Robot Chicken is the completely irreverent and irrelovent television show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim. It usues a stop-motion animation to create some of the wackiest “skits”. Created by Seth Green and Matthew Cenreich, the show also has a weird twist: they use toys! Last year, George Lucas allowed the mad geniuses of Chicken to create [...]
Absolute KAOS:Review for “Get Smart’s Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control” DVD
One of my favorite summer films so far is Get Smart. It’s funny, action packed, and all together great. With great acting from Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, and Alan Alda, it’s probably the funniest film this summer that not only you, but your kids can also enjoy. In a couple scenes, Masi Oka [...]
Take One: A Weekly Opinion: Audio Commentaries
This week, I am introducing a new kind of post called “Take One”. Today, I am discussing audio commentaries that are featured on DVDs. Some audio commentaries I like; the ones that are made by intelligent sounding filmmakers and actors. Like the one provided on Across the Universe, which had director Julie Taymore and music [...]
“Dark” Victory: Review for “The Dark Knight”
Personally, I don’t care for comic book films. I didn’t rush to the theater to see Spider-Man, Iron Man, Superman, or any other Man. I did see them, but I didn’t hype them anymore then they already had. I think films in that genre tend to be too formulaic. But I think this film kind [...]
“List”-less Andventure: Review for “The Bucket List”
A billionaire and a mechanic become roommates when both become cancer stricken. During the time spent together in the room, the two become warm friends. The billionaire is played by Jack Nicholson; the mechanic is played by Morgan Freeman. When Carter (Freeman) makes a theoretical “bucket list” (list of things you want to do before [...]
Super-Zero: Review for “Hancock”
Will Smith is a very versatile actor, something which most definitely was shown in the 2006 drama The Pursuit of Happyness. He has become a secret agent/X-Files character (Men in Black), a Bad Boy cop, and an anchor of his own television show (The Fresh Prince of Belle Air).And now he is playing a super [...]
Global Warming: Review for “WALL-E”
WALL-E is the newest film from the PIXAR family film collection, one of the most successful companies in family films in the world. They brought toys alive in Toy Story, made super heroes human in The Incredibles, and made a rat’s dream a reality in last year’s Best Animated Feature Oscar winner, Ratatouile. With each [...]
“Bond. James Bond.”: The New Teaser Trailer
Here is the brand new teaser trailer fo rthe new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, opening in theaters on November 7. The title is taken from a short story in the anthology For Your Eyes Only by Ian Fleming. Daniel Craig will reprise his role as 007. His first appearence as the secret agent [...]
