Some grumbled about Antoine Fuqua’s straight-faced approach to this “Die Hard in The White House” wannabe, but I mostly enjoyed the way it got back to basics, without the need for knowing self-parody that so many action films feel oblige to include these days. Gerard Butler plays it dead straight as a former Secret Service […] Read more »
The recent trend of holiday-themed ensemble movies takes a sharp left turn into gross-out comedy territory in this sketch-based mess that sees all number of familiar faces play fiercely against type in the hope of getting a few cheap laughs. While it does produce a few laughs, vignettes featuring Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman on […] Read more »