Movie Blog For Kids

Top 10 Movies In Canada

2011-09-06T13:59:00.001-07:00

1. The Help

Total gross: $118.6M

2. The Debt

Total gross: $11.58M

3. Apoll0 18

Total gross: $8.7M

4. Shark Night

Total gross: $8.64M

5. Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes

Total gross: $160.02M

6. Colombiana

Total gross: $21.96M

7. Our Idiot Brother

Total gross: $15.42M

8. Don't Be Afraid Of the Dark

Total gross: $16.38M

9. Spy Kids: All the Time In the World

Total gross: $29.04M

10. The Smurfs

Total gross: $131.5M

2011-09-01T14:33:00.000-07:00

The Smurfs

* (out of four)

Starring Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria and Sofia Vergara. Directed by Raja Gosnell. Approximately 102 minutes. Playing at major theaters. Rated G.

``The Smurfs'' is a terrible movie. There are hardly any laughs in the film and when the movie tries to be sweet and touching, it just comes across as corny. If you are a fan of the Smurfs, you will probably enjoy this movie. Little kids might enjoy it, too, because of the puns and Hank Azaria getting injured, but if you aren't a little kid who enjoys puns and Hank Azaria getting injured or a fan of the Smurfs, don't see this movie.

Here's what happens in the film. These little blue creatures called Smurfs live in a secret location in a forest with mushrooms for houses. The evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) wants to capture the Smurfs so he can extract their essence to make him invincible. When Gargamel attacks the Smurfs, the Smurfs Clumsy (voiced by Anton Yelchin), Grouchy (voiced by George Lopez), Papa (voiced by Jonathan Winters), Smurfette (voiced by Katy Perry), Brainy (voiced by Fred Armisen) and Gutsy (voiced by Alan Cumming) run away and fall through a magical portal that lands them in New York City. When they land there, they end up living with a couple (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) who are expecting a child. Meanwhile, Gargamel and his cat Azrael (voiced by Frank Welker) go through the portal and try to catch the Smurfs.

I said earlier in the review that little kids or fans of the little blue creatures might enjoy this movie. They probably will. But if you aren't a little kid or a fan of the Smurfs, I suggest that you skip this movie.

Top 10 Movies In Canada

2011-08-30T20:01:00.001-07:00

1. The Help

Total gross: $96.83M

2. Colombiana

Total gross: $10.41M

3. Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes

Total gross: $148.67M

4. Don't Be Afraid Of the Dark

Total gross: $8.53M

5. Our Idiot Brother

Total gross: $7.01M

6. Spy Kids: All the Time In the World

Total gross: $21.99M

7. The Smurfs

Total gross: $125.95M

8. Conan the Barbarian

Total gross: $16.66M

9. Crazy, Stupid Love

Total gross: $69.73M

10. Fright Night

Total gross: $14.28M

Winnie the Pooh review

2011-08-26T17:00:00.000-07:00

Winnie the Pooh

*** (out of four)

Includes the voices of Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Craig Ferguson and John Cleese. Directed by Stephen J. Anderson and Don Hall. Approximately 63 minutes. Playing in some theaters. Rated G.

``Winnie the Pooh is a joyful and visually stunning animated film. It's also got a brisk running time of 63 minutes. It's good fun for the whole family.

Adapted from the popular children's books by A.A. Milne, the story in ``Winnie the Pooh'' involves Winnie the Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings), Rabbit (voiced by Tom Kenny), Owl (voiced by Craig Ferguson), Piglet (voiced by Travis Oates), Roo (voiced by Wyatt Dean Hall), Kanga (voiced by Kristen Anderson-Lopez) and Tigger (also voiced by Jim Cummings) trying to find a new tail for the depressed donkey Eeyore (voiced by Bud Luckley). They also try and catch the Backson, a creature who they think kidnapped their friend Christopher Robin (Jack Boutler).

I would like to say again that this is a visually stunning film. The hand-drawn animation looks fantastic. It's also a funny movie.

If you have read my review and think that this sounds like a good movie, I would advise you not to watch the trailer. It's not a very good trailer and it might make you not want to see this movie. However, it's your decision.

Spy Kids: All the Time In the World review

2011-08-23T06:25:00.002-07:00

Spy Kids: All the Time In the World

** (out of four)

Starring Jessica Alba, Joel Mchale, Mason Cook, Jeremy Piven and Rowan Blanchard. Directed by Robert Rodriguez. Approximately 89 minutes. Playing at major theaters. Rated PG.

It's been 8 years since the last installment in the Spy Kids movie series, written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Now, in 2011, the fourth Spy Kids movie, ``Spy Kids: All the Time In the World'' has been released. Not only is it being shown in 3D, Scratch-and-Sniff cards are being given out to those who see the movie.

I didn't see ``Spy Kids: All the Time In the World'' in 3D. When I saw it, I was given a Scratch-and-Sniff card, but I didn't use it. I think it's a stupid sounding concept, but some might like it.

In the movie, retired spy Marissa Cortez Wilson (Jessica Alba) is trying to live a normal life with her husband (Joel Mchale), her two step-kids (Rowan Blanchard and Mason Cook) and her baby. However, Marissa is forced to get back into the spy game to stop the evil Timekeeper who is trying to steal time from the whole world. Also helping to try and stop the Timekeeper are Marissa's step-kids.

``Spy Kids: All the Time In the World'' isn't a very good movie. A lot of jokes don't work and it gets mushy and stupid when the movie tries to explain the importance of family time. I mean, I know family time is important, but the movie did a bad job of explaining it in my opinion.

Still, I am giving the movie two stars because the special effects in the movie are cool in a silly and fun sort of way. Also, I did laugh at a couple of the lines delivered from Ricky Gervais voicing a talking robot dog named Argonaut. Also, little kids might like it because when I went to see it, little kids were laughing. However, if you're not a little kid, you probably won't like this movie.

Top 10 Movies In Canada

2011-08-23T06:25:00.001-07:00

1. The Help

Total gross: $71.8M

2. Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes

Total gross: $133.76M

3. Spy Kids: All the Time In the World

Total gross: $12.02M

4. Conan the Barbarian

Total gross: $10.0M

5. Fright Night

Total gross: $8.3M

6. The Smurfs

Total gross: $117.74M

7. Final Destination 5

Total gross: $32.33M

8. 30 Minutes Or Less

Total gross: $25.76M

9. One Day

Total gross: $5.13M

10. Crazy, Stupid, Love

Total gross: $64.42

Top 10 Movies In Canada

2011-08-16T09:46:00.001-07:00

1. Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes

Total gross: $105.21M

2. The Help

Total gross: $35.92M

3. Final Destination 5

Total gross: $18.03M

4. The Smurfs

Total gross: $101.78M

5. 30 Minutes Or Less

Total gross: $13.33M

6. Cowboys & Aliens

Total gross: $81.67M

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Total gross: $357.34M

8. Captain America: The First Avenger

Total gross: $156.97M

9. Crazy, Stupid, Love

Total gross: $55.53M

10. The Change-Up

Total gross: $25.84M

Top 10 Movies In Canada

2011-08-09T13:49:00.001-07:00

1. Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes

Total gross: $54.0M

2. The Smurfs

Total gross: $76.2M

3. Cowboys & Aliens

Total gross: $67.37M

4. The Change-Up

Total gross: $13.5M

5. Captain America: The First Avenger

Total gross: $143.18M

6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Total gross: $342.8M

7. Crazy, Stupid, Love

Total gross: $42.19M

8. Friends With Benefits

Total gross: $48.54M

9. Horrible Bosses

Total gross: $105.16M

10. Transformers: Dark Of the Moon

Total gross: $344.17M

Top 10 Movies In Canada

2011-08-01T10:54:00.001-07:00

1. Cowboys & Aliens

Total gross: $36.21M

2. The Smurfs

Total gross: $36.21M

3. Captain America: The First Avenger

Total gross: $116.77M

4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Total gross: $318.46M

5. Crazy, Stupid, Love

Total gross: $19.3M

6. Friends With Benefits

Total gross: $38.2M

7. Horrible Bosses

Total gross: $96.2M

8. Transformers: Dark Of the Moon

Total gross: $337.89M

9. Zookeeper

Total gross: $68.73M

10. Cars 2

Total gross: $182.07M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Weekend Of July 15th, 2011)

