The Summer Family Film season is over. It wasn’t the greatest by any means. Before we dive into Fall ’09 (which begins Wednesday with the release of “9”), here are my award winners for the Summer: Worst Box Office Hit: “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”. Made $400M, LOUDLY! Best Box Office Flop: “Bandslam”. Made less […]

Not long ago in this space I mentioned that “Yogi Bear” and “The Smurfs” are scheduled to be released on the same day – Dec. 17, 2010. These, obviously, are two kids/family films that I’ll be seeing and reviewing. Well, things have now gotten even more interesting for that day. “Tron: Legacy”, the update of […]

…And the winner of over 5,000 Marvel characters is…Disney! Yes, Mickey, Minnie and Donald have some new neighbors coming, but not immediately. Disney has purchased Marvel for a whopping $4 BILLION! Now the fun begins. Since many of the famous Marvel characters have been hanging-out at other studio and at other theme parks it’s going […]

I had a great trip to Hollywood. However, here are five things they should fix: #5 – A Johnny Rockets served me a Grilled Cheddar Cheese sandwich, and not American, as oppose to the Denny’s I went to that made it with American. Grilled Cheese Sandwiches should always be made with American cheese. #4 – […]

If you caught Sunday Night’s “Millionaire?”, you probably were on the edge of your seat watching the last contestant go for the million dollars. And yes folks, this was more exciting to watch than “Slumdog Millionaire”. He had one lifeline left, “Ask the Audience”, which according to my good friend Mr. Regis Philbin, has never […]

Why did they change the release date for “Fantastic Mr. Fox” from November 13th to November 25th? I think it’s a bad decision because there’s a lot of other family films coming out around that time: On November 20th, “Planet 51” and “The Blind Side”. On the 25th, “Old Dogs” and “The Princess and the […]

Will Ferrell is replacing Robert Downey, Jr. in DreamWorks Animation’s “Oobermind”, opening next Fall. Downey most likely had to drop out because of “Iron Man 2”. Ferrell’s last animated film appearance was my second official review, 2006’s “Curious George”, as the Man with the Yellow Hat. Also in the cast is Tina Fey from “Ponyo”, […]

What’s the story with the voice-over guy in the “Planet 51” trailer calling Dwayne Johnson – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? Either he’s decided to starting using the nickname again or the studio made a big mistake. Johnson stopped using “The Rock” a few years ago, trying to get away from his former wrestling character. We […]

The final results are in from my LCJ (Whaddya Think) Poll of the best film of the year, so far. And you’ve chosen “Up”. And I totally agree! “Up” received 45% of the votes. Surprisingly, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” came in second with 26%. I can’t belive that more people liked “Transformers 2” than […]

After a year of the “Ben and Ben Show”, “At the Movies”, the best movie reviews show on TV, is changing hosts. Out are Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz and in are Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott. You may remember that both Phillips and Scott were fill-in critics on the show a few years ago, […]