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“Laws of Attraction” is a pleasant, lightweight romantic comedy. A good date movie. An attractive cast goes through the motions. GRADE = “B”

“Man on Fire” is a long, edgy vengeance movie with lots of violence, mayhem, murder, and pyrotechnics. Performances are good; photography is all over the map; plot leaves a lot to be desired. GRADE = “B-”

“Raising Helen” tells the story of the youngest of three sisters who is the only single but inherits another sister’s three school-age children. A two hour L-O-N-G sitcom from Garry Marshall. Do yourself a favor and see the trailer but skip this movie. GRADE = “C-”

Back in the day when DVD’s were relatively new, most that I bought had the option to watch the movie in widescreen format or full screen format. For awhile now I’ve wondered why we now have to make a choice on which version to purchase. Personally I like the widescreen version, eventhough I currently do […]

Has anyone seen MI-5 ? A friend just loaned me the DVD set and I must say, its incredible ! The cast is terrific and the storytelling is – in a word – gripping. I mean it grabs you by the lapels and roughs you up a little bit. When watching only the second episode […]

“The Alamo” is a long, well-intentioned, but poor movie. Instead of “Remember the Alamo”, “Forget the Alamo”. The photography, however, is very good. GRADE = “C”