2011-07-18T10:30:00.000-07:00

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Total gross: $168.55M

2. Transformers: Dark Of the Moon

Total gross: $302.8M

3. Horrible Bosses

Total gross: $60.0M

4. Zookeeper

Total gross: $42.35M

5. Cars 2

Total gross: $165.33M

6. Winnie the Pooh

Total gross: $8.0M

7. Bad Teacher

Total gross: $88.51M

8. Larry Crowne

Total gross: $31.63M

9. Super 8

Total gross: $122.24M

10. Midnight In Paris

Total gross: $41.79M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Weekend Of July 8th, 2011)

2011-07-11T09:29:00.001-07:00

1. Transformers: Dark Of the Moon

Total gross: $261.0M

2. Horrible Bosses

Total gross: $28.11M

3. Zookeeper

Total gross: $21.0M

4. Cars 2

Total gross: $148.83M

5. Bad Teacher

Total gross: $78.76M

6. Larry Crowne

Total gross: $26.53M

7. Super 8

Total gross: $118.06M

8. Monte Carlo

Total gross: $16.12M

9. Green Lantern

Total gross: $109.71M

10. Mr. Popper's Penguins

Total gross: $57.75M

There are some chuckles, but that's not enough to save the movie

2011-07-09T07:53:00.000-07:00

Zookeeper:

** (out of four)

Starring Kevin James, Leslie Bibb, Rosario Dawson, Donnie Wahlberg and Ken Jeong. Includes the voices of Nick Nolte, Sylvester Stallone, Cher, Adam Sandler, Judd Appatow, Jon Favreau, Don Rickles and Maya Rudolph. Directed by Frank Coraci. Approximately 101 minutes. Playing at major theaters. Rated G.

Back in 2009, Kevin James, the star of the hit TV show ``King Of Queens'', made a movie called ``Paul Blart: Mall Cop''. It was about a single dad who is a mall cop and tries to take out some robbers who have come into the mall. It was not a work of art, but it was a lot of fun to watch. Also, Kevin James is such a likable actor.

Now, it's 2011 and he has another starring role in a comedy called ``Zookeeper''. He plays Griffin Keyes, a zookeeper who 5 years earlier was dumped by his girlfriend Stephanie (Leslie Bibb) after he proposed to her because she didn't like his job. Now, Stephanie has come back and is showing signs of wanting to get back together with Griffin. Griffin decides that he should quit his job at the zoo and get a job working at his brother's car dealership so he can win back Stephanie.

However, the animals at the zoo don't want Griffin to leave. They think he's a great zookeeper and they decide that they will help him get the girl. Now, you're probably wondering how they would be able to help him get the girl because they are animals. Well, that's a great question. See, these animals can talk. They also have celebrity voices (eg. Sylvester Stallone as a lion, Cher as a lioness, Judd Appatow as an elephant, Adam Sandler as a monkey, etc.).

I have to admit that I was disappointed by this movie. I was expecting this to be a really funny movie. I wasn't expecting art, but I wanted some decent laughs. When I went to see this, though, all I got were some chuckles and that's not enough for me to recommend this movie. Also, at one point, Griffin becomes a big jerk so he can win Stephanie over. It wasn't fun to watch. Also, you know that when Griffin goes to a wedding with a co-worker named Kate (Rosario Dawson) so Stephanie will be jealous and want Griffin back, you know Griffin will end up with the other woman. Plus, there is a character who works with reptiles named Venom (Ken Jeong) who is supposed to be funny. However, I just found him to be creepy.

When I went to see this movie, there were kids there that were laughing out loud at some of the jokes, so I think that kids will really like this, but I don't think the adults taking the kids will have a great time.

Monte Carlo review

2011-07-04T12:53:00.000-07:00

Monte Carlo

*** (out of four)

Starring Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, Katie Cassidy, Cory Monteith, Luke Bracey and Pierre Boulanger. Directed by Tom Bezucha. Approximately 109 minutes. Playing at major theaters. Rated G.

``Monte Carlo'' is an entertaining comedy geared towards tween girls. I think that this is the perfect movie for its target audience. It's romantic, funny and it's got Selena Gomez.

It tells the story of three girls named Meg (Leighton Meester), Grace (Selena Gomez) and Emma (Katie Cassidy) who go on a trip to Paris for a tour. The tour sucks and one day, when seeing the Eifel Tower during the tour, they are left behind by the tour bus. The girls go inside a hotel and Grace is mistaken for a British heiress (played also by Selena Gomez). So, the girls live the good life for a few days (eg. living in a fancy hotel room, going to fancy balls, etc.).

``Monte Carlo'' is a predictable, simple comedy with romance. If you are not a fan of Selena Gomez, romance, predictable plots or comedy, you will hate ``Monte Carlo''. However, if you are a tween girl who loves Selena Gomez, romance, comedy and don't mind predictable plots, ``Monte Carlo'' is the movie for you.

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Weekend Of July 1st, 2011)

2011-07-04T10:15:00.000-07:00

1. Transformers: Dark Of the Moon

Total gross: $162.13M

2. Cars 2: $116.04M

3. Bad Teacher

Total gross: $59.55M

4. Larry Crowne

Total gross: $13.01M

5. Monte Carlo

Total gross: $7.6M

6. Super 8

Total gross: $108.04M

7. Green Lantern

Total gross: $101.96M

8. Mr. Popper's Penguins

Total gross: $50.12M

9. Bridesmaids

Total gross: $152.9M

10. Midnight In Paris

Total gross: $33.64M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Weekend Of June 24th, 2011)

2011-06-27T19:01:00.001-07:00

1. Cars 2

Total gross: $68.0M

2. Bad Teacher

Total gross: $31.0M

3. Green Lantern

Total gross: $89.31M

4. Super 8

Total gross: $95.19M

5. Mr. Popper's Penguins

Total gross: $39.45M

6. X-Men: First Class

Total gross: $132.81M

7. The Hangover: Part II

Total gross: $243.94M

8. Bridesmaids

Total gross: $146.66M

9. Pirates Of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Total gross: $229.06M

10. Midnight In Paris

Total gross: $28.58M

Cars 2 movie review

2011-06-27T08:33:00.000-07:00

Cars 2:

*** (out of four)

Voices include Owen Wilson, Larry the

Cable Guy, Emily Mortimer, Michael

Caine, Eddie Izzard and John Turturro.

Directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis.

Approximately 113 minutes. Playing at major

theaters. Rated G.

In 2006, an animated feature film from Pixar called ``Cars'' was released. I never saw it for some reason. I think it was because I didn't want to see it.

Well, it's now 2011 and I want to see it. I have seen the sequel, ``Cars 2'', which did not get very good reviews. I didn't want to see ``Cars 2'' right away. I thought that I should wait and see the first film so I could understand the second film. However, I had not seen a movie in a bit and I really wanted to see one, so I decided to go see ``Cars 2''. I mean, it couldn't be that hard to understand.

Fortunately, I was right. It was easy to understand. Here's the story: In the beginning of the movie, a spy named Finn Macmissile (Michael Caine) is checking out an oil platform with a bunch of evil cars and he takes some photos of a special camera they have. He gets involved in a chase with the evil cars when he is caught, but he escapes.

Meanwhile, in the fictional town of Radiator Springs, Tow Mater (Larry the Cable Guy) is waiting for his best buddy, Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), to come visit Radiator Springs. When Lightning arrives, Mater is so excited and he does some crazy things with Lightning such as riding on railroad tracks. However, at the end of the day, Lightning tells Mater that he is going on a date with Sally (Bonnie Hunt) and that he will spend the whole day with Mater tomorrow. Mater is crushed and pretends to be a waiter at the restaurant Lightning and Sally go to.

While there, Mater sees an interview about a World Grand Prix run by Miles Axlerod. The purpose of the race is to promote his renewable car fuel Allinol. He sees one of the contestants in the race, Francesco Bernoulli, and he starts saying he's faster than Lightning McQueen. Out of anger, Mater calls in and tells Francesco that Lightning is faster than him. Lightning happens to come in at this point and he decides to compete in the World Grand Prix.

Sally suggests that Lightning should take Mater along, since he sort of made him a contestant in the World Grand Prix. So, Lightning takes Mater along with him, but he quickly regrets it because Mater starts embarrassing him (eg. mistaking wasabi for pistachio ice cream and screaming). When Mater goes to the bathroom, he is mistaken for being a spy by another spy and Finn Macmissile and another agent Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer) think he's a spy also. So, they take him away and tell him that someone is going to sabotage the World Grand Prix and they need Mater's help.

