What child of the 80s or even early 90s can’t help but look back favorably at the pop culture movie hits the decade of excess brought us?  The Karate Kid.  Pretty in Pink.  Ghostbusters and Gremlins.  These movies may have been cheesy and over-the-top, but in some ways they never completely lose their ability to resonate with audiences.  It’s easy ( Read more... )

Drunk driving, cocaine possession, several stints in rehab; all the makings of a tense drama.  Unfortunately that’s Lindsay Lohan’s personal life, not the plot of her latest film to hit DVD.  Perhaps the actress’s personal demons have given her some insight into her Georgia Rule character, wild child Rachel Wilcox (a role in which Lohan was ( Read more... )

Review of Stardust

It seems few people realize that the new film Stardust is loosely adapted from a Neil Gaiman novel of the same name.  Even fewer people, however, seem to have an accurate understanding of what this delightful fantasy film actually entails.  As someone who has read the book multiple times and has been following Neil Gaiman’s blog ( Read more... )

Review of “Vacancy”

This is one movie review that I could sum up in three simple words; don’t see it.  But since thorough reviews require more than just a simple statement, however true that statement may be, I will innumerate some of the reasons that Vacancy is just one more rental that’s best left on the rental store shelf.

Vacancy is yet ( Read more... )

Review of “Are We Done Yet?”

Are we done yet?  Although this is the title of the latest filmic atrocity to reach DVD, it is also a very good question.  ARE we done yet?  Or rather, is Hollywood done yet?  Will moviemakers ever be done remaking, updating, and revisiting tired ideas that were drab and uncreative the first time around?  Will ( Read more... )

Oh how I love Simon Pegg!

The guys from Shaun of the Dead are back and every bit as brilliant in their rendition of the police-buddy film genre in the clever spoof Hot Fuzz.

Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is a talented, all-guts-no-glory cop who lives for the job.  His arrest record and special skills are innumerable, and make the rest of his ( Read more... )

Review of “The Number 23”

Dates.  Names.  Places.  It’s everywhere, but what does it mean?  What is the significance of the number 23?

This is the question Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) finds himself trying to answer in The Number 23.  Sparrow is a quirky but loveable family man whose life changes dramatically when his wife Agatha (Virginia ( Read more... )

It has been a summer of sequels.  Shrek, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Die Hard have all received updates in the last few months, as have countless other Hollywood films.  While sequels are generally notorious for their ability to disappoint movie goers, one sequel that has managed to surpass audience expectations is the fifth Harry Potter film, ( Read more... )

Finding an available rental copy of The Astronaut Farmer in Auburn, AL was nearly impossible this week.  Within a few hours of hitting the shelves, it seemed all the local rental stores had already been tapped out.  What I can’t seem to figure out is why.

The Astronaut Farmer is billed as an inspiration family film.  Charles Farmer (actor Billy ( Read more... )

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