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I'm as willing as any movie-lover to accept a certain amount of ridiculousness in a movie if it serves the greater purpose of entertainment. And, when it comes to action movies, I like to think that my level of tolerance is pretty high. Hey, I en...
U.S. Release Date: 2004-11-19
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, ...
How to review a movie that's essentially a copy of its predecessor? The temptation is to simply copy what I wrote about the first National Treasure into this space with a few minor edits to account for name and location changes. Everything from t...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-21
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: ADVENTURE
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, ...
Okay, no one anticipated that Need for Speed, the motion picture interpretation of the popular (and addictive) series of video games, would resemble Shakespeare. There was, however, a reasonable expectation that some of the adrenaline would transfe...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-03-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION
Director: Scott Waugh
Cast: Aaron Paul, Imogen Poots, Dominic Cooper, ...
In 1992, Walt Disney Pictures, riding a wave of euphoria generated by its recent animated successes, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, tried to do something that was met by critics with skepticism: revive the live-action musical. Filmm...
U.S. Release Date: 1992-04-10
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: MUSICAL
Director: Kenny Ortega
Cast: Christian Bale, David Moscow, Luke Edwards, ...
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is a miscalculation of Magic Kingdom-sized proportions. Designed for and targeted at prepubescent girls, the holiday-themed fantasy adventure drowns in CGI, underdeveloped characters, and a plot utterly devoi...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-11-02
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mild Violence)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Lasse Hallstrom, Joe Johnston
Cast: Mackenzie Foy, Keira Knightley, Jayden Fowora-Knight, ...
Here's a primer for how to endure Old Dogs if an unfortunate series of circumstances should place you where seeing it is unavoidable. Arrive late and leave early. In between, visit the concession stand as frequently as possible and stand in the lo...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-11-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Walt Becker
Cast: John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, ...
Pixar has run out of material for sequels, so it’s back to the drawing board and the creation of original films with the hope that one or more of them will develop a strong enough following to warrant follow-ups down the line. Onward, the fi...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-03-06
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, ...
Oz the Great and Powerful is director Sam Raimi's prequel to The Wizard of Oz. This new vision of The Land of Oz is an imaginative mix of live-action and CGI that pays homage to the iconic images and timeless sense of wonder in the classic The Wiza...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-03-08
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: FANTASY/ADVENTURE
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, ...
Pacifiers are for infants. The same is true of The Pacifier. In fact, "infantile" may be the best single word to describe this Kindergarten Cop wannabe. Vin Diesel is better than the material, but, no matter how hard he tries, he can't rise abov...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-03-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Adam Shankman
Cast: Vin Diesel, Lauren Graham, Faith Ford, ...
It never fails to amaze me that something as essentially light and pointless as Disney's remake of The Parent Trap can clock in at over two hours in length. This is one of those movies that has difficulty sustaining any kind of comic or dramatic m...
U.S. Release Date: 1998-07-29
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Natasha Richardson, Lindsay Lohan, ...