Review: Christmas with the Kranks
Posted by: Mark McLeod • November 26, 2004 @ 11:59am
For many families, Christmas and the holiday season that surrounds it are the happiest times of the year. For Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Luther (Tim Allen) Krank, this statement for the most part holds true.
Who was the legendary Alexander? Were his exploits merely myth? Why was he so great?
The true story of the legendary Macedonian King Alexander the Great is still debated today by historians and experts on the conqueror.
Some have classified him as a demon, hell bent on publicizing the underbelly of our society and destroying our youth.
Others remember him as a remarkable scientist who did some ground-breaking work in the study of Gall Wasps.
Review: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Posted by: Dean Kish • November 19, 2004 @ 11:59am
What is the whole phenomenon of SpongeBob? Why are kids electrified with a yellow sponge who wears cardboard pants? Well last weekend, I took a journey to find out.
In the feature film version of the widely-popular cartoon series, SpongeBob and his friend Patrick have to embark on a long journey to Shell City where they must retrieve King Neptune's crown and save their friend Mr.
Meglo-producer Jerry Bruckheimer has taken us onto a screaming asteroid, broken into Alcatraz, and given us adrenaline rush after adrenaline rush.
Ever since he was a little boy, Benjamin Gates (Nicholas Cage) has been fascinated with the myth of a hidden treasure buried hundreds of years earlier by some of the most important figures in American History.
Review: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Posted by: Tom Milroy • November 15, 2004 @ 11:59am
Renee Zellweger â€" as she was in the first Bridget movie three years ago â€" is delightful as the thirtysomething British woman who still smokes, still calls "Ben & Jerry" her best friends, and of course is still single.
Johnny Depp is not the best actor in the whole wide world, but he's in the top 5. Whether he's playing Ed Wood or Ed Scissorhands, he brings a touch of class to every movie. In Finding Neverland, he is J.M. Barrie, the man who brought us "Peter Pan".
We learn early on that his marriage needs help. J.M.
What inspired children's author and playwright J.M. Barrie to create the otherworld of Neverland and its legendary inhabitant, Peter Pan? In the new family film Finding Neverland, we find out.
Johnny Depp stars as the influential children's author who one day stumbles upon a recently-widowed mother (Kate Winslet) and her four boys.
Review: Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Posted by: Scott Hayes • November 12, 2004 @ 11:59am
Any review of a sequel should point out that we attend these movies because we enjoyed the first and we like being able to predict a good time when we spend $14 on a movie ticket.
There are no surprises here, but that shouldn't diminish the experience because we knew there would be none.
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