Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

The Oscar-nominated animated film receives a live action remake with Beauty and the Beast. Belle (Emma Watson) is an independent young woman in the small French village of Villeneuve, where she lives with her inventor father Maurice (Kevin Kline) and fends off the advances of vain hunter Gaston (Luke Evans), who is always accompanied by his…

Legend

Legend

Tom Hardy stars as the infamous London gangsters The Krays in Legend. Reggie and Ronnie Kray (Hardy) are twin gangsters in London during the 1960s. Reggie, the more level-headed of the two, fronts his criminal enterprises as the head of a nightclub, white Ronnie is a mentally unstable violent psychotic. All the while, the actions…

Into the Woods

Into the Woods

Rob Marshall (Chicago) directs this big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.  A baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) live in a village and are desperate for a child.  The couple are confronted by a witch (Meryl Streep), who tells them that they can’t have kids because…

Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

Continuing the ongoing trend of fairytale adaptations, Jack the Giant Slayer expands the classic story of Jack and the Beanstalk into an epic adventure for the whole family.  Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class) plays Jack, a farmboy enamoured with the legends of giants his father would read him.  One day, while in town to sell…

Shrek the Third

Shrek the Third

This his is the second of the three big “threequels” this month. So, what do I think about the third film of this popular animated series. First, I think it’s great of kids. As for adults like me, it’s alright. It definitely has a much more simple story than the past two films and there…