This movie does not live up to the high standards of greater Pixar films like ``Toy Story 3'' or ``Up'', but it's still pretty good. I thought that Larry the Cable Guy was funny as Tow Mater, the story was almost never boring and there is a good moral spoken after Lightning gets angry at Mater for messing him up in a race: ``No fight is more important than friendship.'' Plus, the action with the spies is pretty good. Also, the animation is fantastic. For example, when the cars are racing in Italy, Italy looks absolutely beautiful. So, if you are looking for an animated movie with good action, fantastic animation, a good moral and good comedy, you should check out ``Cars 2''. Don't worry. You probably can still enjoy it without seeing the first film.

Mr. Popper's Penguins review

2011-06-25T10:56:00.000-07:00

Mr. Popper's Penguins:

*** (out of four)

Starring Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino,

Madelline Carroll, Angela Lansbury

and Clark Gregg. Directed by Mark

Waters. Rated G. Approximately

94 minutes. Playing at major

theaters.

In 1938, a children's book by Richard and Florence Altwater called ``Mr. Popper's Penguins'' was published and now, in 2011, the book has been made into a movie.

I never read the book, but I had heard about the movie. I saw the first trailer for this movie when I went to see ``Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules''. When I first saw the trailer, I thought it looked absolutely dreadful. I didn't laugh once during the trailer. Jim Carrey had not had a hit in a while and it looked like this movie would not be successful.

However, in June, I went to see ``X-Men: First Class'' and they showed a second trailer for ``Mr. Popper's Penguins''. I must say, the second trailer was much better than the first trailer. I laughed a couple of times. So, I decided that I would give the movie a chance.

So, I went to see it on the opening day and I was impressed. It was certainly much better than his last big movie, ``Yes Man''.

I should probably explain what this movie is about. It tells the story of Tom Popper, a divorced businessman who is trying to get an elderly woman (Angela Lansbury) to sell an inn. One day, he receives a crate from his father, who was an explorer. Popper's father has passed away and has left him some penguins. Popper tries to get rid of them, but they keep showing up. However, Popper's children love them. Also, Popper grows closer to his ex-wife (Carla Gugino) when the penguins are around. Meanwhile, a zoologist (Clark Gregg) is after the penguins.

This is a fun movie for little kids because they will think the penguins are cute and funny because penguins fart, fall down, poop and make really loud noises. The parents might have a fun time, too, because there is a scene where the penguins slide around the Guggenheim Museum and crash into a band that is playing at a party. Parents and children will find this funny. Also, Jim Carrey does some good slapstick humor in this film.

This is not the best movie of 2011. The parts with Jim Carrey getting back together with his ex-wife were a little corny and could have been done in a better way. Also, I didn't laugh at every single joke in the movie, such as when Jim Carrey is teaching the penguins to dance and one of the penguins falls down. Still, I thought the penguins were cute and they could be funny and Jim Carrey did a fine job at keeping me entertained. ``Mr. Popper's Penguins'' is a good movie that I think adults should take their kids to see.

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Weekend Of June 17th, 2011)

2011-06-25T08:32:00.001-07:00

1. Green Lantern

Total gross: $53.2M

2. Super 8

Total gross: $21.5M

3. Mr. Popper's Penguins

Total gross: $18.4M

4. X-Men: First Class

Total gross: $120.36M

5. The Hangover: Part II

Total gross: $233.11M

6. Kung Fu Panda 2

Total gross: $143.67M

7. Bridesmaids

Total gross: $136.45M

8. Pirates Of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Total gross: $220.75M

9. Midnight In Paris

Total gross: $21.45M

10. Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Total gross: $11.03M

Movie Reviews Of The Movies I've Seen In 2011

2011-06-16T11:27:00.000-07:00

Gnomeo and Juliet: ** 1/2
Rango: *** 1/2
Mars Needs Moms: ***
Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules: ***
Hop: **
Rio: ***
Prom: ***
Hoodwinked Too: Hood VS Evil: ***
Kung Fu Panda 2: ***

Mr. Popper's Penguins: ***

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Weekend Of May 20th, 2011)

2011-05-23T10:11:00.000-07:00

1. Pirates Of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Total gross: $90.1 M

2. Bridesmaids

Total gross: $59.52M

3. Thor

Total gross: $145.41M

4. Fast Five

Total gross: $186.22M

5. Rio

Total gross: $131.65M

6. Priest

Total gross: $23.68M

7. Jumping the Broom

Total gross: $31.32M

8. Something Borrowed

Total gross: $31.43M

9. Water For Elephants

Total gross: $52.43M

10. Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family

Total gross: $51.76M

Hoodwinked Too: Hood VS Evil review

2011-04-30T15:32:00.001-07:00

Hoodwinked Too: Hood VS Evil

*** (out of four)

Includes the voices of Hayden Panettiere, Patrick Warburton, Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Joan Cusack, David Ogden Stiers and Cory Edwards. Directed by Mike Disa. Approximately 85 minutes. Playing in major theaters. Rated G.

About five years ago, an animated comedy called ``Hoodwinked''. It was a detective story of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. It was pretty funny when I saw it. It included the voices of Anne Hathaway as Little Red Riding Hood and Patrick Warburton as the Big Bad Wolf.

Now, it's 2011 and Anne Hathaway is not playing Little Red Riding Hood anymore. It is Hayden Panettiere from the TV show ``Heroes''. Patrick Warburton is still the Big Bad Wolf. When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I didn't laugh once. It looked like one of the worst movies ever. Still, when I'd heard it had gotten a two and a half out of four in the Toronto Star, I thought I'd give it a chance.

Well, I'm glad I gave it a chance. I laughed quite a bit during the film. There might have been a few too many sentimental messages in the film, but I still enjoyed it a lot.

So, the plot of the movie is Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf and a squirrell named Twitchy (Cory Edwards) trying to save Hansel and Gretel (Bill Hader and Amy Poehler) from an evil witch named Verushka. The evil witch wishes for a recipe for a chocolate truffle that will make you powerful and she kidnaps Little Red Riding Hood's butt-kicking granny (Glenn Close) so she can make the truffle.

In my opinion, I think that this is a movie that kids will adore because it has humor that will probably appeal to them. Also, I think that the adults might enjoy some of the humor in it, too. Anyways, my point is that ``Hoodwinked Too: Hood VS Evil'' is a good movie and I think it's worth seeing.

Rio review

2011-04-21T14:58:00.000-07:00

Rio

*** (out of four)

Includes the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Will.iam and Jamie Foxx. Directed by Carlos Saldanha. Approximately 96 minutes. Playing at major theaters. Rated G.

Back in June, I had seen a trailer for an upcoming animated film called ``Rio''. From what I saw of the trailer, I thought it looked pretty lame. Then, when December came around, I saw a different trailer for it. Was I satisfied? Nope. When March came around, I saw another trailer for it. Again, I was not satisfied.

When April came around, I read the reviews for ``Rio'' and they were pretty positive. The Globe and Mail had given it two and a half out of four. The Toronto Star had given it three out of four. I was okay with those reviews. I decided to give the film a try. This was sort of the case with two other animated movies I had seen in 2011. They were ``Rango'' and ``Mars Needs Moms''. In my opinion, both of them looked terrible. Yet, I still saw them. They were pretty good.

So, I should probably explain the plot of ``Rio'' to you readers. Okay, so really it's about a bird who can't fly named Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) who was born in Rio De Janeiro, but kidnapped by poachers as a baby. He's taken through Minnesota in a truck, but the crate he's in falls out of the back of the truck. He is found by a little girl named Linda (voiced as an adult by Leslie Mann) and is taken care of by her.

Fast forward 15 years later and Linda is a bookstore owner. One day, an ornithologist named Tulio comes into her shop and tells her that Blu is the last male of his kind and that in order to prevent his species from becoming extinct, he must mate with another bird of his kind named Jewel (Anne Hathaway).

So, Tulio, Linda and Blu travel to Rio De Janeiro so Blu can meet Jewel. However, along the way, Blu and Jewel are kidnapped by some poachers who have a bird companion named Nigel (Jemaine Clement).

Jewel and Blu escape from the poachers and try and find Linda. Along the way, Blu tries to learn how to fly and meets some other animals such as a Toco Toucan named Rafael (George Lopez), a Cardinal named Pedro (Will.iam), a bulldog named Luiz (Tracy Morgan) and a Canary named Nico (Jamie Foxx).

