“Madagascar” (2005) was one of the best animated movies of that year. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” is not as good as the original because, for one thing, it’s a little too serious. Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman, and the rest of the characters from the original, return in this highly anticipated sequel. The story begins […]
Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” first came out in 1993. It’s back in theaters right now…re-released by Disney for the third-straight year…in 3-D. But only for one more week. The story centers around the skeleton “Jack“…who is the King of Halloweentown. He’s a great king…very scary…but he is bored doing the same things every […]
In just a little over two years, “High School Musical” has become a worldwide sensation. After two Disney Channel movies, H.S.M. hit the big screen in 2008 and “3”, which is new on DVD, is clearly the best of the three. All the popular characters (and actors) are back. In the story, they’re all seniors […]
“The Secret Life of Bees” is based on a popular novel and is set in South Carolina in 1964. It was one of many 2008 films about life in America in the early ’60’s. Dakota Fanning stars as Lily, a 14 year old who has had a sad life. First, as a very young child, […]
In 200 years we humans will be forced to live underground. That’s the bad news. The good news is: Bill Murray will be our Mayor. “City of Ember” is based on the popular novel about a future world in which the remaining people on Earth live in an underground city that is falling apart. The […]
“The Express” didn’t get a lot of attention when it was in theaters or a lot of respect from critics. But, it’s an outstanding film that made my list of the Top Five Family Films of 2008. “The Express” is based on the remarkable, true story of Ernie Davis who was the first African-American to […]
The trailers for Disney’s “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” called this “the greatest Chihuahua movie of all-time.” Well, it’s definitely the FIRST Chihuahua movie of all-time, but that doesn’t mean that it’s good. A pampered Chihuahua named Chloe (voiced by Drew Barrymore) is living the good life with her owner in Beverly Hills. But when Chloe gets […]
It’s part “Frankenstein”, part “The Nightmare Before Christmas” rip-off. But the problem with “Igor” is: none of the parts fit. John Cusack stars as the voice of Igor, a hunchback who has spent his life, like all the other Igors…doing the grunt work for an evil scientist. But this Igor wants TO BE an evil […]
“The Longshots” is inspired by the true story of Jasmine Plummer, who was the first girl to ever play Pop Warner football. Keke Palmer does a nice job as Plummer, who learns football from her uncle, who’s played by Ice Cube. At first everyone on the team makes fun of Jasmine because she’s a girl. […]
2008 has been the year of 3-D glasses at the movies. And “Fly Me to the Moon 3-D”, the first feature film to be made in 3-D (all others were made in 2-D and then converted), is out on DVD. In the movie, three young flies follow their dream and get inside the Apollo 11 […]