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This is a film meant to be taken with a grain of salt. There is no greater meaning behind the scenes here. No message to get, no lesson to learn. It is simply an orgy of action and violence. Clearly inspired in equal parts by Bugs Bunny and Quentin Tarantino. Sure the action gets a bit tedious by the end. But writer/director Michael Davis wisely keeps the running time a few minutes shy of an hour and a half.

The kids are back in school, NFL season is upon us, and Labor day is right around the corner. Yep, whether you like it or not, Summer is over. We’ve spent the last few months flocking to the movie theaters to beat the heat and catch the latest instalment of whatevertrilogy is playing this week. [...]

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s bid to become the heavyweight champion of family films scored another pinfall victory. Variety is reporting the former WWE superstar will once again team with The Game Plan director Andy Fickman on Witch Mountain. Johnson will play a Las Vegas cab driver who picks up a pair of siblings with magical powers.

The long in development Wolverine movie is finally getting closer to production. IGN is reporting that Director Gavin Hood is considering filming the movie in Australia to help make life easier for Producer/Star Hugh Jackman. The former Tony and Emmy winner is currently filming Australia in, you guessed it, Australia.

Remember how cool it was to watch Speed Racer? How the Mach 5 was the coolest damn car in the whole world because of all the cool technology that was on it? Well The Wachowski Brothers remember that also. So how fitting that the tech savvy siblings are going to use a revolutionary new film system to tell Speed’s story?

When I was in high school my friends and I would stay out all night and go wild. Sometimes we would drink, sometimes we would sneak around in dark clothing while performing the most idiotic and inane acts of petty vandalism, and sometimes we would just drive around. The best part of these misbegotten nights was the start of the evening, everyone leaving their houses and meeting up at a predetermined location. These moments were thick with excitement and the feeling that anything could happen.

One of the awkward things about funerals is meeting all the of the deceased acquaintances. No matter how well you think you knew the departed, odds are there is somebody else in attendance who knew them in a completely different light. So imagine meeting Peter (Peter Dinklage) at your father’s funeral. Peter catches your eye right away, he’s a midget after-all, and asks to talk. He then shows pictures of your father and him dressed as Romans and you soon figure out Peter was more than just “Dad’s friend’.

Fifty years from now the sun is burning out. One mission sent to re-ignite it failed. Forced with no other alternative, a new team is sent. An eight astronaut team which includes a physicist, a botanist, a psychiatrist, and any other kind of “ist” that will be needed, board the Icarus-2. The plan is to [...]

Here is the problem with The Simpsons Movie. More than any other show The Simpsons have gone out of their way to create and sustain a great group of secondary characters which are under used here. From Flanders to Otto to Principal Skinner to Millhouse to Comic book guy to Disco Stu. Part of the [...]

It is a typical movie set-up. “Weird” boy meets “quirky” girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after. Despite it’s conventional premise, Eagle Vs. Shark is anything but a typical movie.
Set in New Zealand, we are introduced to Lily, (Loren Horsley) a sweet but homely girl who works at a “Meaty Boy” restaurant. [...]

Sure I had the toys, who didn’t? I watched the cartoon and wanted to see the animated movie in theater, didn’t get to though, had to wait for VHS. I even rocked out to the soundtrack, only later in life did I learn how cheesy Stan Bush is. So I can honestly say I liked [...]

How could it go wrong? A follow up to the hugely popular Bruce Almighty. Starring Steve Carell, star of: a hit TV show (The Office), a hit movie (The 40 Year-Old Virgin), and a hit indie film (Little Miss Sunshine). A supporting cast that includes Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes, Jonah Hill, and Molly Shannon. This is one comedy that looks sure-fire on paper. One problem though, they forgot to make Evan Almighty funny.

Anyone who reads comics knows the ups and downs of ongoing titles. A great creative team will get on a book and redefine it. Put the characters through changes that alter them permanently. Send the heroes to new worlds that boggle the mind. Pit them against villains that both frighten us [...]