Red One’s stuttering rollout is another example of Hollywood studios having seemingly lost both the desire to make festive movies, and the knowhow on what makes them connect with moviegoers.

The bigger issue is the film moves at the pace of an elf who’s had far ... into the action. For a movie that reportedly cost $250 million to make, ‘Red One’ doesn’t deliver on the kind ...

According to the rules of Red One – an all-action movie that looks set to deck the ... less a Christmas elf than a member of the E.L.F. Even with Drift (and O’Malley) on the case, this is ...

Countless movies before have wrestled with who Santa is. Does he really exist? But “Red One” is the first one ... He’s not an elf but a member of ELF, Enforcement Logistics and Fortification.

While there's cozy comfort in Buddy's clueless antics (Elf) or George ... to holiday-themed movies (that includes Hubie Halloween, folks), but Bedtime Stories may be one of his less popular ...

having directed The Rock in two Jumanji movies, and Red One is done very much in the same style. We’re supposed to find it hilarious that Johnson is basically an ELF, and a pal of Santa’s ...

“Red One” is a movie of many such mysteries ... The Rock plays Callum, an agent of ELF, in “Red One.” FilmMagic Callum then engages in a game of Krampusschlap — a stupid competition ...

But what “Red One” is really missing, what every Christmas movie worth its eggnog requires ... a pumped-up, super-sized elf sort of fellow who leads security at the North Pole and is also ...

Dwyane Johnson and Chris Evans are bringing their world-saving experience to the holiday movie ... Red One takes Santa Claus on a different type of adventure, one that merges the quirkiness of Elf ...

Countless movies before have wrestled with who Santa is. Does he really exist? But “Red One” is the first one ... He’s not an elf but a member of ELF, Enforcement Logistics and Fortification.