Brendan Fraser stars in “Journey to the Center of the Earth.” It’s the first of two films that Fraser starred in last summer and it’s a pretty good one. Fraser plays Trevor, a scientist and professor who isn’t doing too well in either area. His nephew Sean (played by Josh Hutcherson) comes to live with […]
Jack Black stars in my favorite live-action film of 2008 so far – “Be Kind Rewind.” And he also stars in my favorite animated film of the year – the hilarious “Kung Fu Panda.” Black voices Po, a Panda who loves Kung Fu and the great Kung Fu masters, and he dreams of someday becoming […]
In 2005 Disney took us on an extraordinary journey in “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Three years later the sequel is out on DVD, and it’s all about “Prince Caspian.” The four children who went back in time, saved the kingdom of Narnia and became Kings and Queens are […]
After months and months of trailers and stories about “Speed Racer” I was really looking forward to a great movie. Unfortunately I walked out of the theater the other night surprisingly disappointed. “Speed Racer” stars Emile Hirsch, who plays Speed. We see him as a young boy who only cares about one thing: car racing. […]
From the people who brought us last year’s “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” comes another bad family film. “Nim’s Island” stars Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin. She plays Nim, an 11-year old girl who lives on a secret island with her father (played by Gerard Butler) and her sea animal friends, including a sea lion named Selkie […]
“Penelope” stars Christina Ricci as a girl named Penelope who was born with a pig nose. In order the break the curse put on her by an evil witch and get a real nose Penelope must find love. So her parents spend all their time trying to find Penelope a husband. But all of the […]
Nickelodeon and Paramount team up to bring one of the newest, popular children’s book series to the big screen. The result is “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, which provides much of the excitement and wonder of the books, with plenty of changes. Freddie Highmore plays twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, who move into their Aunt Lucinda’s […]
We haven’t seen much of The Chipmunks since their 1980’s TV cartoon. And you’ve never seen them like this. Alvin, Simon and Theodore are on the big screen for the first time in “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Jason Lee stars as David Seville, a songwriter who’s having trouble coming-up with good songs. One night the […]
Disney’s 2007 Christmas gift to moviegoers is out on DVD just in time to get into Easter baskets everywhere! “Enchanted” begins as a cartoon in Fairytale Land. Princess Giselle (voiced and played by Amy Adams) is looking for a handsome prince. Soon she meets one, but before they can get married the Princess gets dumped […]
Sometimes a movie can have bad trailers and still be pretty good. I watched the trailers for “Fred Claus” for months before it came out in theaters last year and I wasn’t expecting very much from the movie. But, turned out, “Fred Claus” was definitely worth seeing, and it’s worth a viewing now that it’s […]