Camille

Weird movie! Made in 2009, I watched it because our daughter is named Camille. Weird. It it a ghost story? Is it a romance? Is it about criminal behavior?

What?

David Carradine is in it and lends a weird quality as the cowboy with the horse of a different color.

Scott Glenn is a strange enabling uncle.

James Franco is a creepy groom on parole.

Senna Miller is a bossy bride.

Back luck to not have rice thrown at a wedding? Who belives that?

Diminished Capacity

In 2008 this movie was released and I'd never heard of it. You can instant view it on netflix, which is how I saw it. Mattew Broderick heads a cast that also includes Alan Alda.

The main character played by Broderick has had a traumatic brain injury and is slowly healing. He's having trouble at work and then his mom calls to see if he can help with his uncle who also has diminished capacity for aging reasons.

From there we are set on an arch of discovery and adventure. Virginia Madsen plays the love interest in the story.

This is Jeanne's kind of movie! When we owed the video stores, the movies she got excited about were usually not as popular, but they always had great plots and interesting characters. But when we watched it together, she wasn't as taken with it as me so I may be wrong..this can only be a 3 out of 5 star movie.

The Adventures Of Tintin

New out on DVD, the adventures of Tintin is a mystery to me. The comic strip is unknown to me maybe from the 30's or 40's? Now technically it was a great piece of work. The animation is supurb, the action believable, little bits of humor were all there and yet I found it lacking. No matter how good the animation, it's still animation and the peril just doesn't have that ring of truth. Many of the scenes seemed reminiscent of something from Indiana Jones, but the peril wasn't convincing. When watching the Jones movies you'd ask yourself, "How did they do that?" But you don't have that element of awe when watching a motion capture animation. This is a far cry from "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow," and yet the fantastic adventure scenes were still lacking.

After all that, I highly recommend the movie, you wouldn't want to miss it and you may find the little things that bothered me silly.

The Way

Our son, Dane is an avid hiker and camper. So when Jeanne and I watched this compelling story of a father who learns his son has died on a hike in Europe, we really were invested emotionally.

I thought it was really engaging. I found it an interesting and thought provoking video.

Wedding Singer

When it first came out, my daughter (Amy) and I went to watch it so I could write a review for the local paper. I found it quite enjoyable. That's because Amy and I enjoyed the music and the comedy. So I suggested that we go see it at the dollar show with my parents. Two of my brothers told me I was crazy to take the folks. I ignored them. It was embarrassing several times with some of the gross jokes.

But I still think it's a great show. Just think before taking your parents!

Jurassic Park

You can get the entire Trilogy on Amazon for a very good price.
The first was Jurassic Park
Then came Lost World Jurassic Park and
Finally Jurassic Park 3
The first two were directed by Stephen Speilberg and the last was produced by him.

Watching them again (rented from Netflix) They're still very good, magical fantasy flicks.

Limitless

As you know, I'm a science fiction fan and this is a near perfect SF tale. Imagine if you could take a drug that would allow you to be a better version of yourself. This is the premis of the story and it's great!

I especially like the way they show scenes that are tinted in yellow when the perosn is on the drug. Magical!

It's been out awhile, but I gave it another view last weekend and it's still a great tale!

Larry Crowne

Larry Crowne is an unexpected treat. It's a movie where bad things are happening to many of the characters that we meet, but these people are finding ways to cope and rise above.

Larry loses his job, but he keeps going. The economy is bad, it's hard to find work, but he keeps moving forward. Housing isn't worth what it was a few years ago, so Larry faces this reality. It seems that every time he gets hit with a new problem, he just keeps on going and finds solutions. It could have been a depressing story, but it's not. Not even for a moment because these are mostly characters who are willing to take what life has to offer and deal with it.

Within minutes of starting the movie, Jeanne and I both liked Larry and we were hoping for him to suceed. We wanted him to find happiness and solutions to life. It was a joy to see each new turn and twist to this guy's life.

Holiday In Handcuffs

I'd never heard of it, easy since it was made for TV. If you are a Sabrina The Teenage Witch fan, you'll enjoy this silly little movie.

It's advertised as part of the 25 days of Christmas selection. These are usually pretty stupid and this is no exception, but with this movie, the stupidity works!

Some of the "racey" jokes are too stupid, and too "objectionable" to really be comfortable, so this really isn't suitable for family viewing. June Lockhardt (Timmy's mom on Lassie) is really good, why did they give her those embarrassing lines?

Dean Spanley

Sometimes we stumble upon a movie that we know nothing of and find that we have discovered gold!

This little gem is one of those. Just a great period piece, very Victorian, very English and very thought provoking. When it was over, Jeanne and I both said, "Huh!" not a question but an exclaimation of satisfaction. We had both been held, mesmerized for the lenth of the video which we viewed by streaming on Netflix.

This is not an action blockbuster, but a quiet, elegant, thought provoking piece of entertainment.