What possessed them to make ‘Possession’?
If you only see one demonic possession/Jewish exorcism movie this year, make it "The Possession." Swap the clerical collars for a yarmulke, change the sacred incantations from Latin to Hebrew,...
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What possessed them to make ‘Possession’?
If you only see one demonic possession/Jewish exorcism movie this year, make it "The Possession." Swap the clerical collars for a yarmulke, change the sacred incantations from Latin to Hebrew,...
‘Apparition’ hasn’t a ghost of a chance of being good ★
"The Apparition" wafts out of the ether like the ghosts of bad movies past, the very picture of the cinema's dog days of August. It's a "Paranormal Activity" knockoff, without...
‘Robot & Frank’: Langella switches on the larcenous charm ★★
"Robot & Frank" may be the oddest credit in Frank Langella's almost 60 years on stage and screen. It is, as its title declares, about a robot. And Frank. This...
‘Robot & Frank’: Langella switches on the larcenous charm ★★
"Robot & Frank" may be the oddest credit in Frank Langella's almost 60 years on stage and screen. It is, as its title declares, about a robot. And Frank. This...
‘Expendables 2’: Meep-meep! Ka-pow! ★ 1/2
Of course,"The Expendables 2"is all good fun and games and recycled catchphrases. Until somebody gets hurt. A lot of somebodies. When you're filling the screen with every big-screen action star...
‘Expendables 2’: Meep-meep! Ka-pow! ★ 1/2
Of course,"The Expendables 2"is all good fun and games and recycled catchphrases. Until somebody gets hurt. A lot of somebodies. When you're filling the screen with every big-screen action star...
Flashy ‘Step Up Revolution’ pays off ★★ 1/2
"Step Up Revolution"taps into the dance "flash mob" phenomenon and moves to Miami to give us the sunniest and most entertaining of these kids-gotta-dance musicals. The flash mobs — in...
Despite Adrien Brody, ‘High School’ offers too much wasted time
The great curiosity of "High School," a "don't try this at home" comedy about stoners who drug their high school, is the presence of Adrien Brody in the cast. Brody,...
Would-be epic ends up not covered in ‘Greater Glory’ ✭ 1/2
"For Greater Glory" is a meandering, malnourished epic of a forgotten Mexican civil war, the one after the Mexican revolution that made Pancho Villa famous. This period piece, partly financed...