THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Adventures of Tintin”
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
Our Review / 5 - Terrible
THE SKED SEASON PREMIERE REVIEW: “Falling Skies”
FALLING SKIES: Sunday 10PM on TNT FALLING SKIES is, for TNT, the series Syfy needs and doesn’t seem to be able to pull off. As futuristic adventure sagas go, there’s nothing innovative about it, or even s...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Jack the Giant Slayer”
JACK THE GIANT SLAYER: Watch It At Home – No Giants Here It’s been a dozen years since moviegoers took up residence in Middle Earth with the opening of the first Lord of the Rings film, and since the multi-...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Dark Knight Rises”
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: Worth A Ticket – The Saga That Rewrote Superhero Movies Goes Out With A Weighty Bang Christopher Nolan likes his intricate, novelistic plotting. You remember the portion of The Dark Knight wher...
SHOWBUZZDAILY FILM REVIEW: “Pacific Rim”
PACIFIC RIM: Watch It At Home – Even Michael Bay Might Say “Too Much” Why isn’t PACIFIC RIM a better movie? It’s a passion project for the tremendously talented co-writer (with Travis Be...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Impossible”
THE IMPOSSIBLE – Worth A Ticket – A Tsunami Film With Both Spectacle and Emotion Director Juan Antonio Bayona has done a spectacular job of re-creating the 2004 Asian tsunami in THE IMPOSSIBLE. Staged...
SHOWBUZZDAILY BOXOFFICE: “The Avengers” Awaits the Witching Hour – 5/3/12
> It seems like only yesterday that we were reviewing the records for midnight openings (actually, it was March 23, when The Hunger Games opened with a 7th-highest $19.7M Thursday midnight–the highest ever for a non-seque...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Croods”
THE CROODS: Watch It At Home – Prehistoric Sitcom’s Bland Storyline Doesn’t Evolve Hollywood already has a thriving CG-animated prehistoric franchise in the Ice Age series, but DreamWorks Animation ...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – Worth A Ticket: Simian Power Although it’s positioned as the last big adventure epic of the summer, for most of its length Rupert Wyatt’s RISE OF THE PLA...
THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”
HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS: Not At Any Price – Audiences Won’t Live Happily Ever After HANSEL & GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS is mostly terrible, but say this for it: it’s not terrible like anyt...