Normally when a studio holds an early, nationwide screening for audiences it’s because they think the film is really good and that the buzz will be helpful to spread the word. Last fall Fox decided to show “We Bought a Zoo” to thousands and thousands of people, not a week or two before it’s schedule […]
“The Adventures of Tintin” is a motion-capture animation film, based on the comics/graphic novels and co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. If you’re a big fan of the Tintin character and you enjoy action/adventures films such as Spielberg’s “Indiana Jones” series then you’ll love “Tintin”. If not, there’s still enough here to give it […]
Actor David Cross, who plays Ian the evil music producer in the “Alvin and the Chipmunks” series, said recently that working on “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked” – was the most painful experience of his professional career. All I can say is – David, I feel you – because watching “Chipwrecked” was one of the […]
Leonardo DiCaprio has received a great deal of praise for his dignified performance as J. Edgar Hoover in this Clint Eastwood-directed biopic, and rightfully so. Eastwood delivers an interesting film, as the focus bounces back and forth from Hoover’s early days creating the FBI to his later years, as he’s telling his life story to […]
– You know a comedy’s not funny when the only laughs come from the bloopers during the end credits. – You know a movie has bad performances when even the one guy playing himself does a terrible job. – And you know when a movie is going after cheap emotions when it includes a dying […]
“My Week with Marilyn” contains one of the best acting ensembles of any film this year, led by the amazing Michele Williams as Marilyn Monroe. Williams picked-up a well deserved Golden Globe victory and Academy Award nomination for her performance. As for the movie itself, it’s not bad either. The story, based on actual events, […]
It got over-shadowed during awards season by “The Artist”, but “The Descendants” was clearly one of the best films of 2011 (#5 on my list) and now it’s out on Blu-ray/DVD. Alexander Payne (“Sideways”) directs this compelling, often amusing and ultimately satisfying drama which stars George Clooney, who delivers yet another completely convincing performance. Clooney […]
Academy Award winning director Martin Scorsese is best-known for making gritty adult crime dramas, thrillers and biopics. “Hugo” is both his first 3D film and his first family film. While “Hugo” continues to be promoted as a family adventure and two of it’s main characters are a pre-teen boy and girl, Scorsese’s new effort is […]
Over the past five years Sony Pictures Animation has produced some outstanding animated films, including “Open Season”, “Surf’s Up” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.” For “Arthur Christmas” they partnered with Aardman (the Wallace and Gromit folks) and together they created a modern holiday classic. James McAvoy (who also voiced Gnomeo is this year’s […]
“The Muppets” is the first Muppet movie since 1999’s “Muppets in Space”. Following a long lay-off and recent partnership with Disney, Kermit this new adventure for Kermit and his friends is a major success, even though it didn’t do as great at the Box Office as it should have. Jason Segal co-wrote the script and […]