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Talking Pictures Movie Reviews

The Vow

The Vow is a romantic drama surrounding a young couple played by Channing Tatum (Leo) and Rachel McAdams (Paige).

updated Friday, February 10, 2012 05:31 PM

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Star Wars: Episode 1 -The Phantom Menace in 3D

I went to a very late-night screening of this and actually enjoyed the update.

updated Friday, February 10, 2012 05:28 PM

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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Understandably there isn’t enough good and fun movies we can share with our kids these days, and to be sure the time between the “good” ones sometimes seem like a long time.

updated Friday, February 10, 2012 05:27 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Big Miracle

“Big Miracle” is the story of three whales trapped in the ice in Northern Alaska and become the media darlings of the world. | Video

updated Friday, February 03, 2012 05:28 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Woman in Black

The film stars Daniel Radcliffe as a young turn-of-the-century lawyer who is battling depression after losing his wife. His law firm is giving him one last chance to redeem himself to the company by sending him off to a secluded village to close out an estate.

updated Friday, February 03, 2012 05:26 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Chronicle

Chronicle is the tale of three high school students who mysteriously gain super powers. After which their lives begin to fall apart.

updated Friday, February 03, 2012 05:25 PM

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Tony Toscano talks about this year's Oscar nominations

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - Movie critic Tony Toscano talks about this year's Oscar nominations. | Video

updated Tuesday, January 24, 2012 09:31 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Haywire

Kind of a “Bourne Identity” with a woman as the main character. The action sequences and fights are good but the plot is all too familiar.

updated Friday, January 20, 2012 04:32 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Red Tails

“Red Tails” biggest problem is the film never really digs deep enough nor are the characters fully developed for the audience to empathize with. In fact there’s more genuine emotion in an episode of “Hogan’s Heroes” than in most of this film.

updated Friday, January 20, 2012 04:30 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Underworld: Awakening

“Underworld: Awakening” is the 4th “Underworld” film, and the 3rd one to star Kate Beckensale as the vampire-warrior “Selene.”

updated Friday, January 20, 2012 04:29 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The War Horse

“War Horse” seems like a modern epic. Filmed with the same sweeping camera shots as “Lawrence of Arabia” or “Ryan’s Daughter,” the movie boasts some of the best cinematography seen all year.

updated Monday, January 09, 2012 05:39 PM

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

“Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” is a journey to find one’s self. In this case it’s 9 year old Oskar Schell, played by Thomas Horn

updated Monday, January 09, 2012 05:38 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews We Bought a Zoo

“We Bought a Zoo” is above average family entertainment about establishing and re-establishing connections.

updated Monday, January 09, 2012 05:38 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Adventures of TinTin

Based on the very popular comics by Hergé, “The Adventures of TinTin” is Spielberg’s 3D animated film following a young newspaper reporter looking for a treasure hidden for over 400 years.

updated Monday, January 09, 2012 05:36 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

A taught and brutal thriller, “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” focuses on a 40-year case involving a young woman’s disappearance.

updated Monday, January 09, 2012 05:35 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Director Brad Bird (best known for directing the animated features Wall-E and The Incredibles) really understands why the original TV show was so popular and successfully combines action with intrigue.

updated Friday, December 16, 2011 03:10 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Overall, I am betting you'll like this sequel as much (if not more) than the first outing.

updated Thursday, December 15, 2011 05:03 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Artist

The Artist is simply one of the best films I’ve seen all year.

updated Friday, December 09, 2011 02:47 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews My Week with Marilyn

Based on the memoirs of Colin Clark, a studio employee who spent a week with Marilyn Monroe as she was shooting the film “The Prince and the Showgirl” London with Sir Laurence Olivier.

updated Friday, December 09, 2011 11:41 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

John le Carre’s cold war spy drama isn’t one of those suave super secret agent films. Le Carre penned his best selling novel, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” about the brilliant and unassuming master spies that were the real intelligence gatherers during the 60’s.

updated Friday, December 09, 2011 03:45 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews New Year’s Eve

Garry Marshall’s new ensemble film “New Year’s Eve” is so formulaic you could feed a baby with it.

updated Friday, December 09, 2011 11:39 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Hugo

“Hugo” begins with breathtaking 3D animation bringing the audience into director Martin Scorsese’s Parisian world. But as the story begins to unfold, the audience begins to realize the film is all glitter.

updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:42 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Muppets

The plot of the new “Muppets” movie is an old one borrowed from a dozen 40’s movies like “Babes in Arms” and “Strike Up The Band.”

updated Wednesday, November 23, 2011 10:41 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Pt. 1

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1” is a fan's film from beginning to end. I am stating that not as a bad thing, but as a matter of fact. | Video

updated Friday, November 18, 2011 01:26 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Happy Feet 2

The sequel to “Happy Feet” is now in theaters. And although it’s wonderfully animated for children, “Happy Feet 2” really has no idea of what it wants to be.

updated Friday, November 18, 2011 01:22 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Jack and Jill

