Iron Man Director: Jon Favreau Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges Rated: PG-13 126 minutes It has not been good times for blockbusters. Last year’s crop was embarrassing and before that we had the summer of sequels. Now we find us ourselves at the dawn of another blockbuster summer and so far it’s looking good. Iron […]
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Baby Mama
Baby Mama Director: Michael McCullers Cast: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear Rated: PG-13 96 minutes It would appear that Squamish is not alone in the current baby epidemic that is sweeping through the community. The colossal baby boom seems to be affecting enough people that Hollywood is now inundating us with baby culture films. Playing on the […]
Drillbit Taylor
Drillbit Taylor Director: Steven Brill Cast: Owen Wilson, Leslie Mann, Nate Hartley Rated: PG-13 102 minutes High school, for the vast majority of people, was hell. Mostly because that’s where you learned about the evil bastards known as bullies. Once out of high school you realize the world continues to be full of evil people but at least […]
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Spiderwick Chronicles Director: Mark Waters Cast: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Sarah Bolger Rated: PG 97 minutes Kiddy horror is a genre generally unappreciated. It’s probably due to the massive amounts of kiddy tripe that’s thrown on the screen so often. But every few years there’s a good un and this time it’s The Spiderwick Chronicles. Yet another […]
Vantage Point
Vantage Point Director: Pete Travis Cast: Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker Rated: PG-13 98 minutes Hmmm, what to say about a movie that repeats twelve minutes of footage over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again (sadly not an exaggeration). Perhaps if it was a good movie, good things […]