I can hear it now, the all encompassing theme to “Rocky” — “Gonna Fly Now.” Whenever, I hear that music I get goose-pimples all over my ass. And after five installments of the “Rocky” franchise, that’s about all that gets me excited about the movies anymore. Needless to say, most of the sequels have been…
Yeah, I’m beyond bored. Of course I could find something important to do around the house, but I find I prefer to lay around and sleep. For some strange reason between naps, I figured I could fill and hour or so with one of the latest CGI dominated movies Happy Feet. Happy Feet is like…
It’s been a while since there has been a worthwhile feel-good movie released into the theaters. Last ones that come to mind are “Rudy,” “Lucas” and who can forget, “Rocky.” “Seabiscuit” doesn’t count. Interestingly enough, the plot of Invincible follows amazingly close to “Rocky.” A Philadelphia son, down on his luck (no money, no wife,…
Although, I had never actually read the book,”The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” I had heard a great many good things about it. So, I had high expectations going in to see this movie. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe depicts four brothers and sisters…
There are few movies that I watch every time they are rerun on TBS. “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” is one of those movies. So you can understand my initial hesitation when I heard that it was remade and released as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a story…
Once again, Hollywood has decided to bring the masses another cute and cuddly CGI feature film with, you guessed it, animals! Who woulda thunk that? As has been said in previous reviews, Hollywood sticks to a format that works. Therefore, Madagascar should be no different from “Shrek” or “Robots“. . . Am I correct? Basically….
Let me start this review by saying Will Ferrell is a funny motherfucker. He single-handedly made “Saturday Night Live” funny again and all the recent movies he’s been in (“Elf,” “Old School,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy”) were funny as hell. So I knew to expect similar from Kicking & Screaming. Will Ferrell plays…
