Walt Disney Animation came out with one of its biggest box office bombs in history with "Treasure Planet." This effort from producers-directors-screenwriters Ron Clements and John Musker suffers from weak characters, ho-hum storylines, and confusing visualization with boats floating through outer space. It is loosely based [..]

"Sweet Home Alabama" is a predictable romantic comedy from start to finish. The stale storyline from Douglas J. Eboch seems be an attempt to make a movie soley on the basis of the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name. Director Andy Tennant ("Anna and [..]

Robert De Niro and Eddie Murphy were paired in a buddy cop film with mixed results. "Showtime" does not live up to expectations of featuring two major stars in this parody of police reality television programs, due to poor execution by director Tom Dey ("Shanghai Noon" 2000) [..]

A mediocre version of "The Wizard of Oz" came out in 1925, the first full-length silent feature film adapted from L. Frank Baum's 1900 children's novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz." Producer-director-screenwriter Larry Semon did a terrible job at the helm of the movie, with sloppy direction [..]

The immensely entertaining computer animated comedy film "Ice Age" in 2002 started a movie franchise that was followed by sequels released in 2006, 2009, 2012, and 2016, not to mention film shorts. The story involves a group of animals migrating south to escape winter. Director Chris [..]

Weak comedy, poor acting, and predictable plot lines all characterize "Mr. Deeds," an Adam Sandler film vehicle. Director Steven Brill ("Little Nicky" 2000) and screenwriter Tim Herlihy turned out a poor remake of the 1936 Frank Capra classic movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington." Sandler plays [..]

"Zoot Suit" is a drama-musical film based on the Broadway play of the same name, telling the story of events surrounding the real-life Sleepy Lagoon Trial of 1942, when a group of Mexican-Americans were charged with murder, resulting in the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles. Director-screenwriter [..]

"Keeping Mum" is a poorly written and badly directed black comedy from UK director-screenwriter Niall Johnson ("The Big Swap" 1998). It is the story of a small town English vicar who is oblivious to the problems of his wife and teenage son and daughter. Enter a [..]

Brie Larson returns as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in "The Marvels," the 33rd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This time she teams up with two of her friends Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) and Kamala Kahn (Iman Vellani) go on more adventures, too complex to divulge in this [..]

"The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes" is an outstanding prequel to "The Hunger Games" of 2012, and its sequels of 2013, 2014, and 2015. Director Francis Lawrence ("I Am Legend" 2007) has created the right amount of drama in the story of Coriolanus Snow [..]