Will work for laughs: New line's 'Rush Hour' franchise depends on the...

Daily Variety;  July 30, 2007 ;     642 words ......The budget for 'Rush Hour 3' didn't get crazily...commensurate with what we're hoping the film...with Rather. We're old pals, he adds...Before the first 'Rush Hour,' I had lost confidence...working with Brett on 'Rush Hour,' my confidence...luck.' Then we did ...

The rush is on! Rush Hour 2 sets box office record!

Tri-State Defender;  August 15, 2001 ;     700+ words ......08-15-2001 The rush is on! Rush Hour 2 sets box office record...will follow soon. In 1998, Rush Hour, starring Chris Tucker...another chance to laugh with Rush Hour 2. Not wanting to mess...action and funny dialogue. Rush Hour 2 begins with Chief ...

"Rush Hour 3": Worthy of a few belly laughs.

Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);  September 12, 2007 ;     556 words ......theater at the screening of Rush Hour 3 who seemed to laugh uncontrollably...Sturges and Billy Wilder. We're talking here, instead, about...That's the kind of movie you're looking at with Rush Hour 3. Who cares how many movies...The same thing applies to Rush Hour 3. ...

'RUSH HOUR 3' IS GOOD BUDDY-COP FUN.(Living)(Movie review)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  August 13, 2007 ;     467 words ......he revives another with Rush Hour 3. If the third teaming of...Jackie Chan isn't the best Rush Hour, at least it's the one that...gangsters and the next they're weaving through the streets...by comparison. Then they're parachuting off the top of...corners of a giant flag. Rush ...

FILM REVIEW: 'Rush Hour 2' avoids falling flat

University Wire;  August 3, 2001 ;     443 words ......Sequels often fall flat, but "Rush Hour 2" seems to have evaded such...Lee played in the first "Rush Hour." All Carter wants to do...again to stop the bad guys. "Rush Hour 2" is an extremely fun movie...first film. Tucker and Chan re-establish the chemistry they created in the ...

RUSH HOUR 3

Boise Weekly;  December 26, 2007 ;     246 words ...RUSH HOUR 3 This year was all about...amounts of success in 2007. In Rush Hour's third Installment, you mostly...mouths, but it doesn't mean you're necessarily, going to want...one. Director Brett Ratner (Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, X-Men: The Last Stand...two, so go in ...

FILM REVIEW: Third helping of 'Rush Hour' hurts the brain

University Wire;  August 21, 2007 ;     606 words ......U-WIRE) PITTSBURGH -- "Rush Hour 3" can be summed up in...belated finale to the "Rush Hour" trilogy -- six years after the second installment -- "Rush Hour 3" doesn't try to do anything...bigger or better. Instead, "Rush Hour 3" seems content to be...just the beginning ...

Gags and stunts star in Chan's `Rush Hour,' but he's been better

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 18, 1998 ;     468 words ......Tucker to watch his back in "Rush Hour." While the stunts are not...Chan's action sequences make "Rush Hour" his best big-budget American...Hills Cop" and "Red Heat," "Rush Hour" brings Hong Kong's Lee...satisfied. The tragedy is, "Rush Hour" could have been so ...

Third Rush Hour Squeezes Into Midday; Road Congestion at Lunchtime Rivals...

The Washington Post;  August 12, 1990 ;     700+ words ......Tysons Corner, a midday rush hour is developing that rivals...congestion is worse than during rush hour," said George W. Schoene...than during the morning rush hour-even on a busy stretch...week." Nor is the third rush hour seasonal. In the summer...streets during the ...

'Rush Hour 3' a poor opportunity to cash in

Charleston Daily Mail;  August 9, 2007 ;     331 words ......The Bourne Ultimatum" is the best of the summer threes, "Rush Hour 3" is easily the worst. Director Brett Ratner, who built...Tucker dancing in the street to Edwin Starr's "War." "Rush Hour 3" doesn't work as social or political commentary either. Six years after "Rush Hour 2," which ...

`RUSH HOUR 2' IS ANOTHER BREEZY RIDE CHAN, TUCKER CLICK AS `RUSH HOUR 2'...

The Boston Globe;  August 3, 2001 ;     462 words ...In this sequel-ridden summer, "Rush Hour 2" is the best of the sequels. Not that the bar was...the first teaming of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. In "Rush Hour," nobody quite knew what they had. This time, they do...casting of Zhang Ziyi as the heavy's chief henchwoman. "Rush Hour 2" ...

'Rush Hour 3' a formulaic attempt at cashing in one more time

Maryland Gazette;  August 11, 2007 ;     505 words ......The Bourne Ultimatum" is the best of the summer threes, "Rush Hour 3" is easily the worst. Director Brett Ratner, who built...Tucker dancing in the street to Edwin Starr's "War." "Rush Hour 3" doesn't work as social or political commentary either. Six years after "Rush Hour 2," which ...

BACK IN GEAR THREE YEARS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS LATER, STARS RETURN FOR...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  August 3, 2001 ;     700+ words ......Writer No one denies it: ``Rush Hour'' was a fluke hit. Why the...list as far as another ``Rush Hour'' movie was concerned, anyway...seen in a movie since ``Rush Hour.'' So both men have a lot riding on ``Rush Hour 2.'' So does New Line Cinema...boy production head (and ...

Head for Beach at Rush Hour? Might Work

The Washington Post;  May 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......early, stay late, avoid rush hour at all costs -- but...is traditionally the rush hour because it no longer is the rush hour," said John Townsend...Memorial Day weekend. "They're saying, counterintuitively, that what used to be rush hour may be the ...

Weekend rush-hour fees proposed to unclog I-70 Romer plan would reward...

Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current);  January 25, 2008 ;     645 words ......Interstate 70 during the weekend rush hour - or sent $25 checks for...percent to 15 percent to get rush- hour motorists moving at a decent...s "carotid artery." "You're just reallocating money from...sick of sitting in weekend rush-hour traffic on I-70, said he...positive ...