When “Smurfs” was announced, I admit my initial reaction wasn’t very Smurfy. The plot would involve the beloved blue cartoon creatures, originally created by Peyo, being sucked into a major city in ...

“Smurfs” director Chris Miller wanted “to honor the DNA of the original comics, the Peyo designs — that was vitally important to me,” he says about the animated feature, set for a July 18 release by ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...

The lovable blue guys (and one gal) go on a mission to save Papa Smurf in this colorful romp with an impressive voice cast. By Glenn Kenny When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film ...

It feels perfect for these PG times. But though it may be the best of the Smurfs movies, it still puts the innocuous in innocence. So it feels poetically right that we’re now getting the first Smurfs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parents/Paramount Pictures Papa Smurf (John Goodman), Smurfette (Rihanna) and Vanity Smurf (Maya Erskine) in Smurfs from Paramount ...

Plot: When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him. Smurfs gets off to a curious start the moment we meet No ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don't stop the Smurfin' music. The pop star voices Smurfette – who seems to be a smaller but just as sassy version of the actual ...

Zero stars. Running time: 92 minutes. Rated PG (action, language, some rude humor). In theaters. It’s Hanna-Barbaric. I have just endured a film in which an army of little creatures cruelly tortures ...

The Smurfs are back – and this time they are smurfing up a global storm. Teaming up with the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Paramount Pictures, the iconic blue characters are leading a campaign that ...