Archive for the 'Movies' Category
- Best Bets: WALL-E is Wanted
We haven’t had a real summer family movie for a few weeks since Kung Fu Panda. The Incredible Hulk was marketed to little kids, with a slew of toys released in tandem with the film, but the violence and several disturbing images made it not suitable for little ones like mine. So I’m happy to [...]
- Two Week Recap: Four Mini-reviews
So I’m back, I had a nice time of relaxation and refocusing during my hiatus. If your box office news is dependent upon me (in which case you would be severely under/mis-informed) then you didn’t miss much. The past two weeks have given us two huge bombs and two lackluster “remakes.”
The Happening - a [...]
- Best Bet: The Hulk Is What’s Happening
Sorry I’m so late, but VBS has had us running around like crazy this week. In short, both of this weeks new offerings have big battles in their past to fight in order to win at the box office. The Incredible Hulk is my pick of the week, I’ll be seeing it tomorrow night and [...]
- On The Horizon: Benjamin Button
The trailer for this movie was seen by some in front of Indiana Jones. A few days later we saw one pop up online in Spanish. It is basically the same one that we have here except the dialog is in Spanish. So I’ve been waiting a few weeks for the official English trailer to [...]
- Hollywood Stock Exchange
If you didn’t know, I love movies. I love to watch them and I love to talk to other people who love movies too. I love movies because they are our society’s preferred medium for the telling of stories. I love that in approximately two hours they have the power to bring me to tears [...]
- Review: Kung Fu Panda
Starring: Jack Black (Po), Dustin Hoffman (Shifu), Angelina Jolie (Tigress), Ian McShane (Tai Lung), Jackie Chan (Monkey), Seth Rogen (Mantis), Lucy Liu (Viper), David Cross (Crane), and more.
Directed: Mark Osborne and John Stevenson
Links: Website, IMDB, Trailer
- 8.5 Stars
Well, after seeing Kung Fu Panda, I’m pleasantly surprised. When I first heard about it last winter [...]
- Best Bets: Don’t Mess With the Kung Fu Panda
Well, last week Sex and the City did extremely well at the box office raking in nearly 57 million, easily overtaking the geriatric Dr. Jones who had a weak showing of only 46 million. The big winner of the weekend was the summer horror flick, The Strangers, it surprised most by having a 21 million [...]
- Red Band Trailers
I try to keep this site clean and family friendly. To me, that means avoiding profanity and sexual content, and trying to keep violence to a minimum. I do this as a service for my readers, knowing that many of them object to such content, or are offended by it. However, personally I don’t mind [...]
- Hedley Lamaar and Tribbles Director Dead
I feel like i need to make a new column for death announcements, after the Harry Potter actor and Sydney Pollack, now I have news that two more notables have passed. I hate writing the title “(insert name here) Dead.” It just feels morbid. So I’m going to start calling any death announcements here the [...]
- More Iron Man vs. Batman
The Caped Crusader meets Marvel’s newest posterboy (a.k.a. cashcow) again to discuss the success of Iron Man, and the upcoming release of The Dark Knight. As with Iron Man, stick around till the very end to get the goods.
- Sneak Preview: The Incredible Hulk
No, it’s not a sequel to Hulk, Ang Lee’s 2003 monstrosity. The Incredible Hulk is a complete reboot of the series. And Marvel is doing its dead level best to get the bad taste out of everyone’s mouth by releasing a myriad of preview clips. If you aren’t sold on the quality of this film, [...]
- Best Bet: Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
You can call this week the Summer doldrums. Unless you are a sex-crazed 40-year-old near menopausal woman or if you think people with bags over their heads are scary. The movie adaptation of the hit HBO series Sex and the City, and the all too cliche, alone in the woods, people are trying to kill [...]
- Sydney Pollack 1934-2008
I know that I’m a few days late posting this, but I wanted to go back and watch some of his movies to better appreciate him as a greatly accomplished Oscar-winning director, producer, and actor. While I love Tootsie and thoroughly enjoyed last year’s Michael Clayton. I believe I will best remember Sydney Pollack for [...]
- Memorial Day Movies
Since I’m in bed with what feels like strep throat, I’m not going to be doing much grilling this Memorial Day. But I’m all set for some patriotic movie watching. I thought I would share with you my top five war films.
5. Paths to Glory / Full Metal Jacket (Stanley Kubrick, 1957/1987)
Kubrick did a great [...]
- On The Horizon: The Road
On The Horizon is a feature that takes a look at movies that are coming down the pipeline that I predict will be either critically successful or particularly interesting. This time of year, everyone is talking about all the summer blockbusters, but just after the summer buzz begins what I call the critical season. In [...]
- Best Bet: Indiana Jones
I’ll tell you, few things gets my heart pounding more than a nostalgic theme song score playing during a film. Nothing is more iconic than John Williams’ music when it comes to Indiana Jones, unless you count the humor, the adventure, the whip, and the hat. I can remember watching the trilogy over and over [...]
- Best Bet: Prince Caspian
Well, here it is Friday and I haven’t given you my Best Bet for the week. I know that many of you are languishing without this advice, you are poised on Fandango ready to buy tickets if only I would tell you what to see. Okay, maybe not. It seems that the studios have made [...]
- Iron Man vs. Batman
I couldn’t resist posting this video after I read the Movie Blog’s 5 ways Iron Man was better than Batman Begins. For the record, I wholeheartedly agree with John’s observations and think that Christopher Nolan will have to take it to the next level with The Dark Knight if he wants to dethrone Iron Man [...]
- On The Horizon: Burn After Reading
On The Horizon is a feature that takes a look at movies that are coming down the pipeline that I predict will be either critically successful or particularly interesting. This time of year, everyone is talking about all the summer blockbusters, but just after the summer buzz begins what I call the critical season. In [...]
- S. Darko
It’s news like this that makes me glad I have not moved to Hollywood to be in the “biz,” According to Empire, Donnie Darko, that celebrated piece of indie film making with one of the strangest plots going (and one of the coolest movie websites ever), is getting a sequel. Why is the only question [...]
Movie Reviews
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
2008-05-19 18:16
Jason Segal was funny, I could have lived my life without seeing his junk though. Russell Brand took the show though, he was hilarious, great timing. But overall the movie was a disappointment. I'd been expecting Knocked Up 2 but it just didn't live up to the hype for me.
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2008-05-19 17:12
I'm not a huge fan of the Bond movies. I like the Sean Connery era, But Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan were too clean cut and high brow for me. Daniel Craig plays a more sadistic and heartless Bond. And the Poker game is fantastic, riveting.
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2008-05-19 16:58
McClane is back! I liked Justin Long as the sidekick. Not the best of the series, but at least it's better than #2.
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2008-05-19 16:50
I love Iron Man. It's intelligent, exciting, and funny. Plus fanboys (like me) love it for all the Marvel world references.
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