Talking to the animals and having them respond back. This movie is surprisingly convincing in making you think it is possible. Dr. Dolittle (Downey) has been holed up in his house, not doing much of anything but talking to his animals after he lost his love Lili on her adventure at sea. He lives with these creatures, and […]
The SXSW fan boys have done it again, blown a mediocre movie out of proportion, due to whatever substance or natural high they take before watching movies at the party movie festival. Fact is, Pet Sematary was never a very good story. Most Stephen King works have proved quite difficult to adapt into movie form
Show Dogs, directed by Raja Gosnell and written by Max Botkin and Marc Hyman, is one of the rare animated films that will appeal to children and adults equally. There is a little pandering to adults in the romantic theme, and to children in a fart joke; but for the most part, the film models good
Another movie where highest paid “actor” Dwayne Johnson saves the world. “Rampage” is also the second video game adaptation we’ve seen this year. Director Brad Peyton and Johnson have become a team delivering spectacle film “Journey 2” and “San Andreas” (the sequel to that one coming soon). “Rampage” feels like a cross section of different
Come take a leisurely stroll over the scenic Chinese countryside in the greatest of comfort—unlike that for the filming crew which lugged their equipment, trudging up and down mountains in all kinds of weather to allow us this indulgence. Disneynature’s Born in China, expertly directed by Chuan Lu and grandly photographed by six artists (Irmin
Well, I found it! No, not the best film of the year, but the yearly pre-award season movie I get excited for, based on an impeccable trailer and cast (that Sigur Rós music sealed the deal). Like “Suffragette” in 2015, “A Light Between Oceans” last year, “The Zookeeper’s Wife” takes this year’s award for advertising
Swedish director Lasse Hallström has made a career out of hit or miss feature films. One minute he has delivered Golden Globe nominated Salmon “Fishing in the Yemen”, an international romantic comedy. The next he is adapting Nicholas Sparks’s sappy “Dear John” starring Channing Tatum. “A Dog’s Purpose” is the movie version of internet click
This nWave animated production comes from Belgium, but the language for U.S. release is in English. Directors are Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen. It’s basically an extended cartoon, with endless chases and miraculous last-minute saves. There are some implied messages, but these will likely go over preschool children’s heads, the audience for which I think