In return for a little patience with the 3-D glasses and some protracted retinal strain, Robert Rodriguez's "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D" offers a retooled "Wizard of Oz" story ...

Multihyphenate filmmaker Robert Rodriguez moves from the graphic-novel noir of "Sin City" to the family-friendly friskiness of "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D." Latest concoction ...

Tay — who was also a massive fan of Sharkboy and Lavagirl growing up — recalls “buying the DVD with the red and blue 3D glasses from Blockbuster” and watching it at home for the first time.

The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D could be described as The Matrix meets Spider-Man for eight-year-olds. ... I was ready to get those glasses off long before the screen told me to.” ...

Parents and older siblings will have a hard time keeping their attention focused on Shark Boy and Lava Girl but the little ones will have an even harder time tearing themselves away from the screen.

Robert Rodriguez is not the most intellectual of filmmakers. At his best, he's a big kid constructing cinematic amusement parks on the big screen, giving his imagination and sense of whimsy free ...

This isn't to say that Sharkboy and Lavagirl is the best you’ll find on Netflix — it’s not. However, its visuals look a whole lot better without the 3D glasses that were all the rage back then.

I haven’t thought of “The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl” for over a decade now. Although, I remember obsessing over my copy of that 3D movie. It was a VCD that came with 3D glasses. As ...