Miami Movie Reviews - Miami New Times

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south.

And so another summer movie season comes to an end, not with a bang but a whimper — what else to call four new releases (Babylon A.D.,... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: September 04, 2008

Disaster Movie

Now playing.

In the Adam Sandler vehicle Little Nicky, Hitler spends eternity in Hell in a frilly smock getting pineapples shoved up his butt. Compared to... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: September 04, 2008

Spy vs. Why

Logic goes out with the intrigue in ho-hum "thriller" Traitor.

Despite his reputation as the rarest of creatures — a Hollywood intellectual — new evidence suggests Steve Martin reads ... prepare... More>>

By Chuck Wilson

Published: August 28, 2008

The Next Hit

Now playing.

This locally produced movie about Miami hip-hop includes everything you'd expect: pretty pictures, lots of violence, and good urban music.... More>>

Published: August 28, 2008

Not to Be

Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic.

In its final 10 minutes, Hamlet 2 is little more than chaos, noise, and nonsense, and those are 10 perfectly enjoyable minutes. It's hard to... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: August 21, 2008

Mirrors

Now playing.

Often kidded for the many times he bellows "Dammit!" at 11th-hour moments on 24, Kiefer Sutherland finally gets to show his range — and he... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: August 21, 2008

Apocalypse Whatever

Ben Stiller's Hollywood sendup lacks firepower.

Early buzz out of Hollywood pegged Tropic Thunder, directed and co-written by star Ben Stiller, as the end-all and be-all of movie-biz parodies... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: August 14, 2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Now Playing.

George Lucas, that greedy visionary, is now in the infomercial-manufacturing business — the pitchman forever selling rehashed product to... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: August 14, 2008

True Bromance

Rogen and Franco, on the run and madly in love in Pineapple Express.

On the surface, Pineapple Express offers precisely what it advertises: a roll-'em-up, smoke-'em-up, blow-'em-up bromantic comedy from the freaks... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: August 07, 2008

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Now playing.

Resist if you dare, and for as long as you must, but even the hoariest haters eventually succumbed to the girly, cottony charms of 2005's... More>>

By Michelle Orange

Published: August 07, 2008

Corpse Fried

The Mummy franchise has seen better days.

I was 13 when Stephen Sommers's 1999 remake-in-name-only of The Mummy came out — just about the ideal age. Sommers is definitely some kind... More>>

By Vadim Rizov

Published: July 31, 2008

Change You Can't Believe In

Presidential candidates vie (and pander and plead) for one heart and mind in Swing Vote.

Swing Vote is an election-themed comedy that's about twice as smart as you expect it to be and still only half as smart as you wish it was. The... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 31, 2008

The X-Files: I Want to Believe

Now playing

The truth is still out there, like an unsold lawn chair at a garage sale, in this just plain lousy second big-screen outing for erstwhile FBI... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 31, 2008

Men Will Be Boys

With Step Brothers, Ferrell, Reilly, McKay & Co. still don't wanna grow up. And thank God for that.

I haven't seen much at the movies in the past two years that has given me as much unbridled comic pleasure as the sight of Will Ferrell as the... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 24, 2008

Space Chimps

Now playing.

Dad, which was your favorite part of Space Chimps?" the four-year-old asked the day after a media sneak peek. "Dunno, Harry. Probably the part... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: July 24, 2008

Heath Ledger's Last Stand

As Batman begins again, the fallen actor peers into the void.

What a brooding pleasure it is to return to Christopher Nolan's Gotham City — if pleasure is the right word for a movie that gazes so... More>>

By Scott Foundas

Published: July 17, 2008

Thank You for the Music

But your movie's kinda drab. Mamma Mia! drains the fun out of ABBA.

I've always enjoyed ABBA — not in that post-hoc, so-bad-it's good hip way, but innocently, the way I like Phil Spector. To this day,... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: July 17, 2008

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Meet Dave

If you're an eight-year-old boy who's never heard of E.T. or Liar Liar, then Meet Dave might be your new favoritest movie of all time. On a... More>>

By Tim Grierson

Published: July 17, 2008

Devil May Care

Big Red returns in a mindless, revved-up Hellboy sequel.

Hollywood's Endless Superhero Summer rolls on with the arrival of Hellboy II: The Golden Army, from Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro,... More>>

By Chuck Wilson

Published: July 10, 2008

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Now playing.

Let's be clear about one thing: Journey to the Center of the Earth is more a demo reel than a narrative feature. It's a decent if overly familiar... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: July 10, 2008

Superzero

Hancock squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero.

The Sixth Sense, starring Bruce Willis as a dead man, was writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's breakthrough, but its followup, Unbreakable,... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: July 03, 2008

Mongol

Now playing.

You want a history lesson? Take a class. You want clanging swords, sneering villains, storybook romance, and bloody vengeance? Here's a brawny... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: July 03, 2008

Violence Is Golden

With its secret boys' club and bloody good fun, Wanted has all of the fight with none of the guilt.

Of the summer's many revenge-of-the-nerd fulfillment fantasies — from The Incredible Hulk all the way down the megaplex food chain to The... More>>

By Jim Ridley

Published: June 26, 2008

Robots in Love

WALL-E blasts off to the future by boldly going where every sci-fi movie has gone before. And that's a good thing.

Many will attempt to describe WALL-E with a one-liner. It's R2-D2 in love. 2001: A Space Odyssey starring The Little Tramp. An Inconvenient Truth... More>>

By Robert Wilonsky

Published: June 26, 2008

Now Playing

The Love Guru

Mike Myers likes ice hockey. He also likes Deepak Chopra, a little too much. So he pulled together a bit of hockey and a whole lot of Chopra and... More>>

By Ella Taylor

Published: June 26, 2008

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