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Posted by JonBoy on Mar 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

Breathe a sigh of relief, TOY STORY 3 is going to be great

The 3rd and presumably final chapter in the Toy Story trilogy isn’t set to hit our theatres till June, however those who were lucky enough to attend the Showest Film Festival in Las Vegas don’t have to wait any longer. Director Lee Unkrich was at the festival to screen a still-in-development version of the film.  A lot of the animation was not finished and the score was still temp music. The basics of the...
Posted by JonBoy on Mar 3rd, 2010 | View Comments

WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY promises to shed light on unsung Disney heroes.

If you asked a group of people in their twenties what films come to mind when you hear the word “Disney”, you’d most likely get responses along the line of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. These films have managed to stand the test of time with all of them having reached, or nearing, their 20th anniversaries (how old does that make you feel?).  But what is...
Posted by JonBoy on Feb 24th, 2010 | View Comments

UP secures both Best Animated Film and Best Picture nominations and it totally deserves it.

[Writer's note:  This review was originally written when Up was in theatrical release and my thoughts on it haven’t changed since then.  I’m thrilled to see it nominated for both best animated feature and best picture at the Academy awards.  When reading over this, I found it funny that I compared it to District 9 and Inglourious Basterds in quality, both of which have also been nominated for best...
Posted by JonBoy on Feb 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

A personal reflection on M.NIGHT SHYAMALAN

Remember the first time you watched The Sixth Sense? Perhaps you were lucky enough to not know the ending upon your first viewing – making the twist all the more powerful. I remember hearing about the film long before I saw it, there was always someone at school talking about how they went with their older brother and it scared the shit out of them. ‘The ending is amazing’ was a phrase I found myself...
Posted by JonBoy on Jan 23rd, 2010 | View Comments

Spike Jonze’s I’M HERE looks amazing… but so did WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE.

The trailer for Spike Jonze’s next film has surfaced. It’s a 30 minute short film, sponsored by Absolut Vodka, titled I’m Here. A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to a the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that...
Posted by mrthinker on Nov 15th, 2009 | View Comments

They’ll keep making trash as long as we keep buying it– and we do

The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week had this interesting tidbit: “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” has stormed into the No. 1 position on the national DVD sales charts. The action film scored a whopping first-week North American sales tally of 3.8 million discs, 500,000 of them on Blu-ray, during the week ended November 8. Some of those units wound up in as rental items, but the majority were sold...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Nov 12th, 2009 | View Comments

Looking Forward To: DATE NIGHT

Yeah, I admit it. As a married man and father of two kidletts, movies like Date Night are aimed to appeal to the ‘I could care less’ movie goer in me, and this one seems to be right on the money. Sometimes you don’t need art in your movies– you just want appealing and guaranteed entertainment no matter how obvious and rehashed it might be. Let’s do the list: Steve Carell?...
Posted by mrthinker on Nov 11th, 2009 | View Comments

UP IN THE AIR new trailer to keep you high

Who would have thought that dude from ER would be the Frank Sinatra of our generation? (Without the singing). George Clooney is box office gold at the moment. One of his new films, Up In The Air, directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, Thank You For Smoking) has been making a big splash online after it played at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. There’s even thought it could make a play at the...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Nov 11th, 2009 | View Comments

They make it so easy to NOT take it seriously

People are fucking stupid– if this hilarious list of nominations for the upcoming 2010 People’s Choice Awards are anything to go by. Something about them just screams tacky and pointless. What frustrates most is the inconsistency (if I may indulge in TV for a moment); Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin are nominated for their 30 Rock performances… yet 30 Rock misses out on a TV Comedy nomination. I...
Posted by Jason Stringer on Sep 15th, 2009 | View Comments

Looking Forward To: ANTICHRIST

This kickass trailer for Antichrist promises style and tension. Getting rave reviews right now, I’m thoroughly looking forward to...
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