Fast and Furious (reviewed in 100 words or less)

A trip to see one of Vincent Diesel's motorcentric blockbusters usually promises a healthy injection of car-porn alongside a supporting cast of hot guys and gals. Sadly, along with The, Fast and Furious has lost everything that made its prequels such an unlikely success.
Diesel and his good cop/bad cop buddy mumble their way through one implausible scene after another, working to avenge the death of his ugly ex-girlfriend, murdered by a gang of incompetent drug-runners.
More The and more Drift may have saved this movie, but it seems that Vin and co. are as bored with the series as we are.

Knowing (reviewed in 100 words or less)

I recently saw a short amateur film in which the characters were played by children's toys. The puppeteers would scarcely attempt to hide their hands as they gripped GI Joe's feet. Wobbling his stiff, plastic body back and forth, they delivered the improvised dialogue and occasionally cut the shot to present their toy stars in one dramatic pose or another.

Not dissimilar, then, to Nicholas Cage's performance in 'Knowing', an action-speckled slow-season release with religious overtones. Nevertheless, some military-grade special effects keep this movie's chin above the bar, just, and keep me from feeling it was a total waste of time.