Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese is best-known for making gritty adult crime dramas, thrillers and biopics. “Hugo” is both his first 3D film and his first family film. While “Hugo” continues to be promoted as a family adventure and two of it’s main characters are a pre-teen boy and girl, Scorsese’s new effort is […]
“Real Steel” had the potential to be an exciting action film set in the intriguing world of robot boxing. Instead it’s predictable, corny at times and occasionally embarrassing to watch. Director Shawn Levy is best known for the “Night at the Museum” films. The first one of that series was smart, clever and very original. […]
“Contagion” was 2001’a addition to the “worldwide epidemic, dramatic thriller” genre and it features one of the most star-studded casts of any film in recent years. But is it possible to enjoy a movie in which millions of innocent people die from a virus? Gwyneth Paltrow plays a wife and mother who’s just returned home […]
Let me start by pointing out that I am not a “Gleek”. I’ve seen parts of a few episodes of “Glee” but that’s it. And I never thought the show would become the huge hit that it is. When I spoke with actress Jane Lynch (who’s won an Emmy for playing tough phys. ed. coach […]
The summer of 2011 was filled with some very AVERAGE movies, which is why I’ve gave out more “C” grades than any other. And if there was ever a film that defined AVERAGE – kinda funny, kinda clever, while at the same time, kinda dumb and kinda predictable, it’s “Zookeeper”. Kevin James and Adam Sandler […]
Even before I sat down to watch “Monte Carlo” this summer I knew the film wasn’t made with someone like me in mind. A quick look around proved my point: Of the 30-40 people in the theater I was the only male. But even though “Monte Carlo” is a young chick flick, that doesn’t mean […]
“Super 8” is written and directed by J.J. Abrams (“Star Trek”, TV’s “Lost”) and the film’s executive producer is Steven Spielberg. That’s a pretty good combination. The story is set in 1979 in small town Ohio. Joe (Joel Courtney) and his friends are making a Zombie movie, that they want to finish over the summer […]
“Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer” is based on a very popular book series for kids, written by Megan McDonald. She also helped write the screenplay so fans of the books should be pretty happy with this on-screen version. Australian newcomer Jordana Beatty plays Judy, a third grader who wants to have the best […]
“Thor” continues the series of Marvel Studio films based on their own comic book characters, following the two “Iron Man” movies and “The Incredible Hulk”. This one is also set in the present day – sort of. Chris Hemsworth stars as the title character, who’s in line to become King of the mythical land of […]
“Rio” has a lot in common with the movie’s main character – a blue macaw who can’t fly: It’s nice looking, but never takes off. The opening 5-minutes of the film are great. We see Blu as a baby bird, in the rain forest of Brazil and learn how he ends-up in Minnesota as a […]