Director Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) helps bring Twilight to the big screen with Best-selling author Stephenie Meyer, attracting her legion of fans for the best-selling books of the Twilight series. Not having read the books, I felt at slight disadvantage when viewing the film, and consequently, did not enjoy it as much as the rest of my fellow … [Read more...] about Twilight
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Bolt
Disney animation has come a long way from Steamboat Willy, and it's definately taken another bold step since Toy Story. 3-D animated features have been attempted before, but Bolt in 3-D leaves those red and blue lense days in the dust. The last animated movie I watched in 3-D was Beowulf, and it reminded me of the one thing I hate in 3-D movie...the animator's desire - no - … [Read more...] about Bolt
Quantum of Solace
"Slick, smooth, and lethally rugged." I grew up watching Roger Moore as James Bond, and my dad always said there was only one true Bond, Sean Connery, but I have a feeling this new generation will argue we are both nuts - there is indeed a new Bond, Daniel Craig is spot-on as the lethal agent of his Majesty's Service. Carrying his Walther PPK and dispatching … [Read more...] about Quantum of Solace
Role Models
Paul Rudd takes on just the right wry comic tone as Danny, a disenchanted corporate mouthpiece who believes he's flushing his life away working with mascot/partner, Wheeler (Seann William Scott) , peddling Minotaur Energy Drinks from school to school under the guise of anti-drug PSA's. When Danny's life takes a turn for the worse, he drowns his sorrows and disappointment in an … [Read more...] about Role Models
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
"We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe." - Goethe This is a sickly twisted coming of age tale about a young boy learning that faith in your parents should not be blindly given, a tormenting, twisted tale of loss and despair during this modern world's most tragic era. Innocence as pure as an … [Read more...] about The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
