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Little Fockers
The latest installment to the Fockers movie franchise, enter the little kids in Little Fockers. It's ten years later and the Focker twin are celebrating their birthday. But things are never quite that easy for Greg Focker (Ben Stiller). He has to prove to his father-in-law, Jack Byrnes (Robert de Niro), that he is capable of being the Godfocker of the clan. Co-starring Teri Polo, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand and Owen Wilson, Little Fockers is now open in theaters.
Somewhere
From writer/director Sofia Coppola comes the latest drama on identity and finding your place. Somewhere stars Stephen Dorff as Johnny
Tangled
by Ronald A. Rowe December 23rd, 2010 | Animated, Family
An animated Disney musical. The child of a king and queen locked in a castle as the result of a spell involving a haggard old woman and a magical flower. A commoner who inadvertently stumbles on the castle is involuntarily compelled to stay, and eventually falls in love -- against all odds -- with the royal inhabitant after a series of harrowing adventures. In the end, true love prevails when the hero makes a sacrifice leading to his apparent death, only to be revived by the love of the leading lady.
Beauty and the Beast? Good guess, but no. Switch
Beauty and the Beast? Good guess, but no. Switch
Spend Christmas with “Elf”
by Samantha Glavin December 21st, 2010 | Comedy, Family, Movie Reviews
Elf (2003) has something special about it. While many recent movies have tried and failed to become the next Christmas classic, Elf is well on its way to becoming one.
Elf is the story of Buddy (Will Ferrell), a human who, as a baby, crawled into Santa's bag on Christmas Eve. Buddy grows up in the North Pole, raised by an elder elf, and as he becomes an adult, he finds it harder and harder to be a human in an elf's world. He sets out to find who he really is and ends up in New York City, where
Elf is the story of Buddy (Will Ferrell), a human who, as a baby, crawled into Santa's bag on Christmas Eve. Buddy grows up in the North Pole, raised by an elder elf, and as he becomes an adult, he finds it harder and harder to be a human in an elf's world. He sets out to find who he really is and ends up in New York City, where
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off- A Classic Revisited
by Samantha Glavin December 16th, 2010 | Movie Reviews
No one can resist breaking into a smile when the most famous high schooler of the 80s, Ferris Bueller, serenades the city of Chicago with Wayne Newton’s “Danke Schoen” from the top of a parade float, or gasping when they watch Cameron “kill” his dad’s prized Ferrari by accidentally pushing it out a glass window. These comedic moments are laughable with every viewing, but when I watch Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), it is the underlying message of the fragility of adolescence that speaks to me the most.
The late John Hughes’ script weaves an eternally youthful yearning underneath the
The late John Hughes’ script weaves an eternally youthful yearning underneath the
TRON: Legacy– Light Cycles for a New Generation
by Samantha Glavin December 30th, 2010 | Movie Reviews