ICE AGE: Funny movie but I wasn’t that impressed and also maybe the franchise is getting too repetitive and old. Please don’t make another Ice Age for God’s sake!! Kids I guess will love it even if it’s Ice Age: 11th sequel. LOL

The NEW Ice Age is here….and like all other prequels, this one has Scrat looking for his acorn. The twist is that he just might get “lucky” in more ways than one, when he comes across a female squirrel named Scratte. On the other side, Manny and Ellie are expecting a baby; Diego is fed up with being lazy and wants to go on an adventure of his own;  Sid wants a family of his own and steals some dinosaur eggs landing them ALL in a new adventure underground with the DINOSAURS!! The addition of a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently is a welcome change and a funny one at that.

Watch it and enjoy what might be the last of the series of ICE AGE movies.

My Rating:    3 Stars    (Rated: PG         Running time: 1 hour, 27 minutes)

Genre: Comedy, Animated

Disney has yet another box-office hit on its hands. Disney’s white German Shepard, BOLT comes through for them adding to their already impressive imaginative characters that sway us from this reality to a fictional world we would like to be our own.

Bolt (John Travolta) believes that he is a dog with super powers and he believes that he saves his owner Penny (Miley Cyrus) every day but it’s all being orchestrated by the TV crew behind the scenes. One day, believing that Penny is kidnapped by the green-eyed man, Bolt escapes from the studios into the real world only to discover that he is an ordinary dog with no powers.

What started as an adventure to rescue Penny turns out to be an adventure of self-realization for Bolt. Helped and accompanied by two of his “friends” that he meets along the way from NYC to Hollywood Bolt discovers that he is a hero in his own right. The black housecat Mittens (Sussie Essman) and the hamster in a ball, Rhino (Mark Walton) take you through a hilarious journey with Bolt that leaves you rolling on the floor laughing (ROFL).

Go see it people!! Amazing movie. Good story. Superb animation.

My rating:  

Rating: ★★★½☆ 

Genre:  Animation, Comedy

Since Daniel Craig took over as James Bond the series has taken on a new and exciting turn for the better. After multitudes of similar Bond movies, we are finally watching a new revolution. And, it’s important to see this one because I think this begins Bond’s new nemesis, Quantum.

James Bond heads out to find the people that blackmailed Vesper Lynd (Bond’s lady love who went to her watery grave in Casino Royale) and makes the battle very personal. In doing so, he discovers a larger-than-life evil organization hidden from the top intelligence agencies in the world and one particular member of this organization, Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric) who is plotting to control an essential ingredient of every day life in South America.

The difference with Daniel Craig is that he has gone back to the old glorious days of Sean Connery and the “rough and tough” James Bond that is not dependent on gadgets but gets down and dirty and I personally LOVE IT. This is the quintessential James Bond the way I grew up reading Ian Fleming’s books.

Adding to the list of 83 official Bond girls are Olga Kurylenko (on screen as Camille Montes) and Gemma Arterton (on screen as Strawberry Fields)…both possessing the requisite to be a Bond girl…being HOT or HOTTER!!

There you have it…So go out there and ENJOY the movie! Have fun!

Our rating: 

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Genre: Action

Hollywood in general and Dreamworks in particular, know when they have a good thing going. And, they exploit it to the maximum. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa is one of those movies–a much awaited sequel to the original movie, Madagascar. But, I’ve to say, I’m not disappointed. Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are back with the old gang and some new ones! For those of you that have no idea who these animals are, please see Madagascar (the first part) on DVD or you’ll have missed one good, funny movie.

This time the gang crash lands in the middle of Africa while trying to get from Madagascar to New York City with the Penguins (the local mafia) flying the plane and accompanied by King Julien (who makes it his personal responsibility to get them back to New York and leaves his pet lizard in charge of his tribe in Madagascar!) and a stowaway.

Alex and the gang meet with their “wild” counterparts in the jungle and bond with them. Especially Alex who meets his parents (Dad: Zuba) and his evil uncle, who think he was dead. Each of them have their own goals to achieve while they embark on a journey of self discovery. Alex has to prove his worth to his dad while Gloria finds true love but not before she meets the macho Moto Moto, an alpha male Hippo who goes about wooing her in his own not-so-unique ways. And, Marty, having met all the zebras in the jungle, finds out that he is not so unique after all. Laughs are plenty…some old gags, some new…King Julien excels, the Penguins are hilarious and all in all, the movie is a laugh riot!! Go, see it and expect to come out smiling…yet another moneymaker for DreamWorks Animation and Paramount; Directors Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath.

Our rating: 

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Genre:  Animated, Comedy