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Review: RIO 2

In Movie, Review by Chris

The Blu-ray is equally as fun and should make for an enjoyable family movie night. Along with the movie, you also get a generous library of special features and deleted scenes.

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Why every parent must watch FED UP

In Movie, Review by Chris

Fed Up exposes new and old truths about the American obesity epidemic, much akin to Inconvenient Truth’s global warming revelations. It is a film equal parts alarming and motivational. Fed Up is in theaters May 9th.

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Everything is awesome about The LEGO® Movie

In Movie, Review by Chris

I’m not going to build your interest in this film by stacking pun after pun, from fear of you throwing bricks at me. That would be too easy….like Duplo® easy. Instead I had hoped we could interlock our interest for an amazing brand by constructing only the details. So, block out any distractions and enjoy this well-assembled formation of words. Respect the pun, kids.

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Review: Frozen

In Movie, Review by Chris

Frozen, like the similar Tangled, is a gorgeously animated picture; but is further evidence that reviving the golden age of Disney musicals is a tough feat. Frozen hits theaters November 26, 2013. Rated PG for some action and mild rude humor. The Arendelle King, presumably of Norwegian or Scandinavian relation, discovers his daughter Elsa (Idina Menzel) has supernatural freezing abilities, …

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Review » Thor: The Dark World

In Movie, Review by Chris

Expensive computer-generated landscapes and effects bedeck Earth’s Mightiest Avenger sequel, but combined with formula “save-the-universe” story and Hiddleston’s allowance to overshadow Hemsworth; Thor: The Dark World is simply not good enough. Thor 2 lands in theaters November 8, 2013. Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some suggestive content. Thor’s opening sequence is backstory narration on …