Movie Review: The Secret World of Arrietty
By: Mike Gencarelli This film is the latest from Japan’s Studio Ghibli, releasing under Walt Disney Pictures, like “Spirited Away” and “Howl’s Moving Castle”. The film is loosely based on Mary Norton’s novel “The Borrowers” and was co-written by the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. If you are fan of Ghibli films then you will see More...
The Woman in Black movie review
By: Mike Smith England in the 1900s. Three little girls are playing in the attic. They are suddenly joined by a ghostly vision. Without hesitation, the three children climb up onto the windowsill and jump to their More...
The Grey movie review by Media Mikes
By: Mike Smith Way up in the Alaskan frontier, a group of men work on an oil pipeline. Unseen by all is Ottway (Neeson), whose only job is to look through a rifle scope and shoot ANYTHING that threatens the workers. More...
Contraband movie review by Media Mikes
By: Mike Smith As a freighter ship approaches New Orleans it is suddenly surrounded by boats and helicopters manned by members of the Customs and Border Protection team. Fearing the discovery of his “shipment,” More...
The Adventures of Tintin movie review
By: Mike Smith In 1981, after reading a review that compared his recent “Raiders of the Lost Ark” with the illustrated adventures of a young man named “Tintin,” director Steven Spielberg began reading More...
Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol movie review
By: Mike Smith Things are not going well on the other side of the world. In Budapest, a loyal American agent is shot dead during what was supposed to be a routine mission. At the same time, in Moscow, an elaborate More...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie review
By: Mike Smith Swedish magazine publisher Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) is having a bad day. He’s just been found guilty of libel after publishing a very damning article about one of the country’s largest businessmen. More...
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy movie review
By: Mike Smith 1973. During the height of the Cold War, an attempt to capture a Russian mole inside Britain’s MI6 organization. When the operation goes horribly wrong, the head of MI6, known as “C” (Hurt) More...
The Muppets movie review
By: Mike Smith As someone born in 1960, I grew up with the Muppets. From “Sesame Street” to their appearances on “Saturday Night Live” to their own television show and films, if the stars of the show were More...
Twlight: Breaking Dawn part 1 movie review
At the heart of "The Twilight Saga" is supercouple Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), a human, and vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). Photo/Kimberly French By: Mike Smith It would be easy to dismiss More...
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