Category: Family
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Forgotten Gems: Flipped is Reiner’s sweetly realistic view of young love
Flipped – 2010 Directed by Rob Reiner Starring Maddy Carroll, John Mahoney, Callan McAuliffe, Aidan Quinn, Rebecca DeMornay, Anthony Edwards, Penelope Ann Miller Written by Reiner and Andrew Scheinman based upon the book by Wendelin Van Draanen Rob Reiner has quietly put together one of the greatest directorial resumes of the last 30 years. The style and category…
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Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Roderick Rules and Dog Days
The Diary of A Wimpy Kid – 2010 Directed by Thor Freudenthal Starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, Devon Bostick, Connor and Owen Fielding, Chloë Grace Moretz, Grayson Russell, Laine MacNeil, Karen Brar Written by Jackie & Jeff Filgo, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah based on the book by Jeff Kinney I bought the…
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Gulliver’s Travels aspires to appease the little people
Gulliver’s Travels – 2010 Directed by Robert Letterman Starring Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Billy Connolly, Catherine Tate, T.J. Miller, Chris O’Dowd Written by Joe Stillman, Nicolas Stoller based on the book by Jonathan Swift The first question one must ask when watching a movie such as Gulliver’s Travels, is who did…
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Kung Fu Panda 2 joins the Mt. Rushmore of animated features
Kung Fu Panda 2 – 2011 Directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson Featuring the voices of Jack Black, Seth Rogen, Angelia Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Oldman, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu, David Cross, Michelle Yeoh, Danny McBride, Dennis Haysbert, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Victor Garber, James Hong Written by Jonathan Aibel, Glen Berger The original Kung Fu Panda…
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Gnomeo and Juliet: For those of you who want to introduce your kids to Shakespeare through old Elton John songs
Gnomeo and Juliet – 2011 Directed by Kell Asbury Featuring the voices of James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Michael Caine, Jason Statham, Ozzy Osborne, Maggie Smith, Patrick Stewart, Ashley Jensen, Julie Walters, Richard Wilson Written by John R. Smith, Richard Sprackling Now for the something I never wanted to see category: a film about Gnomes with…
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I Am Number Four takes it self seriously, but is fun
I Am Number Four – 2011 Directed by D.J. Caruso Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAullife, Kevin Durand Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon, based on I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Jobie Hughes and James Frey) The name James Frey is a fount of controversy ever since…
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Hubble shows man’s willingness to “…boldly go…”
Hubble – 2010 Written and Directed by Toni Myers Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio “It’s like performing brain surgery with oven mitts.” That’s the description used to describe the task ahead of them. Hubble telescope, launched into space in 1990, was in need of one last repair. The fantastic telescope has performed well since finally being…
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The King’s Speech is quiet, humble and dignified
The King’s Speech – 2010 Directed by Tom Hooper Starring Colin Firth, Geoffery Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon Written by David Seidler First thing’s first: The King’s Speech is a great film. It was not, however, the best film of last year. That movie was Inception.…
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Tangled starts a new era of golden classics
Tangled – 2010 Directed by Nathan Grano, Byron Howard Starring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman Written by Dan Fogelman, based on the story “Rapunzel” by The Brothers Grimm When I first heard about the Disney update of “Rapunzel” being the first classic redone digitally, like all the…
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You Again is sometimes good and sometimes…Disney
You Again – 2010 Directed by – Andy Fickman Starring – Kristin Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, Betty White, Victor Garber, Cloris Leachman Screenplay by – Mo Jelline You again was unnecessarily slaughtered upon its release in September, and I am not entirely sure why. This was not an award-winning film by…
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