“As both a character actor and a vocally-oriented character actor, it was fun to turn into somebody else — literally. It was challenging in that it almost turned into a mask, so I had to work it like ...

“The Smurfs” may seem like an easy assignment for its visual effects team compared with, say, “Transformers 3.” The little critters themselves are very cartoony, and appear to lack the complexity of ...

I’m not sure who was asking for them, but the Smurfs are back, in their fourth Hollywood movie. Following “The Smurfs” (2011), “The Smurfs 2” (2013) and “Smurfs: The Lost Village” (2017), all of which ...

I’m not sure who was asking for them, but the Smurfs are back, in their fourth Hollywood movie. Following “The Smurfs” (2011), “The Smurfs 2” (2013) and “Smurfs: The Lost Village” (2017), all of which ...