What the Academy Awards needed most Sunday night was a movie that most of the audience had seen and liked. ...more

February 24, 2009

The Happening ** If Mark Wahlberg can pass for a science teacher, and audiences can forget "Lady in the Water," then perhaps incredulity can be stretched even farther to accommodate M. Night Shyamalan's latest plotline, a murky tale of mass suicides, urban flight and eco-disaster. The good news is that he is now working with an R rating, which means he can be melodramatic and gross. ...more

October 10, 2008

LOS ANGELES - Jack Black's Po the panda outgunned Adam Sandler's Zo the hairdresser. Black's cartoon comedy "Kung Fu Panda" pulled in $60 million in ticket sales to debut as the weekend's No. 1 movie, while Sandler's salon romp "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" opened in second place with $40 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. ...more

June 8, 2008

OPENING Kung Fu Panda *** Improbably chosen to fulfill an ancient prophecy, an ungainly panda (voiced by Jack Black) trains to join an elite group of martial artists in this animated family comedy. Review, Page 4. 91 minutes (PG; martial arts action) ...more

June 6, 2008

You Don't Mess With The Zohan Adam Sandler plays an Israeli counterspy who fakes his death and becomes a New York hairdresser in "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" (review, Page 6). We sent our TBO.com Street Team to check it out and share their thoughts. ...more

June 5, 2008

For all the concern that a comedy about conflict in the Middle East would offend everyone imaginable, "You Don't Mess With the Zohan" is really rather conventional and familiar. ...more

June 5, 2008

Sequels! Reboots! Unnecessary adaptations of television shows! This summer - like most summers before it - is filled with brainless cinematic candy projected onto a giant screen for your viewing pleasure. ...more

May 8, 2008