The animation in this movie, in my opinion, is beautiful. I know that Rio De Janeiro is a place with a lot of slums, but the animation in this film makes it look beautiful. There is one scene where they circle the Christ the Redeemer statue and it looks absolutely beautiful. Plus, some of the writing is pretty funny. I really enjoyed the bulldog Luiz who has a medical condition that makes him drool all the time. This is a great movie for kids and I think that adults will enjoy it, too.

Movies Coming Out On September 30th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

Anonymous

Dream House

50/50

What's Your Number

Courageous

Movies Coming Out On September 23rd, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:34:00.000-07:00

Abduction

Dolphin Tale

Moneyball

Movies Coming Out On September 16th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:32:00.000-07:00

Drive

Straw Dogs

Johnny English Reborn

I Don't Know How She Does It

Movies Coming Out On September 9th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:31:00.000-07:00

Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star

Warrior

Movies Coming Out On September 2nd, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:30:00.002-07:00

Shark Night 3D

Colombiana

Movies Coming Out On August 26th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:30:00.001-07:00

Don't Be Afraid Of the Dark

Final Destination 5

My Idiot Brother

Movies Coming Out On August 19th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:29:00.001-07:00

Spy Kids 4: All the Time In the World

Conan the Barbarian

Fright Night

Movies Coming Out On August 12th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:28:00.000-07:00

The Help

30 Minutes Or Less

Movies Coming Out On August 5th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:27:00.002-07:00

Rise Of the Planet Of the Apes

The Change-Up

Movies Coming Out On July 29th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:27:00.001-07:00

Crazy, Stupid, Love

Cowboys & Aliens

The Smurfs

Movies Coming Out On July 22nd, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:26:00.001-07:00

Another Earth

Captain America: The First Avenger

Friends With Benefits

Movies Coming Out On July 15th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:25:00.001-07:00

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Winnie the Pooh

Movies Coming Out On July 8th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:24:00.000-07:00

Horrible Bosses

One Day

Zookeeper

Movies Coming Out On July 1st, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:23:00.000-07:00

Transformers: Dark Of the Moon

Monte Carlo

Larry Crowne

The Perfect Host

Movies Coming Out On June 24th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:22:00.001-07:00

Bad Teacher

Cars 2

A Better Life

Movies Coming Out On June 17th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:21:00.002-07:00

The Green Lantern

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Homework

Movies Coming Out On June 10th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:21:00.001-07:00

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Super 8

Movies Coming Out On June 3rd, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:20:00.002-07:00

X-Men: First Class

Beginners

Movies Coming Out On May 27th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:20:00.001-07:00

The Tree Of Life

Movies Coming Out On May 26th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:19:00.001-07:00

Kung Fu Panda 2

The Hangover: Part II

Movies Coming Out On May 20th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:18:00.000-07:00

Midnight In Paris

The Beaver

The Lion Of Judah

The Pirates Of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Movies Coming Out On May 13th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:17:00.000-07:00

Bridesmaids

Priest

Movies Coming Out On May 6th, 2011.

2011-04-18T18:16:00.000-07:00

Thor

Something Borrowed

Jumping the Broom

Mother's Day

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Third Week Of April)

2011-04-17T16:34:00.001-07:00

1. Rio

Total gross: $40.0M

2. Scream 4

Total gross: $19.3M

3. Hop

Total gross: $82.6M

4. Soul Surfer

Total gross: $20.0M

5. Hanna

Total gross: $23.3M

6. Arthur

Total gross: $22.4M

7. Insidious

Total gross: $36.0M

8. Soul Surfer

Total gross: $37.0M

9. The Conspirator

Total gross: $3.9M

10. Your Highness

Total gross: $16.0M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Third Week Of April)

2011-04-11T15:59:00.000-07:00

1. Hop

Total gross: $68.15M

2. Arthur

Total gross: $12.61M

3. Hanna

Total gross: $12.32M

4. Soul Surfer

Total gross: $11.1M

5. Insidious

Total gross: $27.1M

6. Your Highness

Total gross: $9.52M

7. Source Code

Total gross: $28.62M

8. Limitless

Total gross: $64.38M

9. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Total gross: $45.46M

10. The Lincoln Lawyer

Total gross: $46.45M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Second Week Of April)

2011-04-04T10:59:00.000-07:00

1. Hop

Total gross: $38.19M

2. Source Code

Total gross: $15.05M

3. Insidious

Total gross: $13.5M

4. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Total gross: $38.36M

5. Limitless

Total gross: $55.6M

6. The Lincoln Lawyer

Total gross: $39.64M

7. Sucker Punch

Total gross: $29.88M

8. Rango

Total gross: $113.78M

9. Paul

Total gross: $31.93M

10. Battle: Los Angeles

Total gross: $78.47M

Hop movie review

2011-04-02T15:20:00.000-07:00

Hop

** 1/2 (out of four)

Starring James Marsden, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Kaley Cuoco and including the voices of Russell Brand, Hugh Laurie and Hank Azaria. Directed by Tim Hill. Approximately 95 minutes. Rated G.

Quite a while ago, I saw a trailer for this new animated movie called ``Hop''. I didn't really know what it was about. In the trailer, it just shows a bunny playing ``Song 2'' by Blur. I read what it was about. It was about the Easter Bunny (Russell Brand) and he gets hit by a car and the driver, Fred (James Marsden), has to take care of him. Then, I saw another trailer online for it months later. I wasn't sure what to think of the look of it. It didn't look like the greatest movie.

But, a month later, I saw another trailer for the movie and I have to say, it was a better trailer than the other one. So, on April 2nd, 2011, I went to a 2:20 showing of the movie. When I walked in, the theater was packed. I took my seat and watched the 95 minute kids comedy. When I walked out of the theater, I thought my experience of seeing ``Hop'' was satisfactory.

So, really the plot of the movie is that the present Easter Bunny (Hugh Laurie) wants his son (Russell Brand) to become the Easter Bunny. However, the son wants to be a drummer, not the Easter Bunny. So, he runs away from home and travels to Hollywood to pursue his dream. However, he gets hit by a car. The driver Fred (James Marsden) is a slacker who lives with his parents and has no job. When he was a kid, he saw the Easter Bunny, but no one believed him. He is supposed to be housesitting for this really rich guy and he decides to take car of the rabbit, but he turns out to be a terrible guest. He overflows a jacuzzi and trashes a fancy room. Fred tries to get rid of him, but when he finds out who he actually is, he starts to like him a bit more. Then, when he finds out that the rabbit doesn't want the job of being the Easter Bunny, Fred gets an idea: He can be the Easter Bunny.

Meanwhile, back at the home of the Easter Bunny, a grumpy Easter Chick named Carlos (Hank Azaria) is wanting to get rid of all the rabbits and become the Easter Bunny and all the other Easter Chicks will be in charge of Easter.

In the ads for this movie, they say: From the creators of ``Despicable Me''. This movie is not as good as ``Despicable Me''. In ``Despicable Me'', the super-villain Gru was not a very nice guy, but he was still funny. Yet, in ``Hop'', the Easter Bunny's son is annoying, irresponsible and he doesn't get as many laughs from me as much as I did from Gru.

Fred isn't too likable, either. He is pretty irresponsible. He can't get a job and he doesn't seem to think any job is good enough for him. Also, he lives with his parents.

The best part of the movie is Carlos and his companion Phil (also voiced by Hank Azaria). They are funny. Carlos is the bad guy, but he's funny and Phil is kind and funny. Everyone else is only okay.

But this may not be the movie for older kids and adults. If you are a really little kid, you will probably think this is the greatest film ever. In the theater, there were a lot of kids and they seemed to be loving it. In one scene, the song ``I Want Candy'' is played and there was one kid who was dancing to it. Also, after the scene was over, one kid said, ``I want candy!''

So, if you are a pre-teen, teenager or an adult, this will probably not be the best movie for you. But if you are a little kid that is 5 or 6 years old, it is most likely that you will like this movie a lot.

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Going Into First Week Of April)

2011-03-29T15:29:00.000-07:00

1. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Total gross: $23.75M

2. Sucker Punch

Total gross: $19.06M

3. Limitless

Total gross: $41.11M

4. The Lincoln Lawyer

Total gross: $28.72M

5. Rango

Total gross: $106.34M

6. Paul

Total gross: $24.96M

7. Battle: Los Angeles

Total gross: $72.56M

8. Red Riding Hood

Total gross: $32.42M

9. The Adjustment Bureau

Total gross: $54.92M

10. Mars Needs Moms

Total gross: $19.22M

A Possible Shock To Some Readers

2011-03-26T15:31:00.000-07:00

Today, I started watching the movie ``The Lion King'' for the first time. I have never seen ``The Lion King'' before. I've also never seen ``Fantasia'', ``Bambi'', ``Dumbo'', ``Aladdin'', ``Snow White and the Seven Dwarves'', ``Sleeping Beauty'', ``Beauty and the Beast'' and I don't really remember watching the whole thing of ``Cinderella'' or ``The Jungle Book''. I watched a bit of ``Cinderella'' and ``The Jungle Book'', but I don't think I saw the whole thing.

