“The Secret Life of Bees” is based on a popular novel and is set in South Carolina in 1964. It was one of many 2008 films about life in America in the early ’60’s. Dakota Fanning stars as Lily, a 14 year old who has had a sad life. First, as a very young child, […]
“The Longshots” is inspired by the true story of Jasmine Plummer, who was the first girl to ever play Pop Warner football. Keke Palmer does a nice job as Plummer, who learns football from her uncle, who’s played by Ice Cube. At first everyone on the team makes fun of Jasmine because she’s a girl. […]
“Swing Vote”, which came out in August, gives us a look at what could have happened in this past November’s presidential election. The movie provides an interesting and funny look at what would happen if it came down to one person to decide the next President of the United States. Kevin Costner plays Bud Johnson […]
It’s the #1 movie of 2008 and the second-highest grossing film of all-time. And it’s out on video just in time to rake-in millions more in DVD sales for Christmas. “The Dark Knight” is not exactly a “family film.” It’s rated PG-13 because of loads of violence, disturbing images and some bad language. However, so […]
One of the great things about “Space Chimps”, the latest animated movie from the folks at Vanguard, is that the main character is actually based on real life. In 1961 a chimp named Ham was launched into space by NASA. In “Space Chimps”, Ham’s grandson, Ham III, works for at the circus as a daredevil, […]
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 […]
Abigail Breslin stars in this first American Girls film that made it to theaters – “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl.” And now it’s out on DVD. The movie is set in Cincinnati in the 1930’s, during the Depression. Breslin plays Kit, a 10 year old girl who wants to be a newspaper reporter. Her father […]
“WALL-E”, 2009’s film from the amazing folks at Disney/Pixar, is a lot more serious than their usual movies and, for me, a bit of a disappointment. WALL-E is a robot who’s been left behind on Earth to clean-up after all the humans leave to live in outer space. His name stands for Waste Allocation Load […]
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 […]
The first big film of the Summer Movie Season is here and it’s a good one. “Iron Man” is based on the popular Marvel comic book. It stars Robert Downey, Jr., who plays Tony Stark, a rich guy who owns and runs a company that makes weapons used in wars. On a trip to Afghanistan […]