Movie Reviews

AT THE MOVIES:

National Treasure - Book of Secrets: I loved the last National Treasure movie. So, if you are like me - you will love this one as well. Nicholas Cage and company go on another treasure hunt with secrets hidden in things like the desk in the Oval office and a desk in Buckingham Palace. This of course means Cage has to get access to these locations. He also has to get information out of a book that only the President of the United States has access to or knows about - the "book of secrets." This book contains stuff like Area 51 information and JFK assination facts. The reason our heroes are on this quest is to clear the name of Cage's character's ancestor who is accused of helping James Wilkes Booth assinate President Lincoln. This keeps everyone very busy and eventually leads to Native American treasure that was supposed to help the Confederates during the Civil War. The story gets a little convoluted but is great fun from beginning to end.
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Enchanted: This sweetheart of a movie is sure to be fun for everyone in the entire family or even if you don't bring them...you will still enjoy it! The premise is kind of silly but not unique - a cartoon character is transformed into real person in NYC. The thing about this fish out of water scenario is the fact that Disney is not afraid to poke fun at itself. Our heroine assumes everyone is as nice as they are in her fairytale world and that leads to a reality check while at the same time making harsh citizens of the live action world soften up a bit. There are some great tunes as our gal is not afraid to just break into song and enough humor to make adults laugh. This is not really a kids movie - maybe kids over the age of 10 but there is some humor they might not get. Bring your suspension of disbelief with you and you will leave feeling good and...like singing a happy song.
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ON VIDEO:

Stardust: This was a fun movies that fans of The Princess Bride, Ella Enchanted and other fun fantastical movies should enjoy. The knowledge that an unknown world is beyond a stone fence in England is to much for a young man to ignore and he decides to tempt fate and venture accross. The result of this short journey will lead his own son and a fallen star on an adventure that involves witches, kings, ghosts and pirates. Robert DeNiro and Michelle Pfieffer are standouts and are appearing to have a great time of it. Just enjoy.
MMM (out of 5 M's)

The Waitress: The fact that the only "star" in this movie is Kerri Russell should be a strong indication of lameness...but I read the box for the movie and it used words like "sassy" and "comedy." It was also supposed to leave me "inspired." Well, after induring this movie for 2 hours - I found myself hardpressed to find any of these items. Russell plays a young woman that works at a pie shop and gets pregnant by her very abusive husband. She ends up having an affair with her married obstetrian. There are some amusing things that happen in this movie like the fact that everytime she feels a strong emotion she thinks up a pie to go along with it, "the baby is keeping me up all night pie," "I hate my husband pie," etc. In the end Russell's character does have an epiphany after having the baby - which is good. But inspired? Sassy? Comedy? Nope. I guess I was really expecting those things. If they said "drama" then I wouldn't have been waiting for it to be funny. And Kerri Russell cannot carry a movie at all.
M (out of 5 M's)

Land of the Blind: Two hours of my life I won't get back. This total dog isn't worth the space in this blog to mention. Ralph Finnes and Donald Sutherland are totally wasted in this weird movie.
Zero M's