“Red” stars Bruce Willis as retired CIA agent Frank Moses. Living a bored and lonely life, Frank’s only friend is Sarah, (played by Mary-Louise Parker) who works in the pension check department. Frank rips-up his monthly checks just so he can call Sarah and ask for new ones. Frank makes plans to finally travel to […]
Back in 2006, Warner Bros. became part of the “penguin movie craze”, and won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature with “Happy Feet” (a decision by the Academy that still bothers me). Four years later the studio may be trying to start an “owl movie craze” with “Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole”, […]
The first two “Step Up” films (’06, ’08) were surprisingly popular with movie goers, grossing a combined worldwide total of $262 million dollars. This third edition takes the series to a whole new dimension. But will it pay off? “Step Up 3” (which I saw in 3D in theaters and therefore was called “Step Up […]
My review of “Inception” received a lot of attention and criticism back when the movie came out this past summer. All I was doing was being honest, but many people had a problem with that. Oh well, I stand by that review. In fact, here it is again: The first thing I need to say […]
To me it’s a teenage version of “The Bachelorette”, with Dracula and The Wolfman as the contestants, but most people know it as “The Twilight Saga”. “Eclipse” is my first “Twilight” film. And I haven’t read any of the books. When people ask me if I’m a member of Team Edward or Team Jacob I […]
In a year of remakes, “The Karate Kid” was one of the biggest at the box office. This new version is more violent than the 1984 classic, with a younger “kid” and without the positive message. Jaden Smith (son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith) stars as Dre. He’s a 12 year old boy, […]
Miley Cyrus used to be to best known for her role as Hannah Montana, and she played that TV character in her first major on-screen movie role, last year’s “Hannah Montana: The Movie”. In “The Last Song” she takes-on a much more dramatic role, and she doesn’t even sing. The film is based on the […]
Chris Columbus, the director of the first two “Harry Potter” films – the man who developed one of the biggest movie franchises of all-time – is hoping to get “lightning” to strike twice. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” is based on the first installment of the popular book series of the same […]
It’s the highest-grossing movie of all-time, and millions of people will be buying DVD/Blu-ray copies. I won’t be one of them. “Avatar” is out on video. But this first edition comes without the extra features that movie fans have come to expect with DVD releases. The story, as you must know by now, is based […]
Movie musicals have made a comeback over the past few years, thanks to such hits as “Hairspray”, “Mama Mia” and the “High School Musical” films. But last summer’s remake of “Fame” not only won’t “live forever”, it died pretty quickly at the box office. “Fame” is a remake of the 1980 film about life at […]