Academy Award winner Meryl Streep can pretty much do it all. Last year she’s sang ABBA songs in “Mamma Mia” and played a nun in “Doubt”. This year she took on the role of Julia Child in “Julie and Julia” and turned-in a masterpiece. The movie is based on two true stories. Streep’s Child is […]
This summer Paramount brought us three big-budget action films. The first one – “Star Trek – was a big hit with critics and at the box office. The second – “Transformers 2” – didn’t get great reviews but is the highest-grossing film of the year. The third was “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra”, which, […]
The original “Transformers” was a surprise hit back in the summer of 2007, grossing $319 million. This sequel will likely be the highest grossing movie of 2009, but it’s not nearly as good as the first film. In “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, Sam (Shia LaBeouf) is off to college. And he’s seeing weird symbols […]
What a difference one year can make! In 2008 Jack Black voiced the lovable Po in the animated hit “Kung Fu Panda”, and was very funny in my favorite film of the year, “Be Kind Rewind”. However, in “Year One”, Black is not lovable or funny. And the movie will be no one’s favorite film […]
There have been a lot of movies based on TV shows in recent years – some good, some not so good. “Land of the Lost” is based on the 1970’s Saturday morning kids show that became a cult-classic. Will Ferrell stars as Dr. Rick Marshall, a scientist who believes in the existence of a parallel […]
The Terminator came “BAAACK” this summer, 25 years after the original film and 6 years since the most recent sequel. Unfortunately, it wasn’t really worth the wait. The main character in “Terminator Salvation” is a grown-up John Connor (played by Christian Bale) who continues to lead the resistance against the Terminator robots. Connor and the […]
“Star Trek” is the 11th feature film in the series…and it comes 43 years after the show debuted on TV. This new edition, in case you weren’t aware, is a prequel. We get to see James Kirk as a baby…a school kid…and learn how he eventually becomes Captain of the starship Enterprise. We also see […]
Most “X-Men” fans thought the franchise was over with the third film, “X-Men: The Last Stand” back in 2006. But the series continues with “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”, which is sort of a “prequel.” In the movie we learn the whole back-story of Wolverine: We see him as a boy, then as one of several mutants […]
If fans of Zac Efron (particularly young girls) watch this movie thinking they’re going to see him as they did in the “High School Musical” films and “Hairspray” they’re in for a major disappointment. “17 Again” is about a 37 year old husband and father who’s about to get a divorce, has two kids who […]
“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, […]