Movies Coming Out On April 29th, 2011.

2011-03-26T09:38:00.000-07:00

Dylan Dog: Dead Of the Night

Fast Five

Prom

Hoodwinked Too! Hood VS Evil

Movies Coming Out On April 22nd, 2011.

2011-03-26T09:37:00.000-07:00

African Cats

Tyler Perry's Madea's Big Happy Family

Water For Elephants

Movies Coming Out On April 15th, 2011.

2011-03-26T09:36:00.000-07:00

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

Rio

Scream 4

The Conspirator

Movie Coming Out On April 8th, 2011

2011-03-26T09:35:00.000-07:00

Hanna

American: The Bill Hicks Story

Arthur

Born To Be Wild

Soul Surfer

Your Highness

Movies Coming Out On April 1st, 2011.

2011-03-26T09:32:00.000-07:00

Hop

Source Code

Insidious

Super

Rubber

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules review

2011-03-25T13:53:00.000-07:00

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

*** (out of four)

Starring Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn

and Robert Capron. Directed by David Bowers. Approximately 96 minutes. Rated G.

Back in March 2010, the book adaptation of author Jeff Kinney's bestselling novel ``Diary Of A Wimpy Kid'' was released in theaters. In my opinion, when I first saw the trailer, I thought that it looked like a dumb movie. However, I saw it and I really liked it a lot. Fast forward quite a few months and here I am at the screening of ``Gulliver's Travels'' and one of the previews is ``Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules'', the sequel to ``Diary Of A Wimpy Kid''. I thought that I would go see it, due to the fact that the first movie was good.

However, a couple of months later, I saw another trailer for the movie and I hardly laughed. Still, I wanted to give it a chance. So, today, I went to the 12:50 showing of it and I have to say, I was impressed.

The sequel tells the story of now-seventh-grader Greg Heffley and his life, just the way it was in the first movie. Only this time, it's not about just middle school. It also revolves around the relationship with his older brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick). They do not get along well, but if you have seen the first movie, you can understand why: Rodrick is a jerk.

Finally, one morning, Greg's mom (Rachael Harris) tells Rodrick and Greg that they need to learn how to get along with each other. So, she decides to pay them play money for every hour they spend not bickering. The play money can be traded in for actual money, so that makes Rodrick happy.

The movie also tells the story of Greg's crush on the new girl Holly (Peyton List), a girl that people think Greg will have no chance with.

In some parts of the movie, we see Greg hanging out with his best friend Rowley (Robert Capron) and those parts are pretty entertaining.

This movie turned out to be a pretty good sequel to the first movie, in my opinion. The kid actors in this movie are pretty good, especially Greg's friend Rowley, who is one of the most likable characters in the movie. The message also has a good lesson about how to treat your siblings kindly, even if you fight with them at times. If you parents or kids like the sound of this movie, then you should go rent the first movie. Then, you should go see the sequel. Don't watch the trailers for the first movie or this movie. You might get turned off.

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Last Week Of March)

2011-03-22T12:46:00.001-07:00

1. Limitless

Total gross: $19.0M

2. Rango

Total gross: $92.34M

3. Battle: Los Angeles

Total gross: $60.54M

4. The Lincoln Lawyer

Total gross: $13.21M

5. Paul

Total gross: $13.04M

6. Red Riding Hood

Total gross: $25.9M

7. The Adjustment Bureau

Total gross: $48.62M

8. Mars Needs Moms

Total gross: $15.4M

9. The Eagle

Total gross: $22.18M

10. Hall Pass

Total gross: $39.56M

Movies Coming Out On March 25th, 2011.

2011-03-22T12:43:00.001-07:00

Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Sucker Punch

Peep World

Illegal

Miral

Potiche

White Irish Drinkers

Mia and the Magoo

My Perestroika

Honey

The Lion Of Judah

Thunder Soul

One Hundred Mornings

I Travel Because I Have To, I Come Back Because I Love You

Queen Of the Sun; What Are the Bees Telling Us?

Mars Needs Moms review

2011-03-22T12:30:00.000-07:00

Mars Needs Moms:

*** (out of four)

Includes the voices of Seth Dusky,

Joan Cusack, Dan Fogler and

Mindy Sterling.

Directed by Simon Wells.

Approximately 82 minutes, Rated PG.

Back in November, when I went to see ``Tangled'', I saw a trailer for the upcoming animated movie ``Mars Needs Moms''. Holy smokes, it looked terrible. I was only amused once during the preview and I wasn't amused too much. A few months later, I watched a movie clip of ``Mars Needs Moms''. You're probably thinking that I would think that it looked good after seeing the clip.

Nope. I thought it looked dumb still. However, next month, I had seen every movie that I could possibly see in theaters that I wanted to see and I just decided to take a risk and see ``Mars Needs Moms''. I didn't care that the critics didn't really like it. I just wanted to see a movie and let me tell you something, I didn't regret seeing the movie.

It was really good. Now, for those of you who don't know what this movie is about, I will tell you. It tells the story of Milo (voiced by Seth Dusky), a kid who hates doing his chores and being told what to do by his mother (voiced by Joan Cusack). One night, when he doesn't eat his broccoli, he tells his mother that he wished he didn't have a mother. When he feels guilty about what he said and goes to apologize, he witnesses her being abducted by aliens. He runs outside to go and save her, but he gets abducted by aliens, too.

When he reaches the aliens' home (Mars), he meets a human named Gribble (voiced by Dan Fogler). Gribble came to Mars as a kid when he tried to rescue his mom. Milo is told by Gribble that Mars needs moms and that they are stealing them from Earth so they can extract their brains and transfer the mom skills into a robot to take care of Martian babies. When they are through with the moms, they kill them. So, in order to prevent this from happening to his mom, Milo tries to rescue his mom with the help of Gribble and a kind Martian named Ki without being caught by the Supervisor (voiced by Mindy Sterling), an ugly Martian dictator.

``Mars Needs Moms'' is an exciting and sometimes funny animated movie with a good message to kids that mothers are important. Now, if you like the sound of this review and you wish to go see ``Mars Needs Moms'', you better hurry because it only grossed $6.1 million dollars and was number five at the box office when it first came out. So, the movie might not be in theaters for much longer.

Movies Coming Out On March 18th, 2011

2011-03-17T08:06:00.000-07:00

Limitless

Paul

The Lincoln Lawyer

Win Win

Cracks

Winter In Wartime

Desert Flower

The Music Never Stopped

Nostalgia For the Light

Bill Cunningham New York

The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman

The Gift To Stalin

Motherland

Zeroes and Ones

Alabama Moon

Gulliver's Travels: A Different Opinion

2011-03-16T08:40:00.001-07:00

Forget what I said about ``Gulliver's Travels''. It doesn't deserve a two and a half out of four. It was a lame movie. It deserves one and a half out of four. What a disappointing movie.

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Third Week Of March)

2011-03-16T08:35:00.001-07:00

1. Battle: Los Angeles

Total gross: $35.57M

2. Rango

Total gross: $68.21M

3. Red Riding Hood

Total gross: $14.01M

4. The Adjustment Bureau

Total gross: $38.59M

5. Mars Needs Moms

Total gross: $6.91M

6. Beastly

Total gross: $16.91M

7. Hall Pass

Total gross: $34.84M

8. Just Go With It

Total gross: $94M

9. Gnomeo and Juliet

Total gross: $89.1M

10. The King's Speech

Total gross: $129.01M

Rango Review

2011-03-15T19:00:00.000-07:00

Rango:

*** (out of four).

Includes the voices of Johnny Depp,

Ned Beatty, Isla Fisher, Abigail

Breslin, Alfred Molina and

Bill Nighy. Directed by

Gore Verbinski. Rated PG.

Approximately 107 minutes.

Last summer, I watched a preview for the upcoming animated movie ``Rango''. I read that it was going to be including the voice acting of Johnny Depp. I watched the trailer. I have to say, it looked like such a dumb movie. I hardly laughed when I was supposed to laugh in the trailer.

