“Penelope” stars Christina Ricci as a girl named Penelope who was born with a pig nose. In order the break the curse put on her by an evil witch and get a real nose Penelope must find love. So her parents spend all their time trying to find Penelope a husband. But all of the […]
It’s a smaller film with some big-name stars, and it’s from a major studio: New Line Cinema. “Be Kind Rewind” may not be on your “must see list”, but if you’re a true movie fan, and you like to laugh, it should be. Danny Glover stars as Mr. Fletcher, the owner of a video rental […]
“Persepolis” was the third film nominated for Best Animated Feature last year (along with “Ratatouille” and “Surf’s Up”). The movie comes from a graphic novel, written by Marjane Satrapi. The story follows her life as a young girl growing-up in the country of Iran from the late 1960’s to the early 80’s. This was a […]
Nickelodeon and Paramount team up to bring one of the newest, popular children’s book series to the big screen. The result is “The Spiderwick Chronicles”, which provides much of the excitement and wonder of the books, with plenty of changes. Freddie Highmore plays twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, who move into their Aunt Lucinda’s […]
“Honeydripper” is the latest film from writer/director John Sayles who was actually born not far from where I live. He attended the showing of the film I was at the other night and I actually got to meet him! (more on that in my blog). The movie is a fable, set in Alabama in the […]
Ahoy Mates! No, it’s not yet another “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie. Instead, set sail for my review of “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything: A Veggie Tales Movie.” The film comes from the people behind the Veggie Tales videos and 2001’s “Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie.” But this story does not come from the […]
We haven’t seen much of The Chipmunks since their 1980’s TV cartoon. And you’ve never seen them like this. Alvin, Simon and Theodore are on the big screen for the first time in “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Jason Lee stars as David Seville, a songwriter who’s having trouble coming-up with good songs. One night the […]
New Line Cinema’s latest film takes audiences on a fantasy adventure with the help of a “Golden Compass. Actress Dakota Blue Richards beat-out 10-thousand girls to get the role of the main character, Lyra. The story follows Lyra on a journey as she and friends she gains along the way, including a polar bear and […]
Disney’s 2007 Christmas gift to moviegoers is out on DVD just in time to get into Easter baskets everywhere! “Enchanted” begins as a cartoon in Fairytale Land. Princess Giselle (voiced and played by Amy Adams) is looking for a handsome prince. Soon she meets one, but before they can get married the Princess gets dumped […]
It came out late in the year, but “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporiumum’s ” was still able to get onto my list of Worst Films of 2007. Dustin Hoffman stars as the wacky (and old) owner of a toy store who has decided it’s time to give-up running the store and hand it over to his […]