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CONTROL Issues: 'Get Smart' Favors Nostalgia over Comedic Potential

Stuck with a title and a history, Get Smart loses its comedic potential.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Scott Renshaw | 06-17-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Peter Segal, Get Smart

It Had to Be Lou

The Incredible Hulk rekindles the spirit of a mediocre TV series.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Scott Renshaw | 06-10-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Louis Leterrier, The Incredible Hulk

Misfit Joys

Kung Fu Panda invests a familiar formula with uncommon fun.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Scott Renshaw | 06-02-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Kung Fu Panda, Mark Osborne & John Stevenson

Nostalgia Trumps Imagination & Joy in New 'Indiana Jones'

The creative team spends so much time telling us how wonderful it is that we're all here together again that they forget to make us interested in what's actually happening. Harrison Ford may seem revitalized, but those of us who were hoping to feel the same are left feeling ... whipped.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Scott Renshaw | 05-19-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Load of the Rings

Prince Caspian fights its way from under the shadow of Middle-Earth.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Scott Renshaw | 05-08-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Andrew Adamson, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

'Speed Racer' Goes Off Track

Speed Racer isn't as simple as you might think -- and that's the problem.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Scott Renshaw | 05-05-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Andy Wachowski ; Larry Wachowski, Speed Racer

Can't Buy Him Love

Leading-man status doesn't suddenly turn Made of Honor's Patrick Dempsey into a charismatic star.

Salt Lake City Weekly | Scott Renshaw | 04-29-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Made of Honor, Paul Weiland

'Baby Mama' is Enough to Put You Off Your Popcornnew

I expected more from Tina Fey, who at least seems like a grownup, yet here lets herself be treated like she's not worthy of respect we'd accord a dog.

Salt Lake City Weekly | MaryAnn Johanson | 04-25-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Baby Mama, Michael McCullers, Tina Fey, Amy Pohler