The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug simmers
Movie Title: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Special Edition Grade: B+ In a Nutshell: Fill up your popcorn buckets early folks…this is a long movie. It feels good to be back in Middle Earth. … Continued
Frozen will warm your heart
Movie Title: Frozen Grade: A+ In a Nutshell: Magical. Visually stunning. Old school Disney romance with a modern feel, similar to Tangled. This one is worth buying on DVD for the fam. Somehow this is going to be made into … Continued
Don’t waste your time and money on Anchorman 2
Movie Title: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Grade: D for dumb In a Nutshell: Full of offensive stupidity. I have a pretty good sense of humor and love to laugh, but this movie falls short of the cast’s talent and … Continued
Saving Mr. Banks movie review
Movie Title: Saving Mr. Banks Grade: A- In a Nutshell: This is an absolutely lovely film that wraps a perfect Disney bow around your heart. It’s the untold back-story of how the beloved movie Mary Poppins came to be. Walt … Continued
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty will have you renewing your passport
Movie Title: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Grade: A- In a Nutshell: We’re all a little bit like Walter Mitty, imagining ourselves doing great things while reality jails us in some dull cubicle to eek out a living. In … Continued
Thor gets hammered by movie critics
Movie Title: Thor: The Dark World In a Nutshell: More Thor. More Chris Hemsworth. More muscles and awesome abs. More beautiful Natalie Portman. Thor has to save Earth and the Nine Realms from another evil enemy who looks like … Continued
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2 Satisfies Your Craving
In a Nutshell: “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”. Swallow Falls has evolved into an island inhabited of living food creatures, triggered by a machine that young scientist Flint Lockwood designed in the first movie. Flint returns to his … Continued
Captain Phillips receives heroic praise
Movie Title: Captain Phillips In a Nutshell: This intense docudrama of the Maersk Alabama hijacking keeps you on the edge of your seat, an especially impressive feat, considering the movie is over two hours long. I kept imagining myself in … Continued
Gravity takes off at the box office
Movie Title: Gravity In a Nutshell: Wow. How did they film that? Gorgeous. Simply stunning. A feast for the eyes. Things I liked: I loved it when Sandra Bullock (SPOILER ALERT) finally gets back into the capsule, strips … Continued
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters gets a big waterlogged
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie review One of the best words to describe this sequel to PercyJackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief is “demi-good.” If you enjoyed the first movie, you’ll get a kick out of seeing the … Continued