Most of the 60’s TV comedies that Hollywood has made into feature films, such as “Bewitched” and “The Flintstones” have been disappointments with critics and at the box office. But Not “Get Smart”, which keeps you laughing from start to finish. Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, is played by Steve Carell and early in the movie […]
Marvel Studios 2nd film of the summer of ’08 is out on DVD. And while I really liked their first, “Iron Man”, this one isn’t that incredible. “The Incredible Hulk” stars Edward Norton as Bruce Banner, a scientist who suffered gamma poisoning during an experiment. If his blood pressure gets too high he turns into […]
Jack Black stars in my favorite live-action film of 2008 so far – “Be Kind Rewind.” And he also stars in my favorite animated film of the year – the hilarious “Kung Fu Panda.” Black voices Po, a Panda who loves Kung Fu and the great Kung Fu masters, and he dreams of someday becoming […]
Da Da Da Da…Da Da Da. That’s right…after 19 years…and two months… the 4th installment in the “Indiana Jones” series is out on DVD. Of course, Harrison Ford is back. This time the movie is set in 1953 and the villains are Russians. The chief villain is played by Cate Blanchett, who, when she first […]
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 […]
After months and months of trailers and stories about “Speed Racer” I was really looking forward to a great movie. Unfortunately I walked out of the theater the other night surprisingly disappointed. “Speed Racer” stars Emile Hirsch, who plays Speed. We see him as a young boy who only cares about one thing: car racing. […]
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 […]
From the people who brought us last year’s “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” comes another bad family film. “Nim’s Island” stars Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin. She plays Nim, an 11-year old girl who lives on a secret island with her father (played by Gerard Butler) and her sea animal friends, including a sea lion named Selkie […]
Dr. Seuss has entertained kids and adults for generations. This summer 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios teamed-up to bring one of his classics – “Horton Hears a Who!” to the big screen and it’s now out on DVD. Jim Carrey plays Horton, who lives in the jungle of Newl with all of his […]
Last year Disney’s family comedy “The Game Plan” was predictable and not very funny. And Disney does it again in 2008 with “College Road Trip”, which is one of the worst films of the year so far. Martin Lawrence stars as a police officer whose daughter wants to go to a college that’s far away […]