The trailer for The Big Year was very vague, but with a cast including Jack Black, Steve Martin, and Owen Wilson, it didn’t have to be specific – people will go see it just because of these three comedic headliners. Because I went into the film with no expectations whatsoever, I was pleasantly surprised with [...]

Cancer is generally not a funny thing, so making a humorous movie on the subject is a tough proposition. 50/50 presents a few light laughs throughout, however, and tries to tackle a topic that most films deal with only in the saddest of situations.

Anna Faris has been in a lot of good movies over the past few years – I enjoyed her in The House Bunny, for example – but What’s Your Number? makes me wonder if she only did the movie because she needed a paycheck. WYN looked like it was going to be a cute chick [...]

Real Steel just might be the most unique movie of the year. I had decent expectations for it, since it’s a Disney/Dreamworks movie, but the actual film blew those expectations out of the water, and it is one of the most enjoyable movies I have seen in 2011 thus far.

Dolphin Tale was definitely better than I thought it would be, and the interesting thing is that it is based on a true story, parts of which they show footage of at the end of the movie. At some points, though, the movie tries too hard to be “cutesy” and family-friendly.