Disney’s gotten a bad reputation for taking their old classics and remaking them with a contemporary spin. To be honest, it’s a solidly deserved reputation. You just can’t take classics like The Shaggy Dog or The Nutty Professor and do want with them, hoping fans of the original will accept how they’ve been reimagined for a new audience. The studio manages to break away from that well-earned... 

We’ve had quite the rash of road trip comedies lately. Unlike the Road To movies of Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, the new movies seem to try to be as offensive and bizarre as possible. Miss March doesn’t really break any new ground in this area, but provides an entertaining, albeit low-brow story with an unexpected cute twist. At its center, Miss March is a buddy road trip between two friends –... 

It’s almost impossible to explain The Mighty Boosh in words. Even the press releases, which are designed to elicit excitement from us who receive them, don’t come close to describing the show. Part of the reason for this is that the show changes its focus every series and its plot with every episode. Even the main characters change over the course of the show, eluding description. The closest I... 

In this world of computer animation, I think most people forget about stop-motion animation. After all, why spend all that time hand creating a movie frame-by-frame when you can have a computer do it for you? The list of successful stop-motion movies is pretty short. They’re time intensive, costly, and lack the smooth quality of CG animation. Director Henry Selick already proved once how successful... 

When I heard that Robot Chicken was taking another stab at Star Wars, I have to admit I felt a tad bit hesitant. The first Robot Chicken: Star Wars special was pretty funny, although a few of the skits were reused from the regular series. Was there really enough material for another Robot Chicken special? The answer is an undeniable yes, as Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode II provides even better laughs... 

With the horror genre overwhelmed by torture porn entries in the past few years, I’ve cautiously steered away any movie that involves the abduction of a character and their subsequent captivity. I just have no interest in seeing that sort of thing on the movie screen, no matter how satisfying their revenge once they finally get free (assuming they do). Thankfully, The Betrayed doesn’t fall into... 

There really isn’t any artistic merit for a movie like 12 Rounds. It’s just one of those movies that’s put out there, as I am repeatedly reminded when I review something like a Michael Bay picture, to entertain. In that capacity, 12 Rounds does exactly what it’s supposed to do: it entertains the audience, with an old fashioned “Simon Says” game between cop and criminal reminiscent of the... 

It feels like I’ve been waiting to see Fanboys almost as long as the characters within the movie waited to see Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The tribute to fandom and Star Wars suffered delays, setbacks, threats of re-edits, and a limited theatrical release that didn’t come anywhere near me. Finally the DVD release is here and, while the movie is definitely flawed, I can say I think... 

In 2001, Donnie Darko surprised audiences with a surreal story of a troubled teenager whose world wasn’t quite what it seemed. Despite critical acclaim, the movie became more of a cult classic, slowly building an audience on DVD. A follow-up director’s cut showed that even the movie’s director, Richard Kelly, may not have understood what he created with the initial movie, watering down many...