"The Artist" has become the first silent picture to win the Oscar for Best Picture (2011) since "Wings" took the same award in 1927-1928, the first year of the Academy Awards. (It won a total of five Oscars out of ten nominations.) The film is primarily [..]
New Year’s Eve (2011)
"New Year's Eve" has been met with terrible reviews and sluggish box office attendance as this film is filled with cliche-laden stories that we have seen before. At least producer-director Garry Marshall ("Young Doctors in Love" 1982) and screenwriter Katherine Fugate made the picture in Marshall's patented [..]
Tales of the Night (2011)
"Tales of the Night" is a unique computer silhouette animation motion picture from French director Michel Ocelot. It is a compilation of six separate stories bunched together in one movie. The animation was obviously meticulously compiled and is indeed beautiful to behold. [..]
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
The latest Robert Downey Jr. vehicle, "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," is long on action sequences and short on plot. It takes at least thirty minutes for the storyline to kick in. When it does, this second in the series is [..]
33 Postcards (2011)
"33 Postcards" is a charming independent motion picture from Australian producer-director Pauline Chan. The story is about a 16-year-old Chinese orphan girl Mei Mei, supported financially over the years by an Australian sponsor named Dean, who has sent her numerous postcards describing his family life. When [..]
Bernie (2011)
"Bernie" is a black-comedy crime drama about a young man befriending an elderly female millionaire, whose sudden disappearance raises many questions. Jack Black delivers what is probably the best performance of his career in the title role, with Shirley MacLaine as his friend and Matthew McConaughey as [..]
My Week With Marilyn (2011)
"My Week With Marilyn" is the true story of a young production assistant's time spent with the legendary Marilyn Monroe escorting her around London when her husband Arthur Miller returned to America. The events took place during the filming of the 1957 movie "The Prince and the [..]
War Horse (2011)
"War Horse" follows the World War I journey of a horse name Joey, raised by an English teenager, bought by the British Army for use in the war, and the various encounters he had. A British captain is his initial caretaker, then captured by Germans soldiers. [..]
The Muppets (2011)
Walt Disney Pictures finally produced a movie featuring "The Muppets," after acquiring them in 2004, with a story that begins in Smallville, USA, when Gary and his girl friend Mary (Jason Segal and Amy Adams) decide to go to Hollywood to visit the Muppet Theater. Upon arrival [..]
The Descendants (2011)
A good script, a wonderful ensemble cast headed by a major star, and a setting in Hawaii all combine to make "The Descendants" one of the best movies of 2011. George Clooney stars as attorney Matt King, a man with a lot on his plate. His [..]