13 Quotes by James Berardinelli

There’s nothing terribly wrong with The November Man in a serviceable late-night cable TV sort of way but neither is there anything terribly right about it. It’s unnecessary and derivative.

John Wick is a rousing action thriller of the sort rarely encountered in theaters these days.

A sci-fi yarn that ponders the meaning of time and the importance of evolution while occasionally throwing in some shootouts.

There’s good news and bad news about 2 Fast 2 Furious, the moronic follow-up to The Fast and the Furious and a contender for the worst movie of 2003. The good news is that it’s better, albeit marginally, than Freddy Got Fingered. The bad news is that it’s 15 minutes longer.

The Phantom Menace is not a masterpiece, but it’s an example of how imagination, craftsmanship, and technological bravura can fashion superior entertainment out of something that is far from flawless.

A generic vampire tale in the Underworld vein that comes closer to the infamous Van Helsing than a memorable re-interpretation of a legendary monster.

For the most part, however, Lady in the Water comes across as a movie that’s too bad to be good, and not bad enough to be so bad that it’s good.

Being snarky and smug doesn’t equate to providing insight, and there’s more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this in their zeal to spread the Gospel According to Maher.

If you thought it was impossible for a film to contain less effective comedy than Date Movie, here’s evidence to the contrary.