“Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D” was the original title for the upcoming Sci-Fi, family adventure movie (an update of the 1959 classic). But New Line has mysteriously dropped the “3-D” from the title. Why would they have done that? Well, not every theater screening the film will be able to show it […]

It’s the middle of June and good time for my annual “Best and Worst So Far” lists. I’ve got 5 Best and 1 Worst. I’ll start with The Best: At #5, “Honeydripper.” I had the chance to meet and talk with director John Sayles the night the movie premiered in our area. “Honeydripper” is about […]

There are three brand new trailers showing before “Kung Fu Panda”. In case they didn’t have them at your theater, or you haven’t seen the movie yet, here’s what they are: First, the highly-anticipated “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa”. I knew the studio would unveil this trailer before “KFP”, since, of course, it’s also a Dreamworks […]

There will be lots of kicking in theaters around the country this weekend…hopefully only on the screens. Both of the big new films – “Kung Fu Panda” and “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” star characters who use martial arts. Which of these movies will kick the competition’s butt? Here’s my prediction: #1) “Kung Fu […]

I didn’t see/review “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” when it came out in theaters in December but I finally watched it on DVD the other night and I was a little disappointed. Plenty of stars, including Nicolas Cage, Ed Harris. Helen Mirren and Jon Voight but the story is pretty goofy. This time (this is […]

One of my favorite award shows of the year – The Golden Trailer Awards (or the Movie Preview Awards as they are now called) – were held a few weeks ago but they finally showed them on TV (on the My TV Network for the first time) Monday night. The show was hosted by Sinbad, […]

There will be less than 400 Drive-In movie theaters in operation this summer around the US. I went to one of them the other night to see “Indiana Jones-4”. Our family goes to the Drive-In’s at least twice a year, but this was the first time we’d ever gone in May. As usual we played […]

I’ve been telling you for awhile about the new Regal theater that was opening in my area. Well, it finally opened the other night and, of course, I was there. Here’s what it’s got: 13 screens, stadium seating, digital projection in all theaters, rocking seats, and posters everywhere. They’re still working out the bugs. They […]

I (and most of you) have been waiting for “Wall-E” since Disney/Pixar announced that it was going to be their follow-up to “Ratatouille.” It comes out June 27th, but now we finally know what Wall-E stands for: Waste Allocation Load Lifter – Earth class. Cool. It’s official: the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” sequel is set […]