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‘Museum’ sequel all the way to 11!

July 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Anyone remember that film that made a ton of money with Ben Stiller?  No, not that one, and not that one either.  I’m talking about ‘Night at the Museum’, a cute little film that made a ton of money at the BO a few years ago.  Well, leave it to the studios not to turn [...]

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Tags: Action · Adventure · Site News · family film

WALL-E (2008) - Morbid

June 28th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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Director Andrew Stanton and the team that delivered Finding Nemo help Pixar knock another one out of the park with their latest movie detailing the adventure had by an extremely lovable robot named WALL-E. In the film, we see that humans created so much trash on Earth that it can no longer sustain life [...]

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Tags: Review · Romantic Comedy · Sci-Fi · computer animated · family film

The Flyboys (2008) - Mikey B

June 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments

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I was lucky enough to catch a screening of The Flyboys at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 27th. The theater was packed. We found our seats and the film started soon after. Let me just get this out of the way right now. As of this writing, The Flyboys, directed by Rocco [...]

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Tags: Action · Adventure · Review · family film

Abrams Goes Mystery House Hunting

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I love when nonsensical newspaper articles get made into films. It gives Jay Leno’s Headlines a little hope. I can’t wait to see the “Urine stained mattress - $200 or best offer” movie.
Allow me to continue with my infantile Opposite Day…

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Tags: Mystery · family film

The Dark Crystal

June 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I decided to go all the way back to when I was just a glimmer in my father’s eyes, yes this film came out before I was born.  Jim Henson was the man, and was the most entertainment I had as a child.  I know I have seen The Dark Crystal, but I remembered absolutely [...]

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Tags: Adventure · Fantasy · Review · family film

Counter Programming: May 16

May 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Ah, summer. A season of overblown budgets and extravagant productions. For movie goers everywhere, this three and a half month stretch is what they have waited for all year. So as always, the prediction for this summer is: Hollywood makes oodles of money. Over these next few months, this column will be examining the phenomena [...]

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Tags: Adaptation · Fantasy · family film

New Wall-E Featurette

May 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Disney has released a featurette promoting WALL-E, the new computer animated movie produced by Pixar Animation Studios. The film details a lone, forgotten robot named WALL-E, who had been placed here with a million other robots to help clean up all the trash left by us humans. The effort failed and we all vacated, but [...]

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Tags: computer animated · family film