Dumbed-down romantic comedy hasn’t a ‘Ghosts’ of a chance

Connor (Matthew McConaughey) tries to stop the wedding of his girl Jenny (Jennifer Garner) in “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.” “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” strikes me as the kind of superficial, witless romantic comedy conceived on a dare between a director and a screenwriter during a weekend bender. (Read more…)

Effects, buff Jackman highlight a flawed ‘Wolverine’

Hugh Jackman bares his aggression as the most popular mutant in the action thriller “X-Men Origins: Wolverine.” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” begins as a dark and foreboding tale of two brothers on the run, then slams into high gear as a high-energy action film before veering out of control into such overwrought silliness that it resembles […]