Astro Boy, surprisingly, is better than the
first episodes of the 1980 Astro Boy television series with its little different twist than
the television stories had. Nicolas Cage does a great job voicing Dr. Tenma while Freddie Highmore easily earns his place as an
outstanding choice to voice Astro Boy. This film needs improvement in presentation and storyline.
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Storyline
Toby
(voice of Freddie Highmore) is accidentally disintegrated by energy spheres and
is reconstructed by his father, Dr. Tenma (voice of Nicolas Cage), into a
robotic body.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to
Director David Bowers for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive Producers Francis
Kao, Cecil Kramer, Ken Tsumura, and Paul Wang for making the film possible. Cast include: Freddie Highmore, voice of Ryann Stiles, Eugene Levy, voice of Nicolas Cage, Donald
Sutherland, Bill Nighy, David Alan Grier, and Alan Tudyk.
Paul Blart: MallCop
is one of America’s best clean, comedic movies of the year. With a simple
script that reminds us that goodness, honesty, heart, and courage in any occupation
can lead to the happiest of endings, Kevin James, the exceptionally likable lead actor in The King of Queens television series, shows us in an all-around-fun way that success comes to those who believe
that high performance is not dictated by the status of the job, but by the
integrity that exists inside of a person.
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Storyline
Mall
Security Guard Paul Blart (Kevin James) finds that courage and quick thinking
can save even the worst of mall days.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Steve Carr for directing efforts. Thank you to Executive
Producer Jeff Sussman for making the film possible. Cast
include: Keir O’Donnell, Jayma Mays, Raini Rodriguez, Shirley Knight, Stephen Rannazzisi, Peter Gerety, Bobby Cannavale, and Adam Ferrara.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
Director Steve Carr (from Daddy Day Care (2003) and Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)) shows remarkable
skill in capturing the comedic essence of the story through timing and
outstanding camera direction. Video Critique Available Here:
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle—fresh, fun, and comical—more than works for its
watch and money investment. The dialogue is great and provides a non-stop
patter to elicit laughter from its audience. It’s a welcome diversion from the
over-the-top action movies that have been designed to keep their audience at
the edge of their seats. The cast works so fluidly that one can only say thank
you to Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan, Bobby
Cannavale, and Nick Jonas for good entertainment. This is great work for all involved in production.
The movie just works—all the way around.
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Storyline
Teens discover an old gaming console while
cleaning out a school basement room as a detention exercise. When they decide to play
it, they find themselves sucked into the game with a set of lives assigned to
them and an adventure they will never forget.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Director Jake Kasdan for directing
effort. Thank you to Producers Matt Tolmach and William Teotler for making the
film possible. Cast includes: Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen
Gillan, Nick Jonas, and Bobby Cannavale.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This movie is just fun to
watch. It varies from the first presentation of Jumanji as it goes into comedy
fairly quickly after establishing the basic personality of the cast members. There
are a few suggestive scenes, but those scenes are made for laughs, and are clean and palatable. The movie makes a good teen/adult share and leaves
a good feeling that one has been served a quite good comedy.
Rush Hour—Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker—has comedy tucked in with action to
create a very good piece of entertainment. WOW! As of 2022 the movie is 24
years old and still provides a good watch.
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Storyline
Two law enforcement officers attempt to rescue a
kidnapped daughter of a Chinese diplomat.
Additional
Thanks
Thank you to Director Brett
Ratner for directing effort. Thank you to Producers Roger Bimbaum, Jonathan Glickman,
and Arthur Sarkissian for making the film possible. Cast includes: Jackie Chan,
Chris Tucker, Tzi Ma, Tom Wilkinson, Ken Leung, Elizabeth Pena, Mark Rolston, and
Rex Linn.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. This is a worthy watch for the teen/adult
audience.
Honey, I Blew Up The Kid is a suitable family movie with Rick
Moranis standing as the good choice for the film’s main character, Wayne
Szalinski, inventor. Who doesn’t like Rick Moranis? He becomes the definition of a successful inventor who makes serious mistakes at times. This
film is an okay child/adult share film. The conclusion of the film does not have the impact that the beginning scenes had and needs a quick reality check.
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Storyline
Inventor
Wayne Szalinski (Rick Moranis) enlarges toddler Adam Szalinski (Daniel
Shalikar) to fourteen feet.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Randal Kleiser for directing efforts.
Thank you to Executive Producers Albert Band and Stuart Gordon for making the
film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Diane Szalinski (Marcia
Strassman), Nick Szalinski (Robert Oliveri), Clifford Sterling (Lloyd Bridges),
Dr. Charles Hendrickson (John Shea), Mandy Park (Keri Russell), and Marshall
Brooks (Ron Canada).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. It’s
a suitable family watch; it is not a high-quality film, but provides a sweet, cute watch for the whole family.
