Parental Guidance

We have seen this all before. A film playing at every theater that is full of stars wasting their talent and also our money. A film that does not know what it is. We saw it with the Cheaper by the Dozen films, and the Yours, Mines and Our remake. Parental Guidance is a film that closes out 2012 with the worst of the worst of everything.Parental Guidance has an unoriginal story of grandparents staying...

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Chillerama

There are a lot of things going on with Chillerama. It is a film that has four great directors (Adam Rifkin, Adam Green, Tim Sullivan, and Joe Lynch) and it is one of the most interesting films around and also an influential one in the horror genre. Chillerama is no doubt a dumb film that I can see some people not liking but to me it works. It shows heart, pays homage to other...

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How the Grinch Stole Christmas

I can't lie. I haven't seen the 26 minute 1960's short of the Grinch in close to ten or fourteen years. I know that if I watched it today, it is something that I would like and it is something I liked back in the day. Ron Howard's more recent Grinch movie is one I haven't seen since the early 2000's and has a lot going for it. That said, it seems like it is lacking somewhat and should have been better.This...

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Favorite Christmas movies

As with any holiday, Christmas has it's share of problems. It is a holiday that I liked a lot more when I was younger but is now just another holiday on the calendar. It's the same thing every year for me, which is a lot of busyness and living in Michigan we get a thing called snow which can be a pain. As with every holiday and any time of year, films help with the tough times....

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2012

As the December 21st date comes up, there a lot of questions about this date that the Mayan calendar supposedly predicted would be the day the world ends. So what is going to happen on December 21st? What's up with this Mayan calendar? Will there be a December 22nd? My personal opinion is that nothing much will happen. That said, 2012 is an interesting film about people trying to survive...

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Election

If you know me, you would know that I am a sucker for high school and teen films. I grew up with The Brat Pack and also American Pie characters. Election is one of the last good teen films. It is a flashy film from the late 90's that is as watchable now as it was then.The title speaks for itself and the film is based off a novel about a high school election that causes revenge...

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Attack the Block

I had some mixed emotions going into this movie. In the 80's, the films Stand by Me, E.T. and The Goonies did a good job of telling stories of rebellious teenagers going on adventures with no parents around but as times went on, those type of films have kind of changed. Since the 80's, we have had films like Super 8 that struggled quite a bit as it was so unrealistic and also Zathura...

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Morning Glory

Morning Glory is a film that has a subject matter, breakfast television, that I don't have much interest in. That said, it is kind of interesting because it is not a subject we see very often. Also there is a strong cast in this film so that raises the interest level. Actually, this was not bad film but it still comes up a little short and just by inches.This is a really straight-forward film...

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