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THE WAR WITH GRANDPA

October 8, 2020 By Leave a Comment

THE WAR WITH GRANDPA

Amid the stale jokes and flat direction to be found in THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, one is subjected to cartoonish takes on elder abuse, child abuse, and I’m pretty sure that the bass didn’t enjoy its time during the fishing sequence. Based on the book of the same name by Robert Kimmel Smith, the film… Read More »

Tagged With: attic, book to screen, Family, father-daughter, fishing, Santa

HOME is Where the Heart is

March 27, 2015 By Leave a Comment

HOME is Where the Heart is

Based on the novel “The True Meaning of Smekday” by Adam Rex, HOME is a sweet animated film that is equal parts cheery and poignant.  Aimed more at kids than at adults, it takes the time-honored themes of friendship, family, and keeping promises and wraps them in an imaginative new package as shiny and inviting… Read More »

Tagged With: "The True Meaning of Smekday", Adam Rex, alien invasion, animation, Dreamworks, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Parsons, kids, movie, Rihanna, Steve Martin, young adult

FAILURE TO LAUNCH

October 21, 2014 By Leave a Comment

There is one wildly funny sequence in FAILURE TO LAUNCH, an otherwise pallid and predictable slog. That it features the supporting players and a bird rather than stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey is emblematic of where this film went so very, very wrong. Parker plays Paula, a professional interventionist hired by concerned parents… Read More »

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