‘Hercules’ movie review: The Rock is the Greek hero in epic minus the myth
Brett Ratner’s Hercules, starring Dwayne Johnson, is a couple notches goofier than the Kevin Sorbo TV series. No joke
July 23, 2014
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Brett Ratner’s Hercules, starring Dwayne Johnson, is a couple notches goofier than the Kevin Sorbo TV series. No joke
The vampire movie gets the Jim Jarmusch treatment in Only Lovers Left Alive, a too-hip-to-be-hip treatise on the undead
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy has a near-impossible task: to hold up to John le Carré’s much-loved cold war-era novel and the definitive 1979 BBC miniseries
Immortals, a Greek mythology spectacle coming in the wake of 300 and Clash of the Titans, is a guilty pleasure; very guilty
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is a wholly satisfying conclusion to the decade-long Harry Potter franchise
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Harry Potter by way of Ingmar Bergman: Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is rich and vibrant, dark yet sensitive
At least half of New York, I Love You is unbearable, and only one 7-minute segment is really worthwhile
Jim Jarmusch goes all Godard-arty in The Limits of Control, a painfully slow-moving and (nearly) fatally pretentious film
Hellboy II: The Golden Army compensates for what was missing in the first film and then some
Ignore the cynics: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is a film for pulp lovers, a throwback to old Republic serials and Errol Flynn adventures