Action movies

“The Heat”: Police misconduct as feminism

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have a funny, uneasy chemistry, but "The Heat" leaves a nasty aftertaste

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Jun 28, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 53
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“White House Down”: Destroying America in order to save it

Channing Tatum saves Jamie Foxx's peacemaking black president from a right-wing coup in "White House Down"

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Jun 28, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 20
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“World War Z”: The zombie apocalypse gets super-sized

Brad Pitt's $200 million zombie epic is exciting cinema, but its sloppy, lazy script rips off many better films

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 6:45 PM UTC 23
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“Man of Steel”: Truth, justice and the Nietzschean way

Superman gets a massive, expensive reboot from Chris Nolan and Zack Snyder that feels way too "Dark Knight Lite"

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 10:45 PM UTC 153
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“Star Trek Into Darkness”: Who made J.J. Abrams the sci-fi god?

These are the voyages of the -- oh, the hell with it! Let's blow some stuff up and chase a generic supervillain

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:31 PM UTC 142
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“Iron Man 3″ box office hit in China

The movie raked in around $21 million on opening day

Prachi Gupta Thursday, May 2, 2013 6:15 PM UTC
Entertainment iron man 3, China

“Iron Man 3″: A playboy grows up

Robert Downey Jr. is funny and moving, and Ben Kingsley makes a delicious techno-Osama, in summer's first big hit

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:45 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

Michael Bay proud of “Armageddon,” after all

The director clarifies his apology for the film

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 8:21 PM UTC
Entertainment Armageddon, michael bay

Pick of the week: “Oblivion,” Tom Cruise’s gorgeous sci-fi allegory

Pick of the week: Witty, spectacular and full of twists, "Oblivion" conjures up many of the genre's greatest hits

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Apr 19, 2013 2:00 AM UTC 20
Entertainment Movies, Action movies, Tom Cruise

“Fists of Legend”: Ludicrous (and delicious) action extravaganza

Family melodrama meets ass-kicking martial arts meets reality TV in the outrageous, overstuffed "Fists of Legend"

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Apr 10, 2013 8:15 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“The Place Beyond the Pines”: Almost a great American father-son fable

Ryan Gosling is terrific and Bradley Cooper enigmatic in this brooding triptych from the "Blue Valentine" director

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Thrillers, Action movies

Pick of the week: A Korean mob thriller that could teach Hollywood a thing or two

Are Asian crime dramas still better? Yes, and the sleek, suspenseful hit "New World" proves it

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Mar 22, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Action movies, Thrillers

Who’s to blame for gun violence? Movie critics!

In a bizarre new essay, Thomas Frank suggests that Hollywood — and movie critics — are the NRA's "propaganda wing"

Andrew O'Hehir Saturday, Feb 16, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 97
Life Movies, Action movies

“A Good Day to Die Hard”: Bruce Willis smirks the Russians to death

After Arnold and Sly's recent flops, Bruce is back with the latest idiotic but action-packed "Die Hard" sequel

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 3:00 PM UTC 18
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sad-sack return

I dreamt that the action star went into politics, and then staged a movie comeback at age 65. Silly, I know

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 8:06 PM UTC 25
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“Gangster Squad” whitewashes the LAPD’s criminal past

A lavish 1940s shoot-'em-up with Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and tasty outfits sugarcoats L.A.'s darkest history

Andrew O'Hehir Thursday, Jan 10, 2013 9:28 PM UTC 27
Entertainment Movies, Gangster Squad

“Baytown Outlaws”: A Tarantino wannabe takes on rednecks

Billy Bob Thornton and Andre Braugher provide window-dressing for the racist fantasy of "The Baytown Outlaws"

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Jan 9, 2013 6:30 PM UTC
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

Tarantino’s incoherent three-hour bloodbath

"Django Unchained" has action, comedy, fake history and oceans of blood -- but it's an endless, undisciplined mess

Andrew O'Hehir Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012 2:39 PM UTC 58
Entertainment Movies, Action movies

“Jack Reacher”: Tom Cruise’s terrible timing

The star's latest comeback thriller may be poisoned by echoes of Sandy Hook. But don't blame "media violence"

Andrew O'Hehir Tuesday, Dec 18, 2012 9:44 PM UTC 26
Life

Pick of the week: Kathryn Bigelow’s mesmerizing post-9/11 nightmare

Pick of the week: No, the riveting "Zero Dark Thirty" doesn't glorify torture — its real agenda may be darker still

Andrew O'Hehir Friday, Dec 14, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 78
Entertainment Movies, Torture, Zero Dark Thirty

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