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'White House Down' review: impeach the movie, elect Channing Tatum

By Leah Rozen LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sometimes movie stars grow on you, with familiarity breeding fondness. It's taken time but Channing Tatum has finally won me over with his goofy, lunkish charm. Good th…

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'The Heat' Review: Buddy-Cops Get the Foul-Mouthed, Big-Laughs 'Bridesmaids' Treatment The Wrap - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 2:07 PM EDT
The summer of 2013 should be remembered, among other things, as the moment when the Judd Apatow protégés left the nest and successfully flew out on their own. More »'The Heat' Review: Buddy-Cops Get the Foul-Mouthed, Big-Laughs 'Bridesmaids' Treatment
The summer of 2013 should be remembered, among other things, as the moment when the Judd Apatow protégés left the nest and successfully flew out on their own.
Film Review: ‘White House Down’ Variety - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 12:00 AM EDT
A welcome throwback to an earlier, more generously entertaining era of summer blockbusters, grounded in an immensely appealing star turn by Channing Tatum. More »Film Review: ‘White House Down’
A welcome throwback to an earlier, more generously entertaining era of summer blockbusters, grounded in an immensely appealing star turn by Channing Tatum.
'I'm So Excited!' Review: A Funny and Farcical Throwback From Pedro Almodóvar (Video) The Wrap - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 5:03 PM EDT
If anyone was going to figure out how to create a hybrid between the sex farce and the disaster movie, leave it to master cinematic geneticist Pedro Almodóvar, whose … More »'I'm So Excited!' Review: A Funny and Farcical Throwback From Pedro Almodóvar (Video)
If anyone was going to figure out how to create a hybrid between the sex farce and the disaster movie, leave it to master cinematic geneticist Pedro Almodóvar, whose wild new comedy "I'm So Excited!" recalls the sexy outrageousness of "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown," the film that made an international star …
Review: Bullock, McCarthy turn it up in 'Heat' Associated Press - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 1:50 PM EDT
"Beverly Hills Cop." ''Lethal Weapon." ''48 Hours." ''Tango & Cash." The buddy cop movie is a reliable mainstay of our popular culture. And the cops are pretty much always … More »Review: Bullock, McCarthy turn it up in 'Heat'
"Beverly Hills Cop." ''Lethal Weapon." ''48 Hours." ''Tango & Cash." The buddy cop movie is a reliable mainstay of our popular culture. And the cops are pretty much always guys.
Review: Bloodsucking 'Byzantium' draws scant blood Associated Press - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 3:59 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "I am Eleanor Webb. I throw my story to the wind." So says the ancient child-woman played by Saoirse Ronan in "Byzantium." In a sense that's what director … More »Review: Bloodsucking 'Byzantium' draws scant blood
LOS ANGELES (AP) — "I am Eleanor Webb. I throw my story to the wind." So says the ancient child-woman played by Saoirse Ronan in "Byzantium." In a sense that's what director Neil Jordan and screenwriter Moira Buffini do too, allowing this moody but convoluted century-hopping reinvention of the vampire myth to drift in too …
Review: 'White House Down' a silly throwback Associated Press - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 6:54 PM EDT
Staggeringly implausible, cartoonishly comical, Roland Emmerich's "White House Down" is refreshingly dumb. More »Review: 'White House Down' a silly throwback
Staggeringly implausible, cartoonishly comical, Roland Emmerich's "White House Down" is refreshingly dumb.
Film Review: ‘The Heat’ Variety - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 2:28 PM EDT
They don’t get along onscreen, but Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have a field day in “The Heat,” playing a reluctant buddy-cop pair in an R-rated comedy that sacrifices … More »Film Review: ‘The Heat’
They don’t get along onscreen, but Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have a field day in “The Heat,” playing a reluctant buddy-cop pair in an R-rated comedy that sacrifices action for consistent laughs.
White House Down Review (MovieMantz) Access Hollywood - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 3:22 PM EDT
Access' Scott "Movie" Mantz weighs in on Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's new thriller "White House Down." Should you see it or skip it?
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Access' Scott "Movie" Mantz weighs in on Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx's new thriller "White House Down." Should you see it or skip it?
Film Review: ‘Rushlights’ Variety - Wed, Jun 26, 2013 11:03 PM EDT
An initially rather slow-moving thriller that proves more watchable than particularly convincing or suspenseful. More »Film Review: ‘Rushlights’
An initially rather slow-moving thriller that proves more watchable than particularly convincing or suspenseful.
Film Review: ‘Escape’ Variety - Thu, Jun 27, 2013 3:39 PM EDT
This simple but adrenaline-fueled survival tale boasts impressively muscular direction from Norwegian director Roar Uthaug. More »Film Review: ‘Escape’
This simple but adrenaline-fueled survival tale boasts impressively muscular direction from Norwegian director Roar Uthaug.
'Monsters University' Review: Wait, Didn't We See All This in 'The Internship'? Reuters - Mon, Jun 10, 2013 4:50 PM EDT
By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Two charming, flawed protagonists at the end of their rope must rally together a team of misfits and win a big intramural … More »'Monsters University' Review: Wait, Didn't We See All This in 'The Internship'?
By Alonso Duralde LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Two charming, flawed protagonists at the end of their rope must rally together a team of misfits and win a big intramural competition to keep their career hopes alive. If you identified that as the plot of "The Internship," that would be correct, but it's also a synopsis of …
World War Z Review (MovieMantz) Access Hollywood - Fri, Jun 14, 2013 1:05 PM EDT
Access' Scott "Movie" Mantz weighs in on "World War Z," noting that Brad Pitt's epic zombie thriller will rock your world.
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Access' Scott "Movie" Mantz weighs in on "World War Z," noting that Brad Pitt's epic zombie thriller will rock your world.
Review: 'Monsters University' gets a passing grade AP - Mon, Jun 17, 2013 9:24 AM EDT
In Pixar's "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001 "Monsters, Inc.," our expert "scarers" to be — the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike Wazowski and the burly James B. Sullivan … More »Review: 'Monsters University' gets a passing grade
In Pixar's "Monsters University," a prequel to 2001 "Monsters, Inc.," our expert "scarers" to be — the wisecracking pipsqueak Mike Wazowski and the burly James B. Sullivan — are college freshmen with high aspirations.
'The Bling Ring' Review: All Dressed Up, Goes Nowhere The Wrap - Fri, Jun 14, 2013 7:10 PM EDT
"The Bling Ring" calls to mind the old joke about non-dairy creamer: We know what it isn't, but what is it? More »'The Bling Ring' Review: All Dressed Up, Goes Nowhere
"The Bling Ring" calls to mind the old joke about non-dairy creamer: We know what it isn't, but what is it?
'World War Z' Review: Humanity Under Attack - and That's Just the Script (Video) The Wrap - Tue, Jun 18, 2013 12:49 PM EDT
Globe-trotting isn't something we get in a lot of horror films -- usually, the more confined the space, the better. But there's a definite reason that "world" is in the … More »'World War Z' Review: Humanity Under Attack - and That's Just the Script (Video)
Globe-trotting isn't something we get in a lot of horror films -- usually, the more confined the space, the better. But there's a definite reason that "world" is in the title "World War Z," an apocalyptic thriller that imagines a zombie outbreak that begins in Korea (or is it India?) and spreads to the far corners of the …