Rob245

7th Dec 2020

The Help (2011)

-80/10.What a load of b.s. this was.Emma Stone and Bryce Dallas Howard keep showing they lack any sort of talent when headlining a movie, better as co-stars.A shame on Ms Sissy Spacek for doing this trash.Why she did, I'll never know.Ha, ha, what a great gag, one maid puts her waste in the pie her ex employer is eating.That's disgusting and immoral, doesn't help the cause of civil rights.This whole thing was a pointless waste, made only to make money.Yes change needed to happen and it's good that did.But this is just another hack movie trying to stir up old wounds, without this sort of junk how else would some people like Jackson and Sharpton make their livings?We'd all be better off without trash like this being made.

Rob245

-70/10.It's bad, really bad.I can say one positive thing about Elizabeth Banks here, she stood by this disaster even with an attitude of immaturity.How many other directors, etc, would do that?The plots of the ones seemed to try a little harder.Here it just expects you to accept it's a reboot or whatever without a second thought.Just awful, plain and simple.

Rob245

1/10.A witless and pointless entry into comedy.It's also insulting to think an unfunny hack like Ben Stiller could truly make it on talent and not by a lot of brown nosing.Robert De Niro, truly one of the phoniest tough guys ever, adds nothing to this.He's like an old cranky uncle who you visit once a year because your parents make you.Avoid this movie and its sequels at all costs.

Rob245

5th Dec 2020

I, Tonya (2017)

9.8/10.One of the best movies of 2017.Margot Robbie cared so much about telling this story that she spoke with Tonya Harding for accuracy.She trained hard on skating, came close to looking like her.I also give kudos to Allison Janney who plays the evil mother rather well.This is one of the best sports movies I've ever seen and as well as one of the best made.Margot Robbie showed so much passion playing Tonya Harding, she just grabs hold of you with her brilliant performance.She should've won both the Golden Globe and Oscar for Best Actress.

Rob245

9.5/10.A sequel that's on equal footing with its predecessor.Forget Die Hard 2 as that concept of the hero confined to a plane works better with other movies.Bruce Willis again delivers brilliantly as Det John McClane going against one great villain in Jeremy Irons.Here you can again feel your adrenaline rushing as you watch him race around New York trying to foil the villain's plans.I actually enjoyed Samuel L.Jackson here, most of his stuff I don;t watch.But here there's excellent chemistry between Willis and Jackson.

Rob245

4th Dec 2020

Back to School (1986)

9.6/10.Possibly one of Rodney Dangerfield's best movies.I liked the idea of this self made millionaire going to college to make up for lost time with his son.It's touching at times while still being funny.One of the funnier gags they ever did was when Rodney was making a hoagie at this posh party his wife was hosting.If anyone who wanted to go into comedy wanted to learn the art of the straight line watch this movie.I would say it's possibly one of the most overlooked comedies of the 80's.

Rob245

3rd Dec 2020

Overboard (2018)

8.5/10.A decent remake only brought down some by Eva Longoria.I otherwise found it quite funny due to the efforts of Anna Faris.She just brings this charm to everything she does, almost has this passionate energy that inspires everyone involved to do their best.Pretty good watch.

Rob245

3rd Dec 2020

Overboard (1987)

9.7/10.A nice funny comedy that showed Kurt Russell's comedic acting chops after his previous two great action movies The Thing and Escape From New York.He plays it well, often the straight man to Goldie Hawn's zany antics.True it does the cliche of happiness is more important than wealth or success but here it works because Hawn is a spoiled empty woman.Russell helps her change and for the better.Director Gary Marshall does an excellent job here.

Rob245

9.7/10.A great sequel which had so much ambition.I enjoyed it more than the original because it gave us more than the original such as different Gremlins like Daffy, my favorite one.The cameos like Dick Butkus, Bubba Smith, etc, were a nice touch.The story and cast were solid as I felt this sequel was trying its darndest to upstage or at least to match its predecessor.The only shame is that it failed at the box office due to coming out six years after the original.I still like it, would put it on my list of 20 Best Sequels.

Rob245

1/10.While I can understand the desire to recreate the magic of a hit movie, particularly in horror, I can't understand the logic behind this one.The original was a masterpiece of 80's horror, I rank in the Top 10 of my 50 favorite horror movies.Pamela Springsteen seems awkward here, like she's doing this for laughs and playing another character instead of Angela Baker.Felissa Rose is far superior, way better than this inferior impostor.I would say this is for those who watch movies so bad they're good to watch and laugh at.

