If “Land of the Lost” is a big hit, we could see some of the other Sid and Marty Krofft kids shows from the ’70’s on the big screen. “H.R. Pufnstuf” would be an obvious choice and the “Banana Splits”, those 4 wacky gorillas in a rock band, would make a great movie. “Land of […]

One of my favorite award shows on the year takes place this week: The Golden Trailer Awards. This is the 10th year of the awards, which honor the best trailers in dozens of categories. Trailers have become more and more popular in recent years and they do deserve their own awards! The nominees in the […]

Over the next couple of years, Paramount and DreamWorks Animation are going to be producing a ton of new shows and movies. Nickelodeon has ordered pilots for TV shows based on both “Monsters vs. Aliens” and “Kung Fu Panda”. And there’s talk of TV specials for both: “MVA: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space” is in […]

We asked, in our most recent poll, which would be the highest-grossing of all the Summer Blockbusters. By your votes here’s what you think the final standings will be: 1) “Harry Potter 6” 2) “Transformers 2” 3) “Night at the Museum 2” 4) “Star Trek” 5) “Terminator 4” 6) “Up” 7) “Ice Age 3” It’ll […]

20th Century Fox’s upcoming family film, “They Came From Upstairs”, due out July 31, has a new title: “Aliens in the Attic.” I first noticed the change the other night when I spotted a poster for the film in the lobby of the theater where I saw “Terminator Salvation.” On the poster they still have […]

The man who gave Mickey Mouse his voice for the past 32-years has passed away. Wayne Allwine died earlier this week at the age of 62, due to complications from diabetes. Allwine is one of only three people to do Mickey’s voice, the first being Walt Disney himself. Allwine began at Disney in 1996 in […]

The poster for Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” is out. Jim Carrey stars as Scrooge. The movie is directed by Robert Zemeckis, who did the “Polar Express” back in 2004, and uses the same technology – Motion Capture Animation. Carrey, on the poster, looks a lot like he did on the “Lemony Snickets” (2004) poster. I […]

The latest animated film in the works that’s based on a children’s book series is “Flanimals.” The movie will star Ricky Gervias, who’s one of my favorite comedians. He also wrote the books. The story of “Fanimals” takes place on a planet populated by very strange creatures. Gervias will voice the lead character. Illumination Entertainment […]

Disney has announced that it will be planting 2.7 million trees in Brazil’s endangered Atlantic Rain Forest thanks to everyone who went to see “Earth” during it’s first week in theaters. That’s one tree for every person who bought a ticket. The movie made $16.1 million week 1 and is still doing o.k. at the […]

I spent a few hours this weekend chasing a Hollywood star! A few scenes of the upcoming movie “Salt” are being shot in a city not far from my home and so I went to the set to try to get a look at the film’s star – Angelina Jolie. And even though there was […]