In this week’s new movies, a film very loosely based on a Hasbro board game turns out to have firepower and a comedy based on a baby book is star-filled yet superfluous.
Get your popcorn ready. Summer is almost upon us and in today’s Weekend section, we have your guide to blockbuster season at the local cineplex , including all of the big comic book flicks, sequels, indie dark horses and, inevitably, flops.
In this week’s new movies, Tim Burton and Johnny Depp produce a disheartening satire and a documentary about water supply enthralls critic Ann Hornaday. Here’s what the Post critics had to say: “ Dark Shadows †(PG-13 “At once a brash, strutting pop culture pastiche and gloomy exercise in self-cannibalizing nostalgia, ‘Dark Shadows’ is depressing on myriad levels.†— Ann Hornaday Read full …
A big superhero blockbuster is now in theaters. The smell of popcorn and plastic 3-D glasses is in the air. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the summer movie season is here.
In this week’s new movies, the much anticipated superhero ensemble flick “Marvel’s The Avengers†hits area theaters and “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel†is too bland to constitute quality entertainment. Here’s what the Post critics had to say: Read full article > >
In this week’s new movies, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt star in a Judd Apatow rom-com and Anna Paquin plays a teenager who fears she caused a horrific accident. Here’s what the Post critics had to say: “ The Five-Year Engagement †(R) “Because it’s so willing to drill down into Tom and Violet’s misery, ‘The Five-Year Engagement’ involves a higher grim-to-grin ratio than its fluffier brethren …
In this week’s new movies, Sean William Scott gives an utterly anti-“American Pie†performance and the adaptation of Steve Harvey’s bestseller turns out to be an intelligent rom-com. Here’s what the Post critics had to say: Read full article > >
In this week’s new movies, a quirky horror flick offers both laughs and scares and an incisive documentary exposes the real-life face of youth bullying.
Here’s the scoop on this week’s new releases: Out this week: Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey Chasing Madoff Read full article > >
In this week’s new — or, in the case of “Titanic 3D,†refurbished — movies, Kate and Leo make a 3-D comeback and so does the original cast of the “American Pie†movies. Here’s what the Post critics had to say: Read full article > >