Month: April 2004

Ella Enchanted

OMG what a pile of cotton candy, cheesy, fluff. Yes I went to see this, I even laughed a couple of times – but the feeling I had when I left this was that I needed to go do a couple shots of tequila to regain my womanhood. Basic...

Connie and Carla

Connie and Carla grew up together singing cabaret songs. They end up witnessing the murder of their boss and flee to LA to avoid death. They end up posing as cross dressing men singing cabaret songs at a bar. (You know cabaret and gay men go hand in hand.)...

Something’s Gotta Give

Jack Nicholson is a music industry executive who likes the young ladies. When he goes to visit his latest girlfriend's mother, Diane Keaton, he has a heart attack. He is left in her care along with his doctor Keanu Reeves. Then people might just fall for people their own...

Bend It Like Beckham

British tomboy wants to be a soccer player, but her family wants her to be a traditional Indian wife. That means no soccer. It was a very cute movie. Some of the stuff might have went over my head because of the accents. The girl's family kept eating Indian...

What a Girl Wants

Girl goes to England to announce to a rich guy that he is really her father. When I was in a hotel room in Dallas, I wanted something on television that could half pay attention to while I read my book. The only movie channel was HBO and it...

Stuck on You

Farrelly brothers comedy about two co-joined twins, Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear. I am not a Farrelly brothers fan, even though I have seen most of their movies. I hardly ever laugh at them, so take this lovely review with a grain of salt if you think they are...

The Tale of the Body Thief

Tale of the Body Thief Author: Anne Rice The fourth in the Vampire Chronicles. This time it focuses on Lestat and his wish to be mortal again, even if it is for just a short period of time. He finds a mortal to switch bodies with for two days...

Neverwhere

Neverwhere Author: Neil Gaiman Richard Mayhew’s life is turned upside down after he finds a bleeding girl on the street. He is dragged from his normal, everyday life in the London Above to the world he didnt know existed in the London Below filled with rat talkers, angels, demons...

Mystic River

Mystic River Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura linney, Kevin Chapman Directed by: Clint Eastwood Written by: Brian Helgeland (screenplay), Dennis Lehane (novel) Rating: R Length: 2 hour 18 min Genre: Mystery Release Date: October 15, 2003 Clint Eastwood directs Sean Penn, Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon as childhood...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Author: J.K. Rowling Harry Potter and the gang start their third year at Hogwart’s School of Wizardry. Sirius Black has been a prisoner of Azkaban for twelve years, but he has recently escaped along with rumors that he is headed for Hogwarts...