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Halloween at Disneyland is fun for the family

Fun at Halloween time is often limited to pumpkin patches and hayrides—especially when it comes to families with young children. At Disneyland in California, families are treated to a whole different kind of fun. In fact, the memories and good times to be had have become so popular, that the Halloween season has become one of the busier tourist seasons at the resort. Continue reading Halloween at Disneyland is fun for the family

Date night: Food for A Cabin in the Woods #CouchCritics

Date night for married folks can take many forms. Sometimes it’s a spontaneous night on the sofa or perhaps an evening that’s planned out where you get a baby sitter and actually leave the house. It is so important for couples to leave the house once in a while. We do have those nights, but more often than not we have movie night at Chez Mojo. Continue reading Date night: Food for A Cabin in the Woods #CouchCritics

Frankenweenie is a fun, silly movie that has an old soul

Frankenweenie is the story about young Victor whose dog, Sparky is brought back to life using electricity. Once Sparky comes back to life things go horribly awry for the city, as well as, Victor’s family and friends. Sure the plot sounds familiar, but this is a Tim Burton movie, shot in black and white and it’s in 3D. Continue reading Frankenweenie is a fun, silly movie that has an old soul

Taken 2 is exactly what you want it to be

When Taken came out in 2008 it was a movie that my wife and I loved. For me it brought back memories of classic Eastwood and Bronson, but with more plot development and bigger stunts. Taken also had an artsy vibe to it that legitimized it as more than an action movie. Continue reading Taken 2 is exactly what you want it to be

Looper is fresh, original and reminds you of why movies are great

Time travel can be a tough sell to have in an action/science fiction movie. Looper has grand aspirations as it tells the tale of an assassin or Looper who works for the mob from 2072. The send their targets back in time to have them killed 30 years previously. Time travel movies can be confusing if you make it too high brow or scare off the audience that are concerned that they won’t understand. Continue reading Looper is fresh, original and reminds you of why movies are great

Won’t Back Down is like the New Kids on the Block

Timing is everything, with that said the release of Won’t Back Down couldn’t be better. The Chicago Teachers Union strike just ended and charter school amendments are on many local ballots this November. A movie hasn’t received this coincidentally beneficial timing since The China Syndrome in 1979. Continue reading Won’t Back Down is like the New Kids on the Block

Hotel Transylvania is not worth checking into

Hotel Transylvania is an animated move about Count Dracula opening up a high end hotel that caters to monsters. The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, a family of werewolves and other monsters come to the hotel to celebrate Mavis (Dracula’s daughter) 118 birthday. The monsters fear humans and everything is fine at the hotel until Jonathan (a hapless human), backpacking across Europe gets lost and ends up at the hotel. Continue reading Hotel Transylvania is not worth checking into

An old fan boy goes digital with Gotham Spirit and others

I cursed my closet fan boy self when I realized that I missed National Comic Book Day. Not that I needed an excuse to go to the comic book store, but it would’ve given me a reason to opine what’s going on in the world of comics & graphic novels. Thankfully the internet and blog don’t need to respect the laws of time….so let’s go! Continue reading An old fan boy goes digital with Gotham Spirit and others