to its action-heavy script.. Tron: Legacy shows off a world where everything is eye candy, and absolutely nothing is brain candy.. An intensive, propulsive political thriller representing a tautly executed return to...
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Die Another Day (2002) Play Streaming
A singular viewing experience: a multi-colored downer fantasy which combines bursts of imagination with a bleak worldview, resulting in something that rarely feels mainstream.. There's nothing pretty or exciting about this movie (inexplicably, it's in 3-D), even when all anyone's doing is fighting.. 'Die Another Day's' special effects will make your eyes open so wide your contacts might fall out,...
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Watch Full Movie
As a movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has no inner life -- no pulse -- of its own: It's secondhand.. In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, director Tim Burton does his best work in years.. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is, despite its trickery, that plainest and least surprising of artifacts: the work of art that is exactly the sum of its parts, neither more nor less.. Thank you...
The Lego Movie (2014) Play Streaming
Not since June Carter Cash in Walk the Line has Witherspoon been so present to a character. Her Cheryl is funny and messy, wounded but not without survival instincts.. Maybe the lack of answers is the point. How do you save your life by hiking 1,000 miles? By putting one foot in front of the other.. The movie gets much of the book and has the added benefit of scenery - lots of it, deserts and mountains...
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) Play Streaming
It ought to sink from the weight of the cargo, but it's buoyed by another high-wire performance from Depp.. Although there are memorable bits and pieces, the new Pirates of the Caribbean is a movie with no particular interest in coherence, economy or feeling.. It's too long, unnecessarily complicated and often silly, but Gore Verbinski's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is still the purest...
The Descent (2005) Online Streaming
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen feels overly busy, unwieldy and hollow.. Ill-conceived, sloppily directed, shoddily acted, LXG looks like the work of a confederacy of dunces.. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen just plain reeks.. This intermittently effective UK horror thriller carefully establishes the psychological relationships among the women, then squanders this calibrated and generally...
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Full Movie Streaming
George Lucas had lost his way for many years, gone to filmmaking's dark side. But now he's mustered up completely unexpected reserve for a last-minute redemption.. Revenge of the Sith might be tolerable if it weren't designed to be taken seriously.. But for all the clanking armies of iron knights on display to dazzle the eager kid in each of us, this summer epic rings hollow. There's no one home inside...
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Thor: The Dark World (2013) Download Movie
This action-adventure sequel from Marvel soon turns so dumb and 3-D-murky that it hurts.. It's like a smorgasbord designed to give fans all they can eat -- or a roadside 24-hour buffet that clocks in, blessedly, at a mere two hours. Its welcoming air and variety can't fully disguise its lack of top-notch ingredients.. Dancing above a leaden plot and lumpy dialogue, Mr. Hiddleston moves his fine-boned...
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Hanna (2011) Watch Full Movie
This J.V. "Salt" is effective only for a few minutes at a time, in some occasionally ripping action scenes set to a vivid Chemical Brothers score.. Saoirse Ronan is a talented young actress who tends to be better than the movies she's in. And that tendency holds true with "Hanna," an unsteady thriller that staggers when it should sprint.. Hanna is far from perfect but, courtesy of star Saoirse Ronan...
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) Download Movie
This is one of those rare instances when a sequel wouldn't just be warranted - it would be welcomed.. It's got all the ingredients - improbable romances, partial nudity, ridiculous escapes - that make it little more than big-sound and big-picture fodder for the Imax screens it will appear on throughout the country.. This is like an Austin Powers movie directed by Wes Anderson, although Ritchie's personal...
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Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015) Play Movie
It shouldn't surprise you by now to hear that Cruise apparently flirted with on-set danger here, too. And it's impossible to deny that this knowledge adds to the fun.. Immersive, unpredictable and crammed with more sharp plot hooks than a fishing basket. It's one of the best wide-release movies of the summer.. Of the many heists and grabs that litter the movie, none is as blatant as the deft, irrepressible...
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The Wolverine (2013) Online Streaming
Like most superhero films, "The Wolverine" depends mostly on sheer mechanics -- both in front of and behind the camera -- and on that level it's a resounding success.. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water mostly nails what has always made the character, and his brightly coloured underwater world, so endearing: the abundant innocence, the welcome lack of cynicism and the out-and-out stupidity.....
Divergent (2014) Online Streaming
The performances -- namely from stars Shailene Woodley and Theo James and Kate Winslet in a juicy supporting role -- always make the movie watchable and often quite engaging.. Ironically for a film about non-conformity, it adheres to the playbook rather slavishly.. Although not quite as well-focused as The Hunger Games, Divergent employs many of the same elements: a futuristic post-war setting, a...
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The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) Play Streaming
Surrounding the flashy heroics, however, is a lot of stilted drama. Unresolved subplots make the movie longer than it needs to be.. As always, the biggest screams emanating from the audience come when Lautner bares his chest.. ... a lesson in prehistoric hilarity.. Viewers who value the little things, such as passable acting and dialogue not stolen from a sixth-grader's diary, will once again walk...
The Guardian (2006) Download Movie
A workmanlike story, an unusual setting, a game cast and a righteous message kind of get lost in the film's excesses. And an imbalance in the leads hampers this by-the-book service-academy drama.. Full of visual dazzle, engaging characters and a reasonably sprightly narrative.. Ice Age comes closer than any other recent animated film to the Looney Tunes ideal.. It's clever enough to amuse adults,...
Wildlike (2015) Full Streaming
Awesome as director this is the first time that they have been together again Since training day powerful movie go see it!!!. The film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold.. I really like this movie. thank you. A masterpiece of genre film-making, really worth to watch.. This is the...
Noah (2014) Online Streaming
There's so much delusion and so much delight in "Noah" that I have trouble distinguishing one from the other, or determining whether its most outlandish flourishes qualify as mistakes or as strokes of genius.. Yes, it's brightly colored carnival fun. But this ride, in the end, only goes round and round and round. Which is ultimately more ho-hum than ho-ho-ho.. One of the most dazzling and unforgettable...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) Full Streaming
Relentlessly dense and unfathomable; Depp, the heart and soul of the series, doesn't even show up till several reels in.. . In terms of pure adventure, there's less of it here than in Pirates 2 -- the action doesn't really start until about two hours in, and even then it's hard to understand the shifting allegiances or make sense of why the different sides are fighting.. Not so much thought out as...
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014) Play Movie
Mainly for "Night at the Museum" diehards.. Thor is essentially Marvel's answer to Superman and, as with The Man of Steel, it can be difficult to craft a tale around a hero who is essentially invincible.. Dancing above a leaden plot and lumpy dialogue, Mr. Hiddleston moves his fine-boned features and graceful body, as if what he were doing matters; he seems imported from a quite different movie.....
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