Disneynature has had much success with their Earth Day documentaries: 2009’s “Earth” was about our entire planet, primarily focusing on polar bears, whales and elephants and was narrated by James Earl Jones. 2010’s “Oceans”, narrated by Pierce Brosnan, took us under the sea. And last year’s “African Cats”, about lion and cheetah families, was narrated […]
Most everyone knows that The Three Stooges were a classic comedy trio that began back in the 1920’s. They were famous for their outrageous slapstick and were very popular both on TV and in movies. Now, more than 60 years after the original Moe, Larry and Curly ended their run as the Stooges, they’re being […]
“Titanic” was the biggest movie of all-time (with $600M) from 1998-2010 before James Cameron’s next movie – the overrated “Avatar” – took over. “Titanic” is the top movie to stay consecutively at the #1 spot at the box office (15 weeks from Dec. 19, 1997 to Mar. 29, 1998). It won 11 Oscars (tying the […]
Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? Snow White is the fairest…the 1937 Disney animated Snow White. 75 years later, Hollywood is in a “Snow White” craze with two big releases based on the fairy tale in the first half of 2012. “Snow White and the Huntsman” is a well done […]
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 […]
“Bully” made headlines when it was first released last year because of its subject matter, and then because of the “R” rating given the documentary by the MPAA. Unfortunately the controversies overshadowed the movie itself, which is fascinating, heartbreaking and very important. Hopefully, on DVD, everyone who didn’t see it in the theater will watch […]
The “Harry Potter” movie series has come to a close and the “Twilight” film finale is this November. So inevitably Hollywood needed a new blockbuster franchise based on a popular book series to latch on to. Enter “The Hunger Games” – part one of a three-book series aimed at a similar audience. This first film […]
One of the TV commercials that was used when “John Carter” was released in theaters back in February claimed that before there was “Star Wars” and “Avatar” there was John Carter. And that’s very true. The character was the creation of famed writer Edgar Rice Burroughs back in 1912. But the ad campaign doesn’t go […]
Since 2000 three Dr. Seuss books have made their way to the big screen: “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, “The Cat in the Hat”, and “Horton Hears a Who!”. When you think of other classic Seuss books “The Lorax” doesn’t immediately come to mind. So it’s a bit surprising that this story was chosen to […]
This is the third year that I be able to see the “Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films”. While there are several good shorts (including a few that aren’t even in the running for the Oscar), there isn’t one this year that’s outstanding. OSCAR NOMINEES: “Dimanche/Sunday” – A hand-drawn short from Canada about a boy’s average […]