After the wacky winter we’ve had, temperatures in the mid-60s, patches of green grass and the first fragile flowers of spring seem like Wonderland to me. And with two kids even more tired of being cooped up than I am, it’s been especially hard meeting my weekly movie quota. So I talked my son (who turned 6 on Thursday) into joining me for the latest big-screen 3-D adventure.
‘Come on, is this really necessary?” That line spoken by Jennifer Aniston in the painfully lifeless “The Bounty Hunter” perfectly sums up my opinion of her latest bomb.
Yes, the accents in this Swedish import often sound like the chef from Sesame Street, but don’t let the subtitles fool you; it’s as Hollywood as Hollywood gets – if Hollywood weren’t so modest about issues like rape, sodomy and satanic rituals.
There’s a delicate line to be walked when adapting a best-selling book into a movie, especially when your intended audience is young and impressionable.
According to wisegeek.com, a trunk show is “an event within the fashion world in which an artist or designer puts on a special display of his or her work for review by a select group.” According to a recent interview with director Jonathan Demme, his “Neil Young Trunk Show” is “the best damn music movie that’s ever been made.” Let’s tackle these statements one at a time.
The Israeli import “A Matter of Size” features a lot of pounds but little weight in telling the improbable tale of four unhappy fat guys finding joy – and love – as sumo wrestlers.
As seen in the new IMAX film “Hubble 3-D,” the seven astronauts on the STS-125 Mission had some serious business to take care of. Traveling at 17,500 mph, they first had to grab and secure the telescope, then make various adjustments to specialized cameras and spectrographs, as well as replace batteries and insulation, and install new gyroscopes.
Folks expecting to see a remake or a sequel of 1984's "Repo Man" will be in for a shock when they feast their eyes on this grisly sci-fi movie.
Folks expecting to see a remake or a sequel of 1984's "Repo Man" will be in for a shock when they feast their eyes on this grisly sci-fi movie.
