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Animated Feature 'Kung Fu Panda' Blends Martial Arts, Talkin...

A world of martial arts warriors that happen to be talking animals comes to life in a new family feature from DreamWorks Animation with a voice cast that includes comic actor Jack Black and Oscar-winners Dustin Hoffman and Angelina Jolie. A [...]

Posted On : Jun, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

The Happening (2008) Movie Review

Granted, it’s not as stupid as that Narnia movie (any movie with a talking beaver unless it involves Kylie Ireland or Gianna Michaels should be expunged) or for those of you who stayed awake through it (and according to Box Office res [...]

Posted On : Jun, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Casting the new 'Smurfs' movie

I might be biased, but the '80s really had to be the best decade for cartoons. How can you beat My Little Pony, He-Man, the Care Bears or, best of all, the Smurfs? Execs at Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation must agree, because t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 13 2008 | Comments : 0

Confirmed: Captain America Cut Out Of Hulk To Protect Your K...

Marvel Studios has made no secret out of the fact that they’re angling for the broadest possible appeal with their superhero movies. When you’re trying to make your movie all things to everyone there will be, inevitably, casualt [...]

Posted On : Jun, 12 2008 | Comments : 0

Exclusive: M. Night Shyamalan Goes Green

ShockTillYouDrop.com has an exclusive interview with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) talking about his new apocalyptic thriller The Happening, starring Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel, which opens on Friday, June 13. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Inland moviegoers get a kick out of 'Panda,' 'Zohan'

Movies for the young and young-at-heart sent the box office soaring this weekend, and nowhere was this more evident than in Inland Southern California. The family-rated action comedies "Kung Fu Panda" and "You Don't Mess Wi [...]

Posted On : Jun, 10 2008 | Comments : 0

'Kung Fu Panda' is a cartoon, but is it for kids?

There was a moment near the end of "Kung Fu Panda" so satisfying, so achingly adorable, that I wished I'd been secretly taping so as to immediately put it up on YouTube for the world to see. Sorry, Jack Black you were great and e [...]

Posted On : Jun, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Their own day at the movies

It all started because Meaghan Ross wanted to dance. Last summer, Meaghan's mother, Marianne Ross, took her to see the movie Hairspray. Because Meaghan has autism, and Marianne knows she can get excited during movies, she chose an early- [...]

Posted On : Jun, 07 2008 | Comments : 0

Will Jack Black survive Kung Fu Panda?

He could follow the family friendly path of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy When “Kung Fu Panda” opens on June 6, it will be more than just the second most-hyped animated film of the summer (after Pixar’s “WALL-E,” w [...]

Posted On : Jun, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Hey kids, let's plug some movies

Ads were rife at last night's MTV Movie Awards. Awards are just the bits in between the free promos for coming films Barely 30 seconds into last night's MTV Movie Awards, homeboy host Mike Myers dropped a plug for his upcoming comedy, Love [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2008 | Comments : 0

FILM REVIEW | Son of Rambow

Movie love has caught characters in its celluloid web before. Cinema Paradiso, The Dreamers, and The Purple Rose of Cairo have all examined the bliss of escaping reality through the transportive power of movies. But cinephilia strikes ver [...]

Posted On : May, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

Cannes 2008: The final word

Entre les Murs was a worthy winner of the Palme d'Or. Elsewhere, Wenders was awful, Eastwood cumbersome and Taylor-Wood sweet-natured and sexy This has been a mixed Cannes for me: there were some outstandingly good movies, interestingly [...]

Posted On : May, 27 2008 | Comments : 0

NetFlix Offers A "Stream" Of Movie Rental

I spent part of the last few days watching NetFlix movies on my TV set. NetFlix has long allowed members to rent movies on DVDs and, since January, has enabled Windows users to watch them on a PC. The movies I watched came through my broa [...]

Posted On : May, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Paramount wants kids to dig 'Indiana Jones'

The thunderous roar from thousands of fans when Harrison Ford arrived at the "Indiana Jones" premiere at the Cannes Film Festival could be heard three blocks from the Grand Théâtre Lumière. The test now is wh [...]