In Adam Sandler’s newest film, he does double duty as a guy who’s wacky twin sister comes for a visit while he tries to stop his ad agency from going under.

updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:54 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews J. Edgar

Certainly both Clint Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio will be considered for their work in “J. Edgar,” the new biopic about the life and times of FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover.

updated Thursday, November 10, 2011 10:53 AM

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Tony Toscano talks to the stars of the Twilight series

Tony Toscano from Talking Pictures talked with the stars of the Twilight series about the upcoming movie, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1.

updated Monday, November 07, 2011 10:21 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Puss in Boots

“Puss in Boots” is really very funny and endearing. There’s enough in this film to satisfy both children and adults. Usually we parents have to endure a “kid’s film” as there’s little reward in it for us.

updated Thursday, November 03, 2011 04:33 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Johnny English: Reborn

Starring Rowan Atkinson as the clumsy, Clouseau-like secret agent bent on saving the world the film is a silly farce on spy movies and gadgetry.

updated Thursday, November 03, 2011 04:32 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Anonymous

“Anonymous” examines the idea that, perhaps, William Shakespeare may not have been the genius playwright we all have believed him to be.

updated Thursday, November 03, 2011 04:31 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews In Time

“In Time” stars Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried in a nonsensical sci-fi thriller about a future where people earn and spend time.

updated Thursday, November 03, 2011 04:28 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Three Musketeers

For a movie that had everything going for it, nothing seems to be going right in the finalized version. Based on the classic tale of honor, friendship, loyalty, courage and duty, “The Three Musketeers” has always been a statement about fighting for the right.

updated Thursday, October 20, 2011 09:59 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Thing

The Thing is a prequel to the 1982 film John Carpenter directed. In this story a group of Norwegian scientists discover an alien life form in the Antarctic.

updated Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:06 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Big Year

I can really understand why a studio would back “The Big Year,” a comedy starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson and Jack Black. They’re funny guys and each reach a different demographic.

updated Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:05 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Footloose

While watching this remake of the 1984 film, I kept thinking to myself “why?”

updated Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:04 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Reel Steel

“Real Steel” on the outset might sound like the big screen version of “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots” but nothing could be farther from the truth.

updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:18 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Ides of March

George Clooney’s new film “The Ides of March” is a savvy and compelling political thriller focusing on the inner workings of political campaigning.

updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:17 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Moneyball

The story of Billy Bean’s unconventional approach to baseball on the outset seems as if it would be as dull as an accounting seminar. But “Moneyball” is anything but dry and lifeless.

updated Friday, September 23, 2011 10:43 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Dolphin Tale

Although overly simple in its plot and dialogue, “Dolphin Tale” manages to overcome its “elementary school” feel and deliver a very warm movie about caring and love. | Video

updated Friday, September 23, 2011 10:41 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Contagion

Everyone will be comparing “Contagion” with the 1995 film “Outbreak,” that starred Dustin Hoffman, Morgan Freeman and Rene Russo. And even though their plots a similar, the new film offers a more meticulous look at how the Center for Disease Control (CDC) works.

updated Friday, September 09, 2011 11:02 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Warrior

Although “Warrior” is a sports film, it's also a character study mostly focusing on the relationships between father and sons.

updated Friday, September 09, 2011 11:00 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Seven Days in Utopia

The film focuses on a young hot-tempered golfer (Lucas Black) who gets stranded in the small Texas town of Utopia while his car is repaired. While waiting he befriends and old codger (Robert Duvall), who just happens to be a retired professional golfer.

updated Friday, September 02, 2011 10:14 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Debt

“The Debt” centers around three Mossad agents on the hunt for an escaped Nazi war criminal and the events surrounding his capture.

updated Friday, September 02, 2011 10:12 AM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Conan the Barbarian

The remake of “Conan the Barbarian” has little resemblance to the 1982 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the title character. The original film had more of a sense of humor and was a bit more “cartoonish.”

updated Friday, August 19, 2011 05:47 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Fright Night

“Fright Night” is a remake of the beloved 1985 film that starred William Ragsdale, Chris Sarandon and Roddy McDowall.

updated Friday, August 19, 2011 05:46 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews One Day

“One Day” is the ultimate chick flick. A sappy, romantic tearjerker designed to make even the manliest of men cry like a baby.

updated Friday, August 19, 2011 05:45 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews 30 Minutes or Less

“30 Minutes or Less” is a manic movie that equally balances humor and thrills.

updated Friday, August 12, 2011 02:12 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews Final Destination 5

Sometimes you got to throw up your hands and go with the ridiculous. “Final Destination 5” is a great argument for just that. This bloody horror train-wreck of a movie is a lot of fun (provided you have a strong enough stomach).

updated Friday, August 12, 2011 02:11 PM

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Tony Toscano Reviews The Help

“The Help,” starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer and Bryce Dallas Howard is (at its core) an emotionally involving movie. Based on the best selling book, "The Help" is told through a series of stories on how some Southern families treat their hired “help.” | Video

updated Friday, August 05, 2011 08:31 AM

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