Category Archives: In Theaters

I always wanted to catch this since I saw the trailer during Nowhere Boy because I rather enjoy Geoffrey Rush’s acting. It’s good to see him doing something beyond another Pirates flick yet I feel he’s getting typecast into historical … Continue reading →

Disney dusts off Rapunzel to give its princess formula from the Nineties another try but unlike last year’s The Princess and the Frog, computer animation is used over the traditional hand-drawn style, plus past hit-maker Alan Menken does the music … Continue reading →

I’m a fan of the original Tron. Yes, I know the plot is silly, the acting is belabored, the effects are dated and the computer lingo sprinkle throughout the dialog was trying on my mother (who took me in 1982) and … Continue reading →

Finally reaching US shores this year to celebrate his 70th birthday, Nowhere Boy tells the story about John Lennon’s formative teens in Liverpool before he became the Pop music icon the West recognizes. It’s no secret that I have never … Continue reading →

Everybody loves to rip on Ben Affleck. Whether its South Park‘s cheap shots, his relationship with Jennifer Lopez or the dreck he has starred in: Pearl Harbor…UGH! However, this movie reminded me that he deserves more credit than his detractors … Continue reading →

Hollywood loves to make TV shows from an earlier generation (Miami Vice, The A-Team, Lost in Space, etc.) into terrible movies because they know there’s a built-in familiarity factor that leads to making money. Why a five-year-old Nickelodeon cartoon was … Continue reading →

The Summer of 2010 has so far been rather tepid in the movie department…until now; nothing has motivated us to hit the theaters with much urgency, even Iron Man 2. Originally, I was disappointed when Pixar decided to release its … Continue reading →

Another Summer filled with Comic Book-based characters is upon us: Iron Man 2, Jonah Hex and Scott Pilgrim readily come to mind. Seems Hollywood will stay fixated on the obscure franchises because nothing seems certain regarding the more accessible characters: … Continue reading →

James Cameron has rightfully taken the Sci-Fi/Fantasy mantle away from George Lucas with his latest film. Maybe it can be a shared title with Peter Jackson for the Rings trilogy. I was more excited to see him working with Sigourney … Continue reading →

Last month I took Somara to this revered film at Alamo Ritz for the theater’s monthly celebration of Girlie Night. (Yeah, I know, this story is not very timely in light of when we went and how recent John Hughes’ … Continue reading →

Disney re-released these two awesome movies in digital 3-D, probably to build up excitement for Toy Story 3 which is coming out next Summer. I didn’t care about the studio’s motivations, I was itching to see these flicks again in … Continue reading →

This is a demonstration of Science Fiction done well. It’s a story about a fantastic situation with amazing technology as the backdrop and how the characters react to it, not the other way around. If a movie doesn’t plausibly handle … Continue reading →

Normally, this is the kind of movie I pass on, especially if it’s directed by the Queen of Estrogen…Nora Ephron. Now before my e-mail and/or comments are filled up with angry messages about me being a misogynist, I always enjoy … Continue reading →