Like soccer and Kylie Minogue, the children's character Paddington Bear is one of those things more popular in Europe than in America — but the genially daft "Paddington" should go toward changing that. The movie introduces a young bear (voiced by Not having read Michael Bond's series of books as a child, I have no … Read more
One of the more obnoxious trailers I've seen in the last six months was for "Paddington," which looked like loud, annoying children's trash. I've sat through so many of those movies since I had my kids, and even when it's my January films are often rather ghastly. Whether they be comedy, action, or otherwise, chances … Read more
January films are often rather ghastly. Whether they be comedy, action, or otherwise, chances are you will have an unfortunate time in the theater when seeing a film in January, unless you are seeing the awards contenders from the previous year. Family For decades Hugh Bonneville had a typical career for a working English actor. … Read more
Perhaps that's one reason that the marketing campaign for the new Paddington film, produced by Heyday Films (which created the Harry Potter franchise) got off to such an inauspicious start, with the first trailer in June 2014. You know those moments when you look around at where you are and wonder how the hell you … Read more
The movie follows the journey of the little bear from “Darkest Peru” to London. Paddington's elderly Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton) sends him off with a suitcase filled with orange marmalade jars and a note around his neck to “Please look after this bear. unfailingly polite, marmalade-munching English teddy from Darkest Peru—gets a gloriously whimsical big-screen … Read more