Remember the good old days when one could dress up and go a silent film? Neither do I. Yet the movie “The Artist,” currently in theaters, is collecting admiration and fans with its nostalgic 1927 charm. The movie is set in Hollywood in 1927. Silent movie star George Valentin is at the peak of his…
Lisbeth Salander kicks ass. That’s essentially how “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” trilogy by Steig Larsson can be summed up. The same holds true for the Swedish films and the newly released American version directed by David Fincher. The film details the life of a journalist who tries to expose a corrupt millionaire, gets…
Tales as old as time never get old. And that’s exactly the case with Beauty and the Beast, which many of us grew up with. Disney recently re-released this 1991 movie to theaters in both remastered form and 3D. Although almost everyone knows the plot of this charming French story, I’ll briefly recap. In the…
“The Lion King” is still as magical as ever when it was revived and re-released in theaters Sept. 16 through the 25 in its new 3-D format. The original premier of “The Lion King” occurred in 1994, causing our generation to grow up watching it on the family room couch or with only hazy memories…
“Nothing beats a Disney classic” is what one movie-goer said after seeing “The Lion King” in brand new 3-D technology. There is always some hesitation when an old favorite gets a new twist, but the subtle yet charming updates make this show worth the extra cash. The first thing I noticed about this picture is…
We can all relate to being stuck in a one-night-stand sort of relationship, being asked to be the maid of honor in our best friend’s wedding, and then getting pulled over by a cop for broken taillights thus beginning a relationship with said cop, who turns out to be really charming and sweet, so naturally…
Whether or not you have read it, I am sure you have seen it around: the yellow-covered best-seller that is thick enough to be a booster seat for a young child, “The Help.” If you have not read it yet, you should. Publisher’s Weekly described “The Help” as “…assured and layered, full of heart and…
There are times when movies are propelled by acting, when a script is simply the supplement for watching a director’s artistic direction and simply letting the acting wash over.
Same old show, without the good parts
They’ve been talking about it for months. And by they, I mean the media, your hairdresser and that kid who never shuts up in your 8 a.m. class. CNN’s “Headline News” previewed the types of dresses the starlets would wear. Lots of bright, poppy color, they speculated. In early February, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey,…