2004’s TV news comedy “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” is still one of Will Ferrell’s most popular films, even though it only grossed $85 million at the box office. Over the past decade, the film has become a “cult classic”, with fans demanding a sequel. And now their wish has been granted. As was […]
Believe it or not, the Hanna-Barbera animated series, “Top Cat”, ran for only one season on ABC, from 1962-63. But fifty years later, the classic cartoon returns with the release of “Top Cat: The Movie”, which is finally available on DVD. However, this big screen version, which was first released in Mexico in 2011, then […]
Last year “Marvel’s The Avengers” kicked off the Summer Movie Season and ended-up becoming 2012’s highest-grossing film, earning over $1.5 billion worldwide. This year “Iron Man 3” has the honor of launching summer. And while it’s not as much fun or exciting as that mega blockbuster, “Iron Man 3” is the most emotional and action-packed […]
Fresh-off his role as “Jack Reacher”, Tom Cruise plays another Jack – astronaut Jack Harper – in the sci-fi adventure “Oblivion”, – which part post-apocalyptic action film and part futuristic soap opera. The year is 2077. 60 years earlier our Moon was destroyed by enemy aliens, intent on taking-over Earth. Without the Moon our planet […]
Tyler Perry is one of the hardest-working men in the movie business. Since 2005, he’s written, produced, directed, and starred in about a dozen movies, many which feature his most popular character – Madea. All of his previous films have been a mixture of drama and comedy. But Perry called “Madea’s Witness Protection” his first […]
“Tower Heist” had one of the largest ensemble cast – along with “The Help” – of any 2011. And like “The Help” this story centers around workers, in this case at the biggest apartment building in New York City. This time the help are looking for “payback” by getting their pay back. Ben Stiller stars […]
A lot of fans (myself included) were Singing a Happy Song when the Smurfs returned to the big screen for the first time in nearly 30 years this past summer. They got a CGI makeover, but are still true blue! And everyone who watched the TV show, read the books and bought the merchandise was […]
From a summer of unoriginal and unappealing superhero/action films, “Captain America: The First Avenger” has arrived to save the day. This is the best and most exciting movie of this genre since last summer’s “Iron Man 2”, another Marvel marvel. The story centers around Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), a young man who lives in New […]
Last year I interviewed Larry the Cable Guy during a stop on his comedy tour with Jeff Foxworthy and Bill Engvall. Now, with “Cars 2” about to hit theaters, I chat again with the voice of Mater. LCJ: You’ve been doing a lot of publicity for “Cars 2”. I’ve seen you on a bunch of […]
“Mr. Popper’s Penguins” is very loosely based on the classic children’s book that I loved reading when I was younger. Jim Carrey stars as Tom Popper. When Tom was young he hardly ever spent any time with his father, who was an explorer and always off somewhere in the world. Tom is a businessman who […]