Me: “You remember wonderinging where they filmed when we were watching The Holy Grail?” Doug: “The Holy Grail? I remember wondering where something was filmed, but I don’t remember what it was.” Me: “It was Holy Grail. You asked where they filmed it.” Doug: “Noooo. I think it was Planet of the Apes.” Me: “Are […]
Watch the rest of “We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story” with the voice talent of Walter Cronkite as Captain Neweyes and multiple Jurassic Park references – part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 and the conclusion.
In random bullet form, because: Midnight movies are fun, but I fall two days behind every time I do an all-nighter anything. HBP doesn’t suffer from the “trying too hard” to be dark, funny or normal that previous installments had. This movie has an inevitable destiny feel that makes each of the characters more interesting […]
Everything about Scientology bothers me, but nothing is quite as irritating as Tom Cruise. He and his cult are so annoying that I refuse to spend money to see any of his movies. Doug considers any movie involving helicopters, submarines or airplanes, a must-see movie. Helicopters, submarines or airplanes are featured prominently in most Tom […]
Doug: “What are you watching?” Me: “Fame.” Doug: “I guess this was our generation’s High School Musical.” Me: “Are you seriously comparing Sir Alan Parker‘s work to a sugar cube dipped in fake chocolate?” Let’s compare. Is this the same style, maturity or quality as this?
Remember last year, when we started seeing trailers for Up and it looked like a cute children’s cartoon? Those trailers were right and they were wrong. Unlike other Pixar cartoons that are made for children with a nod to the adults who accompany them, Up is a film for adults that is safe for children. […]
Q – What is cuter than a tiny 6-y-o saying and pantomiming “Boom. Boom. Fire power?” A – Her 3-y-o brother with a lisp saying it.
My babysitters don’t clean, so I can’t give the movie a lengthy review right now. I think Mr. Abrams’ version is a beautiful starting point for a series of Star Trek movies. It is respectful of history and knows exactly how far to push the audience’s memory buttons. The characters are easily recognizable, but created […]
I don’t need to know the rating of a movie to decide who in the family can see it. I can tell from a movie preview if it is appropriate for my children. I don’t need to know what Marley & Me is rated to know that it will make my sensitive children cry. The […]
The only thing worse than memes are the Facebook quizzes, but there are some people who I won’t say no to, so, at Joe Powell‘s request, in no particular order, here are ten brilliant movie characters. 1. “Paint Your Wagon‘s” Elizabeth – A woman who finds happiness when she makes her own choices, but ultimately […]