“Hugo,” the first children’s film by famed director Martin Scorsese, is one of the richest, most beautiful, most moving children’s films ever made for adults.
I’ll tell you what I mean.
Hugo: Deeply Gorgeous
November 22, 2011 By
Review: Happy Feet Two
November 18, 2011 By
Grade: B-
Bottom Line: This movie is all about the music. If you approach it like a rock opera and don’t expect a coherent story, it’s enjoyable. Think “Mama Mia” or Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” but with, you know, penguins.
Who Should See It: Fine for kids of all ages and their parents.
Rating: PG for some mild peril which may be too much for the smallest sensitive kids. No inappropriate sexual content or language.
Full review after the jump.
The Greening of Whitney Brown
November 11, 2011 By
Sammi Hanratty and Bob star in "The Greening of Whitney Brown"
Grade: B
Who Should See It: Tween girls and the people who love them.
Rating: PG with nothing that pushes the PG envelope.
Bottom Line: This story about real friendship features a beautiful relationship between a girl and a horse with a refreshing innocence. It’s as good as Hannah Montana, or as painful, depending on your perspective.
Full review after the jump.
Dolphin Tale: Making of “A True Movie”
September 23, 2011 By
When Charles Martin Smith was hired as director of the new movie “Dolphin Tale,” he immediately flew to Florida to visit Winter the dolphin, an ocean rescue who lost her tail and was fitted with a prosthetic by her human family. The scene he saw there would set the tone for the entire movie.
“There was this kid about six who had lost a leg to cancer; he had been going through intense treatment. His mother had brought him there and he was allowed to swim with Winter,” Smith told me last week by phone, “I watched her around him, she echolocated around the leg and the prosthetic. She understands, I think. And I just watched how tender she was with him and how moved the boy was and how moved the mother was. I wanted to try to capture some of that.”
Cars 2 Misfires
June 24, 2011 By
Maybe this is a good time to talk about expectations. Pixar, the company of swollen-brain geniuses who brought you the “Toy Story” franchise, “Up,” “Finding Nemo,” and “Monsters, Inc.,” has a reputation to protect. When they misstep, as they have with “Cars 2,” released today, it’s a bit like catching the Glee concert when Lea Michele has a sore throat. It’s not pretty, but it’s better and more exciting than anything you’d hear at the bar down the street. They’re in a whole other league.
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