Matthew Perry, one of the stars of the hit sitcom and cultural phenomenon Friends, passed away over the weekend, and the world is mourning his loss. Friends is the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of Perry, and that’s only natural; it’s the most popular thing he’s ever done, and m...
Read MoreI had high hopes for The Creator. The trailer telegraphed a gorgeous-looking original sci-fi movie with human themes and a character-driven story. The film itself falls short of that promise. It looks spectacular, and a lot of work went into the special effects and world-building, but the human elem...
Read MoreAnother smaller movie is about to put today’s blockbusters to shame, if only on a technical level. 20th Century Studios – formerly 20th Century Fox till Disney bought it – has released a new trailer for The Creator, a science fiction action movie that, miraculously, isn’t based on an existin...
Read MoreMr. Peabody and Sherman is a 2014 DreamWorks movie based on “Peabody’s Improbable History,” a segment of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends. Mr. Peabody is a brilliant, anthropomorphic dog who adopts a human boy named Sherman. I’ve never seen the original cartoon or the movie...
Read MoreOver the Hedge is a DreamWorks movie you don’t hear much about. Released in 2006, Over the Hedge is based on a comic strip of the same name written by Michael Fry and illustrated by T. Lewis. The film features an impressive cast with names like Bruce Willis, Steve Carrell, Wanda Sykes, Willi...
Read MoreThis Halloween season has brought us another iteration of The Addams Family, a series of characters created by Charles Addams for his cartoon strips and immortalized by the 1960’s sitcom. People often deride remakes, re-boots, and all kinds of re-interpretations in blanket statements, but it depen...
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