Get “Tangled” with the kids at a Shawnee area movie theater
Got plans for the kids yet this weekend? With the holiday season here, I'm sure they've been on their best behavior. How about giving them an early holiday reward and taking them to go see the latest Disney movie at the movie theater! Tangled opened up this past weekend in movie theaters all around the metro Kansas City area. Check out the trailer... [Read more...]
“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest” opens in Kansas City metro theaters
If you're not familiar with Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy, then you're missing out on one of the greatest suspense/thriller series' of the decade. The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest is the final installment of character Lisbeth Salander's mysterious life. After being hospitalized and put on trial by the Swedish authorities (yeah, it's a Swedish film...but... [Read more...]
Rent “The Karate Kid (2010)” at Redbox in Shawnee

The Karate Kid (2010) When 12-year-old Dre Parker's (Jaden Smith) mother's latest career move has landed him in China he is left with no friends in a strange land. Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre... [Read more...]
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole
I first saw the preview for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole when I was taking my daughter to go see Ramona and Beezus about a month or so ago. Now as a grown up, I didn't think much of it. But my daughter - five years-old - this was the first time I had ever seen her eyes light up while watching a movie preview. She was hooked from the... [Read more...]

Harry Brown A modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown is a retired Marine and a widower who lives alone on a depressed housing estate. His only company is his best friend Leonard. When Leonard is murdered by a gang of thugs, Harry feels compelled to act and is forced to dispense his own brand of justice. Rated R. The closest Redbox kiosks to Hampton Woods... [Read more...]
The highly anticipated movie Takers hits Kansas City area theaters this weekend and I'm definitely looking forward to checking it out. It stars T.I., Paul Walker and Matt Dillon and it's about a crew of smart, sophisticated Los Angeles thieves who get wind from one of their pals about a huge $30 million job that could leave all of them in pretty much set for... [Read more...]

Greenberg In search of a place to restart his life, Roger Greenberg agrees to housesit for his brother in LA and tries to reconnect with his former bandmate and successful ex-girlfriend. Starring Ben Stiller and Greta Gerwig. Rated R. This is probably the biggest performance of Ben Stiller's life. The thing about this movie is that there isn't much of... [Read more...]
I know 3D versions for both the movies Jaws and Pirahna are due out eventually, but I think Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore will actually be the first official 3D movie starring animals. Can't wait to see dogs jump out of the screen. LOL. The movie is actually a sequel to a 2001 comedy. Kitty Galore is a spy who hatches an evil plan for... [Read more...]

Green Zone Academy Award® nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award®... [Read more...]
You need a reason to go see Despicable Me (besides it being probably one of the funniest 3D animated movies you will ever see)? How about the fact that the voices of nearly every hot comedian in Hollywood is used in the movie, including Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand (from Get Him to the Greek), Will Arnett and Ken Jeong. This... [Read more...]

