Pixar, and DreamWorks Animation, had been preparing me for Finding Dory for years. It’s no secret that DreamWorks Animation was built by Jeffrey Katzenberg – the Disney man who had wanted, but was denied, the mouse house cartoon boss post — to snipe at Disney at every opportunity. When these flicks can take up to…
DetailsIt’s a difficult time for the kung fu film. The great masters are retiring, getting really, really tired, or dying. Ever since the British lease on Hong Kong expired in 1997, mother China has been tightening its strangle-hold on Hong Kong cinema, while slowly opening its arms to Hollywood – an insidious double whammy that…
DetailsTickled is so compelling, so thoroughly engrossing, so freaking enjoyable, that it deserves the kind of praise that compels you to the cinema. See this movie. It’s amazing, astonishing, jaw-dropping, revelatory, brilliant. You’ll notice I’m avoiding talking about the film itself; that’s completely deliberate, for the less you know, the better. Ostensibly it’s about the dark underbelly of competitive endurance tickling.…
DetailsEr ma gerd! It’s another kooky week of film news! What the Hell are we gonna find out about now!? Let’s see! Hey, actor Tom Hiddleston is hinting at some things about Thor: Ragnarok, in which he’ll return as that mischievous Loki. We know that Marc Ruffalo is in it as The Hulk, and Tom…
DetailsI have to admit, my expectations were not high for this film. It’s been in production for a long time – seems like a REALLY long time. I played the Blizzard computer game for some time back in the day, but never got into World of Warcraft because I had already invested some time in…
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