Michael Walters
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ A Heart-Warmer For Nintendo Generation
“Wreck-It-Ralph” is a sort of 8-bit “Toy Story,” populated by characters from classic video games, and is sure to warm the hearts of parents who spent too much time with the Nintendo as a child.
Cantankerous Critic: Denzel Soars In ‘Flight,’ Despite Leaden Elements
CBS 2′s Michael Walters is mostly up on “Flight,” thanks to the usual strong effort by Denzel Washington as a self-sabotaging airline pilot.
Cantankerous Critic: Affleck’s ‘Argo’ A Solid Take On Movie Fakery Saving The Day
CBS 2′s Michael Walters is impressed with “Argo,” Ben Affleck’s movie about a daring, seemingly improbable rescue during the Iran hostage crisis.
Cantankerous Critic: Frankenweenie
The “Cantankerous Critic” reviews “Frankenweenie”
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Should Be Condemned
“Hotel Transylvania” should be condemned. It’s a frightfully unfunny animated monstrosity that treats laughs as though they were garlic coated silver bullets.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘The Possession’ Does Not Possess Scares
“The Possession” Rated: PG-13 Grade: D “The Possession” tries to pass itself off as a Jewish “Exorcist,” but all it is is a second rate Exorcist rip-off in payot. This time the sweet innocent girl […]
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Cosmopolis’ Is A Movie About Nothing — In A Bad Way
Robert Pattinson wants a haircut. And “Cosmopolis” takes us on a limo trip straight into the hell as he fights crosstown traffic to get one.
Cantankerous Critic: Don’t Fork Over Cash For Clunker ‘Hit And Run’
“Hit And Run” is a gear-head car chase comedy that doesn’t just run out of gas, it never even gets out of the driveway.
Cantankerous Critic: Creaky ‘Expendables 2′ Doesn’t Rise Beyond Guilty Pleasure
‘The Expendables 2′ Rated R Grade C+ By Michael Walters The Cantankerous Critic “The Expendables 2” is the guiltiest of guilty pleasures. This meathead extravaganza contains about 15 minutes of decipherable dialogue and about […]
Cantankerous Critic: ‘The Odd Life Of Timothy Green’ Is Hard To Dislike
“The Odd Life of Timothy Green” could have aired on “The Wonderful World Of Disney” and fit right in without a hitch. And that’s both its strength and its weakness.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘The Bourne Legacy’
In some ways, “The Bourne Legacy” seems like a simpler, back to basics approach to the Bourne series.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Total Recall’
In the immortal words of Bill Murray in “Scrooged,” “Oh my gosh, did that suck.”
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Step Up Revolution’
Somehow I had gone through life without seeing any of the previous three “Step Up” films. Well, let me tell you after watching the fourth film “Step Up Revolution” I’m in no hurry to put any of those previous movies in my Netflix.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
“The Amazing Spider-Man” doesn’t shoot for great, it shoots for just good enough. It’s one of the more puzzling reboots of recent years since it doesn’t try to do anything new.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Magic Mike’
“Magic Mike” is an exercise in low-class tawdry exploitation from high class director Stephen Soderberg.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘To Rome With Love’
“To Rome with Love” marks a return to the usual latter-day Woody Allen output after last year’s surprisingly lively and Oscar Winning “Midnight in Paris.”
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’
“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is never quite as much fun as its title would suggest.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘Rock Of Ages’
In jukebox musicals like this one,the only object is to engender nostalgia and get the audience to sing along with songs they already know by heart. It doesn’t have an ounce of originality or a thought in its head, but this ode to 80′s hair bands does its job.
Cantankerous Critic: Patton Oswalt At The Vic Theatre
Comedian Patton Oswalt has risen to the level of a comedy Rock Star, but he was prepared to take a few chances when he stepped out for his second show during the Just For Laughs festival at Chicago’s Vic Theatre.
Cantankerous Critic: ‘That’s My Boy’
The dirtiest jokes aren’t necessarily always the best ones. “That’s My Boy” doubles down on the dirty, but forgets the jokes part of the equation.
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