Author Archive for Paul Peterson
Hangover 2 ruder and louder – but Mr. Chow’s back
I loved the original Hangover, last summer’s break-out hit and one of the funnier films to come down the pipe in quite a while. More pipe references later. It was smart funny and charming and it was fresh. They walked a really fine line because at any point it could have lapsed into cliched nonsense, […]
‘X’ marking the summer movie spot
Well, the summer is sneaking up on us – although if that hot, dry summer doesn’t kick in soon I’m going to be downloading plans for an arc. But hey, I’m not bitter. Here’s the deal: Things are not exactly unfolding as we thought although they are doing exactly what they do every summer. There […]
Thor actually Marvel(lous) depite what the box office says
Well, I just barely had the ink dry on my summer prediction column when the first monster hit of the summer fizzled out Thor, the latest in a series of Marvel comics turned into a movie has not performed at the level it was expected to and that’s really too bad because it’s a great […]
Paul Peterson tackles the rumours of summer
I always enjoy writing the summer movie guide, usually a fair bit more than I actually enjoy the movies. Where’s Annette Funicello when you need her? There’s always an interesting mix of sequels and reruns and even the odd original idea. For the most part, summer movies are either comedies, action flicks or animated. Last […]
Lumet fabulous. Arthur not so much
This week’s column is about the ending of one age and me mostly wishing for the end of another. Sidney Lumet died this weekend at the age of 87. All across the fruited plain there’s a collective huh? Lumet is another one of those directors who very few know but everyone’s seen his movies. Serpico, […]
Getting in touch with his inner reptile
Well, here we go again. Another animated picture, another huge group of stars and another attempt to write a semi-intelligent, ok that’s a stretch, a few legible sentences, hmmmm, ok let’s skip to the review. Johnny Depp stars as Rango, a nerdy kind of lizard who finds himself suddenly dropped into some High Noon like […]
Best invisible columnist award goes to…
Ok, so I’m a week late and several dollars short but it’s still a little bit timely to take a look at the Oscars that were. First of all the show was OK. Anne Hathaway is charming and has certain comic chops and James Franco is a guy who cut his arm off. At least […]
King’s Speech smart and funny
As I write this, all around me are scrambling as they prepare for the big storm. Some one referred to it as snowmageddon. Am I missing something? This just in: It’s Canada in the winter kids. It snows. This is why people go to Florida and other points south. In other obvious news, water is […]
Golden Globes got it right
Well, the Golden Globes were last night and as the forerunner of the Academy Awards it was great to see they got it right. This really is a good year for movies. There are some quality pictures out that I’ll be reviewing over the next few weeks. The picture of the year went to Social […]
Lots of laughs with Little Fockers
Hopefully everyone got through their holiday turkeys and if ever there was a segue opportunity there it was – however, this week I’m reviewing Little Fockers and it’s actually quite good. For the record I’m not really a fan of Ben Stiller, Robert DeNiro as a comic actor or movies that rely primarily on a […]
