Can I get away with a one-sentence review? The Twilight Saga: Eclipse almost fully redeems this franchise. It finally brings some bite to these vampy cats and wolf cubs. It actually looks and sounds like a real movie and not some student film on a shoestring budget with a blind cinematographer. It’s still dark, gray […]
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WTF! Star Blazers, Live Action???!!! Oh, my God My Dream Movie Has Been Made????!!!
Oh my god, my list of dream movies has always been very short it consisted of three movies – Speed Racer, Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets as live action affairs. I loved Speed Racer, but never thought the last two would ever be possible. Those crazy ass Japanese have done it though! A […]
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Trailer is Amazing!
I’m not sure what any of these scenes represent and I’ve read the book several times, so it looks like they are adding a lot of stuff. I hate the Harry/Hermione Kiss it’s STUPID, but the rest of the trailer is pretty rocking! I also love the movie poster, showing the Doe, brilliant! The trailer […]
Movies: Production Round-Up Week of 6.25.10
Since it’s officially “Summer Blockbuster’ season, let’s start out by taking a look at what’s already in the theaters before we take a look at what’s currently in production. Top five movies at the box office right now are: 1. Toy Story 3 – Tom Hanks, Tim Allen 2. Grown Ups – Adam Sandler, Salma […]
Grownups, Michelle’s Short, Tepid, Review.
Just wow, watching Grownups is like watching a piece of Comedy History go into retirement and not very gracefully. Remember the moment in your life when you realized that Saturday Night Live was no longer funny? My realization came way back when Eddie Murphy left, I haven’t watched the show since. So I fortunately missed […]
Grown Ups Sucks Bad!
Thirty years after they won a basketball championship, five friends reunite for the funeral of their coach. That, in essence, is the story being told in Grown Ups, the year’s first legitimate multiple Razzie contender.
Knight and Day Fails to Get By on Chemistry!
James Mangold, he of the superb 3:10 to Yuma, tires his hand at a spy-based action/romantic comedy in Knight and Day. He gets kinetic performances from stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz [as possibly psychotic spy Roy Miller and bridesmaid-to-be June Havens] but other than a few fun twists, produces a film that strikes me […]
Toy Story 3 is not Perfect, but it is Strong. Michelle’s Review!
Every time I review a Pixar movie, I feel like I have to start by saying, I’m not a fan of their movies. While all their films are technically brilliant I just found them to be too glossy to connect to. Toy Story 3 isn’t a great movie, I think it’s a notch below How […]
Jonah Hex: So Close and Yet, So Very Far Away!
I remember one particular review that I read when Tim Burton’s Batman came out. To paraphrase, for the purpose of reviewing Jonah Hex: they got it right: Josh Brolin plays the title character perfectly – writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor clearly understand Hex and his worldly and otherworldly aspects; the period is as well […]
The Smurfs – First Photo!
While I was never a fan of the Smurfs, the film, which doesn’t open until August of next year, has put together a terrific cast that includes Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria [as Gargamel, no less], Jayma Mays, Katy Perry, Alan Cumming, Anton Yelchin and Sofia Vergara – to name but a few. I’m intrigued […]
Toy Story 3 Brightens Up a Bleak Cinematic Summer!
Toy Story 3 is that most unusual of films: a second sequel that matches – or betters – its predecessors. The setting, as with Toy Stories 1 & 2, is the present – which means that Andy [John Morris] is about to head off to college. For Woody [Tom Hanks], Buzz [Time Allen] and the […]