Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance — Didja notice that when Nicolas Cage was on SNL last week to hype this thing, they changed the wording of their “Get in the Cage” boilerplate just a smidge? Instead of saying that the Ghost Rider sequel has “the two key qualities of a classic Nic Cage film,” Andy Samberg altered the wording to “the two key qualities of a classic Nic Cage action film.” Talk about bending over backward to avoid offending a guest. As if there’s any Cage vehicle released these days in which all the dialogue isn’t either whispered or screamed and everything in the movie isn’t on fire. (PG-13)
[youtube UUObgxCoUgA] The Secret World of Arrietty — Reviewed this week. (G)
This Means War — Reviewed this week. (PG-13)
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2012.