• April 29, 2010
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Science Fiction

So of course I had this Def Leppard song in my head through much of Armageddon—partially, I’m sure, to block out the creepiness of the all-Aerosmith, all-the time soundtrack....

• March 26, 2010
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Family

I went into How to Train Your Dragon with absolutely no expectations. Zero. Nada. But by the time the closing credits were winding up, I found myself loitering in...

• March 17, 2010
• Adventure, At Home, Family

Where the Wild Things Are, the book by Maurice Sendak, is a story that is wedged into millions of people’s imaginations already, with its big friendly beasties and young...

• December 28, 2009
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Family

An inarguable masterpiece of gentle, sweet storytelling combined with gorgeous hand-drawn animation, My Neighbor Totoro is an indisputable classic of anime from famed Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and his...

• December 18, 2009
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Avatar takes place sometime in the future (150 years-ish) when humans have decimated the resources of Earth, and now have shown up on the distant, lush moon called Pandora....

• December 10, 2009
• Adventure, At Home, Family

Now, call me a freak, but I kind of enjoy the Buddies series of movies. You know, these straight-to-video spawn of Air Bud family flicks that follow the doggy...

• November 12, 2009
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Drama

It will surprise no one to learn that the “plot” of the movie is fairly thin – neutrinos from the sun have been heating up the Earth’s core, and...

• October 23, 2009
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Fantasy

Directed by Paul Weitz (In Good Company), the story revolves around teenager Darren Shan (Chris Massoglia), whose strait-laced, hum-drum life is turned inside out when a freak show rolls...

• July 15, 2009
• Adventure, At Home, Family, Fantasy

As I’ve admitted in past Harry Potter movie reviews, I still have (at this point) not read the books. It still holds true that I’ve only finished the first...

• July 11, 2009
• Action, Adventure, Animation, At Home

The best thing about Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is the introduction, which served as a trailer for the film, and plays like a fabulous short film. Scrat...

• June 19, 2009
• Adventure, At Home, Comedy

Much to my surprise and gradual glee, Year One never pretends to be anything other than a really low-brow comedy (and I mean that as a compliment!) aimed at...

• May 29, 2009
• Adventure, Animation, At Home, Comedy

Filled with spectacular art direction and ever-clever writing, Up tells the story of elderly balloon vendor Walter Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner), who decides to fulfill a life-long promise...