R for graphic violence and some languageDirected by Guillermo del Toro (Mimic and Hellboy)Starring Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi López and Maribel Verdú.Pan’s Labyrinth is a completely wild, entirely creepy ride.Set in 1944 Spain, Pan’s Labyrinth is the fascinating story about Ofelia (Ivana Baquero), a girl who is fascinated with fairy-tales. She is sent with her pregnant mother...
Rated GDirected by Brad Bird (The Incredibles)Starring Patton Oswalt, Brad Garrett, Peter O’Toole, Brian Dennehy…Another great film from Brad Bird.A few years ago Bird amazed us with the movie The Incredibles, a piece of animation that adults loved just as much as kids, and a movie that easily rests in my top 50 films of all time.And now Brad...
PG for mild rude humor and some perilDirected by Tom Shadyac (Bruce Almighty and Liar, Liar)Starring Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman and Wanda SykesThis is one of the funniest family-friendly movies…and it has a great message to boot.We first met Evan Baxter (Steve Carell) in Bruce Almighty as the hilarious anchor man who steals Bruce’s (Jim...
Rated PG for some thematic elements, mild peril and language.Directed by Robert Shaye (Book of Love)Starring Chris O'Neil, Rhiannon Leigh Wryn, Timothy Hutton, and Rainn WilsonWithout a doubt, one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. Based on the acclaimed sci-fi short story by Lewis Padgett, The Last Mimzy tells the story of two...
Rated PG-13 for horror violence and disturbing images.Directed by Mark Steven Johnson (Elektra & Dare Devil)Starring Nicholas Cage, Eva Mendes and Peter FondaAnother super (hero) disappointment. Johnny Blaze (Nicolas Cage) is the world's best-known motorcycle stuntman but when the sun goes down and he is in the presence of evil, he becomes the Ghost Rider. As a teenager,...
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language.Directed by Michael Bay (Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon & Pearl Harbor)Starring Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Jon Voight, John Turturro and Anthony AndersonMind blowing!!For centuries the Autobots and the Decepticons have waged a war throughout the universe over the life-creating Allspark. Thousands of years ago this...
Rated PG for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo.Directed by Tim Story (Fantastic Four)Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis and Julian McMahonFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a comic book movie done right.Life is good for the Fantastic Four. Dr. Doom (Julian McMahon) has been defeated, Reed (Ioan Gruffudd) and...