Movie Reviews

Zookeeper (Blu-ray)

October 19, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

Five years after Griffin’s marriage proposal to Stephanie goes incredibly (and hilariously) wrong, we reunite with Griffin (Kevin James) at his brother’s engagement p...

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A Monster In Paris Blu-ray Review

April 14, 2013
Rebeca Surber Swank

When a delivery takes timid Emile and boisterous Raoul to the botanical gardens, Raoul uses the owner’s absence as an opportunity to explore. Despite attemps made by Ch...

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Disney’s The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos (Blu-ray)

November 9, 2010
Rebeca Surber Swank

If you are seeking a film full of beautiful images, fantastic music and with soothing narration, look no further for Disney brings you THE CRIMSON WING: THE MYSTERY OF TH...

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Bringing Down The House Blu-ray Review

June 1, 2012
Rebeca Surber Swank

It is a long running joke in our household that I will drop whatever I’m doing to watch a Queen Latifah movie if it is on TV. Probably because my husband was forced to ...

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Mary Poppins 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-Ray Review

December 26, 2013
Rebeca Surber Swank

It’s hard to believe that 50 years ago, Walt Disney and the Disney creative team translated pages from P.L. Travers’ novel into cinema gold with the timeless tale of ...

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Chaplin (Blu-ray)

March 6, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

With the film opening in black and white, we see Charlie (Robert Downey Jr.) as his most memorable character, The Tramp, with deliberate moves removing his hat, giant sho...

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Touchback Blu-ray Review

September 13, 2012
Rebeca Surber Swank

TOUCHBACK is a family friendly film that focuses on the theme of being happy and content with where you are in life. How dwelling on “if only” or “what if” moment...

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Nine (Blu-Ray)

May 5, 2010
Rebeca Surber Swank

NINE, based on the Broadway musical of the same title, is set in stylish 1965 Rome and follows the story of an unraveling, worn, exhausted director, Guido “Maestro” C...

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Cinema Paradiso (Blu-ray)

November 25, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

In 1990, CINEMA PARADISO won the Golden Globes and Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film among other awards in the international and smaller awards circuit. Once I...

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Brother Bear / Brother Bear 2 Blu-ray Review

April 28, 2013
Rebeca Surber Swank

In the 2003 animated Disney feature BROTHER BEAR we follow Kenai, a wreckless Inuit boy who wants to prove his bravery and strength to his tribe and to his older brothers...

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