Star Wars – Memory Lane
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Posted on March 11th, 2009 by
A Long Time Ago (1977).
In a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Irvine, CA).
The theater was dark and kind of scary, but my father’s large presence nearby was comforting. Just 45 minutes before that moment I had been watching the Donny & Marie variety show and waiting for bedtime. My dad took me, not my brother — just me, away from the house. more…
Who Watches Saturday Morning Watchmen?
Posted on March 9th, 2009 by
This has been around a while but I just caught the parody of both 80’s Saturday Morning TV shows (a lost tradition) and the Watchmen (note Rosrchach playing with doggies). Really funny stuff.
Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by
by Steve Fulton
What do they say about “three times” again?
Ricardo Montalban: RIP (late, I know)
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Posted on January 20th, 2009 by
Finally, he’s the King!
Colleen (MomGamer) wrote about how a geek AND a mom perceives PG-13. In Honor of Lord of the Rings: Conquest… kinda… Here’s a Kid Factored review of the greatest Fantasy epic of all time and the only one with a Best Picture Oscar!
Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban
Posted on January 7th, 2009 by
Once Upon A Time, Pro game writer Dave Long wrote a review… I know Mr. Potter only by his film alter ego played with believable teen angst by Daniel Radcliffe. Up to now his cinema adventures struck me as wondrous but yet somehow by the numbers in their production. The first two films are almost televison-like but with bigger budgets and better acting. That’s not to say they aren’t good movies. They are just that, but they didn’t leave me with anything tangible to hold onto after I left. They weren’t memorable movies, they were just kind of there.
Polar Express
Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by
by Cary Woodham. The Polar Express is a family holiday movie about a boy who isn’t sure if Santa is real or not. One Christmas Eve night, a magical passenger train called The Polar Express comes right to his driveway and it’s all aboard to the North Pole where the boy and his newfound friends learn about Santa and the spirit of Christmas.
Spider-Man 2
Posted on December 17th, 2008 by
Whatever a Spider Can!
Few superheroes resonate like Spider-Man does. Superman is the goody-two-shoes Boy Scout, Batman is the dark hero bent on vengeance, Wolverine (from the X-Men) is all attitude and claws, but Spidey occupies a different niche. In the words of a random bystander in Spider-Man 2: “He’s just a kid.” Just a kid. That means he has problems, like any kid. The kind of problems that can’t really be solved by “doing whatever a spider can.”
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Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe
Posted on December 10th, 2008 by
The new one is out on DVD – Prince something or other – so why not revisit my DisneyFamily.com review? Starting… NOW! I used to turn up my nose at Professor Tolkien’s best friend’s works. CS Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia’ looked too kiddy for me. I finally did read it last year and thought to myself: “Good, but clearly better for kids that age.”
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Wall*E
Posted on November 30th, 2008 by
Only Pixar could render a shattered post-apocalyptic New York – with cubes of compacted garbage rivaling the height of the Chrysler Building – beautiful. Wall*E actually exceeds high expectations, it rivals the companies best, it pushes the envelope on CGI animation and cinematic storytelling. It’s an instant masterpeice from a company known for making what amounts to cinematic literature.
Madagascar
Posted on November 26th, 2008 by
Madagascar proves a few theories that have been rattling around in my head. One is that Lemurs secretly like to Rave, and the other is that Dreamworks Pictures makes pretty CGI animated features that are like cotton candy. They melt in your mouth in a sweet and sticky way, but when compared to rival Pixar, they’re ultimately soulless and leave little after-taste. Or maybe a better way of thinking of it is: Dreamworks likes jokes. Pixar likes stories with jokes in them.
