Disney princess meets New York City equals Enchanted, the latest Disney concoction. It’s probably Disney’s best original movie in years, which isn’t saying much as Home on the Range and Brother Bear are really weak competition. It’s unusually witty for a Disney film, and I don’t believe there was a single fart joke in it. [...]
Thousand-year old poem meets Hollywood makeover equals Beowulf, the new film from special-effects wiz Robert Zemeckis. This is a very, very different movie from most action epics. For one, it’s based on an ancient, classic poem. Second, it, in spite of the first fact, has a real plot. Third, it’s made with an amazing, and [...]
Jerry Seinfeld returns to the screen, animated-style, in Bee Movie. It’s been nine years since Seinfeld ended his sitcom, appropriately-named Seinfeld, to the tune of 75 million viewers. We really haven’t seen that much of him, aside from the Seinfeld re-runs that net him a couple thousand dollars an episode. But when I saw the [...]