Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

With probably one of the most unique and intoxicating soundtracks combined with a bizarre story and excellent voice acting, Where the Wild Things Are will easily become a classic. Though I found Max (Max Records) to be an impossibly spoilt little brat at the beginning, the kid grew on me and when he finally started interacting with his furry, imaginary buddies I...

Speed Racer

Speed Racer

As stated by a friend of mine on IM (just now) “going in to see a good movie and having it be good is not as good as going in expecting to see so-so and having it be a lot better.” The Wachowski brothers have done the impossible, which is to take a corny anime/cartoon and successfully transfer it to film. A movie that appeals to both adults and children...

The Spiderwick Chronicles

The Spiderwick Chronicles

A tale of one dysfunctional family and it’s battle with a power hungry ogre… The Spiderwick Chronicles detail a story of twins Simon and Jared with older sister Mallory moving into a dilapidated house with their mother. The house is the Spiderwick Estate, once owned by their great grand uncle Arthur Spiderwick who vanished mysteriously leaving his wife and...

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass

The trailers promised me fantasy, adventure and most of all badass polar bear fights… some of it delivered but regrettably not all. Now I am a big supporter of imaginative epics, I am not a writer with an agenda nor a christian with a beef. That being said, I just cannot refer to the movie as great, I think it had potential but fell way short of it’s mark. I...

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I went to see Narnia last night with hopes of another Fantasy movie that I could add to my “must have” collection. Upon entering the theater I observed the crowd expecting to see the typical storybook crowd (insert nerdy, glasses wearing stereotypes here) but I was surprised to find families even though it was 12:01 am! Having no clue about the book series...