Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 25, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“They’ll burn up like tiny scarabs in Sinai” It appears director Shawn Levy and new screenwriters David Guion and Michael Handelman have thrown the jokey nature of Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant‘s Battle of the Smithsonian away to bring the Night at the Museum series back to what first made it a success. Secret […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Ben Kingsley, Ben Stiller, Crystal the Monkey, Dan Stevens, David Guion, M.C. Escher, Michael Handelman, Mickey Rooney, Mizuo Peck, Night at the Museum, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, Owen Wilson, Patrick Gallagher, Rami Malek, Rebel Wilson, Ricky Gervais, Robert Ben Garant, Robin Williams, Shawn Levy, Skyler Gisondo, Steve Coogan, Thomas Lennon
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 19, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Like a Golden Fleece” While Night at the Museum is by no means a great film above family friendly theatrics, it did have heart. There was a story at its back—one steeped in magic that dealt with redemption and self-worth against insurmountable odds. A cool premise too wherein the exhibits at the Natural Museum of […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Amy Adams, Ben Stiller, Bill Hader, Crystal the Monkey, Hank Azaria, Jon Bernthal, Night at the Museum, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Owen Wilson, Rami Malek, Robert Ben Garant, Shawn Levy, Thomas Lennon
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 12, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Keep a lid on it, Butterscotch” While based on a 1993 children’s book by Milan Trenc portraying a museum security guard discovering how he must protect the people outside from the dinosaur skeletons that come to life inside, Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon‘s cinematic adaptation of Night at the Museum bears more of a […]
Category action/adventure, comedy, family, fantasy, film reviews · Tags Ben Stiller, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Bill Cobbs, Brad Garrett, Carla Gugino, Crystal the Monkey, David Krumholtz, Dick Van Dyke, Jake Cherry, Judge Reinhold, Mickey Rooney, Milan Trenc, Mizuo Peck, Mr. Peabody & Sherman, Night at the Museum, Owen Wilson, Patrick Gallagher, Paul Rudd, Rami Malek, Ricky Gervais, Robert Ben Garant, Robin Williams, Shawn Levy, Steve Coogan, The Santa Clause, Thomas Lennon, Tim Allen
Posted by Jared Mobarak on September 16, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“Secrets are cancer to a family” Get ready because I’m going to throw some hyperbole your way. Here it is: This Is Where I Leave You is Franny and Zooey meets The Big Chill. Now hold on a second and let me explain. Jonathan Tropper is not J.D. Salinger and Shawn Levy isn’t Lawrence Kasdan. […]
Category comedy, drama, film reviews · Tags Abigail Spencer, Adam Driver, Ben Schwartz, Cade Lappin, Connie Britton, Corey Stoll, Dax Shepard, Debra Monk, Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger, Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Jonathan Tropper, Kathryn Hahn, Lawrence Kasdan, Mary Kay Place, Rose Byrne, Shawn Levy, The Big Chill, This is Where I Leave You, Timothy Olyphant, Tina Fey
Posted by Jared Mobarak on April 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
“And you brought your androgynous friend” It is amazing what a month can do to change one’s tastes. I’m a fan of Steve Carell, have been since his days on “The Daily Show”, but recently couldn’t get past how much I hated his role in “The Office”, not to mention having wrote off the show […]
Category comedy, film reviews · Tags 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Chris Farley, Common, Date Night, J.B. Smoove, James Franco, Jimmi Simpson, Josh Klausner, Kristen Wiig, Mark Ruffalo, Mark Wahlberg, Mean Girls, Mila Kunis, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Pineapple Express, Saturday Night Live, Shawn Levy, Steve Carell, Taraji P. Henson, The Daily Show, The Office, Tina Fey, William Fichtner
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