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The secondary cast, including Gerard Butler (as Hiccup’s dad, Stoick) and America Ferrera (as tomgirl Astrid, whom Hiccup wins over), acquit themselves admirably. Perhaps the most inspired supporting performance comes from the ever-dependable Craig Ferguson, who voices Hiccup’s mentor Gobber, a character who...
All this character work pays off. The movie never feels like watching someone else play a video game. Instead, “How to Train Your Dragon” takes a classic and clichéd Hollywood storyline and makes it memorable. This is most evident in the wondrous scenes...
“Games of Love and Chance” is about the teenage Abdelkrim, or Krimo, from the Paris suburbs who becomes infatuated with his gamine classmate Lydia. Krimo joins the school production of Marivaux’s “Games of Love and Chance” to...
The film centers on a nostalgic trip to a ski resort, where the group hopes to relive the bacchanalian days of their youth. “We were young, we had momentum,” laments Cusack’s character. Surprised to find the entire town rundown and decrepit...
Craig Robinson’s Nick, married in the present day, is also a very funny character, especially during a cocaine-fueled recap of the “Terminator” series or in a lewd phone call to his then nine-year-old wife. He also manages to pull...