It’s official! There will be an “Alvin and the Chipmunks 3”. And it’ll be called “Alvin and the Chipmunks 3D.” Release date: Dec. 16, 2011, which is only one week before Steven Spielberg’s own 3D animated film, “The Adventures of TinTin: The Secret of the Unicorn.” Hopefully by then there will be more 3D screens […]

“Alice in Wonderland”‘s $116+M opening weekend was a major shocker. That was the highest March opening of all-time, by $45M (“300” made $71M back in 2007). It even beat “Avatar”‘s first weekend. As you know I didn’t like either of those films. And, remember “Transformer 2” (another bad film) and it’s big opening weekend last […]

It was an interesting Academy Awards. The hosts – Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin – were funny. The show moved along, even though it went past midnight (ET) and actually was longer than last year (even without the Best Song performances). All the major categories went as expected – Bridges, Bullock, Weltz, Mo’Nique, Bigelow , […]

Happy Oscar Day! This Is My Super Bowl! Enjoy the show! I heard that rehearsals went well and that Sandra Bullock won a Razzie last night and may become the first person to win a Razzie and an Oscar in the same year. It looks like it will be a big weekend for “Alice”. More […]

With the acting award decided (Bridges, Bullock, Waltz and Mo’nique) it’s time for the rest: Best Picture “Up” was the Best Reviewed film of 2009, but Academy members won’t vote for it for Best Picture, since it will win the Animated Film category. This is a battle between “Avatar” and “The Hurt Locker”. – “Avatar”: […]

We’re only a few days from the Academy Awards, so it’s time to begin unveiling all of my picks for this year. We start with the acting awards: Best Actress This is a two-way battle between Meryl Streep (“Julie and Julia”) and Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”). Streep had a tougher role (Julia Child – […]

I got to see the 2010 Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films today (along with the 3 honorable mentions). Here’s my report card: The Oscar Nominees “French Roast” – C The story was tough to follow. “Granny O’ Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” – C Nothing really original. “The Lady and the Reaper” – B Clever and entertaining. […]

February has really been a dry month for new family films on DVD. If you are desperately waiting for something new to rent or buy, good news: Next month, you’ll have plenty of choices. March 2nd: “Where the Wild Things Are” (PG) GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINEE and “Ponyo” (G) NICE ANIMATION March 9th: “Planet 51” (PG) […]

I talked to my friend Regis Philbin a while back, and he said that he didn’t love the experience of voicing a cartoon in “Shrek the Third”, but liked being a part of a big movie. Well, according to IMDB, Regis will reprise his role as Mabel the ugly stepsister in the highly anticipated “Shrek […]

Traditionally, the Oscars have featured performances from all of the Best Original Song nominees. Last year, they were all combined into one musical number. And this year? No performances at all!. The academy has decided to just have the songs playing during brief clips of the films that the songs are from. Ridiculous, just ridiculous. […]