For good, old fashioned comedy with a new twist, Sandra Bullock takes on Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal, a film about the witch of the office suddenly needing help from the person she stomps on the most. Sandra Bullock plays Margaret, a head strong, smart, non-emotional editor/publisher who knows what she wants and when she wants it. Ryan Reynolds plays Margaret’s assistant, Andrew, a man so willing... 

Aussie and Ted’s Great Adventure is supposed to be a cute movie for kids where a dog, Aussie, goes in search of his owner’s favorite toy, a stuffed teddy bear, Ted. While the film is entertaining for kids who, of course, want the dog to succeed, it falls short when it comes to story, characterization, and special effects. It seems to be a sad reality that a lot of children’s films produced today,... 

Valentino: The Last Emperor shadows the famous and revolutionary fashion designer Valentino Garavani who dominated the fashion industry for over 45 years. The documentary follows Valentino and his close entourage for over a year to document the last show of Valentino, a retrospective of his works. Where many designers make low-cut suits and over-the-top outfits which must be converted for retail sales,... 

Growing up, I know I watched Bedknobs and Broomsticks at least half a dozen times. It wasn’t a movie I associate with my early years, but rather one that came around during my early teens. Regardless of when I first saw the Disney creation, I couldn’t help but notice when I sat down to watch the new DVD edition of the film that I could barely remember a single song from the movie. It’s a picture... 

I’d heard from many of my colleagues that Adventureland was grossly mis-represented in the marketing for the movie. Instead of a sophomoric raunch comedy, the movie is more of a coming of age story, with a decent emotional core to it. I didn’t realize the weight of that until I sat down to watch the movie myself and realized just how right those other critics were. Do not approach this movie expecting... 

A couple of years ago it felt like you couldn’t turn around, particularly during Oscar season, without hitting a “war movie,” passing harsh judgment on the administration and making Hollywood’s big players’ opinions on current events pretty visible. It is possible, however, to make a movie about war that carries no judgment about current conflicts, and explores the simple truth of war: people... 

I’ve been playing role-playing games of some sort or another since I was in elementary school. My gaming reached its peak shortly after high school, when I no longer had the restrictions of school weighing down and could spend plenty of time creating stories, characters, and adventures in fictitious worlds. Of course, at that point the Internet was still in a pretty rough form, and the idea of games... 

Twice this year I’ve made the mistake of generalizing a movie unseen; holding a fanatic following against the movie. The first was Sex and the City, which wound up making its way onto my list of 2008’s best movies. The second is Hannah Montana: the Movie, which isn’t going to garner the same acclaim for 2009, but winds up not being as bad as I expected. Now that I’ve actually experienced Hannah... 

Delgo seems to be one of those films that no one really wants to see or anticipates; it just is. Maybe the studio needed to fill a number quota for animated movies for the year. I don’t know, but what I do know is that it is a movie that didn’t need to be made at all. At no point does Delgo feel deeply grounded with any character and it’s probably just by chance that the title of the film is... 

I didn’t watch Dollhouse when the first season aired on TV. I guess I was still feeling burned by the last combination of Joss Whedon and the Fox network, and I didn’t want to get invested in a series that wasn’t long for this world. Surprisingly, Fox renewed the series for a second season, immediately making me interested in catching up with the show. It turns out DVD is a terrible way to introduce...