Producers of the new animated film based on the Dr. Seuss book, “Horton Hears a Who!”, have teamed-up with IHOP restaurants. Beginning on March 3rd all IHOPs will be offerring food items that are also part of the movie. They include: The Mayor of Whoville breakfast, a cool slurpy drink and a cake made out […]

I’m not happy that I only got four of my eight Oscar predictions right. I promise I’ll do better next year. As for the show here are some thoughts: – Regis did a great job on the red carpet. Who knew that he actually started the whole red carpet interview thing back in 1979? – […]

Jack Black will be hosting this year’s Kids’ Choice Awards on Nickelodeon. Black previously hosted the event back in 2006. The producers of the show say they wanted Black back because kids love him and he’s got great spirit. Here are some of the movie-related categories and nominees: Favorite Movie: “Alvin and the Chipmunks”, “Are […]

Some very surprising results from today’s Oscar nominations, including… – Best Animated Film: “Persepolis” (expected), “Ratatouille” (of course) and “SURF’S UP”??? Shocking! What happened to “The Simpsons Movie”? Maybe Academy voters don’t like animated movies that are based on TV shows (“The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie” was snubbed back in 2005) or starring TV stars (Jerry […]

Friday night I attended the local premiere of “Honeydripper”, the new film by writer/director John Sayles. Sayles grew-up and attended school not far from where I live and he came back (with producer and partner Maggie Renzi) to show the film as part of a fund-raiser for area kids. There was a Q&A session before […]