Apparently Yahoo was experiencing difficulties on June 8, so I have no idea when this entry will appear.

Over the last couple of days I had to travel back home to NYC for a meeting and had a chance to catch up with some friends and actually go to a movie theater to see a flick. My pal Carolina wanted to see Prince Caspian so that's what we did. (I had seen the first installment on a DVD screener a couple of years ago and sort of enjoyed it).  

This second entry in an ongoing franchise was pretty good -- although it lacked some of the magic that the first one did. Mostly because the story was darker -- dealing with usurping a throne and there were a number of battles and deaths.  The child actors were fine with little Georgie Henley being the best.  Ben Barnes was passable in the title role -- he seemed a bit stiff in a couple of scenes. Sergio Castellitto playing the villainous King Miraz bordered on being a little over the top as well. (He did everything but twirl his mustache.)  The battle scenes clearly owed much to The Lord of the Rings trilogy.  It was a pleasant enough evening and the few children who were in the house seemed to enjoy it.  If I get a chance, I'll try to write a fuller review.  My rating would be a B-  (even though my friend has now seen it 3 times and wants to go back again.)