Shawn Levy

See It or Skip It: 'Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian'

May 22, 2009 at 6:12am PST

Tags: Amy Adams, Ben Stiller, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, Hank Azaria, Jonah Hill, Jonas Brothers, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, See it or Skip it, Shawn Levy

Photos: 20th Century Fox

It’s what every child dreams of: night falls, the lights are out and suddenly the inanimate objects that innocuously surround us during the day come to life. In the sequel to the its mightily successful, if faultily executed, 2006 predecessor, a film which raked in $250 million, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian maintains all the franchise’s previous conceits but ratchets up the creativity and execution level.

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See It or Skip It: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Thursday May 21, 2009

Tags: Amy, Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, See it or Skip it, Shawn Levy, Thomas Lennon

Director Shawn Levy and writing duo Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant have returned for a less frantic, chaotic Night at the Museum sequel. Ben Stiller is up to his usual shtick but Amy Adams and Hank Azaria are both outstanding in this sweet, whimsical summer offering.

Law Abiding Citizen See It or Skip It

F. Gary Gray's latest effort, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, is a knockout! Exhilirating, wry and breathcatchingly paced, it's a stellar accomplishment for everyone involved. Hell yeah you should see it!

The Boys Are Back See It or Skip It

Scott Hicks, the director of Shine, and Clive Owen teamed up for this gloriously beautiful if underwhelming project. It's not that it's bad, it's just not that memorable and with such supreme talent attached, I was hoping for and expecting a lot more.

Jennifer's Body See it or Skip it

Oh, Diablo Cody, why'd you have to do it? I love you so long...and then you made this. Megan Fox does what she always does, she looks hot. At least there's that. Sophmoric, unfunny and obsessively idiosyncratic, it's a painful movie going experience.

See It or Skip It: World's Greatest Dad

Chocolate and peanut butter. Spaghetti and meatballs. Bobcat Goldthwait and profanity. Two great tastes that taste great together. Gone is the Bobcat of the Police Academy movies and in his stead is a fantastic writer-director who's able to orchestrate the most brilliantly, hilarious vulgarity imaginable. World's Greatest Dad is a fantastic dark comedy (very dark) that features Robin Williams' best performance since Good Will Hunting. See it!