Of late, the new live-action Cinderella is kind of a fascinating approach to a classic fairy tale remake. Consider Maleficent, Snow White and the Hunstman, Into the Woods, Once Upon a Time, and others… most of these recent fairy tale … Continue reading
Seventh Son is a new fantasy flick out now starring (curiously) Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moor. Drunken knight with marbles in his mouth (Bridges doing an explicable accent) and his apprentice fight witches… or dragons… or bears…. This is another … Continue reading
Inexplicably, incomprehensibly, and almost impossibly, I went to see the new CG family film Strange Magic and I came away charmed. Based on reviews, I may be the only person who walked out of the movie with a smile. I … Continue reading
It’s almost beside the point if I post my opinion of The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies since, if you’ve seen parts 1 and 2, you’ll just have to go see part 3. If you didn’t, you won’t. Part … Continue reading
Went to see the new stop-motion family movie The Boxtrolls and boy did I hate it. It’s almost enough to say the technical marvel that is the actual craft of making the movie with stop-motion puppets and whatnot makes the … Continue reading
When Kevin Sorbo and Hercules: The Legendary Journey is a more accurate representation of the Hercules myth than the new The Legend of Hercules movie, then you know something has gone horribly wrong. Kevin Lutz (who?) stars as “Hercules”… a … Continue reading
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is generally a better movie than the previous Hobbit movie… though even more stuffed with made-up plots that cannot be explained away as stuff from the appendices… but that’s ok… it fleshes out some … Continue reading
Saw the CGI family-friendly cartoon Epic… about a tiny society of forest warriors duking it out over good (growth) vs. evil (decay). It’s a decent little movie – slightly violent – that kids will probably enjoy. Some of the writing … Continue reading
Went to see Oz, The Great and Powerful and… it’s pretty darn good. Good, if a little scary, I bet, for the family (a few heaving bosoms may not be “appropriate” but I’m not complaining). It’s sweet and charming and … Continue reading
Saw Jack the Giant Slayer over the weekend… and I rather enjoyed it. It was fun and light entertainment and I rather liked the characters who didn’t fall into the cliches I expected. I didn’t know Ewan McGregor was in … Continue reading