I was worried going into “Battleship” for a couple of reasons: 1) It looked a lot like “Transformers” and 2) How in the world can anyone make a two-hour movie based on a very simple board game? Well, Universal and Hasbro have done it, and the result is an incredibly bad film that sinks to […]
2010’s “Clash of the Titans” (the remake of the 1981 cult favorite) was one of the worst films of that, or any year: lame story, awful dialogue and cheap special effects, including an incredibly bad 3D post-conversion. Not much differs between that film and this totally unnecessary sequel, except for Sam Worthington’s hairdo. “Wrath of […]
Actor David Cross, who plays Ian the evil music producer in the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” series, said recently that working on “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” – was the most painful experience of his professional career. All I can say is – David, I feel you – because watching “Chipwrecked” was one of the […]
I was not a big fan of 2006’s “Happy Feet” and became even less of a fan when it went on to win the Academy Award that year for Best Animated Feature (beating-out “Cars”, a much, much better film). Unfortunately “Happy Feet Two” is an even more painful viewing experience than the original. “Happy Feet” […]
“Spy Kids” was released in 2001 and was one of the top 20 films that year. Two sequels followed (“Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams” in 2002 and 2003’s “Spy Kids 3D: Game Over”). Eight years later we get a third sequel in 3D. When released in theaters in August the movie featured […]
Down through the years there’s been a long list of popular, memorable and successful combinations: Batman and Robin, Bert and Ernie, Peanut Butter and Jelly. “Cowboys & Aliens” will never join that list. While this is a unique premise for an action film – having unfriendly visitors from space attack the residents of a small […]
Argh, me Mateys! I’m about to tell you the story of a story that never should have been told, about a film that never should have been made (at least not this way). Ahoy! – it’s Official: the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise has been sunk, by a tale called “On Stranger Tides”. It’s been […]
When I was in LA in the summer of 2009 I visited the Sony Pictures Studios and actually got to see some of the sets that were being built for “The Green Hornet”. If I had known then what I know now I would have told the crews not to bother. This version of “The […]
The words Alpha and Omega mean the beginning and the end. As for the movie “Alpha and Omega”, I hated it from the beginning and couldn’t wait for it to end. The film, from the small Crest Animation Studio, is the story of two young wolves who live with their packs in Canada. Kate and […]
Nickelodeon Studios has turned several of their popular TV cartoon series into feature films, including The Rugrats, Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants. “The Last Airbender” is the first live-action movie based on a Nick cartoon. Unfortunately an animated version would have been better. The story is set in a fantasy world […]