“Hoot,” Rated PG, 90 minutes. This witty family film has enough mystery and edge to keep attentive kids age 8 and older entertained. Directed with a sense of fun by Wil Shriner, “Hoot ...

A poster for the 1943 Hoot Gibson film 'Blazing Guns.' (Allied Artists) His last role was as an uncredited extra in the 1960 production of “Ocean’s 11.” Gibson died of cancer in 1962 at the ...

The movie may not be much of a hoot, but it still has more smarts, heart and conscience than those dumb family flicks put together. Related. Amy Sussman / Getty Images.

It's almost easier to defy gravity than it is to get a movie made under these circumstances, but all those elements are true of Hoot, the film based on Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen's ...

Carl Hiaasen's novel "Hoot" is set in the sleepy Florida town of Coconut Grove. That town is fictional, so film crews are shooting background scenes in Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island for an ...

This SHOULD be a real hoot: A film based on a Carl Hiaasen novel, produced by Jimmy Buffett and featuring songs by him, with both Florida boys appearing in small Movie Review: 'Hoot' is earnest ...