KFOR 1240AM - Movie Reviews

Welcome to the Movie Reviews section, updated weekly to review movies currently playing in Lincoln theaters. Listen to the KFOR Early Morning Show each Friday morning at 5:50 for Mark Taylor's "Lunch and a Flick," Where he discusses new movies opening and an area restaurant, and then gives away 2 movie passes to Marcus Theatres and Lunch for 2 from the Nebraska Restaurant Association.

New movies opening 7/11/08
Hellboy II: The Golden Army: The follow up to the first Hellboy sees the misunderstood hero ready to battle an unstoppable force from below, the realm of the fantastic. Ron Perlman is back as Hellboy, who was found as a baby by US Army soldiers in World War II, and has become humankind’s last hope. PG-13

New movies opening 7/3/08
Hancock: Will Smith is the titular superhero, who is not a superhero in the traditional sense. Hancock drinks too much, carouses too much, and is generally unpopular. He saves the life of a PR executive who then sets out to clean up Hancock’s image as payment. Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron costar in Hancock, rated PG-13.

New movies opening 6/27/08
WALL-E: In a certain Disney/Pixar smash, in the future the earth is so polluted, humans leave to live in a giant orbiting spaceship. They forgot to turn the last cleanup robot off. Wall-E spends every day doing what he was made for. Years later, the humans send a new robot down to check things out, and Wall-E falls in love… G

New movies opening 6/20/08
Get Smart: Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway star in the remake of the kitschy 60’s classic Carrell is Maxwell Smart, on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart. who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the only other agent whose identity has not been compromised: the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99. PG-13

New movies opening 6/13/08
The Happening: Mark Wahlberg stars in this movie about a family on the run from an inexplicable and unstoppable event that threatens not only humankind--but the most basic human instinct of them all: survival. Zooey Deschanel and John Leguizamo co-star. R

New movies opening 5/30/08
Sex and the City: The Movie The continuing adventures of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda as they live their lives in Manhattan four years after the series ended. R

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

New movies opening 5/2/08
Iron Man: Robert Downey, Jr. is Tony Stark; a billionaire industrialist and genius inventor who is kidnapped and forced to build a devastating weapon. Instead, using his intelligence and ingenuity, Tony builds a high-tech suit of armor and escapes captivity. When he uncovers a nefarious plot with global implications, he dons his powerful armor and vows to protect the world as Iron Man. PG-13

New movies opening 4/25/08
Baby Mama: Successful single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate, and hijinks ensue. SNL alums Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star. PG-13

New Movies opening 4/18/08
The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan and Jet Li star in this movie about an American teen transported back in time to ancient China, where he joins a crew of warriors to help free the king. PG-13

New Movies opening 4/4/08
Leatherheads: In 1925, Dodge Connolly is a charming football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, and John Krazinski co-star. Rated PG-13.