Susan Granger's review of 'Epic'
Astle, Matt Ember and director Chris Wedge gets inspiration from "Alice in Wonderland," "The Wizard of Oz," "A Bug's Life," "The Secret World of Arrietty," "The Borrowers," even "Avatar."
Susan Granger's review of 'Epic'
Astle, Matt Ember and director Chris Wedge gets inspiration from "Alice in Wonderland," "The Wizard of Oz," "A Bug's Life," "The Secret World of Arrietty," "The Borrowers," even "Avatar."
'Get Smart': Merely competent
Astle and Matt Ember (of the limp Matthew McConaughey romcom "Failure to Launch") keep the story moving along smartly but don't approach the surreal flights of imagination that sometimes graced the TV series ...
Movies: 'After Earth,' 'Now You See Me' & 'Epic'

Astle, Matt Ember and director Chris Wedge gets inspiration from "Alice in Wonderland," "The Wizard of Oz," "A Bug's Life," "The Secret World of Arrietty," "The Borrowers," even "Avatar."
Movies: 'After Earth,' 'Now You See Me' & 'Epic'

Astle, Matt Ember and director Chris Wedge gets inspiration from "Alice in Wonderland," "The Wizard of Oz," "A Bug's Life," "The Secret World of Arrietty," "The Borrowers," even "Avatar."
Movies: 'After Earth,' 'Now You See Me' & 'Epic'

Astle, Matt Ember and director Chris Wedge gets inspiration from "Alice in Wonderland," "The Wizard of Oz," "A Bug's Life," "The Secret World of Arrietty," "The Borrowers," even "Avatar."
Review: 'Get Smart' re-inventing misses it by a lot
Astle and Matt Ember, retains just enough elements of the 1960s TV series to tug at baby boomers' sense of nostalgia.
'Get Smart': Merely competent
Astle and Matt Ember (of the limp Matthew McConaughey romcom "Failure to Launch") keep the story moving along smartly but don't approach the surreal flights of imagination that sometimes graced the TV series ...
At the Movies: 'Failure to Launch'
Astle and Matt Ember, ups the wacky factor with intrusively jaunty music, overgrown adolescent activities like paintball and a running gag in which Tripp gets bitten by a series of angry animals.
'Failure to Launch'
Astle and Matt Ember, ups the wacky factor with intrusively jaunty music, overgrown adolescent activities like paintball and a running gag in which Tripp gets bitten by a series of angry animals.
'Get Smart' misses it by a lot
Astle and Matt Ember, retains just enough elements of the 1960s TV series to tug at baby boomers' sense of nostalgia.
They've got charm, the rest is optional

Astle and Matt Ember come up with some unexpected moves, unseen complications and comedy bits -- a few ridiculous, a few unnecessarily strenuous, but some genuinely funny.
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Astle and Matt Ember come up with some unexpected moves, unseen complications and comedy bits, a few ridiculous (otherwise harmless animals keep biting Tripp, for some reason), a few unnecessarily strenuous, but some genuinely funny.