Rating: Half-full

 

Cast: Dennis Quaid, Rene Russo, Rip Torn, Linda Hunt, Jerry O’Connell, Josh Henderson and David Koechner

 

Director: Raja Gosnell

 

Writers: Ron Burch and David Kidd

 

Based on: the 1968 motion picture screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Mort Lachman

 

Producers: Robert Simonds and Michael Nathanson

 

Music by: Christophe Beck

 

Favorite Character: Dylan White-Beardsley

 

Tagline: 18 kids, one house, no way.

 

Rated: PG for some mild crude humor

 

Quote: “It’s time for us to call a truce. None of us likes this situation, but if we want to win out we need to unite against the greater enemy. That enemy’s name is Mom and Dad.”- William Beardsley

 

Fun Facts: Drake Bell and Miranda Cosgrove played brother and sister in the Nickelodeon kid’s show Drake & Josh.

 

The party band in the movie is a Christian alternative rock band called Hawk Nelson.

 

In the 1968 original film, Frank Beardsley (portrayed by ‘Henry Fonda (I)’) was an active duty US Navy Chief Warrant Officer (a rank between commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers, usually granted to expert technical specialists with extensive experience), while in this remake, Frank Beardsley is a retired US Coast Guard Admiral.

 

The Review: So the reboot of cheaper by the dozen is great but this one is just a ripoff. There doesn’t seem to be jokes in the film. It is a must for our dear old nickelodeon fans. Use this family film wisely.

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Baultista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillian, Pom Klemertieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell

 

Director: James Gunn

 

Writer: James Gunn

 

Producers: Kevin Feige

 

Music by: Tyler Bates

 

Favorite Character: Peter Quill

 

Tagline: You only get one chance to save the galaxy twice.

 

Rated: PG-13

 

Quote: “I’m Mary Poppins, y’all!”- Yondu

 

Fun Facts: According to Chris Pratt, the film’s script helped him come to terms with the death of his father.

 

Prop master Russell Bobbitt had difficulty finding the cassette decks used in the first film and all of the Sony Walkman headphones they found were broken. Bobbitt contacted Sony to see if they had any available for filming, which they did not, so he eventually created six from scratch.

 

In the cinematic Marvel comic book universe timeline, the film takes place in 2014, three months after Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). It takes place a year after Thor: The Dark World (2013), before or after Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), and a year before Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Ego arrived on Earth and began his relationship with Meredith Quill in 1980, which took place thirty-eight years after Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and thirty-two years before The Avengers (2012).

 

The ironic thing about Gamora not enjoying dancing is actress Zoe Saldana actually has a deep background in dancing, with Ballet being her first passion

 

Summary: As the team struggles, Peter Quill reunites with his father.

 

The Review: This is basically another chapter in the marvel franchise and not one marvel film is defeated. I It does have quite a theme for a title and end credits. Baby Groot once again steals the show. Be sure to stay for the whole movie. Although it is not as awesome as the first one, I still say it is awesome.

 

 

 

Rating: Half-Full

 

Cast: Rob Schneider, David Spade, Jon Heder, Jon Lovitz, Nick Swardson, Craig Kilborn, Molly Sims and Tim Meadows

 

Director: Dennis Dugan

 

Writers: Allen Covert and Nick Swardson

 

Producers: Adam Sandler and Jack Giarraputo

 

Music by: Waddy Wachtel

 

Oscar Nominations: 0

 

Favorite Character: Clark Reedy

 

Tagline: 3 older dudes should be able to beat 9 young jocks… Right?

 

Rated: PG-13 for crude and suggestive humor and for language

 

Quote: “Macaroni must have steroids!”- Clark Reedy

 

Fun Facts: The drills that that Reggie Jackson used for the boys were actual drills he did as a kid.

 

After their first game, David Spade walks out of the field with the other two wearing his sunglasses. This is the only scene where “Richie” wears sunglasses, because the director didn’t allow the character to wear them. However, in this scene, he had forgotten to take his glasses off after being backstage and the director thought that the take was so good, he didn’t bother re-doing the take.

 

In an interview with Howard Stern, Adam Sandler said he specifically cast Spade and Schneider to force them to work together in order to smooth over a rift that the two had with each other.

 

Summary: Three guys formed a three men team to play in the children’s baseball league.

 

The Review: Like Happy Gilmore, Dugan has done another sports comedy. I basically say that Jon Heder’s performance hit a home run, the rest, is ok. The climax of course, is pretty confusing. This film is not out of the park but it did reach double base.

 

Rating: Half-Full

 

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, Bruce Boxleitner and Michael Sheen

 

Director: Joseph Kosinski

 

Writers: Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz

 

Producers: Sean Bailey, Jeffery Silver and Steven Lisberger

 

Music by: Daft Punk

 

Oscar Nominations:

 

Oscar Win: 0

 

Favorite Character: Sam Flynn

 

Tagline: The only way to win is to survive

 

Quote: “Change the scene! Alter the mood! Electrify the boys and girls if you’d be so kind!”- Castor/Zuse

 

Fun Facts: The crowd voices during the disk battle in the beginning of the movie are actually the voices of the audience during the presentation of TRON at Comic-Con.

 

In addition to the soundtrack, Daft Punk are spinning the tunes at the End of Line Club with their trademark helmets.

 

When Flynn’s workstation is first shown, the system uptime (or screen saver runtime) is 20 years, 11 months, 20 days, 16 hours, 22 minutes, 16 seconds (and two other digits that update 15 times per second).

 

The suits the actors had to wear were extremely hot, and when the cameras were not rolling the cast would sit underneath giant yellow air conditioning tubes to cool off.

 

Disney decided not to do a 3rd Tron film. But, in 2017, Disney announced that the Tron film franchise was to be rebooted and Jared Leto was rumored to star.

 

Summary: Kevin Flynn’s son, Sam, gets a signal from his long lost father but then gets sucked into his father’s gaming world and had finally reunited with him.

 

The Review: Insert the coin to begin the sequel. The whole grid has been advanced and more tron-ish but the story is pretty glitchy. On the other hand, the film scores high for its effects. Daft Punk for the score? That is perfect! There could be more tron games. Your eyes will be awed.

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudekis, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland and Jamie Foxx

 

Director: Seth Gordon

 

Writers: Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley and Johnathan Goldstein

 

Producers: Brett Ratner and Jay Stern

 

Music by: Christopher Lennertz

 

Oscar Nominations: 0

 

Quote: “You can’t win a marathon without putting some bandaids on your nipples!”- Kurt Buckman

 

Fun Facts: To promote this film, Warner Bros. Pictures Canada set up a 12-foot Voodoo doll resembling a corporate boss in downtown Montreal. People were given the chance to vent their office frustrations on the doll by stabbing and hitting it with large needles. They were also encouraged to share their best/worst boss story for the chance of winning passes to an advance screening of the film.

 

Jennifer Aniston wore a brown wig to make her character a brunette and more oversexed, a departure from her usual lighter roles.

 

Dale (Charlie Day) mentions a funny movie that starred Danny Devito. Charlie Day stars in the TV show, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” with him.

 

Favorite Character: Dale Arbus

 

Summary: Sick and tired of their bosses, three friends plot to murder them.

 

The Review: If you are sick of your boss and want to beat them up, watch this movie instead. A good plot, a great cast and some sexual jokes. I thought it’s hilarious when the bosses is obnoxious. This is the best Dark Comedy so far.