Movies
Ever since he burst onto the scene in the sitcom Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place, Ryan Reynolds has been an untapped talent.
Some documentaries may have interesting subjects but are real yawners. I remember struggling through Grey Gardens by the Maysles brothers.
I can't say that I am huge fan of Johnny Cash or overly familiar with his music.
Do you know what's strange? We are already witnessing the fourth Harry Potter film and it just seems like yesterday we were introduced to the boy wizard as he began his first day at the wizarding school, Hogwarts.
This is the 4th Harry Potter movie and the third director.
The last time we left young Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and his friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), they had managed to avoid being captured by the evil Dementors of Azkaban and learned the truth about Sirius Black's intentions towards Harry.
Ten years ago, a little family film called Jumanji, based on a hit children's book, was released and made us all love board games again. Robin Williams in an action adventure for kids â€" what a concept â€" and it was a box office goldmine.
With its huge success, the people behind Jumanji had wanted to make a sequel.
Those lonely commuter train rides really can get to us. The faceless strangers we are crunched together with as we are shuttled around until we reach our next stop. A sigh of relief as we can breathe for a minute, then it's back into the mosh pit we call a bus or train. Ah, thank god, only six more stops to go.
I have had a hard year reviewing movies. I have seen a lot of disappointments and very little real incredible surprises. As the year winds down, I am baffled to what could be Oscar-worthy. So many of the key films seem too commercial and not one has made me gasp. Well not yet.
Man, did I feel silly: I thought this was a movie based on a Steve Austin screenplay. All right, the obvious joke is out of the way. This is a movie based on a work by Jane Austen. I don't think Jane did the screenplay (she died in 1817 at the age of 42).
This was much better than I thought. Hey, I'm a guy â€" we need car chases and gratuitous nudity.
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