How he gets out of the fix involves derring-do and giant-slaying on Jack’s behalf, cleverly staged. But the movie, which was shot in 3-D and can be seen in 3-D or 2-D, never rests.

Movies 'Jack the Giant Slayer' Review: Rehashed fairytale story is dominated by unwieldy beanstalk spectacle. Published: ; Mar. 01, 2013, 3:39 p.m.

The 20-year-old British actress plays Princess Isabelle in Jack the Giant Slayer, opening on Friday in theaters, and the film stands to do big things for her fledgling career.

At the very least there's a mesmerizing gnarled stalk in Jack the Giant Slayer (* * ½ out of four; rated PG-13; opens Friday nationwide) that grows into something faster, thicker and taller than ...

STORY: ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Cast on the Challenges of Motion Capture. The film holds a 52 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and below is a sampling of what the critics had to say about Hollywood ...

Bryan Singer’s “Jack the Giant Slayer” is a gentle giant, a short and sweet climb that’s fun all the way up the bean stalk. For those longing for more epic adventure but were disappointed ...

Nicholas Hoult's new film 'Jack the Giant Slayer' comes out on Friday and is a modernization of the folktale we all know as Jack and the Beanstalk . The original tale about a boy (pun intended ...

The new trailer for Bryan Singer’s new fantasy film, “Jack the Giant Slayer,” doesn’t play coy with the goods. The last trailer showed only bits of the giants -- an eyeball here, a pool of ...