It’s a tale as old as time (or as old as 1991, anyway): Beauty and the Beast, now back on the big screen in Disney Digital 3D. I used to own the film on VHS (and here’s where I lose the young ones …), but I hadn’t seen Beauty and the Beast in quite some [...]

I saw the trailer for Joyful Noise a few days before seeing the film, and I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from the movie. I’m not a huge fan of gospel music, but I do like Queen Latifah, and it seemed that she and Dolly Parton would make a good pair. The movie, armed [...]

There has been lots of buzz that Young Adult could be a “dark horse” Oscar contender, and I was interested to see it, especially at an early screening. I generally like director Jason Reitman’s movies a lot (Juno, Up in the Air, Thank You for Smoking, etc.), and he worked with writer Diablo Cody on [...]

A Game of Shadows is the sequel to the 2009 Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. Although the new film features a lot of action sequences and intrigue, I still prefer the first Sherlock Holmes movie, and you must watch the first film before the second in order to understand the characters and [...]

New Year’s Eve is the newest film by director Garry Marshall, and is sort of a follow-up to last year’s Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately, even though the formula was basically the same, NYE’s script was not half as good as its predecessor’s. On top of that, the movie is far too long, clocking in at 117 [...]