Jan 29 2012
Starring Conan O’Brien Directed by Rodman Flender Rated R for language 1 hour 29 minutes After he parted ways with NBC amid the Tonight Show fiasco, Conan O’Briend was prohibited from appearing on TV, radio, or the internet for six months. Feeling a need to connect with his fans, he launched a 32 city comedy [...]
Jan 24 2012
Documentary Directed and narrated by Werner Herzog Rated G 1 hour 30 minutes After seeing some of Werner Herzog‘s other documentaries, I had high hopes for Cave of Forgotten Dreams. It takes the viewer into Chauvet Cave in France, a recently discovered and nearly inaccessible cavern where paintings on the walls have been perfectly preserved [...]
Jan 15 2012
Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson Directed by David Yates Rated PG-13 for some sequences of intense action violence and frightening images 2 hours 10 minutes Finally all of this Harry Potter nonsense is done. I still haven’t read the books, but I have seen all the movies and have found most of them to [...]
Jan 08 2012
Starring Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy Directed by John Badham Rated PG for language and some violence 1 hour 39 minutes I had fond rememberances of this movie from my childhood, so I thought I’d watch it again with my elementary-aged kids. As it turns out, the only thing about the movie that has held [...]
Jan 02 2012
Animated Featuring the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Directed by Steven Spielberg 1 hour 41 minutes A family movie from Steven Spielberg? Well, E.T. was pretty darn good, so I thought it would be worth a trip to the theater with the kids. As it turns out, [...]