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(Video) Rise of the Guardians DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Review

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i The Rise of The Guardians comes out on Blu-Ray and DVD on March 12, 2013.  The Dancing Hotdogs had a wonderful movie night at home to check out the film and have one of our patented family movie nights.  What’s better than watching a fun movie eating some popcorn and other snacks with the entire on the couch together?  D and I have to take advantage of this time while we can, before the boys become too embarrassed to hang out with us. The Rise of the Guardians was created by the same team that gave us the hit DreamWorks film: How to Train Your Dragon. Based on a novel by William Joyce, The Rise of the Guardians uses some of our favorite holiday characters such as Santa (Alec Baldwin) the Tooth Fairy (Isa Fischer) and the Easter Bunny (Hugh Jackman), who act as guardians for the world’s children against the evil of the bogeyman. Amidst this battle we are treated to the heartfelt adventure centering on the mischievous and ultimately lonely Jack Frost (Chris Pine) who … [Read more...]

The Book of Eli Movie Review

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By Eddy Much like Denzel Washington's newest film out on in theaters I am going to get straight to the point. The film was ok.  Directed by the Hughes brothers of Menace to Society and Fame , their latest effort leaves me a bit bored and ultimately unsatisfied.    It is hard to categorize this movie, is it a religious movie, is it a supernatural or sci-fi thriller?  It's a bit of both.  While it feeds off two wildly popular genre's religion and apocalyptic thriller it feels like it is lacking in both areas.  There is an unfinished quality in the story as well as the directing and acting. The film follows Eli 30 years after some apocalyptic event (of which we learn nothing about as well as its after affects) which leave the entire U.S. and assumedly the world in a Road Warrior/Mad Max type of waste land.  In the middle of it, Eli is traveling by foot across the country with the only bible in existence (they were all burned as the cause of all the destruction).  On his … [Read more...]