Last year “Marvel’s The Avengers” kicked off the Summer Movie Season and ended-up becoming 2012’s highest-grossing film, earning over $1.5 billion worldwide. This year “Iron Man 3” has the honor of launching summer. And while it’s not as much fun or exciting as that mega blockbuster, “Iron Man 3” is the most emotional and action-packed […]
Somewhere…Over the Rainbow…a Disney executive thought it’d be a good idea to re-vamp one of the most popular stories of all-time. The 1939 movie, “The Wizard of Oz”, is a classic. So why mess with something so memorable and so good? Sam Raimi (director of the original “Spider-Man” trilogy) helms this prequel to the film […]
It’s time, once again, for the “Oscar Nominated Animated Short Films”. For the 4th straight year I’m fortunate enough to have a local theater screening the shorts. This year’s group includes some familiar faces and studios, which makes it a bit challenging to pick-out the one that will win on Oscar Night. However, this year, […]
“Cloud Atlas” is an unusual and quite ambitious movie. For starters, the scope of the film spans centuries and dimensions – exploring the past, present and future and delving into serious themes such as life, death, love and the afterlife. There are six different stories weaved together throughout the film, which runs just under three […]
Sony Pictures Animation’s latest, “Hotel Transylvania”, stars Adam Sandler as the voice of Dracula. In 1895, he and his wife had a daughter they named Mavis. But soon after, Dracula’s wife was killed by humans. He’s left to raise Mavis on his own and promises his wife that he’ll always protect little Mavis. So he […]
“The Words” is a movie about writing. That may sound dull but this film certainly isn’t dull. Bradley Cooper heads an impressive cast. He plays Rory, who’s the lead character in a book, titled The Words, written by best-selling author Clay Hammond (played by Dennis Quaid). As the movie opens Hammond is reading excerpts of […]
Four score and seven years ago (actually more like 150 years ago), our 16th President may have been “Honest Abe”, but he also kept a big secret. Abraham Lincoln was a…VAMPIRE HUNTER! Believe it or not, “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is based on a book. The author, Seth Grahame-Smith, also wrote the screenplay. This is […]
“Prometheus” is the first sci-fi/horror movie I’ve reviewed, at least that’s what it looked like it was going to be from the trailers. Director Ridley Scott’s latest is mostly just science fiction, not offering any of the ‘jump out of your seat’ moments I was expecting. In fact, there’s very little suspense as well. It’s […]
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 […]
The build-up to director Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse” was huge when the film was released late last year, because of the popular novel it’s based on and the Tony Award-winning play. And while this version does provide a nice story and engaging characters, “War Horse” goes down a familiar path and therefore fails to be […]