“The LEGO Movie” is an animated marvel. Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (“Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”) assembled a dream-team voice cast, paired-up with a smart, fresh script, and some of the most incredible CGI wizardry ever put on screen for what might be the best animated film we’ll see all year. Emmet […]
We’re just a week away from The 85th Annual Academy Awards and that means it’s time for the 2nd Annual LCJ MOVIE AWARDS. This year, I’ve added 5 new categories for a grand total of 30! Who gets to add this award to their resume? The envelopes please: 2013 LCJ MOVIE AWARDS WINNERS AND NOMINEES […]
I was worried going into “Battleship” for a couple of reasons: 1) It looked a lot like “Transformers” and 2) How in the world can anyone make a two-hour movie based on a very simple board game? Well, Universal and Hasbro have done it, and the result is an incredibly bad film that sinks to […]
The Summer Movie Season seems to be starting earlier and earlier every year. The first weekend in May is the kickoff this year with the highly-anticipated superhero action film “The Avengers”. But Summer doesn’t truly begin until June 20. So for the first part of this “Summer Movie Preview”, I’m spotlighting the “Summer Blockbusters” that […]
2010’s “Clash of the Titans” (the remake of the 1981 cult favorite) was one of the worst films of that, or any year: lame story, awful dialogue and cheap special effects, including an incredibly bad 3D post-conversion. Not much differs between that film and this totally unnecessary sequel, except for Sam Worthington’s hairdo. “Wrath of […]
No new movie ads during the second half of the Super Bowl, but here are some other highlights throughout the night: – Five Jeff Bridges Hyundai commercials – Elton John and Flavor Flav in a Pepsi ad – Sketchers “Dog Racing” – Regis makes a cameo for Pepsi Max – Seinfeld and “The Soup Nazi” […]
Here are my Best of the Best that Hollywood had to offer in 2011. 10. “The Muppets” Terrific comeback film for a all-but forgotten franchise.Great musical numbers and a lot of heart. Old fans and a new generation of kids were not disappointed. 9. “Hanna” Saoirse Ronan starred in this exciting action thriller about a […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Universal decided not to finance and distribute the film adaptation of the board game “Clue” – which has been part of a seven movie deal they made with Hasbro in 2008. Well, here we go again! Universal has now decided to drop the “Ouija” movie, which already […]
Liam Neeson stars as Dr. Martin Harris…or is he? That’s the premise of “Unknown”. Harris is traveling with his wife (January Jones) to Berlin for a medical conference. He forgets a bag at the airport and on his way back to get it his taxi is involved in a terrible crash. The Dr. wakes up […]
A critic has to not only review great films, but also has to tell the audience that some movies are just flat-out bad. In my opinion, these are the worst family films Hollywood produced in 2010: 10. “Alice in Wonderland” Tim Burton’s version of the classic books and original Disney film, was long, serious, depressing, […]