It’s a pity that no one else involved in the making of the film had Dwayne Johnson’s sly intuition.
It punks its impressionable audience into believing a lie, then punishes them for their foolishness.
The film doesn’t clear the CGI cobwebs or successfully anchor any of its new events with emotional heft.
The Angry Birds Movie is a lot of things, but none of them true to the app’s appeal.
To have the film’s youth restored in a new HD transfer is, like you at the L’Oréal counter, worth it.
Keanu is declawed by design, but it’s hard not to wonder what the cat could’ve dragged in.
Prince’s position as a permanent backdrop never once abated, even after his Billboard chart prowess inevitably receded.
The film is a pop sonata of stand-up comedy routines layered with, if not vitality, then at least honest energy.
The incongruity between Melissa McCarthy’s eagerness as a performer and her character’s total lack of compassion makes The Boss somehow both restless and tedious.
The meat forming Junk’s cheeseburger patty is arch deluxe.
As far as shameless excuses to rehash crowd-pleasing gags from the first film go, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 doesn’t particularly go about its duties cynically.
If the album’s ambitions feel scaled down, Karl Hyde and Rick Smith come away ahead for it.
Who would’ve thought that the triumph of 12 Years a Slave would give so many Oscar voters the chance to absolve themselves of any further obligation toward racial concerns?
You have to ask which storyline does an evenly matched Oscar contest best serve? That of the underdog, obviously.
When in doubt, fall back on a reliable formula: And the Oscar for sound mixing in a movie most likely to win best picture goes to…
It’s an episode of Without a Trace: Jerusalem presented with all the panache of a Trinity Broadcasting Network TV special.
It’s impossible not to be dazzled by how much carnage Margaret Sixel packs into two hours without ever losing Mad Max: Fury Road’s sense of geographical scale.
So, as voters make their little Leonardo DiCaprio dodge Lady Gaga on the 12-bit red carpet, so will the real Leo once again dodge Gaga as the latter walks to the podium with Diane Warren.
Four other best picture nominees and one unexpectedly snubbed also-ran would seem to make for a close race.
If the accepted wisdom is that chronically single people don’t know what they want, the film will stay alone for life.