THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE:
Loosely based on a true story, this is more of a court case drama than a horror movie, though it did have some creepy scenes. I found it very entertaining and enjoyed it. Jennifer Carpenter was excellent as the possessed Emily Rose as she twisted her face and her body to give the character real freakishness.
CAST AWAY:
Great movie that is mostly centered around one character who is stranded on an island, unless you want to count Wilson the non-verbal Volleyball. I tried to think of any other actor that could possibly pull off carrying a whole movie by himself besides Tom Hanks and I couldn't. For a movie with little scenery, dialogue, or score it really can hold your interest.
THE SWEETEST THING:
This movie tries too hard to be a raunchy sex comedy for women and it just doesn't work out. I found Cameron Diaz and Selma Blair annoying and the whole plot just stupid. Christina Applegate is the only one who is worth watching.
JACK:
Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, this bittersweet movie about a boy who ages four times his actual age is good. Robin Williams is perfect with little subtle things that he does that convinced me he was really a ten year old. Bill Cosby should get more roles like the one in this one as he reminds us just how lovable he can be.
FRIDA:
Very artsy move about the Mexican Artist Frida Kahlo. Interesting and visually stunning. Salma Hayek is great in the lead, but still beautiful...perhaps too beautiful to play Frida.
9:
This animated movie about a burlap doll that comes to life in post-apocalyptic times where there are no humans alive is stunning. Mix Toy Story, Wall-E, and the Terminator all up and you get 9. This is NOT a children's movie, for it is very dark and dreary, but is imaginative and great story telling.
EXTREME MOVIE:
A bunch of crude sketches thrown together about teens and sex makes a silly late night movie. It has a lot of familiar faces in the movie, but it's really only worth watching if you are suffering from insomnia and there is absolutely nothing else to watch. It might be worth watching if you are a fan of the t.v. show PIT BOSS and want a quick glimpse of Shorty's ass (which I didn't and it took me by total surprise and now I'm not sure I can ever watch PIT BOSS with a straight face again).
THE RAGE: CARRIE 2:
Amy Irving returns to this weak sequel for Stephen King's CARRIE as the high school's counselor who is trying to save another telekinetic girl from wreaking havoc on the school's bullies and snobs. This would be a much better movie if it wasn't a sequel to CARRIE. And if they left the whole psycho/move things with my mind bullcrap out of it and just left it as a Romeo and Juliet story with two teens from opposite ends of the school cafeteria falling in love.
TRANSAMERICA:
Felicity Huffman plays a pre-op male to female transsexual who discovers she has a son. Without telling the young man who she really is, the embark on a road trip and bond. This movie is just brilliant and unlike anything I've seen before.
SPIRITED AWAY:
Japanese anime that has the tripping out feel of Alice in Wonderland to it. A little girl is lost and surrounded by the most bizarre creatures, characters, and scenarios. It doesn't really make sense, but you get so lost in the weirdness of the story that you find yourself enjoying it.
SHERRYBABY:
Maggie Gyllenhaal is a recovering drug addict/ex-con/trailer trash type who is released from prison and wants to renew her relationship with her very young daughter. I really wanted to like this movie because Maggie Gyllenhaal was great and I thought a lot of it was very realistic, but the root to Sherry's problem just ruined it for me. I felt the story used the whole molested as a child is an excuse to be an drug addict and loser as a cop out and for once I would like to see some one that is a druggie/piece of work just because they chose that route and not because some one shoved them in that direction.
OLD DOGS:
This movie has so many funny people in it and yet it fails to be funny. It has moments, but these moments just don't come together as a whole movie. Seth Green is wasted in this movie, John Travolta is annoying, and Robin Williams needs to find something with a similar tone but with better writers where as Matt Dillon, Justin Long, Rita Wilson, Ann-Margaret, and the rest of the cameos all need to ask their agents "WTF??" and poor Bernie Mac went to the grave with this as his last role.
ENEMY AT THE GATES:
Fantastic movie set during World War II as Russia and the Nazis battle for Stalingrad. It is a cold, dreary, bleak movie with a great cast such as Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, and Ed Harris. Not sure how much is true, but it still makes a great war movie and the tension between the Russian Hero Sniper (Jude Law) and the Nazis' greatest sniper (Ed Harris) as they hunt for each other is intense at times.
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