http://critiqal.com Everybody is a critiq - we just happen to like sharing our opinions. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:46:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://critiqal.com/alpha-and-omega-2010/5739/ http://critiqal.com/alpha-and-omega-2010/5739/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:00:27 +0000 Reid Currier Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5739 Plot: What makes for the ultimate road trip? Hitchhiking, truck stops, angry bears, prickly porcupines and a golfing goose with a duck caddy. Just ask Kate (Panettiere) and Humphrey (Long), two wildly mismatched young wolves who are trying to get home after being taken by park rangers and shipped halfway across the country. ]]> http://critiqal.com/alpha-and-omega-2010/5739/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/legend-of-the-guardians-2010/5736/ http://critiqal.com/legend-of-the-guardians-2010/5736/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:50:18 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5736 Plot: A young barn owl named Soren (Sturgess) is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie’s, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga’Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie’s.]]> http://critiqal.com/legend-of-the-guardians-2010/5736/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/nanny-mcphee-and-the-big-bang-2010/5725/ http://critiqal.com/nanny-mcphee-and-the-big-bang-2010/5725/#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:16:29 +0000 Reid Currier Comedy]> Kids/Family]> Sequel]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5725 Plot: Nanny McPhee (Thompson) jumps forward in time and appears at the door of a harried young mother (Gyllenhaal) who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she's arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green's children are fighting a war of their own against two nasty, snobby cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave. ]]> http://critiqal.com/nanny-mcphee-and-the-big-bang-2010/5725/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/cats-and-dogs-the-revenge-of-kitty-galore-2010/5715/ http://critiqal.com/cats-and-dogs-the-revenge-of-kitty-galore-2010/5715/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:15:11 +0000 Reid Currier Comedy]> Kids/Family]> Sequel]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5715 Plot: Kitty Galore (Midler), formerly an agent for cat spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue and hatched a diabolical plan to not only bring her canine enemies to heel, but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this unprecedented threat, old enemies cats and dogs are forced to join forces for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves - and their humans.]]> http://critiqal.com/cats-and-dogs-the-revenge-of-kitty-galore-2010/5715/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2009/5452/ http://critiqal.com/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2009/5452/#comments Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:02:13 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5452 Plot: Flint Lockwood (Hader) is a young inventor who has dreamed of creating something that will improve everyone's life. When one of his inventions works correctly for a change, and causes food to fall from the sky like rain, Sam Sparks (Farris), an aspiring weathergirl, covers the phenomenon. But when Flint's invention starts to go awry, and begins to drop larger and larger portions, the two must team up to save the town.]]> http://critiqal.com/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2009/5452/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/ramona-and-beezus-2010/5714/ http://critiqal.com/ramona-and-beezus-2010/5714/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:20:10 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> Comedy]> Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5714 Plot: Ramona's (King) vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accident-prone antics are put to the test when she helps her family face its biggest challenge. Along the way, Ramona must deal with her over-achieving older sister Beezus (Gomez).]]> http://critiqal.com/ramona-and-beezus-2010/5714/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-last-airbender-2010/5680/ http://critiqal.com/the-last-airbender-2010/5680/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:31:43 +0000 Reid Currier Adaptation]> Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5680 Plot: Caught between combat and courage, Aang (Ringer) discovers he is the lone Avatar with the power to manipulate all four elements: Air, Water, Fire, Earth. Aang teams with Katara (Peltz), a Waterbender, and her brother, Sokka (Rathbone), to end a war that has been raging for over a century. ]]> http://critiqal.com/the-last-airbender-2010/5680/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/jack-frost-1998/5696/ http://critiqal.com/jack-frost-1998/5696/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:07:53 +0000 Reid Currier Comedy]> Drama]> Kids/Family]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5696 Plot: Long-struggling musician Jack Frost (Keaton), realizes he's missing something vital: time with his wife (Preston) and son Charlie (Cross). Before he can make up for lost time, however, he dies in a car accident . One year later, he returns as a snowman, and has one final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.]]> http://critiqal.com/jack-frost-1998/5696/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-karate-kid-1984/5684/ http://critiqal.com/the-karate-kid-1984/5684/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:54:19 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Drama]> Kids/Family]> Sports]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5684 Plot: There is more to karate than fighting. This is the lesson that Daniel (Macchio), a San Francisco Valley teenager, is about to learn from an unexpected teacher: Mr. Miyagi (Morita), an elderly handyman who also happens to be a master of the martial arts.]]> http://critiqal.com/the-karate-kid-1984/5684/feed/ 0 http://critiqal.com/the-karate-kid-2010/5683/ http://critiqal.com/the-karate-kid-2010/5683/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:44:45 +0000 Reid Currier Action/Adventure]> Kids/Family]> Remake]> http://critiqal.com/?p=5683 Plot: Work pressures cause a single mother (Henson) to move to China with her young son (Smith). In his new home, the boy embraces karate, taught to him by a master of the self-defense form (Chan).]]> http://critiqal.com/the-karate-kid-2010/5683/feed/ 0