Once Upon a Time

       I know this is a movie blog and I only talk about movies but I just had to spread the word about ABC’s new show Once Upon A Time (2011).  The pilot just aired on Sunday and if you missed it you still have time to catch up.  One of the reasons I wanted to mention it on here is that there are very few TV shows that have a movie feel to them.  This is really one of them.  Once Upon a Time is very well done.  Granted I have only seen the pilot but I was very impressed with it. 
      Adam Horowitz (Lost, Felicity) along with Edward Kitsis (Lost, Felicity) are the creators of this new show.  They have been working together since Felicity (1998-2002) in 2001, they produced the final season.  Considering how well Lost did I have high hopes for Once Upon a Time.  I never really did get into Lost but I followed it a bit.  I really get apprehensive about investing any time in a new series because it seems the ones I really like tend to get canceled.  So, if you haven’t started watching this show yet, check it out!  I don’t want to give anything away about it, besides that, it is just better to see it the way they intended for it to be told. So, catch up on the pilot online or on demand or something and then tune in Sunday nights and get lost in Once Upon a Time.
     

Zookeeper

      Zookeeper (2011) is one of the funniest, cutest talking animal movies I have seen in a while.  A whole lot better than Furry Vengeance (2010) Ugh, what a dud.  Anyway, back to Zookeeper.  Kevin James (King of Queens, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Hitch) is the Zookeeper.  I know the critics didn’t like this movie, I even read recently that it made a worst movie of the year list.  It was predictable and silly but that is not always a bad thing. 
      One of the things I liked about Zookeeper was how clean it was.  Yes it had a few potty jokes.  I am not sure why the wolf had to teach Kevin about marking his territory but, whatever.  It really was a clean, funny movie. Zookeeper is a Happy Madison production, Happy Madison is Adam Sandler's (50 First Dates, Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy) company. Part of what makes a good talking animal movie is having good voices for the animals, obviously.  The animals in this one where great!  They almost upstaged poor Kevin.  They were all so funny! With the voice talents of Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Favreau, just to name a few, Zookeeper is pretty entertaining.