Wow this year blazed by so fast.  It’s crazy looking back at the year and to see how much you have accomplished, and well, how many new years resolutions have come and gone.  This new year brought us the Banter, and I hope everyone has enjoyed it.  Between Twitter, a new President, and of course [...]

This past weekend I went home for the holidays to spend some time with friends and family.  Even though I don’t celebrate Christmas, I still love the day.  Free day off, and movies and Chinese food.  It was a great way to start up the nice weekend back.  On Saturday night I met up with [...]

Over the weekend I saw Sherlock Holmes and they had a couple of pretty cool trailers to get excited about for the 2010 movie lineup.  One of those movies was Inception, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by the “It” director of the decade Christopher Nolan.  After revitalizing the Batman franchise where Batman Begins landed in [...]

‘Avatar’, ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel’ all united to help this past weekend become the highest-grossing on record.

My review of Nancy Meyer’s latest romantic comedy “It’s Complicated”.

December 25, 2009 will now be known on my life calendar as the day I first completed the triple show. I’ve pulled off the double show before, as I’m sure many have you as well.  My recent absence from the movies forced my hand as my list of want-to-see movies piled up.  I had no [...]

Good Christmas Fun, right? Well, not so much. To sum it up real quick, Sherlock Holmes is a mess. The film stars RDJ, Jude Law, and Rachel McAdams and is directed by Guy Ritchie. Man has Guy Ritchie fallen from grace since his classics (i.e. Lock, Stock and Snatch). Sherlock Holmes was not well made, [...]

And here it is.  After a long but great decade full of tragedy and triumph in the world, pop culture and film seemed to carry us through the good times and the bad.  One of the most enjoyable aspects to writing about movies is the debates that they spark.  There is no right or wrong, [...]

Up in the Air is a poignant, fresh, and remarkable movie that brightens the day of anyone who sees it.  Adapted from the book of the same name, director Jason Reitman delivers his best movie to date, quite a feat after the presentations of Thank you for Smoking and most recently Juno. Ryan (George Clooney) [...]

Our ‘Top 10 Films of the Decade’ column continues this week with each of our top 5 favorite movies of the decade (2000-2009). Without further or do, here is my Top 5 films of the decade 5. Batman Begins (2005) Years after the Batman franchise was embarrassed with Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy, Chris Nolan, [...]

We have some sad news to report.  It has been reported that Brittany Murphy has past away at the age of 32.  Multiple news sources are reporting that the actress went into cardiac arrest early Sunday morning in LA, and, despite being rushed to hospital, was dead on arrival. Murphy entered the scene playing a [...]

No surprises here: ‘Avatar’ opens at #1 with $73 million in my box office report.

My review of James Cameron’s 12-years-in-the-making sci-fi epic “Avatar”

The $500 million monster James Cameron project, Avatar, will hit theaters this Friday. The $500 million is a total budget amount  including both production and advertising, and is the most expensive movie ever made.  The hype bubble building for this movie will defuse Friday when you, me, and your neighbor will be able to check [...]

The new year fast approaches us and as we are all scrambling to find out what to do on the most overrated night of the year, we would like to look back at the past decade and reflect on the movies that it brought us.  The first decade of the new millennium has been a [...]

Ok folks, we have arrived at the countdown. This week and next week, Craig, Nick and myself will each give you our list of the top 10 films of the decade.  Since this topic has been hotly debated over the recent weeks amongst film critics and fans, we want to give ample time to you [...]

Source: CBS News Invictus starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman directed by Clint Eastwood, is a tailing story about a country trying to unite as one.  Nelson Mandela (Freeman) is released from prison after 27 years locked behind bars, and soon after finds himself elected as President of South Africa.  The movie deals with the [...]

‘The Princess and the Frog’ may open at #1 this weekend, but it barely opens with a croak.

Pee Wee Herman, our beloved creepy guy next door friend who also invaded our homes as children with his quirky laugh, funny acts, and even funnier outfit may be back again.  Paul Reubens, the actor who plays Pee Wee Herman is making his voice known that he wants to bring back the character for a [...]

Avatar, the new James Cameron flick is the most anticipated movie in a long time.  The movie is a 10 year in the making project and Cameron tells us that this new 3-D movie will revolutionize the industry with its stunning visuals.  While the visuals may end up being stunning, I think revolutionary is a [...]

Disney returns to hand-drawn animation with this Friday’s “The Princess and the Frog”, and I couldn’t care less.

Potter part 7, well Potter part 6.5, has sent a teaser trailer to the web. If you don’t already know, the final installment in the Potter series will be broken up into 2 movies. From a business stand point, this is a brilliant idea. Why cash in once, when you can cash in twice?For us, [...]

Brothers, based off a Danish movie is the story of Sam (Tobey Maguire) and how he goes missing and is presumed dead after heading back to Afghanistan to fight in the war.  His brother Tommy (Jake Gyllenhaal) after getting out of prison helps comforts Sams wife (Natalie Portman) and her two daughters, as a faux [...]

Sandra Bullock’s sports drama ‘The Blind Side’ finally defeated ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ at the box office in its third weekend.

Hello Banterers, The end of December 2009 will bring a close to first decade of the new millennium: the 2000-2009 decade.  In order to properly show our respects for this decade in film, Craig, Nick, and I will each put together a list of the 10 best movies of the decade. These lists will be [...]

Airport (1970) Notable cast members: Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jacqueline Bisset Notable Awards: Oscar, Best Supporting Actress, Helen Hayes “Da da da duh dah….da da da DUH DUH!” One of the more memorable scores created for the disaster movie genre, it only takes a split-second for Alfred Newman’s score from Airport to announce to the [...]

Sometime last February I wrote a post about how Slumdog Millionaire was overrated and did not deserve the acolades it was receiving. While I said it was a very good movie, I did not think it was great. Well, I changed my mind. Sometimes it takes a second or third or even fourth viewing to [...]

‘The Lovely Bones’ is performing rather poorly considering its writer-director, earning a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes with only 16 reviews in.

Precious, a movie about an illiterate girl who goes by the name Precious living in the slums of 1980′s Harlem.  After getting raped, she is now carrying the second child of her father and who is gone, and now living with her lazy mom who abuses her constantly both mentally and physically.  Precious gets introduced [...]

Movies are released on DVD only a few months after the movie was released in theaters.  This has had pros and cons to the movie industry, some times people don’t want to spend the high movie costs to see a movie in theaters.  Other times its great because with the movie fresh in their mind [...]