Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man Leaves Us Tingling

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 02:45:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Though the very idea of rebooting Spider-Man only five years after the last sequel enraged geeks everywhere, The Amazing Spider-Man is just that. Andrew Garfield is less the...

Movie Review: Magic Mike Is Worth the Dollar Bills

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Channing Tatum bares all as a male stripper with a heart that's almost as big as what's hidden in those tear-away pants. Director Steven Soderbergh's high energy abs...

Movie Review: Ted Is Stuffed With Raunchy Humor

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 02:54:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane delivers his first live-action feature starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and a computer-generated talking teddy bear that's just as...

Movie Review: Take This Waltz Has Two Left Feet

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Nope, don't take this Waltz. The sophomore feature from writer/director Sarah Polley centers on sophomoric Margot (Michelle Williams), a married writer who is all atwitter...

Movie Review: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World's Finds Salvation in Its Comedy Skits

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 02:30:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: In the last few days before an asteroid is scheduled to hit the Earth and destroy all life, Steve Carell and Keira Knightley—having both recently broken up with...

Movie Review: To Rome With Love Is Sealed With a Clever Bacio

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:30:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Under the spell of Roma, Jesse Eisenberg is smitten with Ellen Page even though his girlfriend is the adorably insecure Greta Gerwig. There's magic afoot (again) in Woody...

Movie Review: Brave Is No Incredibles—but See the Latest Pixar Flick Anyway, Because: Bagpipes!

Fri, 22 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Bring the wee bairns and the wizened pappy, ye sods. This Pixar film may not boast the pitch-perfect storytelling of Ratatouille or Incredibles, but it has belly laughs aplenty...

Movie Review: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Slays Undead and the Living Alike

Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Hey, it doesn't suck. Historical revisionism of monstrous proportions, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter presents the Great Emancipator as America's first...

Movie Review: That's My Boy Happily Serves Up Signature Sandler

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:15:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: With a screenplay by Happy Endings' David Caspe, a return to hard-R raunch and costars like Andy Samberg and Vanilla Ice, Adam Sandler just might have made the funniest...

Movie Review: Rock of Ages Is Ready to Rock

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 03:52:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Thanks to 1980s mashups and plenty of star wattage, Guitar Hero: The Movie is here! Anyone who's ever strapped on a plastic guitar to channel their inner Journey knows the...

Movie Review: Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Is a Bad Trip

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:34:59 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Kind of a drag, man. Jane Fonda stars as a hippie granny who tries to reconnect with her estranged lawyer daughter (Catherine Keener) and grandkids. Despite a few dope moments,...

Movie Review: Madagascar 3 Is Super Funny, Despite Being a Threequel About Talking Animals

Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:34:33 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Third time's a charmer. In this fur-ociously entertaining sequel, Alex the Lion and his zoo crew try to get home to New York by joining a traveling...

Movie Review: Prometheus Packed With Great Acting, Big Ideas—and Monsters!

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 23:27:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Director Ridley Scott's (sorta) Alien prequel arrives with much secrecy, a stellar cast, and groundbreaking 3-D visuals. The...

Movie Review: Robert Pattinson Kisses, Seduces and Repeats in Bel Ami

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:47:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Not bloody awful, but not magnifique either. Robert Pattinson plays a social-climbing scoundrel who seduces wealthy women in 1890s Paris. Twihards thirsting for a Pattinson fix...

Movie Review: Chernobyl Diaries Radiates Suspense

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:24:00 GMT

Review in A Hurry: Paranormal Activity creator Oren Peli puts down the shaky cam and heads to the Ukraine. A group of young, attractive, and seriously naive "extreme tourists" pay a local...

Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom Simply Sings

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:35:54 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Ah, young love. An "emotionally disturbed" orphan ditches his scouting troop to run away with the object of his adolescent obsession, a local "troubled" girl....

Movie Review: Men in Black 3's Will Smith Is Still Fresh When Battling Aliens in the Past

Fri, 25 May 2012 04:28:14 GMT

Review in a Hurry: When his partner K is erased from history, Agent J must time travel to 1960s New York to save him and prevent an alien invasion. The series returns with great eye candy, good...

Movie Review: Battleship's Got Game on the Big Screen

Fri, 18 May 2012 03:22:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: With a roster of hotties—Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, and Rihanna—versus ginormous space crafts, Battleship is an alien invasion flick with too earnest...

Movie Review: What to Expect When You're Expecting Doesn't Deliver Laughs

Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: Inspired by Heidi Murkoff's mega-selling manual, uneven What to Expect profiles five couples whose lives are upended by pregnancy. What to expect when you're watching:...

Movie Review: The Dictator Is Full of Silly Skits, but Doesn't Fully Translate

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:54:00 GMT

Review in a Hurry: After months of Sacha Baron Cohen showing up as the character he plays in The Dictator—even ash-bombing Ryan Seacrest on the red carpet—the actual movie is here. The...