Note: To order any of the following, click on the movie poster. There is so much animation in theatres these days it’s hard to believe there was ever a slump, but believe it or not, during the eighties, the Disney studios had all but given up the ghost on animation.  Then  in 1989 came […]

 Please Note: To order any of the following films click on the poster. There’s a different tone to Iron Man 3, presumably because of a new director, Shane Black, taking over the directorial duties from Jon Favreau.  There was always a light touch to the fast-paced dialog in the first two films, but here there’s […]

  Note: To order any of the following films, click on the poster. World War Z is based on what many considered a difficult novel by Max Brooks, son of iconic American funny man Mel Brooks.  There were also rumors of trouble on set, studio re-writes and a lot of the dreaded post-production re-shoots, yet […]

  Note: To order any of the following, click on the poster. There’s a problem with the beginning of Star Trek Into Darkness.  It may be spectacular and it may set the tone for conflicts between Kirk and Starfleet plus Kirk and his relationship with Spock, but because of the non-stop action from the moment […]

Note: To order any of the following films, click on the poster. If you were skeptical of the new Baz Luhrmann version of The Great Gatsby, a director not exactly known for displaying a sense of visual restraint, then his extravagant version of the now classic F. Scott Fitzgerald novel may come as a surprise.  […]

Note: To order any of the following releases, click on the poster.  With the exception of his voice work in How to Train Your Dragon, much of Gerard Butler’s recent work has proved to be less than thrilling – a kind way of saying that the last couple of years have been dire – but […]