‘We Can Be Heroes’: Robert Rodriguez Embraces His Inner Child In This Forgettable Superhero Film [Review]

Watch Video: 'MLK/FBI' Director Risked Helping the FBI Tarnish Dr King's Legacy Because Story Was That ImportantAt the same time, these interviews fill in the blanks those files don’t cover, from King’s personal anxiety over the potential revelations of his adulterous affairs to the way that even supportive media outlets turned on the reverend when he shifted his gaze from civil rights to issues like the Vietnam war and poverty in America.We don’t see any of those interview subjects,

A captivity tale whose ostensible Finnish setting serves mostly to put us in mind of grisly old-world folk tales, Alister Grierson's Bloody Hell saves its troll for the very end but offers plenty of peril while we await him.

There's at least one good thing to say about the new Chinese disaster movie directed by Simon West: It doesn't take long for the volcano to erupt. Considering the bloated running times of so many similarly styled American extravaganzas, the admirable efficiency of Skyfire means that you don't have to waste a lot of time sitting through endless exposition.

Also Read: Talking Life, Death and 'Jackass' With 'Dick Johnson Is Dead' Director Kirsten JohnsonAt the beginning of the film, he’s established as a charming, amusing figure: a “hippie businessman” who made work calls on an early mobile phone from the ski slopes of Park City and lived by Nietzsche’s quote, “Don’t trust the flatlanders,” a man for whom every Thursday was “Bob Dylan Day,” and a big spender who owned two Cadillac convertibles but painted them both the same shade of red so his

Perhaps there’ll come a time a few years from now, once the bludgeoning monotony of pandemic confinement has (hopefully) become a fading memory, when the claustrophobic agitation of Doug Liman's smugly self-satisfied heist thingamajig, Locked Down, could be vaguely amusing. Or not.

Watch Video: 'Locked Down' Trailer: Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor Steal a Diamond to Pass Time in COVIDAn utter coincidence happens: Paxton gets rehired to drive goods from London department stores out to storage in the countryside, while Linda is tasked by her superior (Ben Stiller) with taking a diamond that her company has had on display at Harrod’s and shipping it to New York, where its unsavory buyer will keep it locked away in a vault.

Liam Neeson continues the Charles Bronson phase of his lengthy career with Robert Lorenz's action thriller representing the actor's second starring effort in three months. Arriving shortly on the heels of Honest Thief, The Marksman is the sort of solid, unassuming programmer that Bronson pumped out with regularity in the '70s and '80s.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Haley Reinhart is celebrating what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday with the release of a powerful cover of one of his most iconic songs, “Heroes.”Reinhart, who finished third on the 10th season of “American Idol” and became a viral sensation as the face of Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox with her cover of  Radiohead’s “Creep,” kicks off the 1977 classic a capella, building the song to a triumphantly quiet finish with lush orchestration amidst a subtle

We often make light of how Liam Neeson continues to do action films even though he’s 68-years-old. However, when you compare him to Sylvester Stallone, Neeson is positively youthful, as the “Rocky” actor will turn 75 this year.

A deeply disappointing follow-up to her promising 2015 short Kiss Kiss Fingerbang, Gillian Wallace Horvat's I Blame Society is a first feature that points out many of its faults as it goes, as if to transmute them into satirical jabs at an uncertain object.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticLate last year, a potential heir to “30 Rock” debuted on a largely unheralded streaming service. “Saved by the Bell,” Peacock’s reboot of the 1989-93 teen staple, traded its forerunner’s clunkiness for a fleet and jazzy willingness to push past absurdity.

A trip into the museum world that's far more fun than his last — a grueling, four-hour look at the troubled renovation of Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum — Oeke Hoogendijk's My Rembrandt speaks with some of the very few people to whom that phrase applies. Not just directors of institutions, but, for instance, an ordinary Joe (okay, one of Europe's leading landowners) who happens to have a Rembrandt hanging over his fireplace.

You have to feel a little bit sorry for Gary Dourdan. The veteran actor, best known for his role on the hit CBS procedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, has been given a plum starring role in the new action thriller Redemption Day.

After committing to play the lead in The Batman movie, Ben Affleck ended out dropping out of the multi-million dollar project several years ago. The Oscar winner was supposed to not only star in the film but also to write and direct the movie.

Oh, Netflix. How you vex me so! Instead of just giving us viewership numbers that are easy to understand and have no sort of skew, you continue to post tweets on social media touting massive viewership numbers on recent projects without any sort of proof or specificity.

Janet W. Lee Netflix is developing a sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s newly released superhero pic “We Can Be Heroes.”The movie, which draws from the young heroes in the director’s “Spy Kids” franchise and “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl,” follows the children of Earth’s superheroes, whose parents have been kidnapped by alien invaders.

Netflix has unwrapped some viewing data for its most-watched titles across the festive period – highlighting numbers for Shonda Rhimes’ Bridgerton and Robert Rodriguez’s children’s feature film We Can Be Heroes.

Robert Rodriguez is a filmmaker that is constantly surprising fans. He’ll go and make a $200+ million blockbuster like “Alita: Battle Angel” and then follow it up with a kid-friendly superhero film like the recently-released “We Can Be Heroes.” Other times, he’ll show up as a director on “The Mandalorian” and then be named a producer on a future ‘Star Wars’ series.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticRobert Rodriguez famously made his first feature, “El Mariachi” (1993), for $7,000, and in the years since he’s made a point, rather charmingly, of staying in touch with that DIY side of himself.

Most parents think it's a big deal to take their kids to Disney World or Universal Studios for some family bonding. Sorry, but Robert Rodriguez has you all beat.