"Battleship" is a Cobbled Together Junkyard of Stolen Scenes
Boasting not a single original shot in its entire 131-minute running time, Battleship is cobbled together from a junkyard of used and abused product. I don’t feel comfortable even calling it a movie.
A Boy Hopes to Reunite His Family in "I Wish"
Koreeda hunkers down with Koichi (Koki Meada), who lives with his mom and her parents in Kagoshima, which—in a metaphor that, fitting with the rest of the film, never feels too precious.
Will Smith Reprises His Role as Agent J in the Unasked-For Three-quel to "Men in Black"
A decade-late three-quel anticipated by nobody, this lumbering $215 million behemoth finally stumbles into theaters—punch-drunk, top-heavy, and sweating so hard it’s all but barren of wit.
"Polisse" Follows the Impassioned Members of a Child Protection Unit in Paris
The young alleged victims, let alone their accused perpetrators, could be exaggerating, if not lying, and more than once we watch interrogations in which it’s impossible to tell someone’s innocence or guilt.
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