I read books. I’m not going to lie, but I have never read The Hobbit. I own the book but I’ve never actually sat down and read it. So when the movie entered theaters I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. What I did do was to experience it in 3D. So with snack and drink in hand, 3D glasses firmly in place I entered the theater prepared to...
Everyone already knows how Zero Dark Thirty ends. Just in case you don’t it’s not a big spoiler the film ends with the killing of Osama bin Laden in his Pakistani compound by SEAL Team 6. But it’s how it begins with the hauntingly effective use of voices of the 9-11 victims and then a pummeling abuse of a prisoner at a clandestine CIA "black site" — that...
It looks like the reboot of Robocop is attempting to be more badass because the word came down that Samuel L Jackson has signed on to join the cast of the Robocop film. Maybe, the addition of Jackson will make the original Robocop star Peter Weller stopped his whining and hatred about all things related to the reboot and actually make him a least a little bit enthusiastic about...
I really hate to be a director who has to take on a project that requires converting a popular book into a movie form. Gary Ross is a brave man because the weight of the success or failure of The Hunger Games film which is based upon the altar of popular book series rests squarely upon his shoulder. Looking back on the film very there are a few...
Eddie Murphy's career has been in the toilet for a few years now and just when you think he'd finally climb his way back out of the bowl he puts out a stinker and tries to flush away once more. In A Thousand Words Eddie Murphy continues his career slide and manages to make his other bombs like Meet Dave and Norbert look nearly award-winning. It's just the latest...
Last May Will Ferrell said that he, John C Reilly and writer-director Adam McKay were considering doing a sequel to Step Brothers and now it looks like that film will become a reality because Ferrell has announced they are starting to write the script and filming should begin this fall. On a side note to all you Will Ferrell fans, the actor also confirms that even though he wants...
"Wanderlust" is the latest comedy from David Wain about an out of work New York couple who find refuge in an unconventional commune while on their journey toward self-discovery. It's quite obvious from the get-go that this is a film that happily shoots for middlebrow mediocrity and commercial appeal relying heavily on gross out gags such as penis visuals (mostly thanks to a continually naked Joe Lo Truglio, playing...
It’s time to play the music. It’s time to light the lights because after 12 long years The Muppets have returned to the big screen. This 12 year hiatus in which The Muppets had fallen to the wayside, virtually forgotten by an entire generation that are more likely to recognize Pixar characters than a muppet. In my opinion that may be a good thing because this movie reintroduces...