THE TOOTH FAIRY is one half a cute movie built on an absurd but competently executed premise, and one half a hackneyed family flick complete with cute kidlet, sullen teen, and a harried but good-hearted single-mom hoping she’s finally found Mr. Right. Fortunately, Dwayne Johnson, in a role that is tailor made for his affable… Read More »
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US
ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US is a great spool of carefully spun cotton candy designed to delight its target audience. And it will. The millions upon millions of tweens who are obsessed with the eponymous boy band created by Simon Cowell (Britains Got Talent, American Idol) will scream and swoon in equal measure to the… Read More »
MADAGASCAR
As I was watching MADAGASCAR, the new animated flick from Dreamworks, it occurred to me that there just aren’t enough lemurs in films of any kind and that’s a darn shame. Not just because as primates they’re our cousins, distantly, but also because there is something intrinsically and compellingly absurd in their large eyes and… Read More »