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  • Movie Review: ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is a Howl

    Movie Review: ‘Hotel Transylvania’ is a Howl

    September 28, 2012 at 10:28 pm

    A new animation about vampires is a twisted version of “Twilight,” with a whole bunch of fart jokes. The good news is it doesn’t stink. Dracula, Frankenstein, The Mummy…they all come out in this 3D animation where monsters who have to get away from humans and the horrors of modern life head to Hotel Transylvania. Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) is the head of the house at Hotel Transylvania. And when his daughter Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez) longs for [...]

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  • Trouble with the Curve is a softball right down the middle

    Trouble with the Curve is a softball right down the middle

    September 21, 2012 at 10:22 pm

    Clint Eastwood takes a break from his one man act with an empty chair to play a grouchy old man, now that’s a stretch !? Clint Eastwood plays an aging baseball scout who has a troubling relationship with his daughter Amy Adams in Trouble with the Curve. Eastwood’s eyesight is failing so Adams decides to tag along on what could be his last scouting trip. The conflicts in the movie are many, father-daughter, daughter and her new boyfriend (played by [...]

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  • Resident Evil : Retribution is big on Zombies bad on acting

    Resident Evil : Retribution is big on Zombies bad on acting

    September 14, 2012 at 10:17 pm

    The Resident Evil franchise is back with a fifth movie. There is plenty of action, plenty of zombies, all in 3D. Simply put, it may be the best one yet. The Resident Evil franchise is back with a fifth movie. There is plenty of action, plenty of zombies, all in 3D. Simply put, it may be the best one yet. Milla Jovovich jumps back into her role as Alice; this time she is trapped inside a compound making this a [...]

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  • Movie Review: ‘The Words’ Falls Short

    Movie Review: ‘The Words’ Falls Short

    September 7, 2012 at 10:13 pm

    Bradley Cooper plays a writer who rips off another writer who just happened to be Jeremy Irons. Bad idea? Oh, I think so… Bradley Cooper wants to be a professional writer but he can’t because, well, he’s not good enough. He comes across a transcript form shelved for years, publishes it and tells the world it’s his work when we ALL know it’s not “The Words.” Jeremy Irons plays the writer who actually wrote the book. He confronts Cooper’s character, [...]

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