Pandas are perceived as being laid back, relaxed and just enjoying munching on bamboo shoots. Kinda like your fat, old uncle Kenny – only bigger and with fur. Casting a panda as a kung fu master is one of those contradictory images that just automatically provoke smiles and chuckles – if not hysterical laughter. Which […]
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MOVIE REVIEW: Sex and the City: Sex Still Sells by Sheldon Wiebe
It’s an odd thing to realize that you’re one of three straight men in a theater auditorium. It’s another thing entirely to realize that, properly presented, women will laugh at a poop joke as heartily as any man – and laugh just as hard when the incident is referred to later in the movie. Sex […]
MOVIE NEWS: Beverly Hills Cop 4 is a go!
To this day, Beverly Hills Cop 1 remains one of my all time favorite Buddy/Cop comedies. This is the movie that showcased Eddie Murphy in his prime and had everything. Then came the sequels, Beverly Hills Cop 2 would have been great if it was such a carbon copy of the first film and the […]
MOVIE NEWS: Indiana Jones Cannes Press Conference
One of these years I’m going to make it to the Cannes Film Festival. Every time I come close to pulling the trigger, I start thinking, am I going to get something out of this, that will make it worth spending over $4,000 on? My answer always end up being no. Here’s a look at […]
MOVIE ESSAY: Raider of the Lost 80s – by Scott Essman
When RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was released in 1981, it did the unthinkable – the movie superseded the previous works that creator-producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg had each done individually in genre filmmaking. And that said a lot, with Lucas on the heels of the first two STAR WARS films, and Spielberg […]
Movie Games: Incredible Hulk Making Of Video
I always said that if you want to get some insight into a popular upcoming film, look no further than the Video Game Tie-In. I saw The Incredible Hulk Game at New York Comic-Con a few weeks ago and it looks amazingly beautiful – if empty. There are some awe inspiring moments like when you […]
Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Ok, I’ll admit I’ve always been pretty ambivalent towards the Indiana Jones trilogy. I liked Raiders well enough, but loathed Temple of Doom – it’s completely un-watchable, while Last Crusade was meh. So when they announced that they were finally going to do Indy 4 I could not have cared less. Indiana Jones and the […]
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Indy Can Still Take Us on a Wild Ride!
Indiana Jones is back – and it’s a Very Good Thing! Indy has faced many obstacles in his life, but never before has he been considered a potential threat to national security! And let me tell you, it really bugs his @$$! The problem arises because of a [former] friend who helps a covert Soviet […]
Movie Reviews – Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Michelle’s Review
If you have read my reviews for any length of time you will know that one of my many film bias is an extreme dislike of talking animals in my movies. Generally, they creep me out and take me right out of the experience. The one exception to that rule was The Chronicles of Narnia. […]
Movie Reviews: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian – Bigger, Brighter, Bolder… and Better!
Disney’s second Narnia movie is an improvement on the first one. The story is bigger, the colors [both in terms of set and effects design and in terms of performances] are brighter, the storytelling is bolder. The story involves a race of Adam’s Sons [humans] called the Telmarines, who have conquered Narnia and hunted the […]
Son of Rambow: Little Film About Filmmaking and Making Friends Is Utterly Charming
Will Proudfoot [Bill Milner] is a member of a religious sect that doesn’t allow watching television, so when his teacher plays a tape for the class, Will has to sit in the hall until it’s over. Lee Carter [Will Poulter], on the other hand, is the school’s resident hellspawn, who is frequently ejected from class. […]