After the first sequel to The Hangover proved to be identical to the original, only transferred to a new setting and less funny, I confess that I wasn’t exactly champing at the bit to sit through a third go-round of director Todd Phillips’s Tales of the Wolf Pack. To my ...

As the glut of summer sequels begin screening this month, a sense of dread inevitably falls upon the high-minded adult filmgoer. Not to say that an Iron Man or a Star Trek or a Hangover doesn’t have its pleasures, but these films do serve as a reminder that we’re in ...