It appears that there will NOT be a Fall release from Dreamworks Animation this year. The studio’s next scheduled film, “How To Train Your Dragon”, has been pushed back to March 26, 2010. “Sherk Goes Fourth” will follow on May 21, 2010 with “MasterMind” set to be released on Novermber 5, 2010. I don’t understand […]

Disney/Pixar’s “Up” has been chosen to open the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on May 13th. It’ll be the first time that an animated film or a 3-D film has been the first movie shown at Cannes. The rest of this year’s film will be announced in April. Meantime, on St. Patrick’s Day, I saw the […]

Did you ever get stopped by those people in the mall who’s job it is to show you trailers for new movies and get your opinion on them? I did on Saturday. I got to see the trailer for the upcoming family film – “They Came From Upstairs.” The movie stars “High School Musical”‘s Ashley […]

It’s time to unveil the winners of the 2nd Annual “L-C-J Family Film Awards”, honoring the best in family films for 2008. Best Actor: Jack Black – “Be Kind Rewind” Best Actress – Dakota Fanning – “The Secret Life of Bees” Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger – “The Dark Knight” Best Supporting Actress: Queen Latifah […]

Why did “Jonas Brothers: 3-D Concert Experience” do so poorly opening weekend? The movie only made $12.7M. That’s less than half of what the Hannah Montana 3-D concert film took in in it’s opening 3-days last year ($29M). And since the ticket prices for “Jonas” were so high ($15, $17.50), the box office should have […]

For the first time ever I stayed up to watch the entire Academy Awards show. I was pretty tired Monday morning, since I had to get-up early to go back to school following vacation. Here are some my thoughts on the show and the winners: Tim Gunn did a nice job in the Red Carpet […]

The Academy Awards are Sunday night! Here are my picks of who I think deserve to win and who will win, in each of the major categories: Best Actress – My Pick: Anne Hathaway (“Rachel Getting Married”) / Who Will Win: Kate Winslet (“The Reader”) – Finally. Best Supporting Actress – My Pick: Maraji P. […]

I finally got to see “Slumdog Millionaire” the other day. And while it’s not a “family film” per say, I recommend it for older kids and teenagers (along with adults). However, it’s not as good as “Frost/Nixon”, even though “Slumdog” is winning most of the Best Picture honors at all of the award ceremonies. (I […]

In my previous blog I mention that the ’08 Annie Award winners had been announced. Among those honored – Nick Park, the man behind the Wallace and Gromit films. Park’s latest W & G movie – “A Matter of Loaf and Death” won the Annie for Best Animated Short Subject. The 29-minute movie, which hasn’t […]