*Sigh* Do I have to say it again? Here’s ANOTHER remake because there are no new stories to tell in Hollywood anymore. But this isn’t a remake/reboot of those Dr. Dolittle films that starred Eddie Murphy, it’s a sorta-kinda remake of the original 1967 musical, but without the music, fun, or intelligence. * With a…
Walter McMillian. Never heard of him? He was a black tree-worker from Monroeville, Alabama who, in 1988, was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death. This bio-pic, based on the book by his lawyer and his controversial case, was also featured on TV’s 60 Minutes, which can be seen on YouTube. * The deep…
If the premise of this movie sounds familiar (a deep-water research station or team meets a mean sea monster or creature), it should. It’s already been done before with the movies The Abyss, Leviathan, Deep Star Six, Lords of the Deep, The Rift, Alien, The Evil Below, and others. Well, so much for originality, huh?…
Ya gotta admire director & co-writer Sam Mendes. He said he wanted to film his epic war movie as one long continuous single shot, start to finish. That takes guts. Two other movies dared to try this: Hitchcock’s Rope and Alejandro G. Iñárritu‘s Birdman, and they both achieved it by filming 10-20 minute sections, cleverly…
Adam Sandler. You either hate his films or ya love ’em. I gotta admit, I’m not much of a fan, but I DO like a few including 50 First Dates and You Don’t Mess With The Zohan. So, when I heard he was doing another drama like Punch Drunk Love, I was intrigued. Little did…
Based on Lucas Martell’s 2009 clever seven-minute animated short, Pigeon: Impossible (currently on YouTube), Blue Sky Studios (the Ice Age franchise) spun the simple CGI short into a full-length kids movie, but with a “man being changed into a bird” premise thrown in for good measure. * His name is Sterling – Lance Sterling (voiced…
Louise May Alcott must be VERY happy! Her 1868 novel has been turned into more than a dozen movies, including TV films, theatrical releases, and straight-to-video, plus BBC remakes, and numerous other screen re-tellings, including a musical stage version! More than ANY other book! Wow! That’s impressive! * Like I said, there have been numerous…
