Movie Reviews by Craig Younkin page 7 181 - 210 of 339 articles
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Mr. Brooks movie poster'Mr. Brooks' Movie Review (B)
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US release date: June 1, 2007
MPAA: R
Box Office: $28,476,219
Craig YounkinJune 4, 2007
It's the year's most satisfying character study and features Kevin Costner giving one of the best performances of the year.
'Pirates...Caribbean 3' Movie Review (C)Craig YounkinMay 31, 2007
Thard she blows! I think this may be the summer's biggest disappointment so far.
'Shrek 3' Movie Review (C-)Craig YounkinMay 19, 2007
There are no more clever ideas or inspired comedy to be found in this third and meager flick in the franchise.
'Pan's Labyrinth' Movie Review (C)Craig YounkinFebruary 18, 2007
This movie really dragged; where was all this wondrous fantasy? Seeing a movie about the Spanish Civil War just isn't on my high priorities list.
'Borat' Movie Review (A-)Craig YounkinOctober 26, 2006
As far as crude comedy goes, this is one of the kings.
'The Prestige' Movie Review (C+)Craig YounkinOctober 17, 2006
Like the magic it showcases, this movie is little more than a well-packaged put-on.
'The Departed' Movie Review (B+)Craig YounkinOctober 5, 2006
Scorsese is a real showman here, staging gritty scene after gritty scene as only he can do it.
'All the King's Men' Movie Review (C+)Craig YounkinSeptember 23, 2006
What sucks about this movie is that it?s average and it really should be great.
'World Trade Center' Movie Review (B)Craig YounkinAugust 16, 2006
Stone?s best work comes buried beneath the buildings where the two heroes wait to be rescued.
'The Wild' Movie Review (D+)Craig YounkinApril 10, 2006
Just plain old lame...I wonder if they have multiplexes in heaven - cause if they do, Walt Disney must be pretty pissed lately.
'Notorious Bettie Page' Movie Review (B)Craig YounkinApril 7, 2006
Director Marry Harron does an excellent job of bringing us back to a tamer time, when sexual expression was forbidden.
'Ice Age 2' Movie Review (B)Craig YounkinMarch 26, 2006
The filmmakers are given room for zany, suspenseful fun and they do a nice job of balancing that with a lovable cast of characters.
'Brick' Movie Review (A-)Craig YounkinMarch 18, 2006
Johnson has done his homework and delivered something that's cool, fun, clever, and never lets up in excitement.
'V for Vendetta' Movie Review (C)Craig YounkinMarch 16, 2006
As entertainment, "V" disappoints the most. It is too bogged down in politics rather than in action.
'She's the Man' Movie Review (D+)Craig YounkinMarch 15, 2006
This is a really tired transgender formula, and the gags are certainly old enough to fail with everyone except the really young girls this thing is aimed at.
'16 Blocks' Movie Review (D)Craig YounkinFebruary 28, 2006
This movie is filled with cliches like the drunken rundown cop, the motor-mouth accomplice; the reliance on the clock to tell us how much time is left before the deadline.
'Running Scared' Movie Review (B)Craig YounkinFebruary 23, 2006
This movie is an incredibly bloody, brutal, guns-blazing good time, excessive in almost every form...making it the year's first hardcore guilty pleasure action flick.
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'Eight Below' Movie Review (B-)
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US release date: February 17, 2006
MPAA: PG
Box Office: $81,593,527
Craig YounkinFebruary 14, 2006
While it's a story that really does deserve to be told, at the same time Disney doesn't tell it as well as they could...This flick is your standard Disney material.
'Freedomland' Movie Review (B+)Craig YounkinFebruary 10, 2006
Price has managed to do what last year's overblown, stereotype-riddled Crash never could, in that he has zeroed in on humanity at its best and worst, its ugliness and its saving graces.
'Firewall' Movie Review (C)Craig YounkinFebruary 8, 2006
The cast is good and the movie is not without a few scenes of kick-ass pleasure, but there isn't really enough to lift it past being just another predictable thriller.
'Winter Passing' Movie Review (D+)Craig YounkinFebruary 3, 2006
{The characters are} boring, one-dimensional, and seemingly exist for no other reason than to resort to empty vices like inflicting physical pain on themselves...
'Something New' Movie Review (B+)Craig YounkinJanuary 30, 2006
Something New is not just surprisingly intelligent, but also a sweet Valentine worth checking out.
'Annapolis' Movie Review (C+)Craig YounkinJanuary 25, 2006
It's too bad that Annapolis is strictly formula and not good enough for the young up-and-coming talent on display. Why does Hollywood keep wasting film on stories that don't need to be re-told?
'Looking for Comedy...' Movie Review (C+)Craig YounkinJanuary 18, 2006
The movie doesn't leave us feeling like we've wasted an hour and a half but the fact that it never becomes a really funny world-as-it-is-today satire leaves us with something to be desired.
'King Kong' Movie Review (C+)Craig YounkinJanuary 15, 2006
It has a lot of spectacle, really enticing action sequences and special effects, and good actors as well, but just nothing to sustain a movie that is over three hours.
'The New World' Movie Review (C)Craig YounkinJanuary 13, 2006
Like many period pieces, this movie is slow, which wouldn't matter if it weren't lifeless also.
'The Producers' Movie Review (C+)Craig YounkinDecember 30, 2005
Many of the jokes had more zip in the 1968 original, and the new material doesn't hold a candle to the old material it's replacing.
'Dick and Jane' Movie Review (B)Craig YounkinDecember 26, 2005
The best gags come during {the} scenes of desperation, primarily because even though the humor is so broad, the movie remains an honest account of how devastating the job market can be.
'Syriana' Movie Review (B)Craig YounkinDecember 10, 2005
Did Syriana teach me anything about the "high price" of oil? My answer was a yes and a no.
'Walk the Line' Movie Review (B-)Craig YounkinNovember 23, 2005
If Walk the Line tells us nothing else, and it doesn't, it's that Johnny Cash and June Carter were a pitch-perfect match meant to be together.
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