Archive for the 'Family Entertainment' Category

The Day the Earth Stood Still: A Very Belated Review

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Now … okay.  I saw the remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still fairly soon after it first came out.  As I was watching it, I was thinking to myself, “Well … okay, I guess this isn’t so bad.”  Walking out of the theatre with my fiance and her parents (we were all bonding [...]

Who You Gonna Call?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

What has eight legs, four guns, and a rockin’ awesome car?  Hopefully, the new Ghostbusters movie.  No less than twenty four years after the stellar sequel, Sony’s thinking that it’s time to bring the boys back.  Until Men in Black and the Spider-Man franchise, Ghostbuster’s was Columbia’s top grossing movie ever.  So a third movie [...]

The Longshots: Not Quite a Longshot

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

The Sandlot.  Little Giants.  Rookie of the Year.  Kiddie sports were big back in the early and mid 1990s, and they might be making a comeback with Ice Cube’s new movie, The Longshots.  The difference here is that instead of an entirely campy comedy where the good guys always win (right at the last possible [...]

Wintuk: Cirque du Soleil’s Perfect Live Family Entertainment

Saturday, July 5th, 2008

With July 4th in the history books and Labor Day coming up fast, the next thing you know the year end holiday season will be here and family entertainment will be high on the agenda.
Movies are great, but if you would like a change of pace that is just as entertaining for adults as it [...]