There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who celebrate a movie in which America’s most beloved hero, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, leaps from a crane to a building engulfed in flames, and those who don’t. I don’t want to know any of the latter. Writer-Director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s SKYSCRAPER doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but it does add much-needed flair, fire and feminism to a genre … [Read more...]
REVIEW: RAMPAGE Goes Every Which Way But Loose
When Edward Muybridge photographed the first motion picture, I’ll bet he never imagined his pioneering efforts would lead to a film that has a flying wolf attacking a military helicopter. But here we are. He’d at least go on record that a movie like that should be a colossal crowd-pleasing fun factory. Though director Brad Peyton’s RAMPAGE shows the occasional blip of rollicking good camp and … [Read more...]
Disney’s “Moana” World Premiere Experience
I don't know about you, but I have been waiting a REALLY long time for Disney's "Moana" to make it's debut (Check out my interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda and my "Moana" Family review). I mean, not only does it explore on a culture rarely touched before, but add in Lin-Manuel Miranda creating music for it and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as one of it's stars, PLUS the very directors that brought to … [Read more...]
D23 Expo 2015: Disney Animation Reveals
Okay, so after grueling hours in line this morning, like most of the D23 attendees, we got a jam packed 3 hours of Disney amazing-ness that will be on the Mouse house's slate. At the beginning we started with a breathtaking sizzle reel that highlighted not just animation but live action sneaks too. (More on that tomorrow but we got a glimpse at Emma Watson as Belle in the yellow dress and I lost … [Read more...]
