The first documentary I ever saw was “March of the Penguins”, back in 2005. It’s so good I saw it twice! Now I’ve seen my second. This new one is called “In the Shadow of the Moon”, and it’s the story of the nine American astronauts who have gone to the moon. The movie was […]
“The Game Plan” made a lot more money when it was out in theaters than I thought it would. The Disney’s comedy stars Dwayne”The Rock” Johnson as a pro football quarterback named Joe Kingman who thinks he has the perfect game plan to lead his team to a championship. But then his young daughter shows-up […]
There aren’t a lot of kids movies out at the end of the summer so my dad and I went to see “Resurrecting the Champ” the other day and I’m glad we did. The movie is rated PG-13 for some boxing violence and fighting scenes, but it’s appropriate for kids, say, 10 and older, especially […]
There’s no need to fear…”Underdog” is here, in his own movie from Walt Disney Pictures. This is a live-action version of the 1960’s TV cartoon about a dog who is also a superhero. In the movie a mild-mannered dog gets amazing powers when a scientific experiment he’s part of goes bad. He’s then picked-up off […]
The Simpsons are finally on the big screen after 18 years in “The Simpsons Movie”, which stars all the regulars from the show and a few new characters. The story centers around over-polluted Lake Springfield. When Homer dumps a silo full of animal droppings from his new pet “Spider Pig” into the lake the Environmental […]
“No Reservations” stars Catherine Zeta Jones as a chef of a New York City restaurant. Her sister is killed in a car accident so Jones’ character has to take care of her niece, who’s played by Abigail Breslin. This isn’t easy for the chef, who is used to living alone and working crazy hours. And […]
The latest version of “Hairspray” is a remake of the 1988 film that starred Riki Lake and it follows the successful Broadway show. And it’s the same story of a teenage girl named Tracy Turnblad who has a dream of dancing on a popular 1960’s TV show. Tracy (played by newcomer Nicki Blonsky) is a […]
This newest version of “Transformers” is not an animated cartoon, like the earlier 1986 movie and the TV show. But it’s the same story, based on the popular kids toys. In this version Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox play high schoolers who are the first to learn that the giants robots have come to Earth […]
“Ratatouille” is Disney/Pixar’s latest animated adventure and it’s one of their best. The movie is about a rat named Remy who wants to become a chef, and a kitchen-boy named Linguini who becomes a chef, even though he can’t cook. They team-up to and quickly become the greatest chef in Paris. However, the current top […]
“Evan Almighty” is the sequel to 2003’s “Bruce Almighty.” This time newly-elected Congressman Evan Baxter (played by Steve Carrell) get the visit from God (once again played by Morgan Freeman). God tells Evan to build and ark because a flood is coming. At first he doesn’t believe him. but eventually Evan begins the ark, though […]