The Sorcerer's Apprentice
The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the latest release from the Disney Juggernaut. Working on his sorcery ticket is the reluctant Dave (Montreal’s Jay Baruchel, the current flavour of the geek), a physics nerd at NYU who for some reason has a connection with that most famous of wizards, Merlin (James A. Stephens). Finding Dave ends the millennial quest of former Merlin underling Balthazar (Nicolas Cage sporting yet another ridiculous hairpiece) who needs Dave for more than just an apprenticeship. He has to not only vanquish Horvath (Alfred Molina) and Morgana (Alice Krige) the murderers of his mentor but also free his true love imprisoned for 1000 years, the beautiful Veronica (a wasted Monica Bellucci but still a treat to see). The reason Dave is reluctant to take on another TA position is that he’s in the process of reconnecting with Becky (Teresa Palmer) his grade school fantasy and pressure from Balthazar is doing nothing to help get his mojo working. Yes Fantasia fans there is an homage to the Mickey Mouse segment of the same name from that classic animated film. The rest of the film won’t be so familiar other than the structured formula used to hang the action on.