The holiday season is upon moviegoers once again, and that means a new season of movie-watching has begun. This season is always filled with Award contenders, big name Directors making big serious pictures, and the opportunity for actors and actresses to show their best skills on screen–all in the hopes that they will take home […]
Happy Feet Two
Synopsis: The sequel to “Happy Feet,” the Academy Award-winning animated smash hit, “Happy Feet Two” returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica in superb 3D. Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven-a penguin who can fly! […]
The Adventures of Tintin
Synopsis: Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures Present “The Adventures of Tintin” directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell (“Billy Elliot,” “Defiance”) as Tintin, the young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig […]
AFI FEST 2011 Film Review: Coriolanus (Dir. Ralph Fiennes 2011 UK)
Shakespearian plays have been adapted for the screen time and time again. “Othello”, “Hamlet”, “Romeo and Juliet”, “The Tempest”, the list goes on an on and the familiarity for a viewer with these stories is established before they ever enter the theatre. “Coriolanus” is a lesser know, and lesser adapted, play Shakespeare wrote. Well-known actor […]
AFI FEST 2011 Film Review: Butter (Dir. Jim Field Smith, USA, 2011)
Greed, blackmail, sex, and…butter. These are the four components that make-up Director Jim Field Smith’s quirky movie aptly titled Butter. Set in the oh-so-americana State of Iowa, where State Fairs do indeed still exist, there is the royal family of butter carvers, the Picklers. Bob Pickler (Ty Burrell) has been the Iowa State champion of […]