Recommendation: If you saw the coming attractions, skip it. Otherwise it would be a good rental..

My overview is that the special effects and sets are good, the make up and costuming are excellent, the dialog is silly, the plot is shallow, and the ending is incomprehensible. The lesson learned is, don’t monkey around with a good thing! What more can I say?

Recommendation:  Go to Block Buster and rent the original movie.

Recommendation: Rent it and see for yourself

This was another video rental. An interesting story about the making of the first vampire movie, Nosferatu. The plot has the movie director (Malkovich) knowingly hiring a real vampire (Dafoe) to play the title role. The vampire agrees to appear in the movie, but has his own agenda. There are  some holes in the plot. Dafoe is superbly evil and ugly as the vampire.

Recommendation:  It’s interesting if you like vampire stories, but not really scary.

This was a light, entertaining comedy about an FBI agent who must go undercover and enter the Miss US Beauty  Pageant to foil a murder plot. Bullock plays the agent and seemed to enjoy the roll immensely. All the acting is good, and watching Bullock evolve from an introverted, unattractive nerd to a beauty contestant is a lot of fun. Caine is at his usual level of excellence.

Recommendation:  Another amusing way to spend a couple of hours.

I found this to be a delightful comedy. The story revolves around Gibson, who plays a philandering advertising executive who, through an accident, becomes capable of reading women’s minds. He quickly learns to turn this unique capability to his own advantage in a series of amusing situations. However, as he learns about what women think, his own personality and demeanor begin to radically change. There was one scene that particularly tickled me. A slightly inebriated Gibson does a dance routine with a fedora and a coat rack. Gibson shows a real flare for comedy in a role that years ago would have been made to order for Cary Grant. Helen Hunt and Marisa Tomei provide strong support to the story line.

Recommendation:  See it and enjoy!

Paul Hogan is at his charming and charismatic best as he reprises the role of Crocodile Dundee for the third time. Los Angeles is the setting for this story, and the light hearted plot pokes fun at the city's life style, as seen by through the eyes of the naive and ever resourceful Dundee. It's neither a blockbuster, nor a gut busting laugh-a-thon. Some scenes are amusing, but the punch lines and ultimate story outcome are predictable.

Recommendation: The acting is good, and the story holds the viewers interest. I enjoyed it and recommend you see it.

Recommendation: The British accents of the actors playing Russians is a bit distracting. Otherwise, it's a must see.

Recommendation: It's worth a look, but not a Best Picture Oscar.

This is Jack Nicholson's movie! I'd estimate he is on camera 75 percent of the entire picture. The other cast members seemed pretty incidental to the story. While Jack's acting is excellent and the scenery gorgeous, the story moves along rather slowly as he patiently tracks down a serial killer. The ending had a strange and unexpected twist. While it was realistic, it was somehow unfulfilling for the viewer. I felt cheated.

Recommendation: It's not bad, but not great.

A gripping drama about the historic confrontation in October 1962,  between the Soviet Union and the U.S., over the discovery of Soviet missiles in Cuba. Good acting all around. Many of the actors actually resemble the people they portray. The stress level keeps building as each scene depicts the strategy sessions that took place, and the decisions that were made, knowing that a mistake could have led to World War III. Once again Hollywood has chosen to depict the senior military leaders as a bunch of war mongering, kill happy jerks, anxious to flex their nuclear muscles. I personally found that offensive.

Recommendation: It's a good thriller.

I truly enjoyed watching this film. The acting is excellent! I believe Judi Dench does a better job in this than she did in the roll for which she was awarded an Oscar. The rest of the cast did a fine job too. The pleasant story not only held my interest, it completely captivated me. It's set in a small village in France in the 1950s. I don't want to say more, because I don't want to ruin any of it for you.

Recommendation: Yes, It's a winner!. See It!

The opening credits indicate the film is based “loosely” on the Odyssey, by Homer. I’d never have guessed it! The story is set in Mississippi during the depression. The film attempts to achieve humor based upon silly dialog and a lot of physical comedy, much of which reminded me of the antics of the old Crosby / Hope movies. The opening scene shows Clooney, chained to two other prisoners, who appear to be half-wits, escaping from a prison work gang. As the story progresses, it becomes evident that two half –wits don’t make a full wit. I guess the film had its’ comedic moments, but it’s humor is based upon ignorance and stupidity. I find that hard to laugh at. In my opinion, Charles Durning, as the incumbent governor running for re-election, stole every scene he appeared in. His was the brightest roll in an otherwise drab movie.     

Recommendation: Go see something else.

Recommendation: An enjoyable experience.

It really isn't such a stretch to believe that individuals, living out a mundane, boring existence, fill their lives with fantasies. There can be no doubt that TV would supply life style fantasies that would appeal to the terminally bored. When one reads of the conduct of "groupies," of a woman who moves into David Letterman's house and declares herself to be his wife, of the public rejecting the actions of a "star" because they don't fit the common perception of his or her screen character, one realizes that for some people the line between reality and fantasy is a bit dim.

I found myself smiling and occasionally laughing at the antics of the characters in Nurse Betty, and marvel at the mind that conceived the story in the first place. Overall, I found it an enjoyable experience.