Live-action remakes of beloved animated movies can be a challenge. Thankfully, Canadian director Dean DeBlois’ live-action remake of his animated film gracefully soars above its contemporaries, even if it doesn’t quite reach the same heights.
Jason Gorber stopped by CBC's Metro Morning to give listeners some movie recommendations to get them through this chilly month, like Plane (no, really).
Animation August goes out with a bang as the boys travel to Berk to learn about animal abuse! Join us as we enjoy the visual spectacle that is How To Train Your Dragon, and the very impressive score by John Powell.
Ben and Daniel revisit 300!
Another mid-level, no-strain effort for actor-producer Gerard Butler and a game cast navigating the end of the world.
Find out which movie and which actor Daniel and Pauline discussed during round 8!
Gerard Butler can walk out of the third 'Fallen' film Angel Has Fallen with his head held high. It is a vast improvement over London Has Fallen and should serve as the series finale. Give Mike Banning a break!
London Has Fallen and it can't get up!
This week at the video store we check out new Blu-Rays for recent releases Trance, To the Wonder, Oblivion, and Olympus Has Fallen, and two new Criterion releases for The Devil's Backbone and Lord of the Flies.
Olympus Has Fallen feels like such steroid-fueled action throwback that judged on any conventional level, it would be seen as a bad movie. However, if what you seek is a big stupid night at the movies this sucker will scratch that itch just right.
This week brings out some heavy hitters at the video store including Life of Pi, The Master, Hitchcock, Smashed, Playing for Keeps, This Must be the Place, and A Late Quartet.
Earlier today our head film critic had his faith in movies nearly destroyed by Hansel and Gretel:Witch Hunters, tonight our other main film writer suffers the same nervous breakdown inducing fate fate at the hands of the already infamous Movie 43.
The romantic comedy Playing for Keeps has an excellent first 45 minutes mostly because it isn’t trying to be a standard rom-com. What starts off as a curiously winning mixture of a kids sport’s movie and a racy, adult sex farce, however, gives way somewhat suddenly to become something that’s merely okay and not at all surprising.
Dork Shelf sits down with Playing for Keeps leading man Gerard Butler to talk about working with kids, his great cast, his fading accent, and trying to make a film with soccer as a backdrop in the United States.
Woooooah, brah. Surfing is, like, a metaphor for life and junk.
