Author: Kasey Butcher

I’m getting a little weary of vampires’ popularity. I mean, Dracula is one of my favorite books, but there is

I remember finishing the last book in the Harry Potter series and sitting on my bed for a long time

As I mentioned in my review of Bad Teacher, there’s no shortage of inspiring movies about education. Usually, these movies

In the midst of summer vacation, Bad Teacher promised to deliver some belly laughs for teachers on vacation. Instead, all

Can we all agree that writer/director J.J. Abrams has a gift for hype? When I saw the teaser trailer for

It wouldn’t be summer without a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie, or at least that’s what Disney would like

Ever since the Bromance genre became popular, I’ve been wondering why there wasn’t an equivalent for women. Sure, there’s Sex

Like a lot of children, I went through a phase during which I desperately wanted to run a zoo. My

For some reason, I have a vivid memory of a Saturday afternoon spent on the couch with my family watching

In previous reviews I have explained my love of terrible movies. Sometimes nothing is more fun than watching a bad

A Renaissance tragedy about two teenagers who, in a matter of days, fall in love, marry, are torn apart by

The whole potluck roommate situation is a college freshman’s nightmare waiting to happen. The idea that you will be sharing

Natalie Portman is on a roll. In the last two months, she’s starred in Black Swan, for which earned a

I wonder if anyone had actually seen Country Strong before all the Oscar buzz started. Or is playing a troubled

It never ceases to amaze me when an outstanding cast manages to create a hum-drum movie. Such is the case

It’s the beginning of the end for the Harry Potter films and I’m already starting to look into some Post-Harry

Sometimes when I get déjà vu at the movies, I’m okay with it. I’ve previously made it clear that I’m

When I saw the previews for Let Me In, the American remake of the Swedish film Let the Right One

I remember when I first set up my Facebook account. The site was still pretty new. It was before the

When I studied Latin, one of the first phrases I had to translate was from Virgil, “fama volat” or “rumor

When I go to the movies, whether it’s to a silly romantic comedy or to a serious drama or to

Sometimes when I finish reading a short story, I’m left wondering about the lives of the characters. If the story

When Scott Pilgrim vs. The World opened fifth at the box office, people in the film industry started asking what

It seems completely unbelievable to me that Steve Carell could have two movies out this summer, a huge profile in

Finally, I saw a movie for big kids this summer that I was really impressed with. After months of anticipation,

It seems that the only really good movies I’ve seen this summer (at least so far) are animated. The latest

It’s been fifteen years since the original Toy Story came out and eleven years since Toy Story 2. I have