Author Archive: Lee Loechler

Mars Needs Moms

Over the years, Hollywood has painted many pictures of alien invasions. From classics like The Day The Earth Stood Still to modern films like 2009′s District 9, cinema has explored just about every reason alien…

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Rango

Rango reunites Johnny Depp with Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski, in the first animated feature film from visual effects powerhouse Industrial Light and Magic. A pet chameleon with a penchant for acting, Rango is thrown…

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The Dilemma

Ron Howard’s latest film stars Vince Vaughn and Kevin James as Ronny Valentine and Nick Brannen, friends and business partners who fall victim to a series of unfortunate circumstances. Everything is going swimmingly for the…

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Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear

Yogi Bear gets the Hollywood 3D treatment in the new eponymous live action/animated film Yogi Bear. A fully CG Yogi, voiced by Dan Aykroyd, lives comfortably in Jellystone National Park, with his pal Boo Boo…

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The Tourist

Two of Hollywood’s hottest A-listers turn star-crossed lovers in this big budget European spy-thriller. Angelina Jolie plays ex-super-spy Elise Clifton-Ward, pursued by British agents after falling in love with the mysterious Alexander Pearce, and helping…

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Black Swan

Black Swan

Darren Arronofsky’s Black Swan stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis as rival ballerinas in a prestigious New York ballet. Upon being cast as the lead in a re-imagining of Swan Lake, Nina (Portman) begins to…

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Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine is an appropriate name for this bittersweet romantic drama, in which director Derek Cianfrance spins a staggering tale of found and lost love across a span of five years. The film stars Ryan…

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Paranormal Activity 2

For a decade after its release in 1999, The Blair Witch Project was the most profitable film of all time. It’s budget of $60,000 was overwhelmingly eclipsed by it’s $248 million global box office earnings,…

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Jackass 3D

The key to a good film is story. A movie can be well acted, well directed, and well produced, but still fail to engage the audience with a compelling narrative. So it was a bit…

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My Soul to Take

Wes Craven has made a name for himself as one of the preeminent horror movie writer-directors of the last few decades. And with a resume including such horror icons as The Hills Have Eyes, A…

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