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 […]
“9” is like no animated movie you’ve ever seen. And that’s both good and bad. It’s set in a futuristic world where all humans are gone, killed-off by man-made machines. The only living things still on Earth are a group of dolls, created by a scientist who hoped that they could help save the planet. […]
Over the past few years Disney has churned-out several live-action films with talking dogs, including “Underdog” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”. In “G-Force” Guinea pigs take center stage. The movie centers around a group of animal special agent super spies, known as G-Force, who are put into action to try to stop an evil businessman from […]
Since 2001, J.K. Rowling’s Best-Selling Harry Potter books have been made into movies and, together, the first five films have grossed billions of dollars worldwide. For me this 6th installment is a bit of a disappointment. In “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Harry and his friends return to Hogwarts for another year of schooling. […]
“Race to Witch Mountain” is not only based on a book, but it’s a “re-working” of the 1975 movie, “Escape to Witch Mountain”. Dwayne (“Don’t Call Me The Rock Anymore”) Johnson stars as a taxi driver who helps a pair of teenage space aliens, who look like humans, try to get their spaceship back after […]
In 1963 writer/director Blake Edwards and actor Peter Sellers combined to create one of the most popular characters in the history of movie comedies: Inspector Jacques Clouseau. Now, 46 years later, Steve Martin took his second shot at playing Clouseau in “The Pink Panther 2”. The plot is pretty simple: Once again the legendary Pink […]
There have been a lot of dog movies in recent months, including “Beverly Hills Chihuahua”, “Bolt” , “Marley and Me” and “Hotel For Dogs”, which is just out on video. The movie is about a brother and sister who are living with foster-parents in a new city. When their dog runs away they go looking […]
Over the years movie studios have marketed films to families that weren’t true “family films”. The worst example of that from 2008 was”Marley and Me”, which is now out on DVD and the stduo is doing the same thing. The movie is adapted from the very popular book. Owen Wilson stars as John Grogan, a […]