It was the first family film of 2010 – Jackie Chan as an International spy/friendly neighbor with all the moves. Unfortunately, Chan’s martial arts talent is one of the only good things about “The Spy Next Door”. Chan plays Bob, who’s retired from the spy business and wants to marry the single mother with three […]
Who knew that three singing chipmunks who were so popular on TV back in the ’60’s would be such a hit in their 2007 big-screen debut? I knew! But could Alvin, Simon and Theodore do it again two years later? Well they did, sort of. And now “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel” is out […]
It’s the highest-grossing movie of all-time, and millions of people will be buying DVD/Blu-ray copies. I won’t be one of them. “Avatar” is out on video. But this first edition comes without the extra features that movie fans have come to expect with DVD releases. The story, as you must know by now, is based […]
If you saw it in the theater you already know what I’m about to tell you: “The Princess and the Frog” isn’t in the same class as the great Disney Princess films. In fact, the princess isn’t even a princess until the final 30 seconds of the movie! Tiana is a young woman who’s always […]
When this Disney comedy came out last year, with Hollywood legends John Travolta and Robin Williams teaming-up, I hoped that they’d be a winning combo in a funny film. I was wrong. In “Old Dogs”, Dan (Wliiams) and Charlie (Travolta) are long-time best friends and business partners. Dan’s old girlfriend, Vicki (played by Travolta’s real […]
My favorite film of 2009 – the Academy Award-nominated “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is out on DVD. If you didn’t see it when it was in theaters, or even if you did, this is must-viewing for every movie fan. From “Matilda” to “James and the Giant Peach” to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, author Roald Dahl’s […]
An Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. An Academy Award win for Best Actress. By now practically everyone know the story behind “The Blind Side”, but if you didn’t have a chance to see it when it was out in theaters, you’re in for a real treat. The moive tells the true story of football […]
The trailer for “Planet 51” began running almost a year before the film came out in theaters (Jan 16, right before “Paul Blart, Mall Cop”), and I’d probably saw that trailer and others at least 30 times before I finally got to see the actual movie. Normally that’s not a good thing – and that […]
Disney showed this second of it’s Tinker Bell direct-to-DVD series in a theater in L.A. for a week to make it elidgible for an Academy Award nomination. The studio knows it won’t get one, but be helping to make sure that there are at least 15 movies up for consideration, the studio will help get […]
Disney’s 2009 “A Christmas Carol” is finally out on DVD. The studio hoping that the #1 anti-Christmas guy – Scrooge – can make this movie a hit for the second holiday season in a row. “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” is directed by Robert Zemeckis, who also did the 2004 holiday film, “The Polar Express”. Zemeckis […]