What an awesome romantic comedy! Abbey ((Katherine Heigl), a radio producer is accustomed to working on her straight laced radio program, and she is a leader in her field. Despite her great work, the station's ratings were not high enough, so they gave her Mike (played by Gerard Butler), the star of a show called…
Here is my list of the Top Ten Cheesiest Movies of all Time. I cannot tell a lie. I actually watched them all and my brain feels a little worse for the wear for doing so. Curl up in a comfy chair, grab the cheese balls and Velveeta and revel in the warm, squishy void…
This film is adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane who uses Boston as the setting in many of his stories. Gone Baby Gone is the directorial debut of another Bostonian, Ben Affleck. If you can get past the constant use of vulgar four-letter words, you may enjoy this thriller. Director Ben Affleck's best casting…
A kung fu student seeks the mystical next level in his studies and along the way becomes involved in the shady world that the New York music industry scene. Sounds full of Eighties Goodness, doesn't it? Well add in cultural confusion, over-the-top characters, and an early version of MTV Grind and you have cult classic…
Grownups was written by Adam Sandler and Fred Wolf and directed by Dennis Dugan. The movie is rated PG-13 and has a runtime of 1 hour and 42 minutes. The stars of the show are Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and Rob Schneider. Salma Hayek also has a fairly large role in…
According to the blurb on the box, director Susan Seidelman's 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan is about a simple, presumably comic case of mistaken identity. Rosanna Arquette's character Roberta, a New Jersey housewife, gets hit on the head, develops amnesia, and is mistaken for "free spirit" Susan, played by Madonna. What the blurb doesn't intimate,…
After being on her feet at work over a 6-day stretch, my wife and I decided to take most of Sunday off and, as part of that, found ourselves watching a mid-afternoon movie while the kids were occupied with something else. We had originally had planned on watching an independent thriller. But, 15 minutes into…
If I were to choose one word to describe this move it would be, surprise! It simply delivers everything you expect and a lot of things you don't expect; distinguishing it from previous installments. Most of the surprises left me with a smile on my face, which is the best type of surprise mind you….
