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Looking back at the Sylvester Stallone pugilist franchise from the end of the line, one thing becomes clear: there were really only two Rocky movies. Everything else was filler, founded on formula and driven by testosterone and adrenaline. The tw...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-12-20
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Antonio Tarver, ...
It's very easy to wax poetic about the sport of baseball, and I'm not just talking "Mighty Casey has struck out." Baseball may not be the most popular sport in North America, but it has a history and mythology like no other. The giants of past er...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-03-29
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Brian Cox, ...
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken is one of the most inconsequential big-screen cartoons to reach theaters this year. It’s also one of the most disappointing releases to come from Dreamworks Animation, the studio responsible for such beloved mode...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-06-30
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Kirk DeMicco
Cast: Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, ...
For years now, there have been discussions about a sequel to the surprise 1990 romantic comedy blockbuster, Pretty Woman. Aside from once again propelling Roy Orbison's title tune up the pop charts, that film had the distinction of establishing Ju...
U.S. Release Date: 1999-07-30
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Garry Marshall
Cast: Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Joan Cusack, ...
A sample of questions that floated through this reviewer's mind while watching RV... Is the name "Big Rolling Turd" supposed to apply to the RV or the movie? Where's Chevy Chase when you need him? And, considering all the movies not being shown t...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-04-28
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Robin Williams, Cheryl Hines, Joanna 'JoJo' Levescue, ...
These days, Hollywood seems to be almost entirely bankrupt of new ideas. For bursts of inspiration or innovation, the movie-goer increasingly has to seek out independent motion pictures. What we are getting more and more from the big studios is a...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-12-15
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: ROMANTIC COMEDY
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Harrison Ford, Julia Ormond, Greg Kinnear, ...
The Santa Clause 2 is a worthy successor to the original 1994 film – that is to say, anyone under age 10 will be enchanted; anyone over age 10 will have trouble stifling their boredom. The movie has a laudable quality or two, but overestimating ...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-11-01
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Offensive)
Genre: COMEDY/FANTASY
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Eric Lloyd, ...
You get what you expect with The Santa Clause 3. The two previous movies in the franchise have adequately prepared potential viewers for the experience of sitting through the third. The bland sameness of these films disallows the possibility of d...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-11-03
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: COMEDY/FANTASY
Director: Michael Lembeck
Cast: Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Martin Short, ...
This is what happens when someone takes what might have been a moderately-entertaining television Christmas special and tries to adapt it for the big screen. The Santa Clause isn't an unmitigated disaster, but it's also a whole lot less impres...
U.S. Release Date: 1994-11-11
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Nothing Objectionable)
Genre: COMEDY
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Tim Allen, Eric Lloyd, Wendy Crewson, ...
Scooby-Doo entered the public’s consciousness as America’s most lovable (and cowardly) Great Dane in 1969 with the CBS-TV debut of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? For years, Scooby and his four human friends – Shaggy, Velma, Fred, and Dap...
U.S. Release Date: 2020-05-15
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Animated
Director: Tony Cervone
Cast: Will Forte, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Isaacs, ...