DreamWorks Animation, often the poor stepbrother to Pixar, has had a pretty good run over the past two years with “Kung Fu Panda 2,” “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted” and “Rise of the Guardians.” That trend continues with The Croods, a wild, colorful tale about the end of the Neanderthals, continental drift, plate tectonics and…
I am happy to announce that The Incredible Burt Wonderstone is the best comedy of 2013. Of course, that’s not saying very much considering that comedies released this year have included “Identity Thief,” “Parental Guidance,” “The Guilt Trip” and “21 and Over,” among others, and that JFK’s memorial service would have been funnier by comparison….
Warner Bros. has released the trailer for The Hangover Part III and it ends where it all began — in Las Vegas. This time the “WolfPack” aren’t out celebrating a wedding…no, it appears they may be celebrating a funeral. Or maybe the fact Alan (Zach Galifianakis) is the proud owner of a giraffe. Whatever the…
After enduring a series of movies over the past two months so bad that the word “bad” is woefully inadequate, I thought I might have reached the nadir with such titles as “Playing For Keeps,” “The Last Stand,” “A Good Day to Die Hard,” “Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,” “Parental Guidance,” and other works of…
You’d think they could have at least come up with better name for it. I’m talking about Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 for which the first trailer has been made available for viewing. In similar fashion to “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” the sequel pits inventor, Flint Lockwood (Bill…
You might recall Mike and Sulley from a nondescript movie some years ago, “Monsters, Inc.” Mike was a round green guy with one eye, Sulley was the big hairy blue guy and they were best of friends. They weren’t always the best of friends, though. In Disney/Pixar’s Monsters University, they’re actually rivals. Both of them…
It seems the dearth of Hollywood comedies has reached epidemic proportions, and with the newest release, Identity Thief, that record continues unabated. If any laughs are garnered from this Seth Gordon directed production, they are cheaply achieved indeed, and come through a few grotesque moments dealing with voyeurism or people getting shot and stuffed into…
