Rating: Full

 

Cast: E.G. Daily, Tara Strong, Cheryl Chase, Christine Cavanaugh, Cree Summer Franck, Kath Soucie, Michael Bell, Tress MacNeille, Susan Sarandon and John Lithgow

 

Directors: Stig Bergqvist and Paul Demeyer

 

Writers: Kate Boutilier, Jill Gorey, Barbara Herndon, J. David Stem and David N. Weiss

 

Based on: The Nickelodeon show by Gabor Csupo, Paul Germain and Arlene Klasky

 

Producers: Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo

 

Music by: Mark Mothersbaugh

 

Rated: G

 

Release Date: 11/17/00

 

Favorite Character: Coco LaBouche

 

Quote: “Seen one church, seen em’ all. Wake me if you spot a hunchback.”- Betty DeVille

 

Fun Facts: Because Dionne Quan is blind, she never saw what Kimi looks like.

 

Coco LaBouche’s name translates literally to “Coco the Mouth”.

 

After the babies have been “apprehended” and are being returned to the ride Ooey Gooey world, you can see Nigel and Eliza from The Wild Thrornberrys in the car behind Coco and Chad.

 

The song sang during Chuckie’s dream sequence is “Chuckie Chan”. In the dream, he imagines himself as a martial arts expert similar to Jackie Chan. Chuckie’s real name is Charles, same as Jackie Chan’s father, Charles Chan.

 

Summary: The Rugrats are back…this time in Paris, where they must stop Chuckie’s dad from marrying an evil businesswoman.

 

The Review: A charming family film that shouts ‘Nickelodeon’ is the best in the Rugrats trilogy that has you love them even more.

 

 

Rating: Full

 

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Rose Byrne, Chandler Canterbury and Lara Robinson

 

Director: Alex Proyas

 

Writers: Ryne Douglas Pearson, Juliet Snowden and Stiles White

 

Producers: Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Alex Proyas

 

Music by: Marco Beltrami

 

Rated: PG-13 for disaster sequences, disturbing images and brief strong language

 

Release Date: 03/20/09

 

Favorite Character: John Koestler

 

Quote: “Don’t let him watch the news.”- John Koestler

 

Fun Facts: In the movie they show an oil rig on fire in the Gulf of Mexico. A little more than a year later on April 20, 2010, it became a reality with the BP oil spill in the gulf.

 

This is the film debut for Liam Hemsworth, who would later star in huge films like the Hunger Games.

 

The school in the movie is William Dawes Elementary. William Dawes was one of the riders who, like Paul Revere, warned the minutemen that British troops were coming. Just like a child at his namesake school was trying to warn people what was coming.

 

At the ceremony to open the time capsule, the children first sing a song named “This Little Light of Mine” written by school teacher Harry Dixon Loes around 1920. The lyrics refer to “letting light shine” – a bit of foreshadowing of what is yet to come.

 

Summary: The University Professor studies a mysterious list of numbers from the school time capsule and discovered that’s it’s connected to global disasters past and future.

 

The Review: As it can be a psychic cliché, this is a disaster film no one has done before.

 

 

 

Rating: Empty

 

Cast: Jason Segal, Cameron Diaz, Rob Cordory, Ellie Kemper and Rob Lowe

 

Director: Jake Kasdan

 

Writers: Kate Angelo, Jason Segal and Nicholas Stoller

 

Producers: Todd Black, Jason Blimenthal and Steve Tisch

 

Music by: Michael Andrews

 

Rated: R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and some drug use

 

Release Date: 07/18/14

 

Favorite Character: Jay Hargrove

 

Fun Facts: The production crew used the fake title of ‘Basic Math’ as the film’s working title because it was hard to secure filming locations for a project called ‘Sex Tape’.

 

Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz played another love couple in Bad Teacher (2011), which was also directed by Jake Kasdan.

 

In this film, Cameron Diaz’s character’s name is Annie. Her next film, released months after this one (also a Sony Pictures release) is the remake Annie (2014).

 

The telephone number shown on the caller id is 310-760-7511 instead of the usual 555- prefix.

 

Quote: “It’s a game…called breaking in and entering.”- Jay Hargrove

 

Summary: A couple decides to film themselves having sex, but it really goes wrong when the video has been synced to the public and they must try to erase the video before it’s too late!

 

The Review: Why does romantic movies go like this? Heck, the sex video in the film was less boring than the movie itself!