This 2006 “Charlotte’s Web” is the latest movie version of the classic children’s book by E.B. White. In the story (which most everyone knows by now), A girl named Fern (played by Dalota Fanning) adopts a baby pig, names him Wilbur, and brings him to her Uncle Homer’s barn to live. At his new home […]
“Happy Feet” stars an Emperor penguin named Mumble (voiced by Elijah Wood) who was born to dance. But that’s not a good thing for penguins since all of the penguins in the Antarctic are supposed to be able to sing. Mumble can’t sing. So he’s asked by the elders in the colony to leave because […]
The geniuses at Aardman Animation, who gave us the “Wallace and Gromit” movies and “Chicken Run”, are at it again with “Flushed Away.” This is Aardman’s first effort with computer generated animation but the look and the charm of their stop-action films is alive and well below the strrets of London. The story centers around […]
Disney waited a long time to release “The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause” on DVD. Unfortunately, the movie is not worth the wait. This is the second sequel to the original 1994 Disney hit and Tim Allen is back once again as jolly ol’ St. Nick. This time Santa’s role as the King of […]
“Open Season” is one of the funniest animated movies of 2006. The movie tells the story of two animals – a mild-mannered grizzly bear named Boog (voiced by Martin Lawrence) and a wacky deer named Elliott (Ashton Kutcher). Boog lives as a pet in the home of a forest ranger named Beth (Debra Messing), while […]
“Everyone’s Hero” won’t become anyone’s favorite baseball movie, but it’s not a strike-out either. The story involves a boy named Yankee Irving who is a big baseball fan but not a great player. But he gets a chance to become the most important player in all of baseball during the 1932 World Series. After Babe […]
“Invincible” is the true story of a 30 year old bartender named Vince Papale who is a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan. Vince is a pretty good football player, even though he didn’t play in college. The Eagles aren’t a very good team in 1976 so new head coach Dick Vermeil decides to hold an open […]
“Material Girls” is a comedy starring real-life sisters Hilary and Haylie Duff. They play two rich sisters who own and run their own cosmetics company. But after they lose their house in a fire, and then lose their company because customers start developing bad skin reactions to their make-up, the girls lose all their money […]
“Barnyard” is a sweet and funny film about farm animals who become party animals when humans aren’t looking. A cow named Ben (voiced by Sam Elliot) is the boss of the farm and he protects everyone from the coyotes. Ben has an adopted son named Otis (nicely voiced by Kevin James) who is the farm’s […]
“The Ant Bully” is an animated movie adapted from the popular children’s story. Producers of the film should have simply bought everyone a copy of the book. In the story a young boy named Lucas is tired of always being picked-on by a big bully in his neighborhood. So Lucas decides to pick-on the ants […]