Then, you fast forward to March 2011 and I am reading positive reviews of this movie. Roger Ebert is giving it four stars out of four, The Toronto Star is giving it three stars out of four and so is The Globe and Mail. Plus, RottenTomatoes gave it 89% on its TomatoMeter.

Now, here I am, giving this movie a positive review, too. Now, for those of you readers who have no idea what this movie is about, I shall give you a quick summary. ``Rango'' is the story of a chameleon (voiced by Johnny Depp) who doesn't know who he is. One day, he is in the back of a car inside a terrarium acting out skits when all of a sudden, the car hits a bump and his terrarium is thrown out of the back of the car, leaving him behind. After this, he travels to a town called Dirt. There, he makes up a character named Rango and pretends he is so tough. Then, after killing a scary hawk, he becomes sheriff of the town.

In Dirt, they have water problems. Every Wednesday, they wait for water to come, but lately, the water has not come. So, Rango decides to form a posse and tries to find the water.

This is a pretty good movie. I laughed quite a bit during the movie. The dialogue was really good in the movie. I've heard some people say that this movie is scary and not for children. This movie is not bad for children, unless you have a severe fear of snakes because there is an evil snake named Rattlesnake Jake (voiced by Bill Nighy). If you don't have a severe fear of snakes, then there's nothing to fear. It is very funny and I think kids will like it because it's not only funny, there is also a pretty cool action scene with flying hawks and gunfire.

I think the movie could have been a bit shorter, but I didn't care that much. I had fun.

Gnomeo and Juliet review

2011-02-25T19:22:00.001-08:00

Gnomeo and Juliet:

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Includes voices of James Macavoy, Emily Blunt, Jason Statham,

Matt Lucas and Michael Caine. Directed by Kelly Asbury. Approx.

84 minutes.

A few centuries ago, the famous playwright William Shakespeare wrote a romantic play called Romeo and Juliet. It told the story of two people who fell in love and weren't supposed to fall in the love. In the end, everyone in the play gets killed, but people actually like it, believe it or not.

Now, in 2011, the director of Shrek 2, Kelly Asbury, has released a movie with basically the same story, only with garden gnomes. It tells the story of Gnomeo (ha ha), who is voiced by James Macavoy who falls in love with Juliet (Emily Blunt), a garden gnome that is part of a family that Gnomeo's family hates. They try and keep it a secret, but of course, if no one found out, this would be one heck of a boring film. So, of course, they have to have near deaths of garden gnomes and lots of destruction. This happens in this movie.

When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I thought it looked like junk. I didn't laugh once during the entire preview. However, I still saw the movie because the critics didn't pan it. It turned out to be not so bad. I laughed at some of the jokes. For example, a garden reindeer (Ozzy Osbourne) is playing a guessing game and his ideas are always guessed.

``Okay, I'm thinking of a movie. It's one word and it starts with ``spider''.''

``Spiderman?''

``Wow! You're really good at this! Okay, now I'm thinking of a movie. It's two words and starts with ``Spiderman''.''

`` ``Spiderman 2''?''

``Okay, who's cheating?''

However, this movie was not like any of my favourite animated movies such as ``Toy Story 3'', ``Fantastic Mr. Fox'', ``Despicable Me'' or ``Up''. However, I'm pretty sure this movie was not trying to be a piece of art. I think it was just supposed to be a quick and enjoyable animated movie for kids. If that was the creator of this movie's goal, then they succeeded. I think kids will like this movie a lot. It's got some action and it's got a lot of comedy. So, it's no instant classic, but heck, it's not too bad.

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Last Week Of February)

2011-02-21T11:08:00.000-08:00

1. Unknown

Total gross: $21.77M

2. I Am Number Four

Total gross: $19.5M

3. Gnomeo and Juliet

Total gross: $50.42M

4. Just Go With It

Total gross: $60.76M

5. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son

Total gross: $17M

6. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

Total gross: $48.47M

7. The King's Speech

Total gross: $103.28M

8. The Roommate

Total gross: $32.69M

9. The Eagle

Total gross: $15.07M

10. No Strings Attached

Total gross: $66.03M

Movies Coming Out In the Fourth Week Of February

2011-02-18T15:37:00.000-08:00

Hall Pass

Drive Angry 3D

Shelter

Heartbeats

Of Gods and Men

The Grace Card

Everything Strange and New

Scheherazade Tell Me A Story

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Third Week Of February)

2011-02-14T18:28:00.002-08:00

1. Just Go With It

Total gross: $31M

2. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never 3D

Total gross: $31M

3. Gnomeo and Juliet

Total gross: $25.5M

4. The Eagle

Total gross: $8.59M

5. The Roommate

Total gross: $26.05M

6. The King's Speech

Total gross: $93.86M

7. No Strings Attached

Total gross: $59.87M

8. Santcum

Total gross: $17.51M

9. True Grit

Total gross: $160.34M

10. The Green Hornet

Total gross: $92.33M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Third Week Of February)

2011-02-14T18:28:00.001-08:00

New Movie Trailers

2011-02-10T09:46:00.000-08:00

A couple of days ago, I watched three 30 second trailers. One was for the upcoming Transformers: Dark Of the Moon. I have a feeling that it will be pretty entertaining. Also, there was a preview for the upcoming J.J. Abrams flick Super 8. Back in May, I saw the teaser trailer for it when I went to see Iron Man 2 (good movie). It was pretty mysterious looking. It just showed a truck drive into a train, explode and then, they showed that someone (or something) was pounding on a door of a train. Then, the trailer ended. This trailer I saw was a small town and then the truck crashing into the train. Then, there was the pounding and lots of action. There was also the preview for Captain America: The First Avenger. This was the least impressive trailer I viewed. It looked kind of... cheesy. I will still give it a try, though.

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Second Week Of February)

2011-02-09T16:42:00.001-08:00

1. The Roommate

Total gross: $15.6M

2. Sanctum

Total gross: $9.22M

3. No Strings Attached

Total gross: $51.79M

4. The King's Speech

Total gross: $84.13M

5. The Green Hornet

Total gross: $87.22M

6. The Rite

Total gross: $23.68M

7. The Mechanic

Total gross: $20.08M

8. True Grit

Total gross: $155.01M

9. The Dilemma

Total gross: $45.74M

10. Black Swan

Total gross: $95.89M

Movies Coming Out In the Second Week Of February

2011-02-06T13:45:00.001-08:00

1. Gnomeo and Juliet

2. Just Go With It

3. Hello Ghost

4. The Eagle

5. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never

6. Carbon Nation

7. Cedar Rapids

8. Poetry

9. Orgasm Inc.

10. Carancho

11. In Her Skin

12. Vidal Sassoon: The Movie

13. The Scenesters

14. Certifiably Jonathan

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Last Week Of January)

