http://www.maximummovies.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:39:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Johnny Depp is Sweeney Todd in Warner Bros' Pictures Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, © 2007 Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd is a thrilling and bloody gothic opera. Fans of the musical will be pleased with the performances from the all-star cast and those unfamiliar are in for a ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/12/20/sweeney-todd-the-demon-barber-of-fleet-street/ Amy Adams plays Giselle in Walt Disney Pictures' Enchanted, © 2007. Though Enchanted is a parody of Disney films that have been around for more than half a century, it offers some new and fresh ideas that will definitely intrigue the entire family, not just the little girls. When I ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/11/21/enchanted/ While on a trip to visit Temple University in Philadelphia last Friday, I was invited to attend a special screening to view clips from “Bee Movie” by THA Publicity and DreamWorks Animation. An event like a movie premiere or screening might seem exciting, but to tell you the truth, it ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/10/10/the-dark-side-of-movie-screenings/ Daniel Radcliffe stars as Harry Potter in Warner Bros. Pictures Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, © 2007. ***Caution: This analysis contains spoilers from the entire Harry Potter series. It’s finally over. Over 4,000 pages, from seven amazing books, by people of 65 different languages, have been devoured. ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/08/31/harry-potter-will-endure/ (L-r) Rowan Atkinson, Max Baldry, and Emma de Caunes start in Universal Pictures Mr. Bean's Holiday, ©2007. Mr. Bean, the creation of actor Rowan Atkinson and writer Richard Curtis, has another very funny adventure up his sleeve and like many of us, will do whatever it takes to get ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/08/24/mr-beans-holiday/ Fogell (Christopher Mintz-Plasse, left) shows Seth (Jonah Hill, center) and Evan (Michael Cera, right) that he is now McLovin in Columbia Pictures’ Superbad © 2007. Superbad, a film directed by Greg Mottola and produced by Judd Apatow, has proved itself to be the best film to accurately portray the ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/08/17/superbad/ After 18 hilarious seasons, The Simpsons Movie makes it to the big screen and is chock full of its traditional television humor and some rather amusing pig jokes. When the band “Green Day” (voicing themselves) performs on a barge on Lake Springfield, the barge is eaten away by the pollution. The ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/07/27/the-simpsons-movie/ John Travolta (left) stars as “Edna Turnblad” and Nikki Blonsky (right) stars as “Tracy Turnblad” in New Line Cinema’s musical, HAIRSPRAY © 2007. Hairspray is a wonderful musical extravaganza with spectacular performances from a rising star and Hollywood’s best known dancing man playing a woman. The film is the best musical ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/07/20/hairspray/ (L-r) BONNIE WRIGHT as Ginny Weasley, EVANNA LYNCH as Luna Lovegood, EMMA WATSON as Hermione Granger, MATTHEW LEWIS as Neville Longbottom and DANIEL RADCLIFFE as Harry Potter in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.” Warner Bros. Pictures © 2007 The fifth Harry Potter film is the ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/07/11/harry-potter-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix/ Optimus Prime, voiced by Peter Cullen, is ready for lots of intense, mindless Michael Bay mindless action. Did I mention mindless? © 2007 Dreamworks SKG Michael Bay’s “Transformers” is one of the few films that has no idea what it’s doing and yet is mildly entertaining, though the non-stop action gets tedious. ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/07/03/transformers/ Michael Moore talks to a doctor in France about their Health Care System in Sicko, The Weinstein Company © 2007. Michael Moore’s Sicko, a documentary about the problems with America’s healthcare system and how it compares with the others in the world, continues Moore’s “in-your-face” exploration of corruption in domestic ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/06/29/sicko/ John Cusack as Mike Enslin is appalled that whoever decorated the room thought this lamp went with the curtains. © 2007 Dimension Films. Even though 1408 was lacking in story and detailed character information, this creepy thriller was a pleasant relief from the torture porn that has built up in ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/06/23/1408/ In the opening scene of Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End, there is a long line of pirates (and those who have affiliated with pirates) heading towards the gallows in Port Royal. A small boy about to be hanged begins singing (and humorously enough has braces) and gets ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/06/18/pirates-of-the-caribbean-at-worlds-end/ Sam Raimi's third installment of the Spider-man franchise, in my opinion, stands by itself, not holding a similar structure to the two previous films. Spider-man and Spider-man 2's composition seemed much more action based with an emotional story line built around it. With Spider-man 3 it appears to be ... http://www.maximummovies.net/2007/05/04/spider-man-3/