Guilty Pleasures...(Some VERY)
Movies I like, that perhaps, I should not...
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- DirectorBob ClarkSylvester StalloneDon ZimmermanStarsSylvester StalloneDolly PartonRichard FarnsworthA country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.In every sense of the word, a BOMB! Dolly & Sly have NO chemistry, Sly's singing is painful, and it's one cliche after another. Why do I love it? Simply because someone had the balls to do it! Dolly & Sly in a country-western musical?? Didn't anyone scratch their heads? The songs & Dolly are charming, and by the end, you actually care about these characters. I don't know how, but it works...
- DirectorPaul MazurskyStarsCherChazz PalminteriRyan O'NealA depressed housewife whose husband is having an affair contemplates suicide, but changes her mind when she faces death by a killer hired to do her in.The script is attenuous, but this one works because the actors make it work. Cher is pitch-perfect, as always, and it has it's share of real laughs. It also shows the characters flaws & makes us understand them in a way most movies never do...
- DirectorTom BradyStarsRob SchneiderRachel McAdamsAnna FarisAn attractive and popular teenager, who is mean-spirited toward others, finds herself in the body of an older man, and must find a way to get back to her original body.Seriously funny with many memorable moments and laugh-out-loud scenes. Love or hate Rob Schneider, "The Hot Chick" delivers as a true comedy...
- DirectorFred WolfStarsAnna FarisColin HanksEmma StoneAfter Playboy bunny Shelley is kicked out of the Playboy Mansion, she finds a job as the house mother for a sorority full of socially awkward girls.Two words: Anna Farris. She is an under-rated comic genius. Her charm & delivery make "House Bunny", an otherwise sub-par film, exceptional. Her comic timing and expressions are priceless and the hopelessly cliched movie seems fresh to the end. Funniest movie of 2008...
- DirectorMichael Patrick KingStarsSarah Jessica ParkerKim CattrallKristin DavisWhile wrestling with the pressures of life, love, and work in Manhattan, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte join Samantha for a trip to Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), where Samantha's ex is filming a new movie."Sex & The City 3"? Anyone?? Dreadful, script that insults the intelligence of women in general (not to mention the audience) could make one re-think the whole series. Being a fan of the series, I look at at this way: they hurried too quickly to make a sequel to the massively popular original & the shoe fell way too soon! I still love these characters, and I rooted for them as loud as always. There were some great moments as a whole, and I hope this isn't the end of our S&TC legacy...
- DirectorBarbra StreisandStarsBarbra StreisandAmy IrvingMandy PatinkinA Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.Some critical acclaim, most say it's an overbearing implausible Streisand disaster. I love it. The music alone is reason to watch.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsChristian BaleBill PullmanRobert DuvallA musical based on the New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact change and are met by the ruthlessness of big business.Another musical that underwhelmed most. I loved it. A VERY young Christian Bale & Ann Margaret are fantastic.
- DirectorKenny OrtegaStarsBette MidlerSarah Jessica ParkerKathy NajimyA teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century.A Halloween classic in my opinion.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMadonnaJonathan PryceAntonio BanderasThe hit musical based on the life of Eva Perón (Evita Duarte), a B-picture Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president Juan Domingo Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.Beautifully filmed, though most say it is not fully realized or fleshed out. Eva Peron was mysterious in real life. This "rock opera" is the best since "Tommy", and like it or not, Madonna is powerful.
- DirectorMark RydellStarsBette MidlerJames CaanGeorge SegalTalented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vietnam War era to their twilight era in the 90's.Agreed, it's over-long and the actors have little chemistry, but it packs a whallop of a punch & Midler (in an Oscar-nominated performance) has never been better.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsJennifer TillyBrad DourifJohn WatersChucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent gender-confused child, Glen/Glenda, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.Ditto. So funny & sharp (no pun intended).
- DirectorRobert LuketicStarsReese WitherspoonLuke WilsonSelma BlairElle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school. While she is there, she figures out that there is more to her than just looks.Surprisingly smart, though predictable.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsJeff GoldblumJulianne MoorePete PostlethwaiteA research team is sent to the Jurassic Park Site B island to study the dinosaurs there, while an InGen team approaches with another agenda.Not as good as it's predecessor, but fun nontheless.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDustin HoffmanRobin WilliamsJulia RobertsWhen Captain James Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy.Dustin Hoffman's Hook is one of the finest portrayals of the 90's. I love this film, though critics did not.
- DirectorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonBilly ConnollyMulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.I DO BELIEVE! To see Mulder & Scully together again is astounding. Most expected more than a "simple" story here that reads more like an "X-Files" episode than a film.
- DirectorRob ZombieStarsSid HaigKaren BlackBill MoseleyTwo young couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of murder end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.This is one of those movies where you actually root for the villains. The "good guys" are annoying and they have it coming. I liked it's tongue-in-cheek humor and effects. I can't say the same for it's sequel. I disliked "The Devil's Rejects".
- DirectorSteve AntinStarsCherChristina AguileraAlan CummingA small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.Obviously this is Cher's movie & I welcomed her back with joy. Aguilera does fine, the "plot" is thin, and it kinda tanked with most critics & box office. Just watch Cher sing in her first "musical" role enjoy. It is what it is, and I love it!
- DirectorLewis TeagueStarsDee WallaceDaniel Hugh KellyDanny PintauroCujo, a friendly St. Bernard, contracts rabies and conducts a reign of terror on a small American town.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsRobin WilliamsShelley DuvallRay WalstonThe adventures of the famous sailor man and his friends in the seaside town of Sweethaven.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsChantal QuesnelleFiona DourifJordan GavarisAfter her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
- DirectorChuck RussellStarsHeather LangenkampRobert EnglundCraig WassonA psychiatrist familiar with knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.