Category: Family
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CPE and Em: Dolphin Tale adds filler to a real story
Dolphin Tale – 2011 Directed by Charles Martin Smith Starring Harry Connick, Jr., Nathan Gamble, Cozi Zuehlsdorff, Ashley Judd, Morgan Freeman, Kris Kristofferson, Jim Fitzpatrick, Winter, Austin Stowell Written by Karen Janszen, Noam Dromi The last time I thought of Charles Martin Smith, he got blasted by a double barrel in an elevator while escorting the accountant witness…
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The Complete Muppet Theatrical Movie Series, Reviewed by Cool Papa E
The Muppet Movie Release Date – June 22, 1979 Directed by James Frawley Starring Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz (The Muppets) Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton Written by Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl Review – The international phenomenon, for the first time on the big screen, would have been an easy film to…
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Cars 2 Looks like Pixar, plays like something less
Cars 2 – 2011 Directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis Written by Ben Queen Starring Owen Wilson, Larry The Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jason Isaacs, Thomas Kretschman, Eddie Izzard, Bruce Campbell, Tony Shaloub Discovering that the next Pixar sequel coming out was to be Cars 2 was disappointing. Finding out that it…
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Monte Carlo: Gomez has fun just slightly off the beaten Disney path
Monte Carlo – 2011 Directed by Thomas Bezucha Starring Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester, Catherine Tate, Andie MacDowell, Pierre Boulanger, Cory Monteith Written by Bezucha, April Blair, Maria Maggenti, based on the novel Headhunters, by Jules Bass Doppelganger. Whenever this is the basis of your film, you can safely adjust your expectations. This is…
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Soul Surfer is an inspirational true story for the family
Soul Surfer – 2011 Directed by Sean McNamara Starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Craig T. Nelson Written by Sean McNamara, Deborah and Douglas Schultz, Michael Berk based on the book by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, Rich Bundschuh Faith-based films have been a force in the movie world for the…
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Rio is a visual feast with a story that appeals to those who haven’t seen it before.
Rio – 2011 Directed by Carlos Saldanha Starring (voice only) Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Jermaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, Tracy Morgan, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am Written by Don Rhymer, Joshua Sternin, Jeffrey Ventimilia, Sam Harper There is a delightful opening scene at the beginning of Rio which is ended promptly by poachers catching…
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If you see one annoying movie this season, take the kids to see The Smurfs
The Smurfs in 3D – 2011 Directed by Raja Gosnell Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mayes, Hank Azaria, Johnathan Winters (v), Katy Perry (v), Anton Yelchin (v), Frank Welker (k), George Lopez (v), Alan Cumming (v), Sofia Vergara, Written by J. David Stern, David N. Weiss, Jay Scherick, David Ronn Neil Patrick Harris is a…
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Cool Papa E Reviews The Chronicles of Narnia Series
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe – 2005 Directed by Andrew Adamson Starring William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Liam Neeson (v), Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Ray Winstone (v), Dawn French (v) Written by Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely Review: Much pressure was applied upon the makers of The Lion,…
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Yogi Bear: Because Dan Ackroyd needs work
Yogi Bear – 2010 Directed by Eric Brevig Starring Dan Ackroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh, J.T. Miller, Andrew Daly, Nate Corddry Written by Brad Copeland, Jeffrey Ventimilia, Joshua Stremin I would be amazed that this movie took 3 writers to create…until you take into account the earlier work of these “Bill” Shakespeares. Stremin…
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Rango: flawless animation, great voice work, recycled story
Rango – 2011 Directed by Gore Verbinski Starring the voices of Johnny Depp, Ned Beatty, Bill Nighy, Isla Fisher, Alfred Molina, Abigal Breslin, Ray Winstone, Stephen Root, Harry Dean Stanton, Timothy Olyphant Written by John Logan Rango starts off with a protagonist acting so strangely, one can’t help wondering if he isn’t more than a…
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