Rated G. Starring the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Will.I.Am and Jamie FoxxDirected by Carlos Saldanha (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Ice Age: The Meltdown and Robots)I love when a kids’ movie makes me laugh this much.Captured as a young bird from the wild, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) is a...
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Strong, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Angela Bassett and Tim RobbinsDirected by Martin Campbell (Edge of Darkness, Casino Royale and The Legend of Zorro)Green Lantern followed the superhero formula almost perfectly…almost.In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite, powerful force has existed for...
Rated PG-13 for violence and creature terror, and some sensuality.Starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Julie Christie and Gary OldmanDirected by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight and The Nativity Story)TODD’S WORD: I didn’t really care for this Twilight movie.JONATHAN’S WORD: Ummmm this wasn’t a Twilight movie.TODD’S WORD: Are you sure?JONATHAN’S WORD: Yeah…just the same director and the same daytime soap mentality. Valerie...
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, sexual material including dialogue, some nudity, drug use and language.Starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Patrick Wilson, Jeff Goldblum and Juliette LewisDirected by Will Speck and Josh Gordon (Blades of Glory)The Switch is a surprisingly likeable relationship comedy-drama.Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, The Switch stars Jason Bateman as Wally, whose best friend...
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, language and some drug use.Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning and Kyle ChandlerDirected by J.J. AbramsAnytime you have J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg involved in a big budget summer movie, expectations are going to be really high. Well they exceeded every expectation and then some. In the summer of 1979,...
Rated PG-13 for thematic elements involving alcohol abuse and some sexual content.Starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund, Tim McGraw and Leighton MeesterDirected by Shana Feste (first feature film)This movie is like a bad version of a good country song. It’s sad, cheesy and predictable…and I like country music.Country Strong stars Gwyneth Paltrow as country music superstar Kelly Canter, who's battling...
Rating PG for sequences of martial arts action and mild violence.Starring the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, and Lucy LiuDirected by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda)I wish Jack Black was always this funny…and this clean.In Kung Fu Panda 2, Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the...