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...
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...
Criminal
John C. Reilly, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Diego Luna are all in this crime caper where things just don’t go as planned. John C. Reilly is a con man who takes Diego Luna under his wing to teach him the art of the con and then lets him in on...
Walking Tall
Walking Tall Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Scott, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough Directed by: Kevin Bray Written by: Mort Briskin (earlier screenplay), David Klass, Channing Gibson, David Levien, Brian Koppelman Rating: PG-13 Length: 1 hour 26 minutes Genre: Action Release Date: 2004 Chris Vaughn (The Rock) is a military man come back to his home town. The...
Ladykillers
I found this movie very odd. I don’t know how else to describe it. Guess I should have looked more closely at the fact that this is a Coen Brothers movie....
Ocean’s Twelve
All the people are back, plus Brad Pitt’s ex-girlfriend, and need to commit a robbery in Europe. I read the reviews about how it looked like the cast was having fun but didn’t let anyone else in on it. I thought the movie was pretty similar to the first...