'21 Jump Street' film offers an unexpected pleasure

By Matthew Lucas It's immediately clear that we're in good hands when early on in "21 Jump Street" a character makes a joke about people constantly recycling old ideas thinking no one will notice. Because that is exactly what this film is — a big

LOS ANGELES — Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum's cop comedy “21 Jump Street” booked itself into first-place at the weekend box office with a $36.3 million debut. The top 20 movies at US and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by

Halfway through this affable, inspired grab bag of a comedy, it hit me that what I was watching wasn't merely a good movie but rather The Greatest TV Adaptation Ever Made…

"21 Jump Street" has its share of fun stereotypes, from both high school movies and buddy-cop films. Rob Riggle and Ice Cube are both aware of the roles. And both had a lot of fun. "You've seen the character a thousand times, so to me to try to make

About the same time Hollywood's remake of 1980s TV show "21 Jump Street" opened in cinemas across the US last week, California police made a series of arrests thanks to an undercover operation resembling its plot. For eight months, a 22-year-old police