Barrels across the trackless landscape of our affections, arriving where no one would have thought to look for a big-budget Hollywood movie: in the terrain of the heart.. A failed and lifeless experiment in which everything goes wrong.. Strap yourself in and try not to vomit, because this is more of a theme-park event than a movie -- Pirates of the Caribbean in reverse, a wild ride stripped of its...
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The result is a quirky film that should work for all ages, with just a hint of dark humor. In this age of high-tech animation, Wes Anderson has found himself in a low-tech wonderland.. Adds yet another wry, carefully composed bibelot to the cabinet of curios that defines the Anderson oeuvre.. A refreshingly low-tech cartoon.. The film earns its title's superlative and a hundred more.. Grownups will...
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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...
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While less fluid and fresh than its 2004 predecessor, the new film displays enough nutty writing and sheer brio to confirm the stamina of its enduring and skillfully voiced characters.. A goofy gag-filled surf-and-turf romp that will entertain adults with its ridiculous lunacy as it delights kids with colourful fun.. The story is just a pretext for sustained, rapid-fire gags, many of them hysterical,...
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) Online Streaming
The animation is first-rate, with moments of genuine visual imagination, and the story, while unremarkable, is entirely adequate.. The 3-D effects are standard, the children and the prince are a bit bland, and Michael Apted's direction veers into listlessness, but there is, at times, a pleasing elegance to the production, too. It doesn't assault you.. A film which, if not truly sophisticated, isn't...
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It's a magical feat, one that turns puppets into personalities and an English meadow into Anderson's world.. Sometimes too clever by half, the film, replete with in-jokes, may in some ways work better for adults. Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwarztman also provide adept voice work.. The result is not only marvellous whimsy, but also something that advances the burgeoning retro-tech movement.....
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.....
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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...
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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,...
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Will Condon's movie convert agnostics to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight cult?. . Melodrama reigns in this supernatural soap opera, even though author Stephanie Meyer's tale takes a decided turn toward the weird and violent.. It all goes wrong just when it should go right.. Kung Fu Panda gets across important and inevitable plot information in ways that are novel and unexpected. Things simply don't happen...
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This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. Frozen establishes a strong, confident tone: Cool mythology, rich, vivid animation, and 3-D effects that are actually worth seeing, not just migraine-inducing distractions.. Make way for a new kind of fairy tale. These Frozen princesses are the kind we can definitely warm to.. I...
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Lacking any meat on its bones, ['Madagascar'] is a cartoon about nothing. Not that there's anything wrong with that.. A delight. Co-writers and -directors McGrath and Eric Darnell, along with their entire team, have done a terrific job with their sweet and whimsical story.. A safe-as-milk, toy-ready, born-to-cross-promote piece of animated Hollywood product that will likely please children but leave...
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Even without world-class smarts or amusing mutations, the next generation of "Jurassic" is an enjoyable ride.. In terms of its thrills and graphic design, it still looks like a low-to-mid-range Spielberg effort.. Pratt proved in "Guardians" that he could handle hunky leading man roles, and his combination of physicality, charisma and attitude prove hard to resist one more time.. You don't go to the...
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Lacks anything vaguely resembling a plot, while failing to deliver suspense or thrills.. Watching Blade: Trinity is like being rolled down a marble staircase in an oil drum. The movie is loud, dark, bumpy and not even a little fun.. Diverting but dumb and more goth than gothic, Blade: Trinity builds up to a less-than-epochal smackdown.. This year's entry in the Movies You Admire and Respect but Don't...
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Finding Nemo is laced with smart humor and clever gags, and buoyed by another cheery story of mismatched buddies: a pair of fish voiced by Albert Brooks and Ellen DeGeneres.. Be forewarned: Whether through ego, avarice, or unchecked enthusiasm, Jackson has wandered deep into the realm of fan fiction.. Finding Nemo works terribly hard for every scrap of charm or humor it imparts.. I recommend this...
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Youngsters with a taste for adventure will no doubt overlook the movie's workmanlike outlines and applaud its spirited, self-reliant heroine, who proves to be as appealingly unruly as her tumble of Titian curls.. It starts with a great story - of love and politics, time travel and mystical pathways between planets - badly sucked dry.. The Pixar name used to mean something. And it never quite meant...
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The Road, a tremulous heartbreaker onscreen, has successfully made the leap despite an unthinkable amount of fidelity.. This adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2006 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is intense and, yes, depressing -- and earns every minute that it rattles inside your head.. 'Wreck-It Ralph' combines a fresh idea with a true love for retro pop culture. It's hard not to love this movie.. Mortensen...
Maleficent (2014) Watch Full Movie
This movie is an epic action movie that I believe in a few years from now shall be more appreciated than it is today !!. [It lacks] the sort of nightmarish visions that made Walt Disney's early animation features so powerful. This looks impressive, though, making use of highly imaginative, state-of-the-art 3-D effects while still evoking old-school Disney animation. Music perfectly fits with the movie,...
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The dialogue is weak and the science has gone from incredulous to silly.. In an era when much on film seems old, Shrek seems new and fresh and clever.. It doesn't take long to figure out that Shrek is not going to be your ordinary animated fairy tale.. Bad news is the only news in Jurassic Park III.. This is beautiful work.. One staggeringly silly movie.. What gives Shrek its special artistic distinction...
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Aside from Parsons' initially amusingly mangled Yoda-like English, which gets a tad repetitive, Home doesn't stand out as fresh or particularly funny.. A surprisingly moving tale of friendship and family, dressed up as an adorably frivolous sci-fi comedy.. Director Marc Forster can't do much with the stale human story, in which Pitt leaves his frightened wife and daughters on an aircraft carrier to...