On April 2nd, Warner Bros. is releasing a new Clash of The Titans re-make theatrically. To coincide, Warner Home Video is releasing the original 1981 film as a Blu•Ray/book. The case itself is a little Blu•Ray sized hardcover book with the disc at the back. The book includes a bit of history of the… Read More Blu-ray Release: Clash of The Titans (1981)
Good Hair – An Alliance Films’ Release http://www.goodhairdvd.com/ DVD Release Date: March 9th, 2010 Rated PG Running time: 94 minutes Jeff Stilson (dir.) Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, Lance Crouther, and Chuck Sklar (writers) Marcus Miller (music) Special Features: Audio Commentary with Co-Writer and Executive Producer, Chris Rock and Executive Producer Nelson George; Featurette: “Afro to… Read More DVD Review: Good Hair
Wonderful World – A Mongrel Media Release http://www.wonderfulworldfilm.com/ DVD Release Date: March 16th, 2010 Rated 14A Running time: 95 minutes Joshua Goldin (dir.) Joshua Goldin (writer) Craig Richey (music) Matthew Broderick as Ben Singer Sanaa Lathan as Khadi Michael Kenneth Williams as Ibu Philip Baker Hall as The Man Our reviews below: _______________________________________________ Wonderful World… Read More DVD Review: Wonderful World
The Brother Warner – A Warner Home Video Release A Warner Sisters Production http://www.thebrotherswarner.com/ http://www.warnersisters.com/ DVD Release Date: March 9th, 2010 Rated PG Running time: 94 minutes Cass Warner Sperling (dir./writer) Kate Amend A.C.E (editor) Stephen Malik (co-editior) Arlene Donnelly Johnson (dir. of photography) David Campbell (music) Our reviews below: ________________________________________ The Brothers… Read More DVD Review: The Brothers Warner
This week, March break events are in full swing at the Toronto Zoo, although for a group of Bendale PS students, the real excitement was last Tuesday, when they were treated to a special screening of the straight-to-DVD sequel Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate’s Cove, and a Q & A with star Bindi Irwin. … Read More Bindi Irwin, star of ‘Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate’s Cove’ talks to Students at Toronto Zoo
Yahoo! Movies now features a second trailer for the fourth installment in Dreamworks Animation’s Shrek series. I quite enjoyed the first three films, but I’m not entirely sold on this one yet. Although I’m going to reserve judgment until I’ve actually seen the film. One thing’s for sure, the side characters, Donkey, Puss in… Read More Trailer Watch: Shrek Forever After
Apple now has new trailers for both Iron Man 2 and Tron Legacy. Iron Man 2 is Jon Favreau’s much anticipated follow-up to his 2008 smash-hit, Iron Man. The new film looks to be another visually-arresting, incredibly entertaining superhero film. It opens on May 7th. Tron Legacy is the much anticipated follow-up to the… Read More Trailer Watch: Iron Man 2 + Tron Legacy
Capitalism: A Love Story – An Alliance Films Release http://www.capitalismalovestory.com/ DVD Release Date: March 6th, 2010 Rated PG for coarse language, and a mature theme. Running time: 127 minutes Michael Moore (dir.) Michael Moore (writer) Jeff Gibbs (music) © 2009 Overture Films, LLC and Paramount Vantage, a division of Paramount Pictures… Read More DVD Review: Capitalism: A Love Story
Planet 51 – An Alliance Films Release http://www.sonypictures.com/sonywonder/planet51/ DVD Release Date: March 6th, 2010 Rated G for violence, and frightening scenes. Running time: 97 minutes Jorge Blanco (dir.) Javier Abad (co-dir.) Marcos Martinez (co-dir.) Joe Stillman (writer) James Seymore Brett (music) Dwayne Johnson as Captain Charles T. Baker Seann William Scott as Skiff Jessica Biel… Read More DVD Review: Planet 51
The Hurt Locker wins Best Picture. James Cameron never got a chance to get up on stage, the King has been replaced with a Queen. There were ten very deserving nominees for Best Picture, any one of them could have taken home the gold. The Hurt Locker is a great movie, and fits in perfectly… Read More Thoughts on the Oscars
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are on tonight. It’s been a great Oscar-season, and it is hard to believe it’s almost over. The telecast starts at 8:00 PM EST, on CTV and ABC, the actual awards ceremony starts at 8:30. We will be having live updates during the telecast, so keep it tuned to One… Read More Live Coverage of The 82nd Annual Academy Awards!
Below are two of our writers predictions for what will win at the Oscars on March 7th. Come back tomorrow night for live coverage of the telecast. Last year I correctly predicted 17 of the 24 categories at the 81st Academy Awards. Below are my predictions for what will win tomorrow night at the 82nd… Read More Predictions for the 82nd Academy Awards
By John C. There were many great movies released last year. 2 Months ago, I published my list of the top 11 worst movies I saw in 2009, and it came to my attention that I still haven’t formally published what I thought the best movies of last year were. I saw many great ones,… Read More The Best Movies I Saw in 2009
Released January 26th, 2010 Page count: 72 pages Size: 9.25” x 6.25” Disney’s Alice In Wonderland – The Visual Guide Written By Jo Casey & Laura Gilbert Published By Dorling Kindersley http://www.dk.com/ __________________________________________ Alice In Wonderland Visual Guide Book Review By Erin V. As they do so often for family oriented movies, Dorling Kindersley has… Read More Book Review: Alice in Wonderland – The Visual Guide
Alice in Wonderland – A Walt Disney Pictures’ Release http://adisney.go.com/disneypictures/aliceinwonderland/ Release Date: March 5th Rated PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and a smoking caterpillar Running time: 108 minutes Tim Burton (dir.) Linda Voolverton (writer) Lewis Carroll (books) Danny Elfman (music) Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter Mia Wasikowska as Alice Helena Bonham… Read More Movie Review: Alice in Wonderland
Up in the Air was released in theatres on December 4th, and is coming to DVD on March 9th. You can read our full reviews here, below are excerpts of our reviews. _________________________________________________________ Up in the Air Review By John C. **** (out of 4) On the surface, audiences might see this film is an… Read More Movie Review: Best Picture Nominee Up In The Air (10 of 10)
Up was released in theatres on May 29th, and is came to DVD on November 10th. You can read our full reviews here, below are excerpts of our reviews. __________________________________________________________ Up Review By John C. **** (out of 4) One of the main themes in Up is, sometimes you have to let go of your… Read More Movie Review: Best Picture Nominee Up (9 of 10)
Well, Oscar weekend is once again upon us, and this past Tuesday, just in time, Alliance Films released two double feature DVD’s of Oscar nominated films. ___________________________________ The first set includes No Country For Old Men (2007), and Gone Baby Gone (2007). No Country For Old Men was nominated for 9 Academy Awards, and… Read More Revisit some Oscar nominated films…
Originally titled Guardians of Ga’Hoole, and based on the books by Kathryn Lasky, Legend of the Guardians is an upcoming CGI film from Watchmen and 300 director Zack Snyder. Yahoo! now has the first trailer. It looks really good, and the animation is beautiful – I can’t wait to see it in 3D. It opens… Read More Trailer Watch: Legend of the Guardians
A Serious Man was released in theatres on October 16th, and came to DVD on February 9th. You can read our full DVD reviews here, below are excerpts of our reviews. _________________________________________________________ A Serious Man Review By John C. **** (out of 4) A Serious Man is brilliantly comedic, and darkly brilliant. Both overtly religious… Read More Movie Review: Best Picture Nominee A Serious Man (8 of 10)
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