“Ponyo” is the latest, charming animated film from Oscar winning director Hayao Miyazaki (“Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle”. This time Disney was involved as the distributor and many famous celebrities lent their voices to the American version of this Japanese hit. Miyazaki’s other classic films are being re-released as well, so if you enjoy […]
It’s a movie about high school kids…and music. But it’s not from Disney and Zac Efron is nowhere to be seen. In “Bandslam” a high school student named Will moves to New Jersey. He didn’t have any friends in his old school so he’s hoping things will be different this time. He meets two girls: […]
This summer Paramount brought us three big-budget action films. The first one – “Star Trek – was a big hit with critics and at the box office. The second – “Transformers 2” – didn’t get great reviews but is the highest-grossing film of the year. The third was “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”, which, […]
Eddie Murphy’s family comedy, “Meet Dave”, was one of the major disappointments of 2008. Well, he’s bounced back nicely with “Imagine That”. Murphy plays Evan Danielson, a financial advisor and divorced father who isn’t a great dad. He has to take care of his 7 year old daughter for an entire week and is pretty […]
There have been a lot of movies based on TV shows in recent years – some good, some not so good. “Land of the Lost” is based on the 1970’s Saturday morning kids show that became a cult-classic. Will Ferrell stars as Dr. Rick Marshall, a scientist who believes in the existence of a parallel […]
Most “X-Men” fans thought the franchise was over with the third film, “X-Men: The Last Stand” back in 2006. But the series continues with “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, which is sort of a “prequel.” In the movie we learn the whole back-story of Wolverine: We see him as a boy, then as one of several mutants […]
DreamWorks Animation has had big hits with the “Shrek” and “Madagascar” films, and “Kung Fu Panda”. “Monsters vs. Aliens” isn’t one of their best, but it’s still pretty good. I’m sure you know the story by now: a woman named Susan Murphy gets hit by a meteor on her wedding day and she grows to […]
Just over two years after the original “Open Season” hit theaters, the sequel, “Open Season 2” is out as a Direct-to-DVD movie. All of the main characters from the first movie are back, though many of the voices are done by new actors. In “Open Season 2”, Elliot is set to marry Giselle but gets […]
“Madagascar” (2005) was one of the best animated movies of that year. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” is not as good as the original because, for one thing, it’s a little too serious. Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman, and the rest of the characters from the original, return in this highly anticipated sequel. The story begins […]
Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” first came out in 1993. It’s back in theaters right now…re-released by Disney for the third-straight year…in 3-D. But only for one more week. The story centers around the skeleton “Jack“…who is the King of Halloweentown. He’s a great king…very scary…but he is bored doing the same things every […]