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Monthly Archives: November 2015

The Good Dinosaur had an interesting journey to the big screen. It’s been a six year trek from initial idea at Pixar to the box office hit that debuted in theaters over Thanksgiving weekend. We caught up with The Good Dinosaur director Peter Sohn and producer Denise Ream and right […]

The Good Dinosaur Filmmakers Talk Making The “Most Amazing Things ...

November 30, 2015 in Interviews tagged interviews / The Good Dinosaur by joeldamos

Mockingjay Part 2 had a lot of competition in its second week of release. There was the Pixar film The Good Dinosaur, the Rocky spin-off Creed and the Daniel Radcliffe starring Victor Frankenstein. Turns out, none of the new films were a match for Katniss and her final pull of […]

Mockingjay Part 2 Holds Off Creed & The Good Dinosaur: ...

November 30, 2015 in Box Office tagged Box Office / Creed / Mockingjay Part 2 / The Good Dinosaur by joeldamos

After the decently received Rocky Balboa came and went in 2009, fans of the boxing series that began with a Best Picture Oscar for the first film probably thought the series was over. When Creed was announced as a spin-off of sorts a couple of years ago, anticipation was immediately […]

Creed Review: An Emotional Knock Out

November 27, 2015 in Movie Reviews tagged Creed / Movie Reviews / Rocky by joeldamos

A Thanksgiving gift has arrived early from Marvel Studios and Walt Disney as the trailer for Captain America: Civil War has arrived… and it is stunning. The Movie Mensch has watched it a dozen times and only stopped hitting repeat to write this article to share it with you fine […]

Captain America Civil War Trailer Debuts; Watch It on Repeat!

November 25, 2015 in Movie Trailers tagged Captain America: Civil War / Movie Trailers by joeldamos

We caught up with The Good Dinosaur stars Sam Elliott (voice of Butch), Anna Paquin (voice of Ramsey) and AJ Buckley (voice of Nash), who portray a family of cow-herding T-Rexes and who could not be more impeccably cast. They told us about the honor that is appearing in a […]

The Good Dinosaur Cast Chats Finding Their Jurassic Jams

November 23, 2015 in Interviews tagged interviews / The Good Dinosaur by joeldamos

Earlier this fall, The Movie Mensch was given an incredible early look at Walt Disney Animation’s latest, Zootopia. Just as their effort with Pixar, The Good Dinosaur, is getting ready to hit theaters this week, we get the latest trailer for Zootopia. And… it primarily focuses on one of the […]

Zootopia Trailer: Those Silly Sloths!

November 23, 2015 in Movie Trailers tagged Movie Trailers / Zootpia by joeldamos

Secret in Their Eyes joins a long list of Hollywood remakes of foreign films that are both bland retellings and also have audiences asking the question, “Why?” Despite having the fine pedigree of Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor and Oscar winners Julia Roberts and Nicole Kidman, the film feels flat, hallow […]

Secret in Their Eyes Review: A Film Noir No-No

November 20, 2015 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / Secret in Their Eyes by joeldamos

The stoner-bromance comedy is becoming quite the cottage industry for Seth Rogen. But, what sets his latest film, The Night Before, apart is that it is that and so much more — specifically a holiday movie about the value of friends and family. Rogen perfected this formula in films such […]

The Night Before Review: Holiday Hijinks & Heart

November 20, 2015 in Movie Reviews tagged Movie Reviews / The Night Before by joeldamos

As you might have heard, and seen with the Point Break trailer, the classic film that starred Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze is being remade. We recently saw some impressive footages and full scenes from Point Break 2015 and caught up with director Ericson Core to gain some insight into […]

Point Break Director Dishes How To “Reimagine” a Classic

November 19, 2015 in Interviews tagged interviews / Point Break by joeldamos