Man, that Mako Iwamatsu (Memoirs of a Geisha)! You would think that, as a veteran thespian, he would do his research before taking up a role of Tan in writer/director Graham Streeter’s feature film debut Cages. We mean, really–where are the traits of a true Singaporean ah pek, like the curmudgeon cursing or the occasional loud spitting? Needless to say, it isn’t the actors’ portrayals or even the story that makes Cages; it’s the impressive vision of Singapore.

As the old saying goes, “Guns don’t kill people. People kill people.” While that point is certainly debatable, after sitting through a film with as familiar a plot as this, we can fully appreciate another familiar phrase: “Dying of boredom.”

We’re not the types to judge a show based solely on how popular its lead actor or actress is, but when Karl Urban (The Bourne Supremacy) is the biggest name in the credits, you know you’re in trouble.

An overplayed television series, an animated spin-off and an unsuccessful initial outing onto the big screen later, and Rowan Atkinson’s (Johnny English) most popular character is back yet again. Probably for the last time, if the reports we’ve been hearing are true. We know what you’re thinking and, yes, we also figured this was going to be another rehash of old gags that have grown stale over the years. Yet, against all odds, Mr. Bean’s Holiday isn’t as bad as we thought it would be.

The most exciting thing about The Number 23 isn’t the movie itself, but how all your friends are going to start looking for hidden meanings in their IC and mobile phone numbers after watching it. The show itself, oddly enough the 23rd film helmed by director Joel Schumacher (Phone Booth), is pretty standard fair, with hardly anything surprising or chilling about it.

300, the cinematic adaptation of Sin City creator Frank Miller’s graphic novel, has two things in abundance: Shouting and violence. Seriously, forget character moments or peaceful reflections from any of the key players in this epic. Those are few and far between and are usually just lead-ins to—you guessed it—more shouting and violence.