With Sandra Bullock winning the SAG Award Saturday night she takes a slight lead over Meryl Streep as the favorite to win the Best Actress Oscar. Or does she? Each of them won Golden Globes (Bullock in the Comedy category, Streep in the Drama) and they tied for the Critics Choice Award. Streep has dominated […]

Last year, when I first heard about the “Tooth Fairy” movie, one thing struck me as odd: Where’s the “The”? It seems to me that the natural title for the film would be “The Tooth Fairy”. In real life everyone calls it “The” Tooth Fairy, just like we say “The” Easter Bunny or “The” Great […]

So, “Spider-Man 4” has a new director: Marc Webb of “(500) Days of Summer” fame. Interesting choice, since that was his first feature film and before that he was doing music videos. Great name for the job, however (Webb – get it?) We already new that this version was going to be a prequel, but […]

It was a great “Golden Globes” ceremony, up until the end! First off, Ricky Gervais saved NBC from another no host Golden Globes disaster. His Mel Gibson drinking line was hysterical, and his plugging of his shows and “The Invention of Lying” were right on! Facial hair was popular – George Clooney and William Hurt […]

Here’s the latest on the “Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil” mystery: There isn’t anything new! Burger King has “Hood 2” toys (I got my first one Friday – Beam Hoppin’ Granny). As for the movie, still no idea when it’s coming-out. This could be the first time in movie history that a fast-food restaurant has […]

I’m getting ready for school this morning (watching SpongeBob, of course) and I see a Burger King commercial advertising the new “Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil” toys. What’s up with that? We’ve all been waiting for the new release date for this sequel (it was originally scheduled to come out this Friday, but that plan […]

“Avatar” has become the highest-grossing U.S. film of 2009, with $429 million, passing “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. I’m still surprised by “Avatar”‘s incredible success, because I don’t love the film. But I’m also happy that it will be the top film of the year, and not “Transformers 2” which I hated. Very soon “Avatar” […]

While we look at Best and Worst lists and prepare for awards season I’m in the mood to take a look back. Here’s what I’ll remember from 2009 at the movies: January – A hilarious “Mall Cop”, some unfunny dogs and Helen Mirren riding a unicorn. February – A freaky “Coraline”, a stinky “Panther” and […]

As you know 2009 was a record-breaking year for movies and family films, specifically animated films, accounted for a a big part of the $10.5 billion spent at the box office. Not all of those family films were worth seeing, but many of them were, and 10 stood out above the rest. Here is my […]