2011-02-04T17:37:00.000-08:00

1. The Rite

Total gross: $14.79M

2. No Strings Attached

Total gross: $39.5M

3. The Mechanic

Total gross: $11.42M

4. The Green Hornet

Total gross: $78.49M

5. The King's Speech

Total gross: $72.18M

6. True Grit

Total gross: $148.31M

7. The Dilemma

Total gross: $40.82M

8. The Fighter

Total gross: $78.28M

9. Yogi Bear

Total gross: $92.51M

10. Little Fockers

Total gross: $144.73M

Movies Coming Out In the First Week Of February

2011-01-29T09:16:00.000-08:00

Into Eternity

The Troubadours

The Roommate

Sanctum

Frankie and Alice

The Other Woman

Waiting For Forever

Cold Weather

Mooz-lum

Dressed

Top 10 Movies In Canada In Last Week Of January

2011-01-24T17:19:00.000-08:00

1. No Strings Attached

Total gross: $20.3M

2. The Green Hornet

Total gross: $63.44M

3. The Dilemma

Total gross: $33.36M

4. The King's Speech

Total gross: $58.62M

5. True Grit

Total gross: $138.63M

6. Black Swan

Total gross: $83.58M

7. The Fighter

Total gross: $73.03M

8. Little Fockers

Total gross: $141.19M

9. Yogi Bear

Total gross: $88.89M

10. Tron: Legacy

Total gross: $163.27M

Movies Coming Out In the Last Week Of January, 2011

2011-01-21T15:32:00.000-08:00

The Mechanic

The Rite

From Prada To Nada

Ip Man 2: Legend Of the Grandmaster

Strongman

The Details

Kaboom

When We Leave

Rage

Lemmy

Blackmail Boys

Movies Coming Out On January 21st, 2011

2011-01-20T15:22:00.001-08:00

No Strings Attached

The Illusionist

The Way Back

The Company Men

Mumbai Diaries

Johnny Mad Dog

The Housemaid

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance

Applause

Zenith

Gabi On the Roof In July

Top 10 Movies In Canada In Third Week Of January

2011-01-19T16:14:00.001-08:00

1. The Green Hornet

Total gross: $33.53M

2. The Dilemma

Total gross: $17.82M

3. True Grit

Total gross: $126.22M

4. The King's Speech

Total gross: $44.71M

5. Black Swan

Total gross: $73.21M

6. Little Fockers

Total gross: $134.28M

7. Tron: Legacy

Total gross: $156.92M

8. Yogi Bear

Total gross: $82.12M

9. The Fighter

Total gross: $65.75M

10. Season Of the Witch

Total gross: $18.1M

Movies I'm Looking Forward To In 2011

2011-01-16T14:44:00.000-08:00

1. Beastly

2. I Am Number Four

3. Diary Of A Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules

4. Transformers: Dark Of the Moon

5. The Green Lantern

6. Cowboys & Aliens

7. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I

8. The Muppets

9. The Source Code

10. Kung Fu Panda 2

11. X-Men: First Class

12. Captain America: First Avenger

Top 10 Movies In Canada In Second Week Of January, 2011

2011-01-13T17:32:00.000-08:00

1. True Grit

Total gross: $110.04M

2. Little Fockers

Total gross: $123.69M

3. Season Of the Witch

Total gross: $10.61M

4. Tron: Legacy

Total gross: $148.21M

5. Black Swan

Total gross: $61.22M

6. Country Strong

Total gross: $7.46M

7. The Fighter

Total gross: 57.85M

8. Yogi Bear

Total gross: $75.44M

9. The King's Speech

Total gross: $32.9M

10. Tangled

Total gross: $175.78M

Movies Coming Out On January 14th, 2011

2011-01-13T17:25:00.001-08:00

The Green Hornet

The Dilemma

The Heart Specialist

Every Day

Burning Palms

Plastic Planet

Ong Bak 3

A Somewhat Gentle Man

Petition

Down For Life

I'm Dangerous With Love

Repo Chick

Mahler On the Couch

Top 10 Movies In Canada (First Week Of January)

2011-01-05T12:01:00.000-08:00

1. Little Fockers
Total gross: $102.58M
2. True Grit
Total gross: $86.67M
3. Tron: Legacy
Total gross: $131.3M
4. Yogi Bear
Total gross: $65.76M
5. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of the Dawn Treader
Total gross: $86.93M
6. The Fighter
Total gross: $46.39M
7. Tangled
Total gross: $167.82M
8. Gulliver's Travels
Total gross: $27.45M
9. Black Swan
Total gross: $47.81M
10. The King's Speech
Total gross: $22.93M

Gulliver's Travels movie review

2010-12-27T19:25:00.001-08:00

Gulliver's Travels: ** 1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Jason Segel, Chris O' Dowd, Emily Blunt and Billy Connolly. Directed by Rob Letterman. Approximately 85 minutes. Playing at major theaters.

In the year 1726, Jonathan Swift wrote a novel called Gulliver's Travels. It told the story of Lemuel Gulliver, a man who goes on these weird adventures. One of his most famous adventures is to the Land Of Lilliput, a place with many tiny people. 284 years later, director Rob Letterman releases the movie Gulliver's Travels, starring Jack Black as Lemuel Gulliver.

Gulliver is a guy who is stuck in the mailroom at this office building. He doesn't have the best life because he can't ask his crush Darcy (Amanda Peet) out on a date and the new guy at the mailroom is now his boss.

When Gulliver attempts to ask Darcy out, he chickens out and lies to her about being a travel writer. She asks him for a travel writing excerpt and when he tries to write something, he can't get anything. So, he does a little thing called plagiarism. He copies travel writing articles from the Internet and some travel books. He hands them in to Darcy and she sends him off to find out more about the Bermuda Triangle.

When Gulliver gets to Bermuda, he is given a boat and pretty soon, he is thrust into a large whirlpool. When he wakes up, he finds himself tied down by these little people led by an annoying general named Edward Edwardian (Chris O' Dowd). These little people are called Lilliputians. Some other people of this kind are a princess (Emily Blunt), a prisoner named Horatio (Jason Segel) and a king (Billy Connolly).

Gulliver is referred to as The Beast, but then he saves the kingdom from a fire and attack from other tiny people. He puts out the fire by peeing on it. Gross, I know, but believe it or not, he becomes very well respected. Sooner or later, Gulliver is telling more lies, such as saying he is President the Awesome back in Manhattan and that Darcy is his lover.

Gulliver also makes the Lilliputians build him a luxurious and he also tries helping Horatio win the heart of the princess. Sounds nice, huh? Yeah, well, that doesn't last very long.

See, Edward Edwardian decides to turn the Lilliputians against Gulliver.

This movie has some pretty funny scenes. For example, Gulliver says to the princess that he wants to stay at her kingdom. She says, ``But what about the White House and your special lady, Darcy?'' He replies by saying, ``Um, I don't know. I think Vice President Yoda can take care of things.''

However, there are some weak moments. For example, the film gets real sappy when the romance kicks in. Also, at the end, there is a terrible musical number to the song War. Oh good Lord, it is terrible.

But other than that, the movie has some good moments. Jack Black is entertaining in this movie. He usually is, but he is still not a perfect movie star. He has made the not so good movies like Year One and Nacho Libre. I think that kids will probably enjoy it. I don't know if adults will like it as much as the kids, but if they don't, it doesn't really matter. The movie is made for kids to enjoy. So, I think that this is a film for kids to check out. Don't see it in 3D. It's not very effective.

Revealing Of the Who Am I?

2010-12-27T08:25:00.000-08:00

When I started doing this blog, I did a little thing called Who Am I? It was where I gave clues about famous people and you readers would try to guess who the person was. Well, the first one I did was Michael Douglas. That is all I have to say. Bye.

Movies Coming Out In the Last Week Of December

2010-12-27T08:23:00.001-08:00

1. Blue Valentine
2. Another Year
3. Biutiful

Top 10 Movies In Canada (December 27th)

2010-12-27T08:17:00.000-08:00

1. Little Fockers
Total gross: $48.3M
2. True Grit
Total gross: $36.82M
3. Tron: Legacy
Total gross: $88.3M
4. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of the Dawn Treader
Total gross: $63.93M
5. Yogi Bear
Total gross: $36.79M
6. The Fighter
Total gross: $27.57M
7. Gulliver's Travels
Total gross: $7.2M
8. Black Swan
Total gross: $29.03M
9. Tangled
Total gross: $143.78M
10. The Tourist
Total gross: $41.18M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (Last Full Week Of December)

2010-12-22T16:56:00.000-08:00

1. Tron: Legacy
Total gross: $2.98M
2. Yogi Bear
Total gross: $1.27M
3. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of the Dawn Treader
Total gross: $3.63M
4. The Tourist
Total gross: $3.2M
5. The Fighter
Total gross: $889, 391
6. Tangled
Total gross: $9.8M
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I
Total gross: $25.99M
8. Black Swan
Total gross: $1.23M
9. How Do You Know
Total gross: $533, 589
10. Burlesque
Total gross: $3.67M

Tron: Legacy movie review

2010-12-22T16:23:00.000-08:00

Tron: Legacy: ***(stars out of four)

Starring Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund,

Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett and Michael

Sheen. Directed by Joseph Kosinski.

Approximately 126 minutes. Playing

at major theaters. Rated PG.

In 1982, Jeff Bridges starred in a movie called Tron. It told the story of Kevin Flynn, a guy who gets put into a video game and tries to get out. I saw this movie a few years ago. I had rented it on video. I have to say, it was not a very good movie. There was only one part that struck me as entertaining. There is this thing called ``light cycling''. Light cycling are these battles on these bright vehicles where you try and eliminate the other participants.

Fast forward 28 years later and we have a sequel called Tron: Legacy. This movie has the same character from the first film, but the story focuses more on Kevin's son, Sam (Garrett Hedlund). Years ago, Kevin disappeared from Sam when Sam was a child and no one knew what had happened to Kevin.

As an adult, Sam is a troubled young man. He bothers his father's company Encom annually and 15 minutes or so into the movie, he is arrested by cops for being a troublemaker. When Sam goes back to his home, he sees one of his father's co-workers. The co-worker says that he was paged and the page came from Kevin's office. Apparently, that number has been disconnected for a long time.

