Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel

Those three mischievous CG chipmunks are back in Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel though their “parent” and guardian Dave (Jason Lee) is surprisingly absent from this sequel, getting a total of about ten minutes of screen time. The boys guardian is supposed to be Aunt Jackie (Kathryn Joosten) but she has even less screen time, just enough to have a pratfall and then remain offscreen (and out of mind) in the hospital recovering for…Read More

Review: (500) Days of Summer

There are few subjects that are more puzzling than love. What is it? How do you know when you find it? Will it last? Is there really “true love” and is there “the one” person out there who is your perfect match, someone who is your romantic destiny? That’s what (500) Days of Summer is about, and it’s a truly delightful, funny, heart-warming film. Summer, in the title, is not a season, but rather an…Read More