Okay, a lot of the humor was low brow, but it kept both my husband and myself rolling with laughter from beginning to end. I wish there was more of Dustin Hoffman, but he and Barbra Streisand still came … more
Star Rating: Going into Ted, I fully expected a raunchy comedy. What I wasn’t at all expecting was a very sweet, very compelling coming of age story, one that … more
Comedies are the kind of movies that usually require a certain sense of humor from its target audience. They are a little hard for me to review since everyone has their own individual sense of humor that … more
TED Written by Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild Directed by Seth MacFarlane Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane Ted: (Dressed in a suit) I look stupid. … more
By Joan Alperin Schwartz I love talking animals and I have to admit, I own quite a few. Granted they're stuffed with a vocabulary of not more than 10 words...which definitely doesn't … more
**** out of **** Characterized by its signature catchy lyrics, dancing trannies, midnight movie stylistics, and blood-red pouty lips on the common poster; "The Rocky Horror Picture … more
**** out of **** "Rock 'n' Roll High School" is a movie that exists in its own world. Yes, it is a high school movie; but not just a high school movie, and certainly one that's … more
* out of **** Barry Sonnenfeld is one of those directors who just wants you to have a good time. That seems to be the motive behind each and every one of his motion pictures so … more
***1/2 out of **** As humans, we assume that we are alone on this earth, but we are wrong. Extraterrestrials hop from planet to planet, and eventually they will land on ours. More … more
**** out of **** Perhaps I grew up in the wrong generation. The last day of school - when in High School - has never been a "thing" for me, at least not in my town, based on my … more
**** out of **** Alfred Hitchcock once deemed it unwise to kill either a child or a dog in a movie. Well, this logic seems to have been abandoned, until now. Martin McDonagh's "In … more
*** out of **** Cameron Crowe went undercover as a student at Clairmont High School (in San Diego) while in his early years spent as a writer for Rolling Stone magazine. He came, … more
*** out of **** Adam McKay's "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" is a full-time, full-force farce. A lot of comedies tend to at least try and achieve some sort of slight dramatic … more
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RabidChihuahua posted a Quick Tip about Smokin' Aces.
June 13, 2012
This is one of the absolute worst movies I've ever seen in my entire life. Smokin' Aces is essentially an amalgamation of all the most cliche yet trendy shit that's … more
**** out of **** Often called the worst film director of all time - with his films also given the privilege of being regarded as some of the crappiest ever produced - it would seem … more
In the summer of 1997 Men in Black more or less blindsided us. Not many of us knew what it was or what we should expect from it. It was based off a comic book that (for the most part) very … more
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Madpenguin posted a Quick Tip about Bad Boys II.
May 28, 2012
Loud, action-filled, extremely over the top. With loads and loads of amazingly dragged out scenes capped off with a bloated run time of over 2 hours; typical Michael Bay. If you love his other movies … more
*** out of **** Advertised to audiences both young and old alike, the universe that Roald Dahl created in his 1964 novel "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" has always been one … more
**** out of **** An old woman with a raspy voice tells her grandchild a bedtime story on a snowy night about the strange, abandoned Gothic castle that rests on a hill that can be … more
*** out of **** Here's a movie that goes big and attempts to re-write the rules of an age-old genre and emerges with delightfully mixed but exciting results. In "Beetlejuice", a … more
***1/2 out of **** Paul Reubens might have trudged through his share of media controversy, but with Tim Burton's debut feature "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure", his legacy as a once world … more
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Sharrie posted a Quick Tip about Notting Hill.
May 21, 2012
It was on TV yesterday. Not bad for a boring Sunday afternoon! Too hot outside to go anywhere but staying home for relaxation. Julia Roberts looks pretty here. Boy, it's more than a decade since! As for … more
Simply put, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is one of the weirdest films that I've ever seen in any genre and any medium (and keep in mind that I've seen weird stuff that most of you wouldn't … more
Kitchen Stories, a Norwegion/Swedish co-production, starts out as a dry, deadpan comedy of differences and ends as a dry, deadpan comedy of friendships. Sweden's Home Research … more
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