Last year, Disney Nature’s first film, Earth disappointed with its too loud score, ambivalent script [animals are like us; no, they’re not] and a tendency to talk about the circle of death but not show it. Other than its beautiful cinematography, James Earl Jones’ voice and some great clips of the crew actually filming the […]
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EM’s Nightmare on Elm Street No Hassle Advanced Screening Details!
Hey people, people, people! We’ve been rocking the Warner Brothers screenings this year. Can I call it our April Screening when we already gave you peeps a chance to see Clash of the Titans in 3D a few weeks ago? Guess not. The fine folks at Warner Brothers have given us passes for next week’s […]
MOVIE NEWS: Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D – Country Enters the 21st Century!
He’s the best-selling concert artist of the 21st century. He’s sold more than one million tickets in each of the last eight summers. He’s Kenny Chesney and, beginning tomorrow, for a limited time only, you can see him like you’ve never seen him before – in Kenny Chesney: Summer in 3D!. Details from the press […]
Kick-Ass pulls it out in a Non Ass Kicking Way. Squeeks by to Win the Box Office Weekend
All day today I heard that How to Train a Dragon won at the box office this past weekend. Now if you believe press releases, the folks at Lion’s gate are claiming victory. Announcing that Kick-Ass pulled in $19,828,687 for the weekend, edging past the 3D animated family feature HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. What […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Kick-Ass is Pure Adrenaline!
A kid with an implausible dream, a neo-conservative Batman and Robin and a social network combine in unexpected ways to provide Kick-Ass [both the film and the character] with an eager-to-please rambunctiousness that makes it both infectious and scary. Dave Lizewski [Aaron Johnson] has always wondered why no one ever just put on a costume […]
MOVIE REVIEW: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Multi-Layered Thriller Sneaks Up on You!
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a two-and-a-half-hour movie that feels much shorter. The multi-layered thriller is based on the Stieg Larsson best seller Män som hatar kvinnor [Men Who Hate Women], itself a richly complex work that runs over eight hundred pages [none of it unnecessary]. The plot revolves around a disgraced financial […]
Kick-Ass made Michelle feel Giddy and it’s the Best movie of the Year!
The week I saw Kick-Ass was, not to be too hyperbolic, a Kick Ass week of Entertainment. It started with my last day Wondercon where I finally had time to catch How To Train A Dragon – Amazing movie, then when I got home from San Francisco, there was a copy of the season premiere […]
Contest – Win our Exclusive Tribeca Film Festival Virtual Prize Pack!!!
Who needs to travel anymore when we have the wonderful Internets? This year, movie lovers anywhere and everywhere across the US have a chance to experience the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) without ever having to leave home through Tribeca Film Festival Virtual (TFF Virtual). From April 23 – 30, you can watch eight full-length 2010 […]
Bruckheimer goes French, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey to star in new Pirates Movie!
Astrid Bergès-Frisbey has been selected by producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Rob Marshall to star in the key role of Syrena, a beautiful and alluring young mermaid, in Walt Disney Pictures’/Jerry Bruckheimer Films’ epic adventure “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” the fourth in the blockbuster series of films. Bergès -Frisbey joins Johnny Depp, […]
Trailer: George Romero’s Survival of the Dead Red Band Trailer!
When good Zombies go bad! It’s the official red band trailer for George A. Romero’s new Survival of the Dead his 6th Zombie film. Off the coast of Delaware sits the cozy Plum Island where two families are locked in a struggle for power, as it has been for generations. The O’Flynn’s, headed by patriarch […]
MOVIE NEWS: Whedon to Assemble Avengers!
Variety is reporting that the man who made Buffy, the Vampire Slayer and the crew of the Serenity legends of sci fi and fantasy, one Joss Whedon, has been named as director of The Avengers. Following two Iron Man movies and single films featuring The Incredible Hulk, Captain America and The Mighty Thor, The Avengers […]