Nov 25

Enchanted 11.21 (RP) 11.21 (US)

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy No Comments »

enchantedThere are no happily ever afters in New York. Ouch. Never expected some hard truths to come from a princess movie? Disney comes up with a refreshing reality-check fantasy in this week’s double feature of

SPOILER-FREE REVIEWER for the ITCHING VIEWER

Running time : 1:50
Post-credit extras : safe to head for the exits early for this one
 

You know them from :
Amy Adams (Giselle) was also in Underdog and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
James Marsden (Prince Edward) played “come steal my girl” roles as Cyclops and Lois Lane’s boyfriend
Patrick Dempsey (Robert) is Grey’s Anatomy’s Doc McDreamy
Timothy Spall (Nathaniel) played another lowly subordinate role as Pettigrew in the Potter movies (coincidentally, Adams is working on a movie called “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day”)
Susan Sarandon (Queen Narissa) needs no introduction

Notes :

  1. Reality bites. Giselle takes a page from Edward Bloom (Big Fish) in terms of innocent positivity, but Bloom never had to deal with big city traffic, mugging, and subway crowding. Continue reading »

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Nov 22

Transformers

Action/Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction 3 Comments »

Transformers Poster

Who wouldn’t have applauded finally seeing our favorite childhood pastime emerge in full animation in the big screen? For those who grew up with this tin can gang, crazed fans makes a standing ovation for the summation of the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons into a comical adventure. The film did not fail to recognize those who are but new to this morning cartoon show and even the girls are swooned in seeing the heroic Optimus Prime.

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Oct 28

The Simpsons Movie 07.25 (RP) 07.27 (US)

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from the archives

simpsons movieTime to cough up some dough (mmm.. dough). After free 48 shorts and 400 episodes, Apu’s price gouging rubs off the producers of The Simpsons in this week’s

SPOILER-FREE REVIEWER for the ITCHING VIEWER

Running time             : 1:15
Post-credit extras    : some
Notes    :

  1. A couple of kids’ll still be sitting out back, but Homer and co. get to do “R”estricted humor here. Continue reading »

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