Imagine That

Yes!
This is a very great movie. Eddie Murphy really hit the mark with this one and little Yara Shahidi was perfect as his daughter. This was a great movie and I hope kids get it the way we did when watching it. A very heart warming story about a clueless dad who learns to pay attention to his daughter.

Murphy proved that he can really act and brought the level of comedy up a notch without the kid comedy becoming stupid. Martin Sheen did a short cameo at the end that was also well done.

Year Of The Dog

You know that feeling you get at the end of a movie and you turn to the person you're with and you ask them, "Why do you think they even made that movie?" That's what I felt after watching this movie. Jeanne found it and wondered why we hadn't ever watched it. As it got underway, I remembered that Katherine had seen it and told us it wasn't very good, which is why we hadn't watched it in the past.
Boy! was she right Year Of The Dog is a dog! because it's a comedy that isn't funny! There seems to be a trend with movie makers, they make movies that make you uncomfortable and that's supposed to be funny. Just not something I'm in love with but this really was a dog, just wasn't funny.

Just Like Heaven

Jeanne and I watched this last night. It's a very well crafted story and, in an age when comdy's aren't very funny (See Year Of The Dog) it was surprisingly good. With a plot that kept you wondering throughout the film, It really was a treat!

Review Of Duplicity

I prefer to write favorable reviews about movies and videos, but I have nothing good to say about this one! It was extremely confusing with the story cutting back in time for a flashback, now we're back to today, then we jump to some other time. It was too much work to follow along. I found myself feeling weary with all the jumps back and forth and truthfully I could follow it by careful viewing, but I didn't really want to. We all sat watching (Jeanne and some friends) and the comment we all made was "surely it'll get better." But it didn't!

And the biggest problem was that Julia Roberts and Clive Owen had NO chemistry. They kept running into each other and there was just no connection. They could have cast any "B" level actors together and had an equally disappointing movie.

So, if you've already seen it, I'm sure you'll agree that this one is a dog and if you haven't seen it, I've saved you a few hours of boredom!

Defying Gravity

Okay, It comes on Sunday night and I really like it! They say it opened to disappointing viewing numbers and I say, "What else is new?"

Science fiction takes time to catch on, except to real fans of the genre. But I recommend it. Maybe you can catch up by watching episodes on Hulu. But don't miss it, it's pretty entertaining.

Duplex

Ben Stiller and Drew Barymore team up in this cute comedy about a couple who buy a home and have to deal with a rent control tenent.

It was released in 2003 and came out on video in 2004, so you've probably already seen it, but if not, you're in for a treat!

Arrested Development

We recently finished watching the entire series of Arrested Development. I had never seen it and Jeanne and I found it to be well worth watching. It's such a quirky comedy and Ron Howards narration is so great.

My favorite episode is in the second season. I think it was called "Good Grief." But they kept playing the music from the Charlie Brown Christmas when he's walking sadley home. It was funny, but it got more and more funny. You don't find yourself laughing out loud at many tv series, but we both were during that episode.