Jan 23, 2009
by Jean Brunet
Rating: Kernel
Mo 'Silvertongue' Folchart has the magical powers to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. The downside to his powers is that when a fictional character is read out of the book, a real person vanishes into the pages of the story. While visiting a secondhand book shop, Mo finds the book he's been looking for since his wife, Resa, disappeared into the mystical world nine years ago. Determined to rescue Resa, Mo's plans take a detour ... Read More
Dec 27, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Rating: Kernel
Adam Sandler has had his fair share of good comedies over the years such as Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy and Punch-Drunk Love, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role, but his latest flick, Bedtime Stories, just doesn't cut it. In the film, Sandler is Skeeter Bronson, a hotel attendant who's life is about to be changed forever when the bedtime stories he tells his niece and nephew magically come true. Bronson tries to take advantage ... Read More
Nov 28, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Rating: Sizzling Popcorn
In Australia, on the verge of World War II, Lady Sarah Ashley, an English aristocrat, travels to the Northern Territory. When she meets a rough-looking local, she reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save her inherited land from being overtaken. Together with a herd of cattle, they embark upon a transforming journey across some of the world's most beautiful yet unrelenting landscape, only to find themselves in the middle of the bombing of Darwin by the Japanese forces ... Read More
Oct 27, 2008
by Jean Brunet
You know, for an old man you ain't bad in a fight. What are you, like 80?
-Mutt Williams
Rating: Sizzling Popcorn
He's not 80, but the aging Harrison Ford returns as Indiana Jones in the epic adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the fourth and maybe final film in the franchise. This time around Indy is in search of the crystal skull, an ancient artifact he must return to its right place before the Soviets take control of it. Through ... Read More
Oct 14, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Rating: Sizzling Popcorn
In April 1607, 103 Englishmen embarked on three ships are on their way to a new world inhabited by tribal communities. As soon as they reach land, a rebellious war veteran, John Smith, is about to be hung for insubordination, but he is too skilled and popular to be executed that he is freed by Captain Christopher Newport soon after they arrive. When the English begin to struggle in their fight with the natives, John Smith adventures into the wild ... Read More
Oct 13, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Rating: Sizzling Popcorn
History knows him as Genghis Khan, but before he became a warlord, he was simply a man named Temudgin. Exiled into slavery as a boy and forced into a life of struggle after his father is killed by a rival clan, the greatest military mastermind of all time survived on the strength of a single dream: to unite his people into the largest empire the world has ever known.
Japanese actor Asano Tadanobu gives a touching performance as Temudgin in this ... Read More
Sep 24, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Rating: Butter Popcorn
Do you ever feel like your life's been scripted? Bloom does. His older brother Stephen has been manipulating his life since he was young, when Stephen maps out a plan to have him ask out his crush. Bloom is not the only one who is being controlled. Growing up together, the two brothers have mastered the art of deception as they con many around the world. Stephen and Bloom are now living at the top of the world as international ... Read More
Aug 6, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Rating: Popcorn
It's been two years since last time we saw them and now Tibby, Carmen, Bridget and Lena have just finished their first year of college. Over the past couple of years, they've gone through times of love, lost and change. Tibby is now at NYU taking film studies, Carmen at Yale, Bridget on a soccer scholarship at Brown, and Lena is studying fine arts. What continues to bring them together is the pair of jeans that magically fits them all, but ... Read More
Aug 1, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Photo Credit: Digital Domain Copyright: © 2008 Universal Studios. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Rating: Butter Popcorn
Explorer Rick O'Connell is about to combat the resurrected Han Emperor in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China to the neon-lit streets of post-war Shanghai and high into the spectacular Himalayas. Rick is joined in this all-new adventure by son Alex, wife Evelyn and her brother, Jonathan. And this time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge ... Read More
Jul 19, 2008
by Jean Brunet
Today is "Saturday at the Movies" with my friend Matt from MTMD and SizzlingPopcorn.com. Last night we both saw The Dark Knight and Mamma Mia! and decided to collaborate together on an EntreCard blogosphere movie review. We hope you'll enjoy!
MTMD: Where is the dividing line between a movie and a morality play? When is a movie a fun escape, and when is it a descent into the darkest corners of our minds? Today at the Movies with MTMD ... Read More