Kung Fu Panda 2 is disappointing only because it is not the original Kung Fu Panda, a rare animated action-packed adventure that managed to delight adult filmgoers as well as kids not by injecting sophisticated humor but by making a story of a fat Panda bear incontestably exciting. The second entry in the trilogy (this [...]
Kung Fu Panda 2
May 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Film Reviews
Tags:Angelina Jolie·David Cross·Dennis Haysbert·Dustin Hoffman·Gary Oldman·Jack Black·Jackie Chan·James Hong·Jean-Claude Van Damme·Jennifer Yuh Nelson·Kung Fu Panda 2·Lucy Liu·Michelle Yeoh·Seth Rogen·Victor Garber
Paul
March 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Film Reviews
A version of this review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
From their inspired horror spoof Shaun of the Dead, to their enjoyable action movie send up Hot Fuzz, to their new cute and clever alien road movie Paul, the hilarious team of Simon Pegg [...]
Tags:Bill Hader·Greg Mottola·Jane Lynch·Jason Bateman·Jeffrey Tambor·Joe Lo Truglio·John Carroll Lynch·Kristen Wiig·Nick·Paul·Seth Rogen·Sigourney Weaver·Simon Pegg
Funny People
July 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Film Reviews
This review first appeared in The Colorado Springs Gazette. To read this review at its original source, click here.
Director Judd Apatow has made a quite different film — both narratively, stylistically and tonally — than those that recently perched him squarely among Hollywood vaulted royalty (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up). He shows much greater depth [...]
Tags:Adam Sandler·comedians·dying·Eric Bana·Jason Schwartzman·Jonah Hill·Judd Apatow·Leslie Mann·Seth Rogen·sickness·stand up comedy
