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 […]

While I review only Family Films for this website, I do see movies, occasionally, that don’t fit into that category. The other day I saw the Oscar-nominated “Frost/Nixon”, which stars Frank Langella, who is up for Academy Award for Best Actor and Michael Sheen, who should have been nominated for Best Supporting Actor. The film […]

Yes, the Super Bowl was exciting (especially since I won our squares pool), but the best part for me were all the commericals for the upcoming blockbuster films and the “Monsters vs. Aliens” 3-D preview. As for the “MVA” peek, I was hoping it would be a 3-minute chunk of the film and not clips, […]

In case you haven’t been paying attention, the Super Bowl is this Sunday on NBC. At the end of the 2nd quarter a special 3-minute preview of the upcoming animated film, “Monsters vs. Aliens”, will be shown – IN 3-D! It should be great, but you’ll need the special glasses. So you’ve got to go […]

On Sunday February 22nd Hugh Jackman will host the 81st Academy Awards (I was hoping the rumors about Ricky Gervais being selected as host were true – oh well). As you know, the nominations were announced this past Thursday. Here are some surprises: – “Wall-E” with 5 nominations. Why? – “The Dark Knight” gets 8 […]