Monthly Archives: June 2010
Retro Review: Zathura
Ten years ago, a little family film called Jumanji, based on a hit children’s book, was released and made us all love board games again. Robin Williams in an action adventure for kids, what a concept and it was a box office goldmine. With its huge success, the people behind Jumanji had wanted to make [...]
Retro Review: What Women Want?
Written: December 18, 2000 Since the inception of man there has always been one nagging question, what is the opposite sex thinking about? Well in the new movie from Paramount Pictures Mel Gibson gets that chance. Mel Gibson stars as an advertising executive who has a freak accident in his bathroom and gains the ability [...]
Retro Review: Joe Somebody
Written: December 14, 2001 Tim Allen, the gracious accident-prone tool man of television stumbles into the big screen in a comedy about how the workplace can be so much like our school days. Allen stars as Joe Scheffer, a recently divorced dad who works in a dead-end job at a socially inept pharmaceutical company. Joe [...]
Retro Review: Superman Returns
Back in 1978, one film promised that audiences would believe that in fact a man could fly. That man was Christopher Reeve and he was Superman. The film went on to become the staple to how to bring a superhero to the silver screen. It has been nearly 30 years since we witnessed Christopher Reeve’s [...]
Retro Review: You Can Count on Me
Written: December 19, 2000 A precious realistic script and the kind of feeling that makes you smile is the very backbone that makes “You Can Count on Me” as one of the year’s amazing films. In this “Sundance Film Festival” Jury winner, Laura Linney, of “Primal Fear” and “The Truman Show”, stars as a stable [...]
Retro Review: Identity
“Identity” frustrated me and made me wish for a good old-fashioned whodunit.
Retro Review: Without a Paddle
“Without a Paddle” is quirky, zany and has an old-fashioned 80s comedy feel.
Retro Review: In Her Shoes
“In Her Shoes” really surprised me and I hope it does the same for you.
Retro Review: Meet the Parents
Written: October 2, 2000 “Meet the Parents” stars Ben Stiller as Greg Focker, a bewildered boyfriend who follows his girlfriend, Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo) home to meet her parents as they prepare for Pam’s sister’s wedding. Unbeknownst to Stiller are the secrets to the Byrnes family circle. Robert DeNiro and Blythe Danner star as Pam’s [...]
