Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tim Hill Stars: James Marsden, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, voices of Russell Brand, Hugh Laurie, Hank Azaria. We’ve had Tim Allen play a replacement for Santa Claus, and recently we had Dwayne Johnson play a temporary replacement for the tooth fairy. The latest fantasy character to get a makeover is… Continue Reading »
MARS NEEDS MOMS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Simon Wells Stars: voices of Seth Green, Seth Robert Dusky, Joan Cusack, Mindy Sterling, Dan Fogler, Elizabeth Harnois. Based on the children’s book written by Berkeley Breathed (a former Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist renowned for his satirical drawings), Mars Needs Moms is the latest animated feature to use the motion… Continue Reading »
GNOMEO AND JULIET
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Kelly Asbury Stars: voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt,Jim Cummings, Ashley Jensen, Dolly Parton, Ozzy Osbourne, Hulk Hogan, Michael Caine, Maggie Smith, Jason Statham, Patrick Stewart. Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of star-crossed lovers from feuding families is retold with garden gnomes. This cute but offbeat idea could easily have been a… Continue Reading »
JUSTIN BIEBER: NEVER SAY NEVER
Reviewed by GREG KING Documentary Directors: Jon M Chu, Davis Guggenheim. Canadian teenager Justin Bieber is something of a pop sensation – a self taught musical prodigy who launched his music career through the social networking site YouTube. From those beginnings he has, in a couple of short years, grown into an international star, selling… Continue Reading »
YOGI BEAR
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Eric Brevig Stars: Tom Cavanagh, Anna Faris, Andrew Daly, Nathan Cordrry, voices of Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake. There have been several misguided attempts to make live action feature film versions of cartoon characters, amongst them The Flintstones, Alvin And The Chipmunks, and the forgettable Rocky And Bullwinkle, which is surely… Continue Reading »
MR POPPER’S PENGUINS
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Mark Waters Stars: Jim Carrey, Angela Lansbury, Carla Gugino, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Madeline Carroll, Olivia Lovibond, Clark Gregg, David Krumholtz. Audiences seem to have a fascination with penguins on screen. The delightful animated Happy Feet was a huge box office success, and we reveled in the scene stealing antics of… Continue Reading »