So, that very night, Sam takes his father's motorcycle over to his father's office and is soon zapped into the same place his father was years ago, only this time, the place has been updated. The costumes are different, the girls are prettier and the structure is different. At this place, Sam meets Clu (also played by Jeff Bridges), Kevin's creation that went evil, Gem (Beau Garrett), a pretty girl, Quorra (Olivia Wilde), Kevin's assistant and Zeus (Michael Sheen), a man who owns a club.

When Sam arrives at this strange place, these good looking girls take away his Earth clothes, give him new clothes and he is sent to participate in deadly games such as light cycling and odd disc fights. In the middle of a light cycling battle, Sam meets Quorra and is taken to Kevin's place. Kevin is in his sixties at least, has stubble and gray hair. Sam decides to take Quorra and Kevin back to Earth. There is a portal that closes in eight hours and it is their only ticket back to Earth until it's opened up again.

Clu finds out about this and plans to kill Quorra, Sam and Kevin. He creates an army and orders them to kill them all.

I have to say, this is a better movie than the first film. Why? I will tell you why. The special effects are better, it's more interesting and the action is better. The girls aren't too bad looking, either. The weakest point of this movie would probably have to be the acting. The acting isn't terrible, but it's not great, either. The soundtrack by French techno duo Daft Punk fit the movie, even if it's not something I'd put on my iPod.

The costumes were way better than the costumes in the 1982 film. In the first movie, the costumes were sort of gray and bright blue. In this movie, the costumes were black with colors such as blue, green or orange. The action in the first film was lame, except for the light cycling. The other action was basically hitting each other with batons. I also don't have a great memory of pretty girls in the first film. I don't remember much of the acting in the first movie, so I can't really say anything bad. The soundtrack wasn't memorable in the first movie, either.

This is not the best film that I have ever seen in my entire life. Would I see it again? Yeah, sure, why not? If you parents think it sounds too dark for kids, that's okay. If you like the sound of this movie, then I think you should give it a try.

What Is Coming Out In the Fourth Week Of December

2010-12-17T15:15:00.001-08:00

1. Gulliver's Travel
2. Little Fockers
3. True Grit
4. Somewhere
5. Country Strong

What Is Coming Out In the Fourth Week Of December

2010-12-17T15:15:00.000-08:00

Top 10 Movies In the Third Week Of December

2010-12-17T15:10:00.000-08:00

1. The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of the Dawn Treader
Total gross: $1.73M
2. The Tourist
Total gross: $1.54M
3. Tangled
Total gross: $8.48M
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Total gross: $24.62M
5. Burlesque
Total gross: $3.25M
6. Love & Other Drugs
Total gross: $2.35M
7. Black Swan
Total gross: $416, 650
8. Due Date
Total gross: $9.52M
9. Megamind
Total gross: $2.29M
10. Faster
Total gross: $2.05M

Top 10 Movies In Canada (First Week Of December)

2010-12-05T12:08:00.000-08:00

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Total gross: $18.38M
2. Tangled
Total gross: $3.49M
3. Burlesque
Total gross: $1.3M
4. Megamind
Total gross: $11.13M
5. Love and Other Drugs
Total gross: $860, 823
6. Lance et compte: le film
Total gross: $687, 700
7. Faster
Total gross: $798, 689
8. Due Date
Total gross: $8.34M
9. Unstoppable:
Total gross: $3.55M
10. The Next Three Days
Total gross: $1.03M

What Is Coming Out In the Second Week Of December

2010-12-05T10:55:00.002-08:00

Rabbit a la Berlin
Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie
The Tourist
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of the Dawn Treader
The Fighter
The Company Men
The Tempest
And Everything Is Going Fine
Hemingway's Garden Of Eden
You Won't Miss Me

What Is Coming Out In the Second Week Of December

2010-12-05T10:55:00.001-08:00

Tangled Movie Review

2010-11-28T09:45:00.001-08:00

Tangled: *** (out of 4)
Includes the voices of Zachary Levi, Mandy Moore, Donna Murphy and Ron Perlman.
Directed by Nathan Greno, Byron Howard. Approximately 100 minutes. Playing at
major theaters.

When I first saw the preview to Tangled, I have to say, it did not look like the greatest movie ever made. There was only one scene that I had laughed at. It had to do with a smolder. It was pretty funny. The rest of the preview was not very funny. I decided that I would probably see it at that moment.
But when I saw a second preview for the movie, I thought it looked dreadfully bad. It didn't look funny at all. I decided at that moment not to see it. But when it came out, I saw that it had gotten really good reviews. In the Toronto Star, it got a three out of four. In the Globe and Mail, it got four out of four. So, I decided to go see the movie because it was apparently so good. I have to say, it was really good.
Tangled tells the story of Rapunzel. See, before Rapunzel is born, the mom is very sick and these guards decide to find some object that will heal her. Meanwhile, there is an old lady (voiced by Donna Murphy) who finds a flower that has a bit of the sun in it and makes herself young. She decides to use that flower for herself to stay young. Yet, the guards find the flower, give it to the queen and she has a beautiful baby girl named Rapunzel. They have a great celebration where they send lanterns off into the sky.
However, that night, the old lady who is young again steals Rapunzel to keep her young, for Rapunzel had hair that could make the old lady young.
So, 18 years later, Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore) is living in a castle with the old lady, and Rapunzel is wishing to leave, even if she loves the old lady very much.
There is another story in this movie. It follows a bandit (Zachary Levi) named Flynn Rider. He has stolen a crown, abandoned his fellow robbers and is now hiding out in the castle that Rapunzel is living in. Rapunzel knocks him out with a frying pan, ties him up with her hair and tells him to take her out of the castle. Flynn does this because if he takes her away, he will get his crown and the crown has been hidden from him. So, he takes Rapunzel and her pet chameleon away from the castle.
Now, this may sound like a predictable movie, but don't worry. It may be predictable, but that does not mean it isn't entertaining. It is entertaining.
It has exciting action scenes, interesting plot and good writing. Also, the supporting characters like a group of people who hang out at a bar and a horse are funny.
The music is not something that I would put on my iPod, I will tell you that. Also, it is not as good as other Disney movies like The Incredibles and Toy Story 3, but it still is a lot of fun.
Guys who are not like me will probably not like this movie as much because of the musical numbers and the romance, but girls will probably enjoy it. Guys who are like me will probably like this because: 1. It has action. 2. It's entertaining and 3. It is funny.

What I Think the Critics Will Say About Big Movies Coimng Out In the Third Week Of November

2010-11-12T11:40:00.001-08:00

1. The Next Three Days: Either this will get good reviews or not so good reviews.
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1: I'm pretty sure this will get good reviews

Movies Coming Out That I Want To See

2010-11-12T11:38:00.001-08:00

1. Green Lantern
2. Green Hornet
3. Kung Fu Panda 2
4. Zookeeper
5. The Next Three Days
6. Little Fockers
7. Tron: Legacy

Kids Movies I Want To See

2010-11-12T11:33:00.001-08:00

1. Spy Kids 2: The Island Of Lost Dreams
2. Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
3. Tangled
4. Kung Fu Panda 2
5. Zookeeper

Why I Think The Film Industry Should Release A Second Percy Jackson Film

2010-11-12T11:15:00.000-08:00

Earlier in the year of 2010, the film industry released a book adaptation of the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. It tells the story of a guy named Percy Jackson. He's a teenager, doesn't know where his dad is and is dyslexic. Not the best life ever, I know. But he finds out that he is the son of Poseidon, the god of water. But he also finds some other things out. He finds out his mom is gone, his best friend is a goat and if he doesn't return Zeus's lightning bolt by the Summer Solstice, bad things are going to happen. And that's just the plotline of the first movie! I had read the book before the movie came out and when I saw the movie, I was impressed. Yes, Grover (the goat friend) was not as good as he was in the book and one of the campers who was known by her blond hair in the book has black hair in the movie. But still, it was very exciting and entertaining. The author wrote many other Percy Jackson novels and I honestly hope that they make a movie out of the second book because the books and movies really are good!

Movies That Come Out Next Week

2010-11-12T11:08:00.000-08:00

1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2. The Next Three Days
3. Made In Dagenham
4. Heartless
5. Me Too (Yo, tambien)
6. Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
7. Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert
8. White Material
9. Nothing Personal
10. Today's Special
11. Queen Of the Lot
12. Total Bad***