Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Carlos Saldanha Stars voices of: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Andy Garcia, Leslie Mann, Miguel Ferrer, Jemaine Clement, Kristin Chenowith, Jake T Austin, Jamie Foxx, Pierce Gagnon, George Lopez, Bruno Mars, will.i.am, Sergio Mendes, Natalie Morales, Rita Moreno, Tracy Morgan, Rodrigo Santoro, Jim Conroy. This year there have been a number… Continue Reading »
MR PEABODY AND SHERMAN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rob Minkoff Stars: voices of Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Zach Callison, Stanley Tucci, Alison Janney, Stephen Tobolowsky, Dennis Haysbert, Mel Brooks, Lake Bell, Patrick Warburton. The animated adventures of the talking time travelling dog Mr Peabody and his adopted seven year old human son Sherman began life as… Continue Reading »
THE ILLUSIONIST
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Sylvain Chomet Stars: voices of Jean-Claude Donda, Eilidh Rankin. Not to be confused with Neil Burger’s 2006 drama starring Edward Norton, the Oscar-nominated The Illusionist is the latest animated film from Sylvain Chomet, the creator of the marvelous Triplets Of Belleville. As is to be expected, the traditional hand-drawn animation… Continue Reading »
HOP
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 »