Archive for May, 2012
Big Bang Theory
This 30 min sitcom actually has personality development and a plot. My heroes have always been the people who solve the problems, hence, the engineers. Something I didn’t realize until my oldest son enlightened me with, “Mom, don’t you know why you love SciFi so much?….It’s because the Engineers are the heroes!” Well, he wasn’t [...]
Johnson Family Vacation
Johnson Family Vacation is a nice afternoon movie. Vanessa Williams and Cedric the Entertainer star in an American comedy about summer vacations. No, it isn’t on the same level as Robin Williams rented RV as in “RV” which had me laughing hysterically, but was more like our own vacations where minor disasters and new stress [...]
The Man in the Iron Mask
FX channel had a nice showing this morning of The Man in the Iron Mask, the 1998 version with Leonardo DiCaprio. Today was rainy off and on, and a good day to catch up on movie watching. This French historical drama of King Louis 14 pits twins against each other. Although one twin did not [...]
The Wizard of OZ
This 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz, has teenage Judy Garland at her best. Directed by Victor Flemiong, she portrays Dorothy, precious niece of her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry. They live in the middle of the U.S on a Kansas farm which also happens to be in the middle of tornado alley. [...]
THE SIXTH DAY
The Sixth Day, a SciFi thriller has Arnold Schwarzenegger, the actor, playing multiple versions of himself as clones for which he was paid 25 million dollars. However, in the film, he is a family man, William Gibson, and finds himself outside, in his yard, peeking through the bushes, looking into his house. He is watching [...]
Firelight
Firelight was a Saturday night movie on Hallmark Hall of Fame 5/5/12, staring one of our favorite actors, Cuba Gooding Jr. as a counselor for teen girls in a reformatory. His goal is to get them to regain self-respect by helping others. This is enjoyable, stay-at-home Saturday night fare–not the usual teen girls in prison [...]
African Queen
Katherine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart team up for a classic drama, adventure and love story that can’t be beat. Rose Sayer goes with her brother as missionaries to East Africa. They live a spartan yet fulfilling life until German soldiers destroy their small village and Samuel dies leaving spinster sister Rose to fend for herself. [...]
Taming of the Shrew
Can’t stand Shakespeare? Neither could I until I met Katherine and her sister– bratty, spoiled Bianca. Definition of shrew: woman with a sharp tongue. If anyone needs extra credit for English, you don’t even need to watch the whole movie, half will do. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in the 1967 Franco Zeffirelli adaptation (Photo [...]
Salt Movie Review
The film “Salt”, was to originally star Tom Cruise as the main character, however, Cruise subsequently dropped out of the film and was replaced with Angelina Jolie, and all I have to say about that is THANK YOU! I could not imagine anyone else in this film besides Angelina Jolie. Jolie has really proven to [...]
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