Even the best Adam Sandler movies tend to be spasmodic, with sudden outbursts of high comedy interpolated into middling hooey as predictable as the presence of Rob Schneider doing his
From making copies for the likes of Sting (aka “the Sting-meister … Sting-a-ling-a-ling!”) on “Saturday Night Live” to encouraging “The Waterboy” with a lusty, “You can
Before she caught the acting bug, Neve Campbell had designs on becoming a world-class ballerina. She trained with National Ballet School in her native Canada for years before injuries
The gang from Calvin’s Barbershop is back for more in a sequel that in many ways outshines the original. The considerable heart and witty banter of “Barbershop” suffered some
THE BIG BOUNCE Owen Wilson does what he can to drag this crap-py comedy along, but he’s held back by an inert narrative and a stagnant supporting cast.
It is, perhaps, the most famous line in sports broadcasting history: “Do you believe in miracles?” The goosebumps still come, nearly a quarter century after Al Michaels posed the question
Patriotic pride abounds in director Gavin O’Connor’s drama about the U.S. national hockey team’s astonishing victory over a seemingly invincible Soviet squad at the 1980 Olympic
The credits contend “The Perfect Score” was made by the hip peeps over at MTV Films, but the film just as easily could have been scripted by the local PTA.
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THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT A no-thrills thriller that gets sillier as
There’s a scene midway through “The Big Bounce” in which Morgan Freeman’s shifty Hawaiian magistrate warns Owen Wilson’s petty thief that “some things are exactly as they
He has an air of nobility about him befitting an actor widely recognized as one of the very best. Still, 66-year-old Morgan Freeman, while fully aware of his
ALONG CAME POLLY Ultimately sags due to an absence of chemistry between the leads and a surprising shortage of crisp comedy.
TORQUE An eye-popping, all-out assault on the
