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Review: Land of the Lost (2009) ****

Captain Kirk’s nipples! We got killed at the box office.
Make no mistake: Land of the Lost is stupid.
Stupid awesome.
If you’re tired of Will Ferrell’s persona, particularly his “dumb guy who thinks he’s a smart guy” character – or if you never liked it to begin with – then the 92 minutes you spend here (assuming [...]

Review: Up (2009) *** 1/2

For the last 15 years, Pixar has carved out a niche making old-fashioned entertainments that appeal to audiences of all ages without pandering to any one of them. More impressively, they’ve done it using the highest level of craft and without repeating an obvious formula. In nine films they’ve told nine different stories with eight [...]

Review: Star Trek (2009) ***

As directed by J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, TV’s Lost), the new Star Trek is a solid if unspectacular reboot of the beloved space franchise. It moves briskly and entertains with plenty of humor and action while all the actors do a nice job of making familiar characters their own. Unfortunately, it’s saddled with a [...]