Tags: family films
Tags: family films
Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Posted Saturday July 12, 2008, 4:24 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, New Releases, New Line, Theatrical Reviews, Family Films If you thought the latest Indiana Jones adventure was implausible, wait till you see Journey to the Center of the Earth! It makes Kingdom of the Crystal Skull look like a documentary.
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Warners Finally Says (Exactly) Where the Wild Things Are
Posted Saturday July 12, 2008, 4:24 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Warner Brothers, RumorMonger, Celebrities and Controversy, Family Films, Newsstand Warner Bros has finally broken their silence when it comes to the much talked about Where the Wild Things Are. The jury is still out on this one.
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Fan Rant: Cartoons Don't Need Celebrity Voices Anymore
Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 7:35 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
And he drives home the point that cartoons, or "animated films" if you prefer, don't need celebrity voices anymore. Millions of adults, notably those without children who hadn't been convinced by the previous year's Beauty and the Beast, decided that cartoons were not just for kids anymore.
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Do Not Want: Talking Animal Comedy from 'Made of Honor' Screenwriter
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
It was honestly one of the worst wide releases I've ever seen. And Walden Media has just picked up a pitch from him to write a family comedy called Housebroken, about a motley group of talking animals forced to live under one roof when their owners move in together.
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OMG! Are You Ready for the 'High School Musical 3' Trailer!?
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Music & Musicals, Disney, Fandom, Family Films, Trailers and Clips Sorry, High School Musical fans -- the trailer isn't attached to this post, but I can tell you when you can lay your eyes on the singing school extravaganza.
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Sony Snags Animated Comedy 'Planet 51'
Posted Wednesday July 9, 2008, 6:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Deals, New Line, Sony, Warner Brothers, Distribution, Family Films Imagine you're a green alien living happily among other green aliens on a tiny planet somewhere. And he has the voice of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson! So they let the film go, and now Sony has it.
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Indie Weekend Box Office: 'The Wackness' Whacks the Competition
Posted Monday July 7, 2008, 2:55 am, Over one day old at Cinematical
Jonathan Levine's The Wackness scored the best per-screen average of the weekend -- $24,166 -- at six theaters in New York and Los Angeles, according to estimates compiled by Box Office Mojo. You can read more about all these releases in Indie Spotlight, the new column by Eric D. Snider.
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The Exhibitionist: Journey to the Cinema for an Astonishing 3-D Experience
Posted Sunday July 6, 2008, 1:48 pm, Over one day old at Cinematical
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Releases, New Line, Tech Stuff, Exhibition, Family Films, Columns I don't know the last time I felt like a kid at the movies, but while watching Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D this past week, I honestly reverted to my 8-year-old self.
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Trailer Park: Keeping It Real
Posted Saturday July 5, 2008, 2:14 pm, Over one day old at Cinematical
The Perfect Game I've never enjoyed watching sports so baseball movies usually leave me cold, but this one has a couple of things going for it: a true tale of a bunch of kids rising up from poverty to become world champions, and former drug culture icon Cheech Marin playing a priest.
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