Movie Review: The Ides Of March
Two actors, two faces and a two sided story. I smell an Oscar nod for Gosling…I see audience rejection of the film.
Movie Review — Restless
It’s October. A time when Ghoulies, Ghosties and Long-Legged Beasties roam the earth. But if you start seeing the ghost of a World War II Japanese kamikaze fighter pilot, you’re probably Enoch Brae, the central character of Restless. And that’s not a bad place to be. Enoch is an odd kid. If your name is Enoch [...]
Movie Review — Real Steel
“Rock ‘em Sock ‘em Robots” get their day on the big screen in Real Steel, a movie that transcends the one-joke premise and is instead a heartwarming, fist-pumping mechanized fairy tale of a father and son coming together amid some of the baddest technology you’ll ever wish was really available. Not to bad for a [...]
They’re blue. They’re three apples high. And admit it, you probably have a few of the tiny plastic paeans to their awesomeness tucked away in boxes somewhere in your parent’s house. Probably in your old room, which is now the “yoga studio”. Yep, you guessed it; la la la la-la la, la la la-la la, [...]
With Tangled, Disney returns to its roots with a story of a traditional princess, a reluctant hero, and a wicked witch and although many are tired of this old formula, if anyone can do it right it’s Disney.
Illumination’s Despicable Me is a wholly enjoyable foray into the same family friendly animation sandbox that Pixar usually plays in. It’s a testament to both Carell’s voice-acting and the gifted work of the art team that Despicable casts off the moniker of rip-off and begins to ascend to the status of equal. It never quite [...]
Rio is a new Digital 3-D animated feature from Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age). Rio stars the voices of Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada), George Lopez (George Lopez) and Rodrigo Santoro (Love Actually). Rio combines animation and flying to maximize the 3-D format. I expect some Getz, Gilberto & Gilberto (can somebody say “Ipanema?”) on the soundtrack. Call it early but [...]
DreamWorks Animation has announced that a sequel to the smash hit How to Train Your Dragon has been planned for release in 2013. There is no word yet on whether or not the sequel will be in 3-D, but that will probably be the case. Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation, says How to Train [...]
“The Smurfs” has begun production with a great cast, but will it please fans of the original series or be just a formulaic kids movie?
Dreamworks’ How To Train Your Dragon is a great example of everything I love about animated movies. It’s a big, bold, colorful movie that isn’t afraid to blend stylized characters with exquisitely real and breathtaking details. Unlike the recent slate of warmed-over kid’s film trying to compete furiously to cash-in on the 3D technology, Dragon [...]
From macho Spartan warriors to conflicted superheroes to… heroic barn owls? Really Zack? Based off a collection of popular children’s books called The Guardians of Ga’hoole, this actually looks like a mash-up of 300 and Watership Down, except with owls of course. The imagery of the owls soaring and the idea of giving the standard quest [...]
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