Oscar Week is officially here, and to celebrate I went to see the Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films. Here are my thoughts: “Day and Night” – This year’s Pixar entry. They haven’t won a short award since 2002 (“For The Birds”). Have seen it 3 times and still don’t love it. Reportedly the odds-on favorite. […]

O.K. I enjoyed the Justin Bieber Movie – “JB: Never Say Never” more than I thought I would. And sitting in a theater surrounded by 200+ screaming girls was an experience. And I do appreciate that J. Bieber is very talented and he deserves all the attention and success that he’s enjoying. But do I […]

The nominations for the 2011 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards are out and I’ve spotted a new trend this year: the nominees are much more kid/family oriented. For example: In the Favorite Movie category there’s only one semi- “action” film (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow – Pt.1”), and the rest much more family-friendly: “Alice in […]

So many kids movies these days begin as books. I guess we have Harry Potter to thank for that, though it didn’t begin with him. I like it much better when scripts are original, but occasionally, there’s a book I’m reading that I think would make a great movie. And that’s the case with, “The […]

1Q Just Go With It Battle: Los Angeles Kung Fu Panda 2 – Looks Great! Fast Five Cowboys & Aliens – Very Interesting 2Q – 4 Paramount Summer Action flicks: Super 8 Transformers 3 Thor 3Q – Pirates 4 4Q Rango Rio Limitless Post Mars Needs Moms Tranformers/Chevy

OK, enough already. How many new versions of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” do we really need? Probably none, but certainly no more than one. But, instead, there are three – yes, THREE – in the works, and from the news this week it looks like all three are actually going to be produced. […]

“Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil” is the highly-anticipated sequel to the 2005 animated hit, “Hoodwinked”, which is a very funny film and also happens to be the first movie I ever reviewed. If you are a follower of this website and my blogs you know that “Hoodwinked Too!” has had a very difficult time getting […]

The Academy Awards nominations almost always include some surprises. I was a little worried that it wouldn’t be the case this year. But I was wrong. Here are some of the shockers that have Hollywood buzzing: – Javier Bardem’s Best Actor nomination. He knocked Mark Mahlberg out of the category. – Jennifer Lawrence and John […]

Some bloggers and movie analysts are looking at the 2010 box office results and the hits and misses of the year. Many of them are calling “Yogi Bear” a flop. I saw “YB” for the second time over the MLK weekend (in a Sold Out theater) and laughed just as much, if not even more, […]

Regis Philbin has been one of my idols and good friends for many years. He has announced that, after 28 years, he is stepping down from his position as co-host of “Live!” On Tuesday’s show, he wasted no time getting right into the topic, telling everyone that he would be leaving at the end of […]