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Eventually, it had to happen: a computer-animated dud. It's surprising it has taken this long, and we have been spoiled by the high quality of the product, with such winning titles as Toy Story, Shrek, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and others. B...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-05-27
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ANIMATED
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath
Cast: (voices) Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, ...
Non-demanding fans of the original The Matrix will likely be enthralled by the second installment in the series. More demanding aficionados will likely have a few reservations, some of which will not be addressed until the release of the third fea...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Ann Moss, ...
The Matrix Revolutions represents a disappointing way for the science fiction trilogy to bow out. Overlong and underwhelming, The Matrix Revolutions reinforces the thinking that it’s a rare movie series in which the final chapter is the stronges...
U.S. Release Date: 2003-11-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Harry J. Lennix, Harold Perrineau Jr., ...
There's no sophomore jinx for the Wachowski Brothers. Andy and Larry, a pair of obviously talented film makers, have returned to theaters with The Matrix, a science fiction thriller that is every bit the match of their debut effort, Bound, for ten...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-03-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, ...
Mean Girls, like 2023’s The Color Purple, is a reminder of Hollywood’s ongoing taste for self-cannibalism. Not content merely to take a known property and send it to the stage as a musical, the industry has taken the play, re-made it as a movi...
U.S. Release Date: 2024-01-12
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Musical/Comedy
Director: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.
Cast: Angourie Rice, Tim Meadows, Tina Fey, ...
Back in the 1980s, it wasn't uncommon to hear Eddie Murphy referred to as a "comic genius." 20 years later, the man who once made a concert film called Raw has become a purveyor of PG-rated pabulum. At one point, Murphy could deliver while collec...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-07-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, ...
The problem with some franchises is that the studios don't know when it's time to quit. The lackluster nature of Men in Black II should have been a hint to Sony that the Men in Black series had run its course. Now, at least ten years beyond the "s...
U.S. Release Date: 2012-05-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/COMEDY
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, ...
The November Man feels like just about every B-grade spy thriller that has ever been committed to the silver screen. With a slipshod narrative that could be mistaken for diluted Ludlum, Deighton, or Le Carre, The November Man provides us with an op...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-08-27
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/ACTION
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Luke Bracey, Olga Kurylenko, ...
Eddie Murphy does not make "comebacks", because, according to him, he hasn't been out of the spotlight. But, following three critical and box-office flops (The Distinguished Gentleman, Beverly Hills Cop III, and Vampire in Brooklyn), Murphy is hop...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-06-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Eddie Murphy, Jada Pinkett, Larry Miller, ...
When it comes to studio greed, Kill Bill isn't the only example, but it's the most egregious one. Not only did Miramax have the effortery to break the movie into two pieces in an obvious attempt to collect twice as much money, but one look at their ...