May 2007

The first Shrek movie was a revelation, a perfect blend of pop culture satire and moving story. The second altered the mix more to favor satire and the results weren’t as impressive. Shrek the Third throttles down the references, which is good. Unfortunately, the story they coughed up is so uninspired you almost miss the stupid jokes. Another…

The blockbusters are back and what a relief! It has been a long post Oscar season with nothing worth seeing for week after week. But now we’ve reached the end of garbage time to arrive in the land of event movies with big explosions. First in the sequel parade is Spider-Man 3. Now these movies…