According to Movieline.com, there is now a reason why Disney/Pixar’s “Newt” (which was supposed to open in theaters this summer until they switched the date with “Cars 2”) was cancelled last year. One word: “Rio”. John Lasseter (Pixar’s Chief Creative Office and the director of the first two “Toy Story” films, “Cars” and “Cars 2”) […]

The Summer movie season officially kicks off Friday with “Thor” (though “Fast Five” apparently had other ideas). Here’s my list of the 5 movies I’m most looking forward to seeing this Summer. It was hard for me to choose only five, since I’ll be seeing at least 20 over the next four months, and many […]

I went to see “African Cats” on Earth Day, and it may have been the worst experience I’ve had in a theater in the 5 year that I’ve been a critic. Dozens of people, kids and adults, talking, texting, getting-up and walking around. There were crying babies, and little kids talking non-stop (including one sitting […]

It can take years for a sequel to finally be made and released in theaters. “Tron: Legacy” was nearly 30 years after the original. However, sometimes you can expect the sequel of a film series to open less than one year after the latest installment, as in the case of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” […]

After nearly 4 years, and long countless hours of discussions and debate, a decision has been reached to change The Official Kid Critic Report Grading System. I have decided to add minus grades to my system. A-, B-, C-, and D- will be in effect beginning Friday April 22nd. The reason for this dramatic development […]

There’s a major issue concerning the upcoming release of “Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil”. And it’s not whether or not the Weinstein Co. might pull the film at the last minute and make us wait even longer to see it or if movie is going to be as good as the original. No, the big […]

I had a great time at Sunday night’s NY Emmy Awards in NYC. No, I didn’t win my second Emmy, but I was nominated in two categories so it was exciting both times waiting to hear my name called. It’s a fun party, with a lot of celebs. Here were some of my highlights: – […]

George Lucas did amazing things “in a galaxy far, far away”. But when it comes to his ideas on 3-D, he’s way, way off. The “Star Wars” creator has predicted that 3-D will take-over movie making the way color took-over black and white. And he’s happy about it. First of all, it won’t happen. But […]

“The Smurfs” was originally scheduled to be released on December 17th, 2010, then it was moved to July 29th, 2011. It was then switched to Wednesday August 3rd, 2011, and is now back to Friday July 29th, 2011. What the Smurf is going on? Apparently, after Fox moved it’s release of “Rise of the Apes” […]

A British screenwriter – Jake Mandeville-Anthony – is suing Disney/Pixar for stealing his idea for the movie “Cars”. He claims he came up with the idea for the talking cars movie way back in the early 90’s and sent it, along with descriptions and sketches of animated cars and marketing and merchandising plans to several […]