The choreography is as brutal as you expect, but the repetition in style from the first two films makes the effect less surprising.
A parody of a parody, the film is so soulless that it makes its predecessor seem like a classic in retrospect.
Kidnap is an efficient vehicle for the delivery of some lean action that’s weakened by a scarcely whip-smart script.
The Kid ’n Play rap number puts a visual representation on the film’s strongest asset: soundtrack-derived nostalgia.
At times throughout this concert film, Kevin Hart’s brash honesty about himself can feel liberating.
The ingrained self-hatred of its characters reflect outward toward those who remind them of themselves.
Ultimately, the time-traveling conceit feels like a shameless ploy to further expand the franchise’s narrative universe.
These days, the X-Men saga seems like an interweaving, incestuous franchise bent on its own redemption.
The randy I’m So Excited got us thinking of other films that take to the skies
Swordfish is multifariously condescending, but it’s so inherently clueless that there’s no use in getting offended.
Warner Home Vidoe does good by Cloud Atlas’s technical skill.
If 2004’s Catwoman expressed anything, it was the empowerment Halle Berry felt after winning her historic Oscar three years prior.
Brad Anderson’s film is defined by an often frustrating combination of cleverness and stupidity.
It’s nothing but amusement in the Poster Lab today, folks.
Allegedly containing the largest cast in history, Movie 43’s cornucopia of A- and B-listers never come together as a true ensemble.
At this stage, the alternately thrilling and unwieldy three-hour epic is the season’s closest thing to a wild card.
Cloud Atlas is a rare film that’s greater than the sum of its often innocuous parts.
If you’re a seasoned fan, or even looking to dig into the series for the first time, Bond 50 is an essential package.
The film is a predictably insufferable, self-congratulatory cash cow designed to be ingested and then happily discharged without a second thought.
I didn’t even get that moral exploration I was hoping for, since the issues the box might have opened up are left unexamined.