The more I think about it, Life of Pi was a stupid movie. Sure, it looked great and was downright dazzling on the big screen, but watch it on a television and it’s a film about a CGI tiger that fluctuates between having terrific and mediocre special effects. The story is sort of dull, the ending anticlimactic and the whole religion piece doesn’t make any sense. Thankfully, there’s Kon-Tiki.
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What does $325 million buy you these days? A groundbreaking prequel to The Wizard of Oz, or an unimaginative orgy of cartoonish special effects starring James Franco playing James Franco? Oz the Great and Powerful is more the latter than the former.
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If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, but Peter Jackson thinks otherwise. In his heralded return to Middle Earth, the director of the award-winning Lord of the Rings franchise keeps many things the same but makes one very risky change that has a detrimental effect on the overall film. Your opinion of the film will rely heavily on whether you can get past this alteration.
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Last time you saw Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp team up, the result was a quiet franchise known as Pirates of the Caribbean. Actually, it was the stellar animated movie Rango. Their latest unholy union is The Lone Ranger, a super-expensive and problem-laden western adventure flick that may or may not involve werewolves and other supernatural creatures.
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Some would describe Snow White and the Huntsman as a fun movie. Others would describe it as a glossy mess. Regardless, there’s no argument that director Rupert Sanders is as good at creating stunning visuals as he is at directing his way into Kristen Stewart’s pants. Unfortunately, the bonus features included on the new Blu-ray release – available in stores now – are immediately forgettable.
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The Lord of the Rings is one of the greatest trilogies of all time, not only because of its sweeping story arcs and extraordinary production values but because it was filmed as one, long movie that happened to be split into three parts. There is also little argument that the extended versions of the three movies, with over two hours of additional footage, are superior to the theatrical releases. In fact, it’s hard to think of not watching the extended versions.
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Even after all this time, we’re [thankfully] not quite ready for a Wizard of Oz remake, but that’s not stopping Sam Raimi for directing the colorful Oz Great and Powerful, about a small-time circus magician named Oscar (James Franco) who is swept by – you guessed it – a tornado into the fantastical Land of Oz.
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Sam Worthington, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson star once again as gods at war in Wrath of the Titans - available to own on Blu-ray combo pack or digital download now.
After a rare Pixar miss with Cars 2, arguably the last film from their arsenal that deserved a sequel, the animation giant returns to form with Brave. From beginning to end, Brave is a charming, fun-filled thrill ride featuring one of Disney’s sassiest princesses yet. While the lessons Princess Merida learns are valuable, I wouldn’t be surprised if many youngsters attempt to emulate some of her more rebellious qualities.
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As studios scramble to appeal to the digital download fans while still clinging to the lucrative-but-quickly-fading home video model, we get awkward releases such as the Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Blu-ray combo pack, which comes with a Blu-ray disc (of course), a DVD and something called Ultraviolet (“your movies in the cloud!”).
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Snow White and the Huntsman debuts in theaters this Friday. In anticipation of the fantasy war epic, we’ve added nearly 30 stills to the photo gallery.
Starrin Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen, Kristen Stewart at Snow White and Chris Hemsworth as the Huntsman, the movie takes a gritty look at the classic tale.
The war between Twilight and Harry Potter is over. The war between Harry Potter and The Hunger Games has begun.
For years the debate raged as to whether Twilight or Harry Potter was the better franchise, despite the unequivocal facts indicating that the latter was the better franchise. Critically praised, based on critically acclaimed books and thematically more powerful, Harry Potter also earned significantly more money than the Twilight saga, which was ravaged by those outside the preteen female demographic.
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I hate wolves. I’m going to make a movie about hating wolves. But I need a plot, so I’ll make Liam Neeson crash in Alaska and have to kill wolves to survive. Yeah. So appears to be the thought process that led to the new action-thriller The Grey, a “monster movie” thinly veiled as a dramatic and deep survival tale.
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Leave it to Steven Spielberg to make the massively disappointing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull only to follow it some years later with a motion-capture adaptation of a beloved European comic book that is more Indiana Jones-esque than anything we’ve seen in two decades. The Adventures of Tintin is an entertaining, fun and superbly detailed action-adventure film that people of all ages will enjoy.
Read FilmJabber’s full The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn movie review.
I was nine years old when The Rocketeer flew into theaters, and I loved it. Flying men, lots of action and Nazis… what more could a little boy ask for? Thankfully, 20 years later, The Rocketeer stands the test of time surprisingly well. The Disney movie is just as enjoyable now as it was then, especially since I appreciate watching a young Jennifer Connelly strut around in a sexy white dress.
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