Henry Selick’s ‘Coraline’ Is A One Of A Kind 3-D Stop-Motion Picture!

Categories: Family, In Theatres, Sci-Fi, Sizzling Popcorn
by Jean Brunet

Rating: Sizzling Popcorn After relocating to Oregon, Coraline misses her friends and finds that her parents are too occupied with their work to be bothered by her. Wanting some excitement, Coraline wonders off outside. Through her adventures, she meets Wybie, a local boy her age whom she finds annoying, and they decide to visit their elderly neighbours. Coraline realizes that life in her new home will be plain and boring, but when she finds a secret doorway, her curiosity is peaked. One evening, ... Read More

INKHEART: Another Brendan Fraser CGI Film

Categories: Adventure, Family, In Theatres, Kernel, Sci-Fi
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

REVIEW: TWILIGHT Hits The Big Screen Today!

Categories: Popcorn, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
by Jean Brunet

Rating: Popcorn It's 5:50pm Thursday night. I've just arrived at Empire Theatres Bayer's Lake for the advance screening of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, but tonight's main event is 4 hours and 10 mins away. This event happens to be the first public showing of Twilight, a teen romantic thriller based on the series of novels written by Stephenie Meyer which have created a pop culture phenomenon around the globe. Camping outside the theatre doors of The Boy In The Striped Pajamas ... Read More

Blu-Ray Review: INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTALL SKULL

Categories: Action, Adventure, Epic, Sci-Fi, Sizzling Popcorn
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

Ron Perlman Returns In ‘Hellboy II: The Golden Army’

Categories: Action, Adventure, Popcorn, Sci-Fi, Thriller
by Jean Brunet

Bigger, badder, better...Hellboy returns to the big screen in Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Rating: Popcorn After an ancient truce between the mythical underworld and humans is broken, hell breaks loose on Earth as Prince Nuada of the underworld is about to unleash the golden army, an army strong enough to wipe out the human race. Who can save mankind from this atrocity? The answer is Hellboy. Equipped with bigger weapons and his task force from the Bureau of Paranormal Reasearch and Defense (B.P.R.D.), ... Read More

Hellboy

Categories: Action, Adventure, Popcorn, Sci-Fi, Thriller
by Jean Brunet

Rating: Popcorn Born in the flames of hell and brought to earth to do evil, Hellboy was rescued from the evil Nazi forces by Scottish Professor Bruttenholm, who raised him to be a hero. Sent to the secret Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense (B.P.R.D.), Hellboy teams up with the telepathic "Mer-Man" Abe Sapien, and "Pyrokenetic" Liz Sherman, his love interest that can control fire. Hidden from the city their suppose to protect, they must defend against the evil madman who is trying ... Read More

WANTED: More Action & Story

Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Kernel, Sci-Fi, Thriller
by Jean Brunet

Rating: Kernel 25-year-old Wes lives a boring routine life in a world where everybody hates him. His life will change one day when he meets the sexy Fox. Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity that teaches him how to avenge his father’s death and unleash his dormant powers. Wanted stars Angelina Jolie (Beowulf, Kung Fu Panda), James McAvoy (Atonement, Penelope), and Morgan Freeman (The Bucket List, The Dark Knight). Action is great, but it's always a lot better when there's a good story behind it. ... Read More

Dasavathaaram (The 10 Avatars)

Categories: Action, Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Popcorn, Sci-Fi
by Jean Brunet

Rating: Popcorn Set in December 2004, a group of scientists create a harmful bio-hazard for defense purpose, but when scientist Govind Ramasaamy discovers that this virus cannot be controlled he decides to prevent others for using it. Dasavathaaram stars Kamal Hassan, winner of 4 National Film Awards (India). Interestingly, Kamal plays the role of 10 different characters (Rangaraja Nambi/Govind Ramasaamy/The United States President/Avtar Singh/Christian Fletcher/Shinghen Narahasi/Krishnaveni/Vincent Poovaraagan/Kalifullah Khan/Balaram Naidu). The movie is filmed in Tamil, India's third most spoken language, and some English. Don't be ... Read More

Saturday At The Movies with MTMD and SP - The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

Categories: Action, Adventure, Epic, Features, Sci-Fi, Sizzling Popcorn
by Jean Brunet

MTMD (9:32:47 PM): Hello MTMD and SizzlingPopcorn Readers...We've popped up a bit of a treat for you...We've both just seen The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, and we've got a movie review for you, Ebert and Roeper style....isn't that right SP? SizzlingPopcorn (9:33:12 PM): That's right! MTMD (9:34:34 PM): LOL...this is fun. Prince Caspian picks up 1300 years after The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe left off in Narnia. But for the Pevensleys, only 1 year has passed in England. SizzlingPopcorn (9:37:41 ... Read More

Iron Man - The Blockbuster Season Begins!

Categories: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Sizzling Popcorn
by Jean Brunet

Rating: Sizzling Popcorn Billionaire Tony Stark has been the President of the family's defense company for the past few years. He flies out to Afghanistan to test a new missile he's created, but things go wrong. His crew are ambushed by a group of terrorist that use his products. Taken into captivity, Tony is commanded to recreate his new missile. He realizes that the weapons he produces are getting into the wrong hands and instead of complying with their demands, Tony creates an ... Read More