The Secret World of Arrietty: Studio Ghibli takes on classic “The Borrowers”

Be Sociable, Share! TweetWhen I was a little girl, I loved Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, a series of fantasy novels for young people. Published in 1952, the first novel called The Borrowers, was followed by The Borrowers Afield (first published in 1955), The Borrowers Afloat (first published in 1959), The Borrowers Aloft (first published in [...]

New The Smurfs movie trailer looks just Smurfy! Release Date: 8-3-2011

Be Sociable, Share! TweetWell, my reaction to a friend after just watching this was, “I am not sure if this is one of the best movie trailers ever, or one of the worst things ever done to something from the 1980s.” He and I both agreed we like the Scottish Smurf, and that the human [...]

Top 11 Movies at the Box Office – 2010

Be Sociable, Share! TweetWell, many have said it wasn’t a great year for movies. I can sort of understand that since three of them are remakes, five of them are sequels, four of them are animated, and of course they include the newest installments of the Twilight and Harry Potter franchises, but I think the [...]

Megamind 3D Movie Trailer

Be Sociable, Share! Tweet As I sat here watching Manning Bowl (Peyton Manning’s Colts vs. Eli Manning’s Giants) they play a commercial for a new movie coming out on November 5th, 2010. It is an animated movie from Dreamworks called Megamind 3D. It stars Will Ferrell, Tiny Fey, Jonah Hill, David Cross, and Brad Pitt. [...]

Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Official Movie Trailer – Release Date: November, 2010

Be Sociable, Share! TweetThe long-awaited first part of the Harry Potter movie franchise will be in theaters this November. How can they make sure that Harry Potter can unseat Avatar as the biggest grossing movie of all-time? Well, you make it in 3-D of course! I have never read one of the J.K. Rowling books, [...]

Toy Story 3 in 3D Movie Trailers (Opens June 18, 2010)

Be Sociable, Share! TweetHere are two trailers for the new Toy Story 3 in 3D which comes out today in theaters everywhere. It really does look like it will be another great movie in the franchise. Be Sociable, Share! Tweet[ Report Post ]

This Week’s Box Office Is Easy To Pick A Winner – To Infinity…(June 18, 2010)

Be Sociable, Share! Tweet Well, the #1 movie of the Summer premieres this week. The first reason is that only two movies premiering this week are being shown in more than a handful of theaters. One of them will be shown in over 4000 theaters. Even if it weren’t it’d be #1 though. Toy Story [...]

Latest remake should be a real howler (meaning a laughably stupid blunder)

TEEN Wolf looks as though it will be joining the painfully long list of movies getting the remake treatment.

Zemeckis captures spirits of Christmas

Be Sociable, Share! Tweet  We’re getting yet another telling of that Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol this year. But, at least this one is being directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Jim Carrey.   A Christmas Carol 2009-style will be animated but brought to life with the state-of-the-art motion capture effects Zemeckis used for [...]

He-Man may power back onto big-screen

Be Sociable, Share! Tweet WHILE we may have thought it would be an ‘Eternia’ before we would be seeing another Masters of the Universe on the big screen, the mythological gang have taken a small albeit significant, step towards a return. But, in exactly what form remains a mystery. Certainly the hero of the piece, [...]