If I had to single one thing out as being the saddest moment in PIXELS, it would have to be when Michelle Monaghan, as a newly dumped wife is forced to find solace from Adam Sandler as she is weeping and drinking chardonnay from a sippy cup on the floor of her closet.
I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER
I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER is a raucous coming of age film that compresses the action into one tumultuous day and night. The day is graduation, the coming of age is done by Dennis, and the tumultuous is courtesy of the object of his longing, the eponymous Beth Cooper. It is a time fraught with… Read More »
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS — THE LIGHTNING THIEF
The classical Greek myths has persisted in the collective imagination since they first sprouted in ancient Hellene. That they have infused themselves into popular young adult fiction in the Percy Jackson series is no surprise, nor is it a surprise that a cinematic rendering should spring from it. The only surprise is that it took… Read More »
HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS
The problem with translating any of the Harry Potter books to the big screen is that author J.K. Rowling has cram-packed so much delicious detail onto virtually every page of her magnum opus. As with the previous effort, HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERERS STONE, director Chris Columbus and company have done a stand-out job of capturing the… Read More »