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Television Movie Review: A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens classic tale follows miser Ebenezer Scrooge as he lives his life soley focused on how much money he makes. Scrooge lives like a pauper despite his wealth. Scrooge’s assistant Bob Cratchit must work with only a few coals for warmth. Scrooge condemns Cratchit’s request for the entire day off on Christmas day, calling [...]

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Movie Review: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Halloweentown’s pumpkin king Jack Skellington does not understand or appreciate Christmas. Jack stumbles upon Christmas Town and is totally taken with the idea of Christmas. Jack is convinced he can do Christmas better than Santa and takes on the daunting challenge of running Christmas. The Nightmare Before Christmas is an original animated Christmas tale from [...]

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Movie Review: Paul

Two British comic-book geeks are traveling to Comic-Con then traveling across the U.S. in a rented rented RV. Sci-fi fans Graeme Willy and Clive Gollings are excited about Comic-Con and hope to sell their comic book creation there. When they travel to Area 51 they encounter an alien who is trying to escape earth their [...]

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Movie Review: The Adjustment Bureau

David Norris is a driven politician whose life revolves around New York politics. When Norris has a chance meeting with ballet dancer Elise Sellas fate seems to change everything. Norris is on the verge of winning a seat in the U.S. Senate when he accidently witnesses unseen forces manipulating events and realizes his life is [...]

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Movie Review: Hereafter

George Lonegan is working at a construction job and trying to leave his past life as a psychic behind. George believes his psychic powers are a curse, not a gift, ruining every good thing that has happened in his life and leaving him an abject loner. A series of events weaves George Lonegan and two [...]

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Movie Review: Where The Wild Things Are

Max is a hyperactive, disobedient little boy who acts wild and ignores his mother’s pleas to behave. Max has a vivid imagination which leads him into trouble on a regular basis. In the movie version when Max disobeys his mother he runs away from home to find a new land filled with ferocious wild creatures [...]

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Movie Preview: Super 8

Release date: June 10, 2011 Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy Director: J.J. Abrams, produced by Steven Spielberg Starring: Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich, Gabriel Basso, Joel Courtney, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills, and Amanda Michalka Super 8 is Sci-Fi thriller about a town whose residents witness strange phenomenon after a train crash. In [...]

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Movie Review: Hot Tub Time Machine

Three high school friends in mid-life crisis are brought together by circumstances and in the process they realize they need to start spending more time together. Adam and his nephew Jacob travel with Adam’s friends Nick and self-destructive Lou to relive their best times from the 80′s at a winter ski resort. The group of [...]

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Movie Review: Alice In Wonderland

Alice In Wonderland is the film adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s well known story. This time Alice is older and making life decisions, many of which she’d like to escape at the moment, including a marriage proposal. Alice succeeds in escaping her problems by falling down the rabbit hole into an other worldly adventure. How magical [...]

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Movie Review: The Lovely Bones

After a young girl is murdered, her family tries to cope with the loss of their daughter and come to terms with the slow progress of apprehending the perpetrator of the crime. The story follows Susie Salmon in the afterlife, where she watches her family and tries to communicate with them as they work through [...]

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