Comedy/Drama
3 stars
More drama than comedy. Not enough of Madea (the previews cracked me up) and too much of some serious story about a junkie-hooker who once had a promising future and the lawyer who strains his engagement by trying to help her out. The few scenes of Madea (Tyler Perry in drag) were hilarious, but I was bored with the whole hooker story I hadn’t signed up for. So so movie. Rent it and just fast forward to the Madea scenes :).
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Chick Flick
3 stars
Silly, frivolous, and ridiculous but adorably cute and fun. Isla Fisher stars as the girl in major debt who is in love with shopping and part of the fun is seeing her wardrobe which is partly garish and partly fabulous. I read a scathing review of this film that complained about its bad timing with the current economic crisis, blah, blah, blah. But you know, most of my own clothes are from Sears, Marshall’s, and – dare I say it? – Walmart! - but I had fun living vicariously through Fisher’s world of designer excess and her breezy outlook on life. Surprisingly, co-stars include Kirsten Scott Thomas, John Lithgow, John Goodman, Joan Cusack and Hugh Dancy as the dreamy love interest. Good clean frivolous fun.
3 stars
Silly, frivolous, and ridiculous but adorably cute and fun. Isla Fisher stars as the girl in major debt who is in love with shopping and part of the fun is seeing her wardrobe which is partly garish and partly fabulous. I read a scathing review of this film that complained about its bad timing with the current economic crisis, blah, blah, blah. But you know, most of my own clothes are from Sears, Marshall’s, and – dare I say it? – Walmart! - but I had fun living vicariously through Fisher’s world of designer excess and her breezy outlook on life. Surprisingly, co-stars include Kirsten Scott Thomas, John Lithgow, John Goodman, Joan Cusack and Hugh Dancy as the dreamy love interest. Good clean frivolous fun.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Friday The 13th (2009)
Horror
3 stars
Fun horror movie :). Ok, I admit I am quite strange and was the only one in the theater laughing out loud (truly busting my sides!) while Jason Voorhees slashed and chopped up his victims. I got a real exhilarating rush out of it, like when you just get off of a roller coaster ride. Of course the twenty-somethings were obnoxious and it is fun to root for the bad guy. After so many disappointing sequels in this series, this was one of the better ones as some dim-witted adventurers once again return to Camp Crystal Lake in search of a field of marijuana. Hey look! A dilapidated cabin that looks like it will fall over! Lets go inside and creep around in the dark! Ha, ha ha… such stupidity deserves a swift death sentence. OK, two of the victims were fun and sort of loveable and I was sorry to see them go. Jared Padalecki (from TV’s Supernatural) stars while searching for his missing sister. I’d like to give this one a higher rating because it really elevated my spirits, but I guess I have to be realistic. David will like it (topless girls! I probably laughed the hardest when the topless water skier got it…) and I think Laura will get some giggles out of it too.
3 stars
Fun horror movie :). Ok, I admit I am quite strange and was the only one in the theater laughing out loud (truly busting my sides!) while Jason Voorhees slashed and chopped up his victims. I got a real exhilarating rush out of it, like when you just get off of a roller coaster ride. Of course the twenty-somethings were obnoxious and it is fun to root for the bad guy. After so many disappointing sequels in this series, this was one of the better ones as some dim-witted adventurers once again return to Camp Crystal Lake in search of a field of marijuana. Hey look! A dilapidated cabin that looks like it will fall over! Lets go inside and creep around in the dark! Ha, ha ha… such stupidity deserves a swift death sentence. OK, two of the victims were fun and sort of loveable and I was sorry to see them go. Jared Padalecki (from TV’s Supernatural) stars while searching for his missing sister. I’d like to give this one a higher rating because it really elevated my spirits, but I guess I have to be realistic. David will like it (topless girls! I probably laughed the hardest when the topless water skier got it…) and I think Laura will get some giggles out of it too.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
He’s Just Not That Into You
Chick Flick
3.5 stars
Fun chick flick. “You love her, but she loves him, and he loves somebody else, you just can’t win… Love stinks! Yeah, yeah.” That is pretty much the plot with this all-young-star cast including Ginnifer Goodwin as a pathetically adorable and excessively desperate singleton. Scarlett Johansson plays a vampy temptress, Jennifer Connolly plays a controlling wife, and Jennifer Aniston impressed by truly capturing her character’s hurt and pain in her eyes. I won’t name the entire cast, but if you like chick flicks then this is a good one. A good date movie for Valentine’s Day.
3.5 stars
Fun chick flick. “You love her, but she loves him, and he loves somebody else, you just can’t win… Love stinks! Yeah, yeah.” That is pretty much the plot with this all-young-star cast including Ginnifer Goodwin as a pathetically adorable and excessively desperate singleton. Scarlett Johansson plays a vampy temptress, Jennifer Connolly plays a controlling wife, and Jennifer Aniston impressed by truly capturing her character’s hurt and pain in her eyes. I won’t name the entire cast, but if you like chick flicks then this is a good one. A good date movie for Valentine’s Day.
Taken
Action
3.5 stars
Exciting action movie. Liam Neeson goes to Paris to find (and kill) his daughter’s kidnappers. It wasn’t the best or most original (I still love Harrison Ford’s similar Frantic from 1988) but it was exciting as Neeson drew from his experience as a former spy (assassin?) and jumped from one hair-raising situation to the next leaving a trail of carnage in his wake. I just wish he could have done more regarding the corruption and other victims.
3.5 stars
Exciting action movie. Liam Neeson goes to Paris to find (and kill) his daughter’s kidnappers. It wasn’t the best or most original (I still love Harrison Ford’s similar Frantic from 1988) but it was exciting as Neeson drew from his experience as a former spy (assassin?) and jumped from one hair-raising situation to the next leaving a trail of carnage in his wake. I just wish he could have done more regarding the corruption and other victims.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Defiance
Drama, True Story
4 stars
Excellent portrayal of the Bielski brothers who helped 1200 Russian Jews evade the Nazis by hiding in the woods from 1941-1944. Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber star. I only wish the movie included their liberation; instead of leaving the viewer with a written summation. Also worth seeing is the History Channel’s program on the same subject.
4 stars
Excellent portrayal of the Bielski brothers who helped 1200 Russian Jews evade the Nazis by hiding in the woods from 1941-1944. Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber star. I only wish the movie included their liberation; instead of leaving the viewer with a written summation. Also worth seeing is the History Channel’s program on the same subject.
Hotel For Dogs
Family
2 stars
Cute kiddie flick about 2 foster kids with a soft spot for strays who make a home for them in an abandoned hotel. The dogs are adorable, but most of the characters are forgettable, especially Kevin Dillon and Lisa Kudrow as deadbeat foster parents. Kids will like it, unless they start asking what happens to dogs that are left at the pound too long.
2 stars
Cute kiddie flick about 2 foster kids with a soft spot for strays who make a home for them in an abandoned hotel. The dogs are adorable, but most of the characters are forgettable, especially Kevin Dillon and Lisa Kudrow as deadbeat foster parents. Kids will like it, unless they start asking what happens to dogs that are left at the pound too long.
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