The name Theodor Geisel may not mean much to you, but the name “Dr. Seuss” certainly should. Born Theodor Seuss Geisel, the acclaimed author and illustrator was responsible for more
Based on the six-part graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a hard movie to explain. In essence, it’s a cheesy young adult novel mixed with
Over the years, Chris Morris has established himself as the enfant terrible of radio and television in Britain. Following a period of announcing the fake deaths of leading politicians and
To begin this review, let’s get one thing straight: despite the misleading name, Titanic II is not an official sequel to James Cameron’s big-budget retelling of the Titanic disaster. Nevertheless, a film
When was the last time you remember seeing a genuinely good shark movie? Steven Spielberg’s Jaws from 1975 is likely the most popular choice, and it’s perhaps the only good shark film in existence. In subsequent
Talk about beating a dead horse! Though in the case of the Home Alone franchise, the horse is not merely dead but buried and decomposed as well. The first Home Alone was a pleasant,
One’s immediate instinct should tell you that a third Home Alone movie should be avoided. After all, it’s the third movie in a series of declining quality. As is often the
When Home Alone was released in 1990 and grossed more than $470 million at the worldwide box office, a sequel was inevitable due to Hollywood’s habitual business mindset. The reality, though, is
Written by the late great John Hughes, Home Alone is a Christmas film in a more superficial sense of the term. After all, the movie may be set during the festive season,
Planes, Trains & Automobiles represented a unique and unpredictable cinematic undertaking for prolific filmmaker John Hughes. After all, prior to this 1987 feature, Hughes was renowned for his contributions to the
Coming off back-to-back disappointments with Lady in the Water and The Happening, M. Night Shyamalan has fallen quite far since the day in 2002 when he was declared “The Next Spielberg” by Newsweek.
“One, two, a Nightmare remake was overdue, Three, four, but it’s something to abhor, Five, six, you should not mess with the classics, Seven, eight, Michael Bay’s movies are dead
Experiencing 2010’s Grown Ups is akin to watching somebody’s awful home movies – the people onscreen clearly enjoyed themselves while the camera was rolling, but the sense of fun does not translate
The premise behind 2010’s Furry Vengeance – a live-action cartoon featuring woodland mammals – is tolerable. However, the film is rendered insufferable due to its soulless, mean-spirited, moronic script as well as
The Horseman is an Australian addition to the long line of “vigilante dad” films that stretch back to Ingmar Bergman’s The Virgin Spring, in which a father – normally either a widower
Godzilla may be the King of the Monsters, but 1933’s King Kongshall forever remain the king of monster movies. With its state-of-the-art special effects, entertaining story and a touching climax,King Kong has
With 2009’s Avatar, visionary director James Cameron proves that there’s at least one filmmaker in Hollywood capable of putting a $300 million budget (or was it $500 million?) to good use.
Almost three decades before Peter Jackson re-imagined 1933’s King Kong for a new generation of filmgoers, Italian B-movie producer Dino De Laurentiis had the same idea. Naturally, though, due to the filmmaking