With Battleship, Universal’s sci-fi war film inspired by the classic board game, director Peter Berg delivers a ridiculously loud and virtually incomprehensible blockbuster that’s undeniably fun, in part because the cast seems to be in on the joke.
As The Dictator‘s bumbling and self-involved Admiral General Aladeen, Sacha Baron Cohen trudges with his talented supporting cast through a frustrating, and ultimately exhausting, film littered with mediocre, off-target jokes.
Death of a Superhero director Ian Fitzgibbon talks with Spinoff Online about the acclaimed coming-of-age film, his favorite graphic novels, and stars Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
With Sleepless Night, director Frédéric Jardin creates a thoroughly satisfying, and nearly flawless, action thriller filled with tension and a disquieting sense of claustrophobia.
In an interview with Spinoff Online, Sleepless Night star Tomer Sisley discusses filming a brutal fight scene with Lizzie Brocheré, using a toilet seat as a weapon, and generally being a badass in his everyday life.
Sleepless Night director Frédéric Jardin talks with Spinoff Online about shooting his buzz-generating action thriller, fight choreography, the planned American remake and more.
Director Boaz Yakin’s Safe doesn’t blaze any new action, or acting, territory, but it’s sure to please fans eager to see star Jason Statham in his suit-wearing, butt-kicking, throat-punching prime.
Despite the efforts of gifted cast led by Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, director Nicholas Stoller’s romantic comedy The Five-Year Engagement becomes weighed down by an uninspired plot and frequently humdrum jokes.
Seann William Scott is magnetic as a nice but dimwitted enforcer for a minor league hockey team in Goon, director Michael Dowse’s bloody and brutal sports comedy with a heart.
With Mirror Mirror, his lighthearted reimagining of the Snow White tale, director Tarsem Singh is in his element, reveling in jaw-dropping set pieces and over-the-top costume designs while eliciting entertaining performances from Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer and breakout star Lily Collins.
Aided by a pitch-perfect performance by Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen, director Gary Ross delivers a thought-provoking sci-fi action movie with The Hunger Games that’s sure to please most devotees of the bestselling novel while engaging a new, and even broader, audience.
Starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as a pair of mismatched cops who go undercover at a local high school, the highly quotable and blissfully self-aware 21 Jump Street could just be the funniest movie of the year.
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