Movie Review: THE WAR WITH GRANDPA Starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, Oakes Fegley
At first glance, The War With Grandpa looks like nothing more than a cash-grab, generic comedy that will introduce a new generation of movie-goers to the legendary Robert De Niro and a few of his friends. At first glance, you wouldn’t be wrong, but the movie is not all that bad if you give it […]
Tim’s Weekly Top Five – “Bad Ass Chicks in Film”
This week sees the release of Salt starring Angelina Jolie in her first film since Wanted. I can’t wait to see this film for three reasons. 1. It is directed by Phillip Noyce who also directed The Saint starring Val Kilmer. 2. Kurt Wimmer wrote the screenplay who also wrote and directed one of my […]
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson has the unfortunate pleasure of being compared to Harry Potter. The coincidences are many. They are both different takes of the monomyth or the hero’s journey that takes place in so many other stories such as Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and The Matrix. Complicating matters for the new Percy Jackson films […]