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In 2009, Steve Martin returns to the screen as the world's most famous fumbling French detective, Insp. Jacques Clouseau, in The Pink Panther 2.
What happened to independent film? Of late I find myself pining for the woebegone days when guerilla filmmakers produced colorful and rebellious forays into the avant-garde like Harmony Korrine's Gummo or Vincent Gallo's Brown Bunny. Sure, some of them were disasters but they were interesting disasters.
Hmmm. I wonder what this movie's about? It couldn't be about a literal hotel for literal dogs, could it? Actually... yes, that pretty much sums up the plot of Nickelodeon Studio's latest venture into movie-dom.
Edward Zwick's Defiance is based on the true life story of three Jewish brothers who escape Nazi-occupied Poland to the Belarussian forest during World War II. Forming a resistance, the Bielski brothers build and defend a woodland community for Jewish refugees.
Better get your popcorn ready, because Mall Cop is hitting theatres. This new Happy Madison production stars lovable big man Kevin James (Paul Blart), who also did some of the co-writing for this movie. Without giving too much away, Paul Blart is a mall cop who fails his police training time and time again, just to be back in the position he loves: guarding the mall.
English director, Sam Mendes is at it again in his latest indictment of American life and values, Revolutionary Road. This film, like Oscar Best Picture Winner, American Beauty, takes us to the suburbs, only this time, instead of modern times, the setting is a drearily realized 1950s.
Bedtime Stories, directed by Adam Shankman and starring Adam Sandler, is the timeless tale of a jerk uncle with a big heart that simultaneously tries to win the affection of his niece and nephew while furthering his career in the hotel biz by telling them fantastic bedtime stories that are somehow magically coming true. That run-on sentence is the premise of Mr.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is based around a love story, a true love story about compassion, companionship and loyalty. There is no room for regrets. Things happen and you deal with them as they come.
I have a confession to make: I wasn't interested in seeing this movie when I first saw the trailer for it. I mean, I do like the actors, but not enough to be drawn to this film.
What can I say except that a comedy spoof is designed to poke fun at what's popular (i.e. superheroes) and put in its own funny little twists -- and believe me, Superhero Movie movie doesn't let you down.
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