Monty Python’s, Monty Python Live (Mostly) reunion show debuted Tuesday evening in South London’s O2 Arena to mixed reviews. While mostly positive, a minority of critics noted that watching a group of old men re-hash jokes from the 70’s is only fodder for die-hard fans. But that is precisely for whom the show was made for. Because […]
The internet got its trousers all in a tizzy when news broke that Disney was planning a sequel to the Halloween classic Hocus Pocus. The original was released in 1993 and starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and some other lady as three vain witches looking for eternal beauty. While that announcement in and of […]
Writer-director John Carney understands music. He recognizes that a song can save a life, even more so for a musician. In his newest movie, Begin Again, a follow-up to his award-winning debut, Once, music is ingrained in the lives of its characters, especially in their heartbreak. The story follows Greta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend […]
Although there are several wonderful and critically-acclaimed films coming out this week, we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to nominate classic 90’s Arnold Schwarzenegger hit, Kindergarten Cop, as our Recommendation of the Week. First Release: – The Unknown Known (DVD, Blu-ray and Instant) – Like Father, Like Son (DVD and Instant) – The Lunchbox (Blu-ray/DVD combo and Instant) […]
According to an interview Andy Serkis gave to SciFiNow.com, J.J. Abrams has enlisted the help of Serkis’ production company, The Imaginarium, to assist on the latest Star Wars installment. The Imaginarium, which has specialized in Performance Capture since its founding in 2011, will be ” involved in all of the performance capture on the Star Wars projects”. As an aside, Serkis also […]
What happens when a young mother is widowed? What happens when that young mother is widowed with half wolf/half human infants? That’s the story of Wolf Children. Mamoru Hosada directs the beautifully animated film about Hana, a young college student who’s relying on a part-time job and a scholarship to pay her way through school. […]
For some reason, I had a thought that if the story of this film was made as a montage (without dialogue) along the lines of the montage sequence that can be seen in Pixar’s Up, which in my opinion, is one of the best montages ever, this film might be better as an overall experience, […]
