Remember back in 2009 when Anne Hathaway, hot on the heels of her Oscar nomination for Rachel Getting Married, starred in the dreadful rom-com Bride Wars? Or what about Sandra Bullock, who was crowned Best Actress at the Academy Awards for her role in The Blind Side not a [...]

At the ripe old age of 80, it’s completely understandable why seminal American director Clint Eastwood (Changeling, Invictus) is pondering about the afterlife. I just hope, for his and our sake, that it’s a hell of a lot more interesting than what he’s depicted Hereafter, a sluggish and surprisingly shallow drama about three melancholic souls and their supernatural brushes with the dead.

Todd Phillips’ Due Date is more like an actual hangover than last year’s blockbuster comedy The Hangover: it’s unpleasant, unfunny and the sooner it comes to an end, the better.

Phillips, a hit-and-miss comedy director responsible for the likes of The Hangover (hit) and the remake of Starsky & Hutch (miss), was clearly hoping lightning would strike twice by reteaming with Zach Galifianakis, [...]