A scathing piece about the animated favorite "Shrek" has the internet upset. Here's the story that united Twitter, plus six other (arguably) wrong-headed reviews, from a damning takedown of "The Empire Strikes Back" to an underwhelmed write-up of "E.T."
The fairytale comedy was a hit with critics and audiences but its toilet humour, glibness and shoddy animation mark it out as a misfire Shrek has an outhouse with a working toilet. It is not part of the film’s cynical brand of “irreverence” that an ogre’s latrine is supported by modern plumbing. And …
It was like another art altogether. That sombre theme had to be given a sinister …
Fight Club Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch "Fight Club" is the most frankly and cheerfully fascist big-star movie since "Death Wish," a …
The other day, leaving the cinema, I saw a poster announcing the 20th-anniversary re-release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and just as I was about to …
Remember Casablanca II? Son of the Wizard of Oz? Gone with the Wind and Back Again? Of course not, because long, long ago in a movie capital far, far away, people dared not tarnish the memory of classics by exhuming them for sequels. This movie, of course, is Star Wars II, and while it’s hardly the …
Nearly two hours into James Cameron's Titanic, two lovers (Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio) embrace passionately on the deck under the stars, while, …
You won’t be having a lot of fun at “Black Swan,” but the less seriously you take this wildly melodramatic, unashamedly pulpy look at the blood sport that is New York City ballet, the better your chances are of enjoying yourself even a little. This tale of feathered ambition starring Natalie Portman …
