But the director’s latest indulges too much in his signature cliches.

For his eighth film, Tarantino resurrected the super wide-screen 70mm Ultra Panavision format, which was last used in 1966 for the epic Charlton Heston/Laurence Olivier adventure Khartoum.

“Kingsman: The Secret Service” is an enjoyable ride for gentlemen and rogues alike, though there’s really only room for the latter.

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, the latest from Marvel Studios, is a movie about heroism and sacrifice that doesn’t sacrifice character for spectacle.

If you are not yet fatigued by the hype surrounding Snakes on a Plane, the Samuel L. Jackson action thriller where, um, snakes terrorize people on a plane, then head on up to Bethesda this weekend to Grapeseed, where Chef Jeff Heineman and friends have put together a super serpentine supper. Snakes on a Plate, a five-course meal riffing on the aforementioned movie, is available only at the chef’s table this Friday, August 25 and…

From DCist contributor Catherine Andrews: The Post’s Reliable Source alerts us to what they call the “mother of all casting calls” in D.C. today: Producers of the sequel to “XXX”, “XXX: State of the Union,” need 1,600 extras. No, we don’t remember “XXX” either, so here’s a refresher: Vin Diesel stars as Xander “XXX” Cage, the notorious underground thrill seeker who until now has been deemed untouchable by the law. NSA Agent Gibbons (Samuel L….