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This lovely, 1991 adaptation of Elizabeth Von Arnim's novel has a superb cast and a tone so mellow you can feel your pulse get slower. Wonderful performances all around, including a particularly sensitive one by Alfred Molina and a very funny one by Jim Broadbent. --Tom Keogh . Sun, rest, sinking into the green grass for long naps--they all have a soulful effect on the quartet, and then on the men in their lives who make a surprise visit. Josie Lawrence and Miranda Richardson play a pair of unhappily married women who rent an Italian villa for a month, sharing the rent with a crusty Englishwoman (Joan Plowright) and a lonely aristocrat (Polly Walker). Mike Newell (Into the West) directs with seeming effortlessness, and it is impossible not to be swayed by the promise of restoration f... see description |
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If you concentrate on the fact that Howard the Duck was a notorious box office dud (still brought up today) and considered one of the worst films of the '80s, it's entirely possible to enjoy this special effects piffle. And who can resist the culmination of synthesizer pop, the Howard the Duck theme song, as realized by the Cherry Bombs? A midnight movie that your kids might watch more than you. --Keith Simanton . There he befriends Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson), lead singer for the Cherry Bombs, becomes their manager, and, oh yeah, saves the Earth from the Dark Overlords. Howard, played by a special effect puppet, lives on a planet where ducks evolved instead of apes, but one day he's sucked into a vortex and deposited on Earth. Jeffrey Jones is the villain and Tim Robbins (!) is t... see description |
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Then there is genius that is right in front of our faces--we smile at the spell it puts us into and are refreshed, and nary a word needs to be spoken. The other is a roundtable with Lasseter and three of the creators simply talking about the experiences without--thankfully--any cutaways to noisy film clips. Since the film is a digital-to-digital transfer, both versions are eye-popping. Potato Head and Wallace Shawn as a meek dinosaur. , 2001Finding Nemo, 2003The Incredibles, 2004 . Added is a whopping DTS soundtrack along with a remixed Dolby 5. Just a picture of these bright toys reawaken the kid in us. Two keen retrospectives are new, one with an assortment of talents including Roy Disney and Peter Jackson chiming in on the film's impact. The 10th anniversary edition o... see description |
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, the utility company that generates energy from the goose bumps of childrenThe folks at Pixar can do no wrong with Monsters, Inc.
Plot Synopsis: James P. . Sulley, the No. Beyond the competition to be the best at the business, Sullivan and his assistant, the one-eyed Mike Wazowski (Billy Crystal), discover what happens when the real world interacts with theirs in the form of a 2-year-old baby girl dubbed "Boo," who accidentally sneaks into the monster world with Sulley one night. By the last heart-tugging shot, kids may never look at monsters the same, nor artists at what computer animation can do in the hands of magicians. Since monsters are actually terrified of children it's a major cause for alarm and a major headache for Sulley and Mike. Director Pete Doctor and codirecto... see description |
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--Tom Keogh . Both actors have made much better movies; don't be surprised if you can't make it through to the end of this one. This weak, 1991 remake of the French comedy La Chèvre stars Danny Glover as a detective who is sent to Mexico to find a businessman's daughter (Sheila Kelley) and who gets stuck with a hapless assistant (Martin Short). The film wears out its welcome very quickly, despite some passable physical comedy from ShortThis hilarious movie is what we pull out and watch annually! Just wish it would come out on DVD- our tape is wearing out and getting old. What's the deal?? I would recommend this for the whole family-over 8-10years. This is one of the funniest movies ever! If you like Martin Short, you'll love this movie. This has got to be one of the funniest movies o... see description |
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