Although comic book genius, trillionaire, and part time actor Stan Lee is now 92, he refuses to slow down. If you add up the gross box office results of all of the Marvel films he has appeared in, he now is the biggest box office actor of all time. Despite this, when you see Stan … Read more
I have been a big fan of this series since its inception. It did well its first year, picked up steam in its second, and is now becoming a worldwide hit. As well it should. The characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle have undergone an update into the 21st century, and the show’s success … Read more
Singing, dancing, jokes, puns, cameos, action and excitement. All of these things are awaiting you, and as many as kids you can handle, in a film that will probably be the major Oscar winner for 2014. Not an Academy Award Oscar, but an Oscar the Grouch winner. Why? Because most of the film’s performers are … Read more
The original title of this documentary was to be “Lance Armstrong: The Road Back.” It had to be changed. LA was an American Hero and one of the most famous and celebrated athletes on the planet, who survived testicular cancer, which morphed into lung cancer and ultimately, turned into a brain tumor. This involved surgery … Read more
Based on the Rocky and Bullwinkle series, Mr. Peabody and Sherman make it to the big screen via computer generated images. And they are off on an exciting adventure. It involves jokes, time travel, more jokes, pathos, even more jokes, action sequences, yet more jokes, historical characters, and did I mention, some pretty good jokes. … Read more
Somehow Liam Neeson, now 61, has become a senior citizen action star. He is probably headed for The Expendables series, where older action stars go to make money and shoot short parts of sequences before yelling “stuntman!” In Non-Stop he plays an aging Air Marshall who drinks before, during and probably after the job. “After” … Read more
I love a bargain. Finding great films on Blu-ray, like Romancing the Stone (1984) at $5 or less is a wonder of modern shopping. I also enjoy travel movies and have recommended quite a few. Recently I picked up what appeared to be, at least from a packaging point of view, a real bargain. I … Read more
Lee Daniels’ The Butler opened last August. It is a performance-driven drama. It is, not, however an Oscar contender. August: Osage County was made last year, but in some places didn’t open until January 10. It is also performance-driven drama. It has one Oscar nomination. Why am I talking about these films together? Because they … Read more
Moviemakers trot out the subject of American slavery, and the always appalling mistreatment of one group of people by another, approximately every 12 years. So it’s that time again. One example of this theme is the landmark TV series Roots in 1977. Steven Spielberg returned to this theme with Amistad in 1997. Now, 12 Years … Read more
The late Tom Clancy created the fictional character Jack Ryan, who first appeared in the 1984 novel, The Hunt for Red October, which was made into a movie in 1990. Alec Baldwin played the title character, but was over shadowed by his co-star Sean Connery as the Russian submarine commander. Two more Jack Ryan movies … Read more