If the first “Night at the Museum” was weighed down with a cookie-cutter plot involving the stale idea of a single dad desperate to redeem himself in his son’s eyes, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian” has no
Over at Huffington Post, Jim David is positive Adam Lambert’s “American Idol” loss was due to widespread homophobia in America. He pins this charge squarely on the fact that, in his opinion, Lambert is the better singer and therefore should’ve
[youtube ahjPQjQGdbU nolink] — “The world’s in bad shape, Father. Who wouldn’t welcome a savior right now?” Aliens arrive offering “hope” and telling us not to be afraid of “change.” To grab power they set out to manipulate the media
As we enter the fourth week of this summer season, I don’t know about you, but after a pleasant surprise with the unpretentious, proud to be a B-revenger “Wolverine,” each new release has gotten progressively worse. Let’s just hope –
Warning: This post divulges the entire “Angels & Demons” plot. If you haven’t seen the movie and intend to, go no further for there be spoilers… People whose opinions I respect have defended A&D as not being anti-Catholic. This is
With a haul of $16.6 million, “Angels & Demons” nabbed the top spot from “Star Trek” yesterday, but fell short of “The Da Vinci Code’s” $28.6 million Friday debut in May of 2006. Compared to “Spider-Man,” “Pirates of the Caribbean,”
There’s a lot of “It’s better than ‘The Da Vinci Code‘” flying around about director Ron Howard’s “Angels & Demons,” but that’s a lot like saying “It’s smarter than Nancy Pelosi” or “It’s less involved with the Nazis than George
Just below the “Thirtysomething” wing, there’s a corner of Hell where never-ending segments of “60 Minutes” air. Sitting through “Outrage” is probably as close as you can get to that experience. Calling it a “documentary” would be dishonest. What “Outrage”
Let’s just get to where we left off in Part 1. — 5. Star Trek: Generations (1994) – Yes, “Where the hell’s Kirk?” was my mantra through most of the second act, but the Next Generation (TNG) crew got off
J.J. Abrams reboot of the much beloved “Star Trek” franchise is reminiscent of the films that came before, but not the best of them. Like the other odd-numbered disappointments, this entry, number 11, works best when concentrating on character, but
[youtube zzjv-GUEDfg nolink] Hollywood Reporter: If the world could be rendered as simple as “Angels & Demons,” we’d all be living in a less confusing place. Taking to heart the critics’ lament that the first Dan Brown novel-to-film “The Da
With the rebooted “Star Trek” hitting a gajillion theatres at midnight tonight, a good enough excuse has finally arisen to allow for a couple of top 5 posts listing the 10 “Trek” films from worst to best. Okay, I didn’t
Every day it seems as though more and more Americans have been programmed to automatically resent the success of others. Much of this has to do with how effective Democrats and their allies in the media, academia and Hollywood have
A kung-fu flick with fancy wire work is still a kung-fu flick and a revenge flick with CGI is still a revenger . Some may confuse “Wolverine” with a superhero film, but make no mistake, it’s a revenger of the
For something you expect to be a light, fluffy, slightly moronic romantic comedy, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” has an awfully seedy undercurrent to it. The over-arching story might be about the redemption of Conner Meade (Matthew McConaughey), a flashy, Manhattan-based,
Can you remember the last piece of film score that made you want to jump into the screen and join in on the action — that made you want to destroy an arch-villain’s volcano lair or swing into ship full
With “Wolverine” opening this Friday, summer finally, finally arrives. We’ve celebrated the good. We’ve dreaded the bad. Now on to the maybes; those that could fall either way, or just do the minimum by delivering a couple hours of forgettable
The primary attraction to any Andrew Klavan novel is a well-constructed, breathlessly paced story that grabs hold within a paragraph and never lets you go. In this respect, Klavan’s a narcotics dealer, a deliverer of addictive, satisfying escapism created to
Anyone who’s figured out that Global Warming is socialism disguised as nonsense will immediately understand why DisneyNature’s “Earth” was dropped into theatres and aimed at your children on Earth Day. The subtext, as defined by a running subplot involving the
Note: This is the second part of a two-part interview. Part one can be found here. Big Hollywood: Where did the idea for “The Last Thing I Remember” come from? I know there’s an evolution to a good story, well
Big Hollywood: First off, thank you for doing this. When the opportunity to write “The Last Thing I Remember” (available April 28th) came along, you told me about the motivation behind what the publisher and you wanted to do with
[youtube aEdXrfIMdiU nolink] — If present-day Hollywood had their way here are five things you’d never know… 1. That JFK had way more in common with Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush than most of today’s Democrats: By modern standards,
There have been photos zipping across the web of Zac Efron and Leonardo DiCaprio hanging out together — the angle being some sort of passing of the heartthrob torch. Well, that must be all it is because obviously DiCaprio isn’t
Last week was a look at 5 summer films worthy of both ten-bucks and clock watching, next go-round will be those we’re unsure about, but today there’s no doubt a beating’s in store for anyone foolish enough to drop the
