>> Hancock (7/10)

Nobody likes Hancock.  That’s the conflict at the start of the new superhero film starring Will Smith as a drunken, impatient hobo with the powers of a god.  To offset this conflict, to make sure that the audience secretly does like Hancock, even when characters in the movie do not, the filmmakers cast WIll Smith.  [...]

>> Get Smart (7/10)

Movies are products, especially Summer movies.  They’re designed specifically to make money by providing widely appealing entertainment for two hours in an air-conditioned environment.  They are perfectly timed for home video release at the start of the Christmas shopping season, so that these exercises in mass appeal can be given as gifts, and the giver [...]