Like most people, as a kid, I loved dinosaurs. Unlike most people, as I got older, my fascination with them never tempered. While I don't have the encyclopedic knowledge of a career paleontologist, my dinosaur IQ is solidly above average. When I was younger, I had didactic dino books that I devoured daily. My two... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: July 21, 2006 Production budget: $70,000,000 Worldwide gross: $72,785,169 M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water was one cog in the wheel of Shyamalan's original fall from grace - not because of him or anything he did or said in his personal life, but simply because audiences and critics alike agreed that... Continue Reading →
Original US release date: July 30, 2004 Production budget: $60,000,000 Worldwide gross: $256,697,520 If you're a regular reader, you may know I was once among M. Night Shyamalan's biggest fans. He lost me after a handful of subpar films, but has recently been winning me back with The Visit and Split. This particular film, The... Continue Reading →
Here's a secret: I've never been crazy about Disney's original Pete's Dragon. Really, it was only because of Mickey Rooney's hammy performance. Even as a kid, I thought he was pretty awful in that movie. I hated his performance so much that I couldn't enjoy the rest of the film. So, finally, I have myself a Mickey-Rooney-free... Continue Reading →
The Movie March! 