Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, and Jason Bateman star in ‘Couples Retreat’, a film that “teaches us” that if your marriage is headed for trouble, go to a beautiful resort and argue alot. Then you’ll magically realize, as if you were in a movie, that you love each other! ‘Couples Retreat’ obviously doesn’t have much of [...]
Zombie movies rock.
Starting a review with an immature statement like that may just be because of my young age, or because of how much fun ‘Zombieland’ is. Consider how many memorable moments they pack into 75 minutes. ‘Zombieland’ is a lot of fun, just think of it as a buddy comedy with two guys [...]
Horror movies have died. With remakes of sub-par 1980’s slasher movies cranked out seemingly every week, each stupider and less frightening as they go on. For the most part, to go to a horror film today is a cruel and unnecessary punishment. ‘Paranormal Activity’, however, is not from the Hollywood system. It wasn’t commissioned by [...]
‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ is perhaps the anti-thesis to ‘Where the Wild Things Are’: it plays it safe, doesn’t expand on any artistic boundary, and just doesn’t bring anything new to the table. Yes, it has the same amount of half-hearted giggles as just about any recent family film, yes it has the [...]
Childrens movies come and go every week, each more and more alike, each more and more seemingly cranked out for the sole purpose of money. ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ is perhaps the most unique, beautiful, and easily one of the best children’s films I’ve ever seen. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of it is [...]
‘Toy Story 1 & 2: 3-D Double Feature’ brings two of the best childrens movies ever made into theaters together, but as the title states, updates them by adding 3-D. Simply put, this one of the best experiences you’ll have in a movie theater this year. I personally find it somewhat incredible that they could [...]