Rob245

6th Nov 2020

Basic Instinct (1992)

1/10.Dumb as all get out.Get Sharon Stone naked several times and what else is there?We're supposed to believe she's a deadly psychopath or whatever.Michael Douglas should be embarrassed by this debacle as Sharon Stone can't act.She drags everything she's in down except for Total Recall.

Rob245

1/10.I've always hated this stupid comic strip turned movie.What are they saying here?That a small child of 6 or so can do no wrong and thus never be held accountable? I felt this was beneath Walter Mathau, ChristopherLloyd, and Lea Thompson's great talents.If anything can be said about this movie it's that it wasn't a huge ht like the cliched Home Alone was.I truly hated this stupid, rancid, audience insulting hunk of garbage.

Rob245

9.1/10.A great movie that gets no love.I enjoyed, consider it their second best movie behind Stir Crazy.Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor possessed this great chemistry.They play it quite well here with Pryor pretending to blind while Wilder pretends to be deaf.I enjoyed the presence of Joan Severance who displayed her talent for playing a bad character, easily out performing Kevin Spacey in the only movie I could stand him in.See No Evil, Hear No Evil is a gem from the late 80's that's overlooked.Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor proved they still possessed the great chemistry from their previous movies Silver Streak and Stir Crazy.

Rob245

2nd Nov 2020

Blazing Saddles (1974)

10/10.My favorite Mel Brooks movie.The hilarity's off the charts here.Movies like this deserve all the praise it got as it was big at the box office. Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Madeline, Kahn, Alex Karris, even Mel Brooks himself are all great here.A movie like this wouldn't be made or shown into the uber sensitive age we're living in now.Still I laugh at the pure genius of this movie and the comedic master behind it, Mel Brooks.

Rob245

23rd Oct 2020

Nowhere in Sight (2001)

9.5/10.A well done TV movie.I rarely watch and enjoy TV movies but this one charmed me.Helen Slater may be one of the most underrated actresses ever in cinema.She shows this inner strength as Carly Bauer, a blind woman trying to survive being terrorized by two hoodlums.I thought of it as being a scary version of Home Alone minus the slapstick.Helen has this likable charm that makes you want to watch every thing she's done from Super-Girl to lesser known movies like Sticky Fingers.I would fully recommend this to fans of hers plus as a bonus she sings several times in the movie.

Rob245

20th Oct 2020

Student Bodies (1981)

9.6/10.Pure genius.This was mocking the horror genre and with love way before Scream, It works well as a universe unto itself especially with The Breather, the voice is perfect.He gets the best lines like "I buy Japanese."when offered a victim's car.A wood shop teacher who gets hot enough and can only calm down by making horse head bookends.Toby Badger, the heroine, honestly is way more believable and fun than the future ultra bland Nancy Thompson and Sidney Prescott. Krisetn Riter was perfect in the role, just perfect.This is one movie you should see.

Rob245

20th Oct 2020

Fathom (1967)

7.3/10.An interesting romp of the late 60's.Here Raquel Welch is getting to her peak.She owns the movie, leading the other actor in a fun action packed romp somewhat like that of It's A Mad, Mad, Mad World.The whole parachuting babe turned secret agent sort of is amusing and proves more than enough to keep my attention.It's worth it.

Rob245

20th Oct 2020

Sanford and Son (1972)

8.9/10.One of the better sitcoms of the 70's.It was made great because of Red Foxx, a genius comedic actor."You big dummy."is one of the best catchphrases ever on tv.Fred Sanford was way better than Archie Bunker because he wasn't a stereotype, people could relate to him more.Here you had a regular guy just trying to get ahead in life while dealing with the people around him.

Rob245

18th Oct 2020

Jackie Brown (1997)

7.3/10.Not a bad crime noir movie here.Pam Grier does great in the title role.She owns the movie as the a take no b.s. type who stands up to thugs like Samuel Jackson.Whereas I don't care for the overuse of swearing I freely admit to liking this one as a guilty pleasure.

Rob245

14th Oct 2020

Judging Amy (1999)

0/10.A case of bad judgement here.Who the heck thought it'd be a great TV show to feature a nobody of NYPD Blue, Amy Brenneman alongside Tyne Daly of Dirty Harry:The Enforcer?It was the latest cliched show TV of the single mother, being capable without any guy's help in rearing children while maintaining a career.Say what you but I considered this to be one heck of a lame show, It's not as bad as say Charmed, but it grates on one's nerves.

Rob245

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