I don’t know if anyone was exactly hungering for a film version of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs, but this one from directors Chris Miller (Shrek the Third) and Phil Lord is a well-rendered and fairly entertaining CGI effort that might literally make you hungry.
Read More Andy Samberg, animation, Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Bruce Campbell, Chris Miller, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, David, DVD, family, James Caan, Neil Patrick Harris, PG-, Phil LordWhile this second entry in Ben Stiller‘s family-friendly, Mannequin-inspired franchise is certainly calmer and more entertaining than its hyperactive predecessor, it earns points alone for featuring Darth Vader and Oscar the Grouch in the same scene. It sees Stiller infiltrating the Smithsonian Institute to help his wax figure friends, who have been shipped there, along [...]
Read More action, adventure, Amy Adams, Ben Stiller, Bill Hader, Christopher Guest, comedy, David, DVD, family, Hank Azaria, Night at the Museum 2, Owen Wilson, PG-, Robin Williams, Shawn Levy, Steve CooganAdventureland was written and directed by Greg Mottola, he who helmed the much-beloved Superbad, and I suspect people will want to see it because of that connection. But it’s not a broad and raunchy laughfest. Rather, it’s a modest, semi-autobiographical–albeit R-rated–comedy/drama about one of those transformative summers in a young person’s life. In this case [...]
Read More Adventureland, Bill Hader, comedy, David, drama, DVD, Greg Mottola, Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, Martin Starr, R, romance, Ryan Reynolds