Lombardo Boyar Archives

Happy Feet (2006)

Rating: ★★★★

Feb 11, 2007Animation/Talking and Dancing Penguins

George Miller of Mad Max fame makes a motion-capture animated film about a young penguin who sets out to fulfill his dream of tap-dancing. This ends up being a film of unexpectedly winning charms

Director: George Miller

Actors: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, …

Category: Fantasy

11 February 200729 October 2025 by Roog

Happy Feet Two (2011)

Rating: ★★½

Nov 19, 2011Animation/Talking and Dancing Penguins

George Miller had a charming and delightful hit with his dancing penguin film Happy Feet. He returns to make a sequel here that merely tries to repeat the same

Director: David Peers, Gary Eck, George Miller

Actors: Elijah Wood, Ava Acres, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, …

Category: Fantasy

19 November 201129 October 2025 by Roog

Giant spider film that seems to be aiming for the same gonzo territory the killer shark film has of recent. Instead we get an average B movie with some good effects and a line of comic banter that falls flat in the delivery

Director: Mike Mendez

Actors: Greg Grunberg, Lombardo Boyar, Ray Wise, Patrick Bauchau, …

Category: Science Fiction

28 March 201410 January 2026 by Roog

Coco (2017)

Rating: ★★★½

Feb 10, 2018Pixar Animaton/Mexican Afterlife

Pixar's 19th film. Set on the Mexican Day of the Dead and then venturing into the afterlife, this is a celebration of all things Mexican, which Pixar conduct without any wrong steps. A film made in vibrant colours

Director: Adrian Molina, Lee Unkrich

Actors: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, …

Category: Fantasy

10 February 20185 January 2026 by Roog

Candy Cane Lane (2023)

Rating: ★★

Dec 16, 2023Christmas Film

Eddie Murphy – one of the funniest talents of the 1980s – has been largely absent for much of the 2010s. He returns here with a Christmas comedy in which he is the recipient of a curse given to him by an evil Santa elf

Director: Reginald Hudlin

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Elliss Ross, Jillian Bell, Madison Thomas, …

Category: Fantasy

16 December 202328 December 2025 by Roog