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…

— James Berardinelli

Live Free or Die Hard may work better for an audience that doesn't know much about the series is than it will…

— James Berardinelli

Parodies are hard to do well, as is shown by the mediocrity of so many recent attempts. No matter how ripe a…

— James Berardinelli

Seventeen years after its intial release, The Empire Strikes Back is still as thrilling and involving as ever. Because of the high…

— James Berardinelli

Despite his reputation as one of America's foremost "serious" filmmakers, Oliver Stone's name under the "director" caption does not guarantee a good…

— James Berardinelli

The Phantom Menace is not a masterpiece, but it's an example of how imagination, craftsmanship, and technological bravura can fashion superior entertainment…

— James Berardinelli

The term "godawful" should be used sparingly in connection with motion pictures. With Angels & Demons, however, it seems oddly appropriate. Not…

— James Berardinelli

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

— James Berardinelli

For the most part, however, Lady in the Water comes across as a movie that's too bad to be good, and not…

— James Berardinelli

This is as brain-dead as a movie can be and it assumes the audience will have the I.Q. of a rutabaga.

— James Berardinelli

Aside from a couple of signature flourishes, there's nothing to mark Paycheck as the product of acclaimed action director John Woo. In…

— James Berardinelli

Those who delight in bad movies and enjoy producing their own unfilmed versions of Mystery Science Theater 3000 may gain a measure…

— James Berardinelli

There's good news and bad news about 2 Fast 2 Furious, the moronic follow-up to The Fast and the Furious and a…

— James Berardinelli

Looking back at Batman from a distance - after all the hype has dried up and the franchise has at least temporarily…

— James Berardinelli

Side note to parents: Anyone who thinks 'Dude, Where's My Car' is more appropriate for children than 'American Pie' because it obtained…

— James Berardinelli

It's rare that the sequel to a good movie lives up to expectations. Such is the case with Die Hard 2, the…

— James Berardinelli

After the second Die Hard, Bruce Willis stated he would never do another. He should have stayed firm in his resolve. If…

— James Berardinelli

With Batman&Robin, the fourth entry in the recent Batman movie series, the profitable franchise appears poised to take a nosedive. This film,…

— James Berardinelli

It's not hard to understand why an accomplished director like Gus Van Sant (whose most recent success, Good Will Hunting, gave him…

— James Berardinelli

The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of…

— James Berardinelli

Blade Runner is a rare science fiction movie so full of material that pages can be written about it without scratching the…

— James Berardinelli

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

— James Berardinelli

Although The Terminator is arguably the more visionary of the first two films, [Terminator 2] is the more visually and viscerally satisfying.…

— James Berardinelli

It's mind-boggling to consider that movies this bad are actually committed to film. The poor quality of The Pest in almost every…

— James Berardinelli

I could start this review by stating that Dumb and Dumberer lives up to its name, or by calling it stupid, moronic,…

— James Berardinelli