• December 28, 2008
• Adventure, At Home, Drama

Now, why is it there there are no excellent Viking movies out there? I mean, people love warriors, battles, raping, and pillaging when it comes to movie mayhem. Movies...

• December 28, 2008
• Animation, At Home, Family

Unlike some of the more recently wonderous and often dark films by Hayao Miyazaki (like Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke), Ponyo is squarely for the My Neighbor Totoro set…...

• December 18, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Horror

I had barely heard anything about this film when I saw it. Except that it was a Swedish vampire movie. Well, alright. But then a friend breathlessly told me...

• December 16, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Romance

Nicholas Sparks is clearly an agent of evil. Who else can write stories that are sappier than maple syrup and still win you over in the end? I made...

• December 1, 2008
• At Home, Comedy, Television

Leave it to Stephen Colbert and friends to come up with a Christmas special that is completely irreverent, strangely traditional, and introduces a handful of new holiday songs that...

• November 28, 2008
• At Home, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Let me get a few things out of the way before delving into my review of Twilight… Yes, I read the book and enjoyed it. Yes, I read the...

• November 26, 2008
• At Home, Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Fred Claus has issues. For one thing, he’s spent most of his life living in the shadow of his saintly brother, Nicholas (yes, Saint Nicholas, a rotund goody-goody of...

• November 17, 2008
• At Home, Comedy, Drama, Romance

Audrey Hepburn is perhaps best-known for her stylish and hip performance in Breakfast at Tiffany’s—with her timeless Hubert de Givenchy fashions and long skinny cigarette holder (not to mention...

• November 15, 2008
• Action, Adventure, At Home

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas should have just left Indiana Jones literally riding off into the sunset in The Last Crusade… after all, isn’t how all the best adventures...

• November 10, 2008
• At Home, Drama, War

I just read a review of this movie that completely, and utterly, ripped it apart. The reviewer was appalled by the fact that a movie could be made about...

• October 27, 2008
• At Home, Western

All good things must come to an end, but after four hours, I still couldn’t get enough of Broken Trail. Set in 1897, this compelling mini-series follows Print Ritter...

• October 23, 2008
• Action, Adventure, At Home, Comedy

One of my favorite things about classic Rankin Bass specials is that they’re as quirky as they are endearing. They don’t just give you traditional holiday tales, they throw...